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Bowls is one of Britain's oldest sports, first recorded in the 13th
century and played on thousands of greens spread across the nation,
several of them hundreds of years old. In Bowled Over, bowls
historian Hugh Hornby traces the history of the game and its
central place in British culture - from Sir Francis Drake and
Charles I to the pristine suburban clubs of 21st century Britain
and the indoor greens of modern holiday camps. He explains how
different codes of bowling have emerged since Elizabethan times in
different parts of the country; for example crown green bowls in
Lancashire and Yorkshire, with its undulating greens, professional
competitions and gambling culture, and flat green or rink bowls in
southern England and Scotland, with its measured formality and
amateur ethos. Profusely illustrated with specially commissioned
mapping, Bowled Over is the first study of this kind ever
undertaken and in the spirit of the Played in Britain series
overall brings to life a popular, yet little understood national
pastime.
On December 4, 1815, 750 ba' players came together in a mighty
contest on the field of Carterhaugh, near Selkirk in the Scottish
Borders, for what was advertised as 'a Great Foot-Ball Match'. On
December 4, 2015, two bands of dedicated ba' players descended on
Carterhaugh to celebrate the bicentenary of the match by joining
battle in another no-holds-barred contest. For anyone interested
the true origins of the game of rugby in the centuries-old mass ba'
games of the Scottish Borders and the North of England - still
alive and kicking to this day - here are tales wonderfully told by
historians of the game. Cracked crowns, furious duckings, acts of
never-to-be-forgotten heroism and unforgivable betrayal - Ian
Landles relives the dramas of the original 1815 Carterhaugh Ba'
match, recalls Walter Scott's pivotal role in organising it, and in
the process rewrites the early history of rugby. The late Hugh
Hornby describes the enduring appeal of mass football games today.
Billy Gillies explains why the Border ba' game is absolutely not
just a game but a serious business, and gives a blow-by-blow
account of the 2015 re-enactment. Historic images, verses and
letters, alongside photographs by leading Scottish photographers,
tell a story that has waited two centuries to be told.
Association football, aka 'soccer', is the world's most popular
sport. As is known, its rules were drawn up in England between the
1840s and 1860s, largely at the behest of ex public school and
university players. Rugby, another version of football honed
between the 1820s and 1870s, split from the Association clubs in
the 1870s, and subsequently split itself into Rugby Union and Rugby
League in the 1890s. Meanwhile, different versions of football
developed in the US and Australia. Ireland has its own version,
called Gaelic Football. Amid all these developments, and in stark
contrast to the riches and glamour of the modern Premiership and
the World Cup, around 25 traditional football games continue to be
played in various parts of Britain. Their origins may be traced
back to at least the 12th century, when rival group of apprentices
would play an early form of mob football on holy days. Despite the
geographical spread (from Cornwall to the Shetlands) these folk
games share several common strands. There have been previous
studies of the Kirkwall Ba' Game and of the Ashbourne Shrove
Tuesday game, but Uppies and Downies will be the first book to
analyse the games as part of a collective tradition. Uppies and
Downies - The title of the book refers to the most common name
given to teams playing in these games. Most are played in the
streets and fields of small towns and villages. Those living in the
upper, or most northerly part of the district, play for the Uppies;
those in the lower, or most southerly part, play for the Downies
(or Doonies in Scotland). Unlike soccer or rugby, there are no
designated pitches or boundaries. The 'goals' are specified
locations (a tree, a bridge, a wall, a gate), often two or three
miles apart. There is no distinction between spectators and
players. Players drop out for a period to watch. Spectators may
join in for short periods. Games can take less than an hour, or
continue for several hours, often ending in darkness. Once a goal
is scored, the game ends.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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