Field lacrosse Field lacrosse Field lacrosse is a full contact outdoor men's sport played with ten players on each team. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially codified by Canadian William George Beers in 1867. Field lacrosse is one of three major versions of lacrosse played internationally. The other versions, women's lacrosse (established in the 1890s) and box lacrosse (originated in the 1930s), are played under significantly different rules. The object of the game is to use a lacrosse stick, or crosse, to catch, carry, and pass a solid rubber ball in an effort
A Question of Sport former captains. Tufnell was joined by Bill Beaumont and Ally McCoist, while Dawson was joined by Willie Carson and John Parrott—with Tufnell’s side winning. With more than 45 series broadcast since its launch, "A Question of Sport" is one of the BBC’s longest-running shows. In a Christmas special broadcast in 2014, the show was awarded a Guinness World Record for the world’s longest-running sports quiz show. The rounds played include: The show was hosted regionally in the North of England by Stuart Hall from 1968, then nationally by David Vine from 1970 to 1977, and then from 1979 until 1997