The USA's & Canada's sporting rivalry started with cricket?

[7 Syns]

Seeing I'm a big fan of the sport, I found this interesting.

Cricket was established in the USA in the eighteenth century. George Washington was an avid follower of the sport. Indeed, John Adams even stated in the U.S. Congress in the 1780s that if leaders of cricket clubs could be called "presidents," there was no reason why the leader of the new nation could not be called the same.

The USA played the first ever international cricket match against Canada in 1844 at the St George Cricket Club Ground, Bloomingdale Park, New York. This was also the first international sporting event [1] and therefore began the longest international sporting rivalry in the modern era (USA vs Canada: 1844: scorecard). 20,000 people attended the game, and bets of around $120,000 (equivalent to around $1.5 million in today's money) were placed on the outcome. [2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cricket_team

Cricket: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

Scorecard of 1st match: http://cricketclub.org/can_usa.html

 

[Eric]

Cricket is for pussies and Japs.

 

[Illuminattile]

Cricket is for pussies and Japs.

Do Japan even play cricket?

 

[hizzle?]

^^ no they don't, he just tried to be funny again

 

[7 Syns]

Cricket is for pussies and Japs.

LOL.. It's alot harder to play then baseball, it's a game that if you're batting you don't just go out there and smash the ball around unless your timing and eye on ball reaction is impeccable. You need to think, patience and tolerance to different weather, pitch conditions and team strategies. Due to the uneven height of the bouncing ball (bounces once), the swing of the ball in the air, the pace and the spin, if you don't have your eyes on it at all times. Pow, right in the kisser.. right in the kisser.. right in the kisser.

Japan doesn't even play on an international level like that and for the record, Canada won that first ever game.

peace.