Inclusion Cricket at the Summer Olympics

vélodrome de vincennes hosted cricket matches @ 1900 summer olympics in paris.

cricket scheduled included in inaugural 1896 summer olympics, held in athens; cricket have been team sport held @ games. there were, however, insufficient entries , no event held.

the event held @ 1900 summer olympics in paris 4 years later 2 countries competed, great britain , hosts france. french team represented english expatriates while english team represented devon & somerset wanderers cricket club, not nationally selected. considered few of participants have been enough play first-class cricket — british side had experience of 8 such games in side through somerset s montagu toller , alfred bowerman.

the match played on 2 days both 12-a-side teams batting 2 innings each , did not attract first-class status. england won match 158 runs win gold medal. if french had held out 5 more minutes game have declared draw. knowledge of game have been lost forethought of john symes, member of victorious team, kept scorecard in own writing.

a cricket tournament scheduled 1904 summer olympics held in st. louis cancelled.