Yokohama Country & Athletic Club
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The Yokohama Country & Athletic Club, founded in 1868 as the Yokohama Cricket Club, was Japan's first cricket
team. It was founded by English merchants living in Yokohama
, who played their matches on what eventually became the Yokohama Stadium
. The Yokohama Country & Athletic Club still plays cricket today.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
team. It was founded by English merchants living in Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, who played their matches on what eventually became the Yokohama Stadium
Yokohama Stadium
is a stadium in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan. It opened in 1978 and holds 30,000 people.It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Yokohama BayStars. The stadium is unique, because it features dirt around the bases and pitcher's mound, but with dirt colored turf infield and base...
. The Yokohama Country & Athletic Club still plays cricket today.