the first laws of cricket were written in 1727.
the first laws of cricket were written in 1727.
when were the first laws of cricket written?
1727
although there are examples of surviving articles of agreement between teams from as early as the 1727 season, no written laws of cricket exist from before 1744. the first laws were codified during the year by the members of the london cricket club, based at the artillery ground, although they were not typeset until 1752 in "new universal magazine" as "the game at cricket, as settled by the cricket-club, in 1744, and play’d at the artillery ground, london". the laws were first published as a pamphlet, titled "the game at cricket, as settled by the several cricket-clubs, particularly that of the star and garter in pall-mall", in 1755. five laws were included in the original code.
1744 english cricket season
in 454, the liu song dynasty of southern china built a prominent state confucian temple. in 489, the northern wei constructed a confucian temple in the capital, the first outside of qufu in the north. in 630, the tang dynasty decreed that schools in all provinces and counties should have a confucian temple, as a result of which temples spread throughout china. well-known confucian shrines include the confucian temple in jianshui, the confucian temple in xi'an (now the forest of steles), the fuzi miao in nanjing, and the confucian temple in beijing, first built in 1302. the confucian temple of old tianjin is located on dongmennei dajie, a short distance west of traditional culture street (gu wenhua jie). occupying 32 acres of land, the confucian temple is the largest extant traditional architectural complex in tianjin.
temple of confucius