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How Cricket Began: The Full Story, From Shepherds to the Ashes | THE ORIGIN (Complete Series)

№ 0112026-10-03LONGFORMON THE RECORD

All five episodes of THE ORIGIN in one film: shepherds, gamblers, the first international, W.G. Grace and the mock obituary that created the Ashes.

THE SHEPHERDS

Before it was the biggest bat-and-ball sport on earth, cricket was a game for shepherds on the Weald.

THE GAMBLERS

The gamblers who wrote its first laws, in 1744.

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL

USA v Canada, 1844, not England.

THE DOCTOR AND THE EMPIRE

W.G. Grace and the game's spread across an empire, to the first Test in Melbourne in 1877.

THE DAY ENGLISH CRICKET DIED

The mock obituary of 1882 that created the Ashes.

All five episodes, 11 minutes, one film.

1590s1720s1840s1860s1870s1880sGuildfordNew YorkMelbourneLondonW.G. GraceFirst international match, 1844MCCSt George's Cricket Club
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