Tuesday, 19 February 2013

SPORTS IN ENGLAND BY MIKEL

HOCKEY The game of hockey is 200 years old.There are 11 players in a team. Hockey is very popular in England public schools.In England girls used to play hockey at school.The material is:the small ball and is very hard.

CRICKET. Although it is very popular in Britain,only about ten countries in the world play professional Cricket in international matches.In Cricket matches there are two teams of eleven players.One team bats and the other team bowls.Cricket rules are quite complicated.

RUGBY.  This game`s similar to Rugby,it´s played a very long time age,people say that Rugby began at Rugby public school in the town of Rugby in the country of Warwickshire.

FOOTBALL  Football is Britain national sport.People started playing football in  1100 but public schools were the ones responsible for making the game into an organized team sport.