Rain Stops Play

Cricketing Climates

Andrew Hignell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2002
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7146-5173-6 (ISBN)

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This volume looks at the fundamental geography of cricket, especially in England where the game is played by county sides.

Andrew Hignell

Introduction - the need for a geography of cricket; the geographical boundaries of cricket; the growth of English cricket - a development stage model; the diffusion of cricket - a geographical explanation; a locational analysis of the county grounds of England and Wales; locational changes to county cricket, 1901-1951; the location of county cricket in the commercial age, 1951-1991; rain stops play - a meteorological analysis; the raining county champions; sunspot activity and golden summers; cricket in the cities - a microclimatic view; global warnings and global warming; greenhouse cricket - the English game in a warmer world; redrawing the boundaries; epilogue - the future geography of English cricket.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.2002
Reihe/Serie	Sport in the Global Society
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	630 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-7146-5173-7 / 0714651737
ISBN-13	978-0-7146-5173-6 / 9780714651736
Zustand	Neuware