1780 Pre- Industrial

Pre Industrial Britain

Informal fives, rackets, real tennis

Wager races for footmen, athletics based events at fairs and festivals

Mob games

Spa towns for upper classes, recreational swimming in villages and towns

Cricket is already rational, Hambledon, Eton v Harrow

Prize ring, horse racing. Wealthy patrons. Gambling.

1809 Industrial revolution taking place

1843. Things getting a bit better. Public School sport emerging, transport links. 2,300 miles of track

Informal swimming at public schools, fives, hare and hounds, rational cricket and versions of football

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1873 Rational Recreation.

10,000 miles of track

Sport Associations are beginning to be formed

All of these are amateur associations- middle and upper class led

Spharistike invented

FA Cup in action

Beginnings of regular inter county cricket matches

Sea bathing, swimming baths,

Public School sport in full flow. Sports Days, Inter School matches

Much Wenlock Olympics

Amateur boxing alongside prize ring (bare knuckle)