page_title: Cricket at the Summer Olympics
section_title: Inclusion
hierarchical_section_title: Cricket at the Summer Olympics / Inclusion
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Vélodrome municipal de Vincennes (La Cipale), 1894 im Bois de Vincennes bei Paris erbaute Radrennbahn, 1987 umbenannt in Vélodrome Jacques-Anquetil. Austragungsort verschiedener Wettbewerbe der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1900 und 1924 und Ziel der Tour de France von 1968 bis 1974. English: Vélodrome municipal de Vincennes (La Cipale), cycling stadium built in 1894 in the Bois de Vincennes near Paris, named Vélodrome Jacques-Anquetil since 1987. Hosted cycling, cricket, rugby union, football and gymnastics competitions of the 1900 Summer Olympic, track cycling competitions of the 1924 Summer Olymics and the arrival of the Tour de France from 1968 to 1974.
context_page_description: Cricket has been a sport at the modern Summer Olympic Games. The only time it has been played was at the 1900 Summer Olympics with only a men's contest when Great Britain won the gold medal, but the possibility of it being contested at the Olympics again has recently resurfaced.
context_section_description: Cricket was originally scheduled to be included in the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, which were held in Athens; cricket would have been the only team sport held at the Games. There were, however, insufficient entries and so no event was held. 
  The event was held at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris four years later but only two countries competed, Great Britain and hosts France. The French team was mostly represented by English expatriates while the English team was represented by Devon & Somerset Wanderers Cricket Club, so was not nationally selected. It is considered that few of the participants would have been good enough to play first-class cricket — only the British side had experience of eight such games in its side through Somerset's Montagu Toller and Alfred Bowerman.
  The match was played over two days with both 12-a-side teams batting two innings each and did not attract first-class status. England won the match by 158 runs to win the gold medal. If the French had held out for five more minutes the game would have declared a draw. Knowledge of the game would have been lost but for the forethought of John Symes, a member of the victorious team, who kept a scorecard in his own writing.
  A cricket tournament was scheduled for 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis but was eventually cancelled.
caption: Vélodrome de Vincennes hosted the cricket matches at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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