Question

how did cricket become populaein west indies?

Answer 1

Cricket in West Indies

• Introduced in the country by the British
• The first non-white club in the West Indies was established towards the end of the nineteenth century.in 1806 that the first club - St Anne's in Barbados - was formed
• By the 1830s the military had established the game as a way of life in Barbados, and within a decade Guyana was in the same state.
• As early as 1842 Trinidad CC was described as being "long standing".
• In 1865 the first inter-colonial game took place between Barbados and Demerara;
• in 1886 a West Indies team visited Canada and in
• 1887 a side from the USA visited the Caribbean.
• In 1900 a West Indies side toured England and included "black bowlers" who were paid professionals