Cricket, however, still has a long way to go, after 1700.
It is, at this time, a very rowdy sport...riots and mayhem following cricket matches are not uncommon, and a great deal of money is being squandered in side bets, win-or-lose prizes, and the like.Unfortunately, the "sponsors" of cricket, the post-Cavaliers, are aiding and abetting the mayhem by their profligacy in throwing money and liquor around cricket venues.
The Church of those times may very well have had a point.
It took another 80 years for the "gentlemen" of the day to agree on a set of rules and finally, in 1789, publish the Laws of Cricket which marks the dawn of "modern cricket"...the cricket that we know, play and are used to...which still govern the sport today.
By 1700, however chaotic and rowdy the cricket matches of the day might have been, the sport is beginning to look like modern cricket. See the 1704 ruleselsewhere on this Web site, and you can verify this for yourself.
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