Village cricket
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Village cricket is a term, sometimes pejorative, given to the playing of cricket in rural villages in England. Many villages have their own teams that play at varying levels of the English cricket pyramid.
When organised cricket first began in the 17th century (see History of cricket to 1696), matches were played between rival parishes or villages and this level of competition has endured. It contrasts with what may be termed representative cricket whereby a team includes players from more than one parish (e.g., a team that represents a county or a country).
Village cricket is often, but not exclusively, played by village cricketers.
[edit] In popular media
- The Midsomer Murders episode Dead Man's Eleven has a sub-plot about two village teams playing against each other.
[edit] External link
- The Village Cricket Club Of St Margaret and St Bernard, an archetypal village cricket club.
