Comments on: Hurrah for the British Empire Games! http://airminded.org/2006/03/16/hurrah-for-the-british-empire-games/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:15:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/03/16/hurrah-for-the-british-empire-games/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Brett Holman Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:21:59 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/03/16/hurrah-for-the-british-empire-games/#comment-392 Rugby is in, in the form of rugby sevens, but no cricket which is always somewhat mystifying to me as it's surely the quintessential sporting legacy of the British Empire. It seems it was played at only one CW games, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games" rel="nofollow">1998</a> , but it may appear in <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Support-for-cricket-as-Games-sport/2006/02/02/1138836364743.html" rel="nofollow">2010</a> ... Luckily lawn bowls is in! Rugby is in, in the form of rugby sevens, but no cricket which is always somewhat mystifying to me as it’s surely the quintessential sporting legacy of the British Empire. It seems it was played at only one CW games, in 1998 , but it may appear in 2010 …

Luckily lawn bowls is in!

]]> By: Dan http://airminded.org/2006/03/16/hurrah-for-the-british-empire-games/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Dan Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:54:19 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/03/16/hurrah-for-the-british-empire-games/#comment-391 Any space for rugby and cricket in the C/W games this year Brett? Any space for rugby and cricket in the C/W games this year Brett?

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