Unlocking the cape code: Establishing British football in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWinch J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-13T16:59:44Z
dc.date.available2011-10-13T16:59:44Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the emergence of modern forms of football in southern Africa during the late nineteenth century. It focuses on Cape Town - 'the birthplace of South African sport as we know it today' 1 - and draws on comparative material from elsewhere in the region and overseas. It also locates events within wider social and political developments at a time when Britain sought to establish its supremacy through a federation of the South African colonies and republics. Central to the investigation is the need to discover more about the existence of a Cape football code and to ascertain the means by which William Milton championed rugby in the course of promoting a broader imperial sporting culture. In exploring the changes which occur, the article will pay attention to the stance of the press and take into account soccer's struggle for recognition; the establishment of parallel black football organisations, and the escalation in Afrikaner support for rugby. © 2010 The British Society of Sports History.
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dc.identifier.citationSport in History
dc.identifier.citation30
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dc.identifier.issn17460263
dc.identifier.other10.1080/17460263.2010.527559
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17224
dc.titleUnlocking the cape code: Establishing British football in South Africa
dc.typeArticle
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