The first West Indies cricket tour : Canada and the United States in 1886 / edited and with an introduction by Hilary McD. Beckles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beckles, Hilary, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cricket players--West Indies.

Cricket players.

Cricket--West Indies--History.

Cricket.

Test matches (Cricket)--Canada.

Test matches (Cricket).

Test matches (Cricket)--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : Canoe Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour to Canada and United States. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. This book speaks to the Canadian and American beginning of the West Indian cricket culture that emerged a century later as a powerful performance force of the game.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Tour of the West Indian Cricketers

Notes:

With: The tour of the West Indian cricketers, August & September, 1886 : "a memory", by one of them / by L.R. Fyfe.

Includes bibliographical references (p. lii-liv).

Contains:

Fyfe, L. R. (Laurence R.). Tour of the West Indian cricketers, August & September,1886.

OCLC:

947127693