GB and US
Apr 24, 2023 05:50:53 #
cliff Hilbert wrote:
We have plenty of crickets in the US, they just haven't formed clubs here.
You have an International Cricket team, mainly if not exclusively made up of immigrants from the Indian
sub-continent.
Apr 24, 2023 05:55:19 #
rmalarz wrote:
We do in Gilbert, Az. I've attended several cricket matches there.
--Bob
--Bob
Bob, you seem like the kind of bloke that would enjoy a game of Cricket. Would I be correct?
Apr 24, 2023 06:13:22 #
dennis2146 wrote:
We do in the Santa Barbara, CA as well I believe.
Dennis
Dennis
And polo!
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City (born and raised in Santa Barbara)
Apr 24, 2023 06:20:32 #
Apr 24, 2023 08:42:03 #
rmalarz wrote:
We do in Gilbert, Az.
--Bob
--Bob
I have friends living there.
Apr 24, 2023 11:13:40 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
I don’t remember being taught that there was apparently considerable home front dissatisfaction with the crown during the American Revolution. That village had some cajoles!
Stan
Stan
Apr 24, 2023 13:22:20 #
Hatred and disgust with the Crown was essentailly regional. In the agrarian South, the dislike of the Crown was moderate compared to the intense feelings against the Crown in the Northern colonies which were essential mercantile and manufacturing, the industries most negatively affected by Crown rulings. Violent outbreaks took place in the North in protests against the Crown, witness the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. Actually, the split between Americans over the Crown issue was a lot closer than most people realize. A very large percentage of Americans remained loyal
to the Crown at all times.
Trapper1
to the Crown at all times.
Trapper1
Apr 24, 2023 13:23:15 #
bcplimpton
Loc: Southern New Jersey
pepper84 wrote:
Our GB Philadelphia is a very small village in northeast England but I bet we have something you don't have.
the photo' will give you a clue.
stay safe and well all of you.
the photo' will give you a clue.
stay safe and well all of you.
Check this out.
Founded in 1854, The Philadelphia Cricket Club is one of the oldest clubs in the country devoted to the playing of games.
https://www.philacricket.com/
Apr 24, 2023 14:08:30 #
bcplimpton wrote:
Check this out.
Founded in 1854, The Philadelphia Cricket Club is one of the oldest clubs in the country devoted to the playing of games.
https://www.philacricket.com/
Founded in 1854, The Philadelphia Cricket Club is one of the oldest clubs in the country devoted to the playing of games.
https://www.philacricket.com/
I've just taken up Pickleball (Cricket is for watching and supping) so I laughingly looked at membership.
I think it's considerably more than the Court fees at the local Sports Centre.
Apr 24, 2023 15:08:46 #
cliff Hilbert wrote:
We have plenty of crickets in the US, they just haven't formed clubs here.
Apr 24, 2023 19:10:35 #
pepper84 wrote:
Our GB Philadelphia is a very small village in northeast England but I bet we have something you don't have.
the photo' will give you a clue.
stay safe and well all of you.
the photo' will give you a clue.
stay safe and well all of you.
New York, USA- Named after a walled town in GB to aggravate the crown.
Apr 24, 2023 20:04:53 #
[quThote=John N]I've just taken up Pickleball....
The reference to Pickleball tickles me. Pickleball is just a current cutesy-poo name for "paddle tennis" which was played in practically every public park in the 'Forties and 'Fifties. The equipment is the same, the court is the same, and the rules are little changed since I played paddle tennis as a 10-12 year old in the 'Forties. The paddles were shaped like oversize ping-pong paddles from which the game got its name.
Trapper1
The reference to Pickleball tickles me. Pickleball is just a current cutesy-poo name for "paddle tennis" which was played in practically every public park in the 'Forties and 'Fifties. The equipment is the same, the court is the same, and the rules are little changed since I played paddle tennis as a 10-12 year old in the 'Forties. The paddles were shaped like oversize ping-pong paddles from which the game got its name.
Trapper1
Apr 24, 2023 22:46:29 #
pepper84 wrote:
Our GB Philadelphia is a very small village in northeast England but I bet we have something you don't have.
the photo' will give you a clue.
stay safe and well all of you.
the photo' will give you a clue.
stay safe and well all of you.
We have crickets in the southern USA… hear them chirping in the evening… and sometimes use them as bait for fishing.
Been so long, I don’t remember being aware of crickets the 3 years I lived in England.
Apr 25, 2023 01:52:31 #
trapper1 wrote:
[quThote=John N]I've just taken up Pickleball....
The reference to Pickleball tickles me. Pickleball is just a current cutesy-poo name for "paddle tennis" which was played in practically every public park in the 'Forties and 'Fifties. Trapper1
The reference to Pickleball tickles me. Pickleball is just a current cutesy-poo name for "paddle tennis" which was played in practically every public park in the 'Forties and 'Fifties. Trapper1
I can see that. It has developed a little since then (it has an official rulebook) but I wasn't aware of anything like that being played in the U.K. I played 'Kerby' in which you threw a football across the street to your opponent, scoring a point if you bounced it off the kerb opposite so that it returned to you.
Looked it up on Wikipedia and lo and behold that has a World Champioship and rule book now!
Whatever happened to 'jumpers for goalposts' football?
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