When cricket was king in Detroit Strange but true — cricket was once the No. 1 summer team sport in Detroit. One of Britain’s legacies for its former colonies is the noble sport of cricket (some call it boring — I, and other right-minded individuals, call it noble). That it now constitutes the world’s second main team sport after soccer is not too surprising when you realize that one of those former colonies is cricket-mad India. As is fairly well known, the game failed to take hold in the greatest of all former colonies: Hong Kong. Just kidding. I meant “the original 13 states forming the United States of America” (actually, they love the game in Hong Kong too). What is less well known is that in 1850s Detroit, the game was far and away the most popular team sport. In 1858 the Peninsular Cricket Club was formed and played on a large (then rural) field in what is now Midtown (the block formed by Woodward, Canfield, Cass and Forest — the rear of the Whitney overlooked it). This became known as Peninsular Park. Should Peninsular Park have some form of commemoration too? They must have been pretty good. In 1879 they played a touring all-England [...] newsinmi/when-cricket-was-king-in-detroit/
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 05:01:21 +0000
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