ORIGIN OF HOCKEY
TRACED TO PERSIANS An inquiry from a Yorkshire reader as to the origin of hockey lias resulted in the discovery that this great game has a history of many thousand.”, of years, states an English writer. A crude form of a stick game was played by the ancient Persians, who passed it on to the equally ancient Greeks. The discovery in 1922 of a has relief on a wall built by Themistoclcs f 514-449 8.C.) gives reasons for the belief that the game originated in the East. In the “New World” the game was also played. The Aztec Indians favoured a contest with a ball and sticks, and there are grouds for believing that the Indians have played hockey for thousands of years. First mention of the game in England is by Fitzstephen, who talks of London Balle Playe in 1175. The modern game was organised in 1875 and became popularised after the formation of the famous Wimbledon club in 1883.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20186, 2 March 1940, Page 9
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164ORIGIN OF HOCKEY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20186, 2 March 1940, Page 9
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