Talk:History of English amateur cricket

message: There was a suggestion many months ago on WT:CRIC that an article about schools cricket should be created, but it didn't happen.  There is a lot of information in the main sources about schools cricket so I've decided to make a start but so far I've only gone up to 1700.
The main significance of schools cricket is in the 19th century because of its impact on the universities and thence of the "Gentlemen", who were vital to cricket's continued development until Test matches and the County Championship began and were established.
This article is therefore one that will grow and obviously any additional ideas and contributions are very welcome.  --The Ghost | séance 07:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Purpose of this article

message: As can be seen, the scope of the article has been found to be about amateur cricket in England but with an emphasis on the special part played by the schools and universities in the development of amateur first-class players.  The article has been retitled accordingly.  I expect that it will have to be serialised because of size.  --The Ghost | séance 13:25, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New scope

message: I think there is little doubt that this will have to be serialised.  I'm not sure yet what the cutoff dates should be but I propose to go beyond 1863 in this initial phase, perhaps up to the start of the so-called "Golden Age" in about 1890.  BlackJack | talk page 07:16, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serialisation 

message: I created a  lead that was previously missing. This was reverted for reasons I don't understand. Bhny (talk) 18:59, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added it back again and added some wiki links. It still needs improvement, but at least it is better than the strange single sentence that was there before Bhny (talk) 19:06, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  New lead 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Gentlemen of England redirects here but is only mentioned once, in passing, and never introduced or defined. This leaves the reader who arrives here via a link (such as that in the lede of A. J. Raffles (character)) confused, and the hypothetical reader who searches for the phrase looking for something like British nobility even more so. Can a mention that defines the phrase be added, or should the redirect be retargeted or deleted? – Arms & Hearts (talk) 21:12, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Gentlemen of England]]