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How did the game of cricket spread in West Indies and Caribbean ?

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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

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