2012 Results Played: 29 Won: 13 Lost: 14 Abandoned due to weather: 2 Cancelled: 4 Saturday 21 January – Snow Cricket World Cup – McTavish Reservoir, downtown Montreal – won by England Sunday 22 April – Bengal United – The Candy Fields, Mont-Saint-Hilaire – cancelled due to snow Saturday 28 April – Cosmopolitans: A Trinidadian […]

CBC January 22 2012 Snow Cricket Returns to Montreal Salimah Shivji Click HERE to see the full article and listen to the radio report. Cricketers donned snow pants and parkas for a Nordic-style cricket tournament on McGill University’s McTavish Reservoir field Saturday. The annual Snow Cricket World Cup is going strong in its fifth year, […]

Pirates of the St Lawrence Snow Cricket World Cup 2012 Saturday 21 January 2012 By our Irish correspondent Samuel Mulligan Photo by Robert Ganz The brave men and women of Pirates of the St Lawrence descended on McGill University’s McTavish Reservoir to compete in the fifth edition of the annual Snow Cricket World Cup. Four […]

Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Batting, Part 1 of 8 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktyP9QwCgFw[/youtube] Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Batting, Part 2 of 8 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-soOsOLIGQ&feature=related[/youtube] Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Batting, Part 3 of 8 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLqnqXk2u60&feature=related[/youtube] Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Batting, Part 4 of 8 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNCkLdepTo0&feature=related[/youtube] Cricket – The […]

Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Bowling, Part 1 of 3 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTYxPorSyYI[/youtube] Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Bowling, Part 2 of 3 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR-TlE-B6vY&feature=related[/youtube] Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Bowling, Part 3 of 3 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNBd8Mb6DPI&feature=related[/youtube]

Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Wicketkeeping and Fielding, Part 1 of 4 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQsP23keJGA&feature=related[/youtube] Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Wicketkeeping and Fielding, Part 2 of 4 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nK3X7NTdgQ&feature=related[/youtube] Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Wicketkeeping and Fielding, Part 3 of 4 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwq42KyxLQc&feature=related[/youtube] Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Wicketkeeping and Fielding, […]

Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Umpiring, Part 1 of 2 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XczbV2oj5Y8&feature=related[/youtube] Cricket – The Bob Woolmer Way – Umpiring, Part 2 of 2 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5hQwS1bfX0&feature=related[/youtube]

Cricket was first played in Canada by British soldiers on the Plains of Abraham after the battle of Québec City in 1759. The earliest record of cricket in Canada is a painting showing a match on Île Sainte-Hélène, Montreal, in 1785. Snow cricket was played in Canada by Captain William Parry on Igloolik Island, 3 […]

The New York Times September 14 1886 CRICKET AT MONTREAL MONTREAL, Sept. 13.–The second day’s play of the English Gentlemen and the Montreal Cricket Club began at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Rain had fallen heavily all day yesterday and the wickets were very soft… Click HERE for the full story…

The New York Times July 26 1885 BOSTON CRICKETERS BEATEN MONTREAL, July 25.–The international cricket match between the Longwood Club, of Boston, and the Montreal Cricket Club was concluded here to-day, the match being won by Montreal by 26 runs. The Bostonians concluded their first inning to-day, making 88 runs… Click HERE for the full […]