Cricket in Canada Sport Tr~: Did You;KntJwf Cricket Facts Cricket Associations, but a • Cricket was played in shortage of grounds pre- many cities, towns, and vil- vents their joining and be- lages in the early 1800s. ing able to accommodate • The Canada vs. USA regular fixtures. cricket match is the oldest - info & pic provided by the annual international sports Canadian Cricket Association competition in North America. Canada to Play Host • "It isn't cricket"! This in 2001 expression pays tribute to the Calcutta, India, and high regard the sport has at- Canada will host the Inter- tained in its insistence on fair national Cricket Council play. Trophy in the year 2001, • Cricket is probably the ICC president Jagmohan only active team sport which Dalmiya said yesterday. includes many good players Twenty-five teams from well into their 50s and 60s. non-test playing countries • Because of its origin in will participate in the tour- Britain, cricket was well-founded through- ewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. nament. Three of them, Kenya, Scotland, out the British empire, and flourishes to- Cricket is played in the other provinces, and Bangladesh, had participated in the day in most parts of the world. but not on an organized basis. The Cana- recently concluded cricket World Cup af- • The Ontario Cricket Association was dian Cricket Association sponsors inter- ter qualifying at the last ICC trophy con- formed in 1880, some 95 years after the provincial tournaments at both the senior test held in Malaysia two years ago. • first games were played. Prior to that, most and junior level and in 1979, in England, - The National Post, June 29, 1999 a Canadian team played in the World Cup games were played as "friendly matches," Photo Caption: Players from the for the first time. either with nearby villages or cities or tour- Ontario team smile in victory after • An annual cricket match is played on ing teams from other cricket-playing defeating Quebec in the Atholstan countries such as England, Australia, and Labour Day between the actors from the Trophy Annual Contest the U.S.A. The term "friendly match" is Stratford Festival and the Shaw Festival held at the Governor ~ still used to refer to a game arranged with Theatres with tea in the afternoon. The General's Grounds, another team which is not a league or pro- game alternates between Stratford and Rideau Hall, Ottawa. vincial fixture for points. Niagara-on-the- Lake. • The Canadian Cricket Association • There are more than 200 teams in was established in 1892. There are cur- league play in' Ontario and an estimated rently eight provincial associations who 50 additional teams who play "friendly are members of the Canadian Cricket As- cricket," plus several teams playing in pri- sociation-New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, vate schools. There are still teams wait- Quebec, Ontario,· Manitoba, Saskatch- ing for admission to the Toronto Area Box 171 Harriston, Ontario NOG 1IO WALKER EQUIPMENT LIMITED Phone (519) 338-3840 Specialist in Commercial Lawn Cutting Equipment Fax (519) 338-2510 Telephone: 905-294-8333, Fax 905-294-1702 J. Robert Dippel Toll Free: 1-800-318-9428 P.O. Box 118, Markham, Ontario L3P 3J5 (Hwy. 48, 3 km N of NO.7 Hwy.) •• 8 SPORTS TURF MANAGER • 5.