13th December 2008, 11:45 AM
I was told a couple of years ago by an Aussie, that the west of Scotland has more Cricket clubs than Football clubs...bit surprising, I thought. Don't reckon there's much scope for cricket in Paisley or Coatbridge but I could be wrong, maybe in Milngavie or Newton Mearns. They certainly strolled around the Meadows in Edinburgh on a Sunday in their cable-knits - could just be the proximity to Bruntsfield, Grange and Morningside, the slightly more salubrious neighbourhoods on the south-side.
As an archaeological question, mapping the sporting, social and national makeup (and historical reasons for beginning the clubs) of areas with cricket clubs in west of Scotland to test this claim.
As an archaeological question, mapping the sporting, social and national makeup (and historical reasons for beginning the clubs) of areas with cricket clubs in west of Scotland to test this claim.