History of field hockey a winter activity. They experimented with a ‘stick’ game, based loosely on the rules of association football. Teddington played the game on the smooth outfield of their cricket pitch and used a cricket ball, so allowing smooth and predictable motion. By 1874 they had begun to draw up rules for their game, including banning the raising of the stick above shoulder height and stipulating that a shot at goal must take place within the circle in front of it. An association was formed in 1875, which dissolved after seven years, but in 1886 the Hockey Association was formed by seven
Brunswick Cricket Club Brunswick Cricket Club The Brunswick Cricket Club is based in Melbourne, Australia. The club was founded over 150 years ago and currently fields four senior men's teams in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association along with three senior women's teams and numerous junior sides. Brunswick Cricket Club was conceived from a meeting at the Cumberland Arms Hotel on November 23, 1857, after an advertisement in the Argus newspaper for those interested in playing cricket. After playing informally against Yarra (Heidelberg), Williamson Alliance and Phoenix Park the club began formally in 1901. Brunswick began playing in the Victorian Junior Cricket Association with