The Creation of American Team Sports: Baseball and Cricket, 1838-72.

Devotees of cricket are well aware that the game originated in England and spread across the world with the far flung British Empire. What may not be so well known, is that cricket was America’s first modern team sport and vied with baseball for the honour of becoming the national game. The early success of cricket was not so surprising when you think about it, because the United States began life…