Sport for Victorians

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SPORTS FOR VICTORIANS
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Popular sports.

• The favourite of all sports was archery.
• Victorians played lots of different sports.
• Victorians started team games like football.
• A lot of Victorians played cricket.
  

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Sports that came into fashion in the middle of
the Victorian Era.

• As the Victorian years went on more people began
  to play golf.
• Croquet was a game that children and adults
  played in their spare time.
• Lots and lots of sport came into fashion

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Outdoor games

• Most young girls had skipping ropes which were
  very popular at that time.
• Hoops were a favourite toy over 80 years ago,
  some hoops were made of iron and some were made
  of wood.
• The hoops were either called bowles or girths.
• Roller skating was a popular craze.

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Hobbies

• Football was most popular 80 years ago.
• The first F.A.cup final was in 1901 between
  Tottenham and Sheffield United and was watched by
  110,000 people.
• Tennis, rugby, boxing, fishing, horse racing were
  also a favourite sport.
• When the river froze over they went ice skating.

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Cycling

• Cycling became a popular hobby for those who
  could afford a bicycle.
• Not many children's bicycles were made.
• Despite their long skirts, women rode bicycles.
• Cycling clubs were then formed later on in the
  years.

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Children Street Games

• Children made rings out of chalk on the pavement
  and they played marbles in the ring.
• It was safer to in the street because there were
  less cars around.
• Some children pushed a hoop with a stick.
• Most children made up their own games.

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