Pre-industrial Britain- Sport and Society
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- Pre-industrial Britain- Sport and Society (before 1750)
- Upper Class Sports
- Hunting
- Real Tennis
- Croquet
- Shooting
- Hawking
- Gender-
- One of the only sports upper class women could take part in
- Seen as the 'weaker' sex and participating in sport could decrease fertility
- One of the only sports upper class women could take part in
- Gender-
- Hawking
- Shooting
- Education-
- Croquet
- Shooting
- Hawking
- Gender-
- One of the only sports upper class women could take part in
- Seen as the 'weaker' sex and participating in sport could decrease fertility
- One of the only sports upper class women could take part in
- Gender-
- Hawking
- Shooting
- Reading and writing led to rules and sophisticated sports
- Transport-
- Horse and carriage was available, meaning the upper class could go further afield to play
- Transport-
- Croquet
- Croquet
- Time-
- More time led to longer lasting activities
- Money-
- The rich aristocracy and gentry could afford horses and expensive equipment/clothing meaning that they had more opportunity for involvement
- Real Tennis
- Hunting
- Lower Class Sports
- Swimming-
- Upper Class Sports
- Hunting
- Real Tennis
- Education-
- Reading and writing led to rules and sophisticated sports
- Transport-
- Horse and carriage was available, meaning the upper class could go further afield to play
- Transport-
- Reading and writing led to rules and sophisticated sports
- Education-
- Time-
- More time led to longer lasting activities
- Money-
- The rich aristocracy and gentry could afford horses and expensive equipment/clothing meaning that they had more opportunity for involvement
- Real Tennis
- Hunting
- Both classes swam too
- The upper class swam upstream with access to the safest entry/exits
- The lower class swam downstream with very unsafe entry/exits
- Upper Class Sports
- Pedestrianism-
- Walking races that the upper class would be the patrons for
- They would patronise the participants (sponsor them)
- They would care for the best pedestrians in return for some of their winnings
- Captain Robert Barclay Allardice 1809
- 1 mile every hour for 1000 hours
- Captain Robert Barclay Allardice 1809
- They would care for the best pedestrians in return for some of their winnings
- They would patronise the participants (sponsor them)
- Walking races that the upper class would be the patrons for
- Mob Football-
- Played between villages using a ball made from a pigs bladder
- The aim was to get the ball into the oppositions village centre
- An earlier version was Shrovetide football
- Restricted only manslaughter and murder
- Played between villages using a ball made from a pigs bladder
- Cockerel Fighting-
- Lots of gambling involved in both classes
- Held in a 14-foot square pit
- Made illegal by Act of Parliament in 1849
- Swimming-
- Upper Class Sports
- Education-
- Money-
- Low wages meant the activities, as a result, required little or no facilities, equipment or clothing as such
- Transport-
- Time-
- Long and exhausting labour hours on farmland led to activity on festival/holy days
- At most there were horse and carts, however walking was the main means of travelling which meant activity was local
- Time-
- Transport-
- Low wages meant the activities, as a result, required little or no facilities, equipment or clothing as such
- Money-
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