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Canadian Cricket History
- The Story of 100 Years of Cricket in Manitoba (William Weighton, Manitoba Historical Society)
- The first tour – an England team in Canada and the USA, 1859.
- Canada In World Cup: 2003 – a personal view from Brockton Point
- The origins of Brockton Point CC, Vancouver.
- MCC in Canada 1959 (The Cricketer)
- Canada in the World Cup 1979 – A Reflective Testimonial (cricketclub.org)
- Canada v USA – the oldest international (cricketclub.org)
- The earliest known photographs of cricket in British Columbia – the Royal Engineers and cricket in British Columbia.
- When Bradman came to Canada [AR Littlewood]
- Canadians Declare “It Isn’t Cricket”: A Century of Rejection of the Imperial Game, 1860-1960 (pdf) [David Cooper (U of T), Journal of Sport History, 1999, Vol. 26, No. 1, p. 51-81]
- Cricket in Canada: An historical chronology before Confederation [Prepared and collated by Jon Harris, with contributions from K. Boller]
- Some stories, some history, some facts, some observations [Jon Harris, CanadaCricket.com]
- The History of the Canadian Cricket Association [From Kevin Boller, Cricket Canada]
- The “home made” bat in the Glenbow museum – Jon Harris
- Cricket: Colonial Keep-sake or Canadian Cast-out? – Univeristy of Victoria project
- Arctic cricket- Jon Harris on cricket under the midnight sun
Provincial Cricket History
- Newfoundland [From David Liverman]
- Cricket History in Victoria
- History of the Victoria and District Cricket Association
General Cricket History
- An early cricket tour of North America 24 June 2000 [From AR Littlewood, CricInfo]
- A History of Cricket Literature – the 18th Century 13 June 2000 [From AR Littlewood, CricInfo]
- American Cricket History [with Canadian References] [Deb K. Das, CricInfo USA]
- Cricket during the 18th century was funded by gambling interests. Wealthy patrons, formed whole teams that were representative of several parishes and even whole counties. The modern day game connection to gambling continues. The current England team sponsored by Brit insurance received offers from large online poker
sites to sponsor the national team.
