Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 285-296 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | International Journal of the History of Sport |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2013 |
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Keywords
- media
- British identity
- lawn bowls
- South China Morning Post
- Hong Kong
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English newspaper and sport : the South China Morning Post 's lawn bowls reporting in British colonial Hong Kong. / ZOU, Yizheng.
In: International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 30, No. 3, 03.2013, p. 285-296.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed)
TY - JOUR
T1 - English newspaper and sport : the South China Morning Post 's lawn bowls reporting in British colonial Hong Kong
AU - ZOU, Yizheng
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - The South China Morning Post (SCMP) was the most influential English newspaper in the British colony Hong Kong in 1930s. The company staff especially the general manager actively participated in the development of lawn bowls in Hong Kong. In addition, the SCMP became a newspaper with the most frequent lawn bowls reporting in Hong Kong to meet the bowlers demand on bowls news. The SCMP portrayed the British identity through lawn bowls reporting on the British Empire Game, lawn bowls matches and British bowlers gatherings. The SCMP was also used by bowlers to communicate on lawn bowls competition and activities. At the very beginning, lawn bowls was only a Hong Kong Scottish sport on grassland; the development of lawn bowls in Hong Kong brought well-mowed English Bowling Green. The SCMP attracted the British middle class and elites to play lawn bowls actively in Hong Kong. In other words, the British identity not only caused British bowlers to play lawn bowls in Hong Kong but also created more bowling news for the SCMP, which was an important medium in favouring the British bowlers and preserving British cultural heritage in Hong Kong.
AB - The South China Morning Post (SCMP) was the most influential English newspaper in the British colony Hong Kong in 1930s. The company staff especially the general manager actively participated in the development of lawn bowls in Hong Kong. In addition, the SCMP became a newspaper with the most frequent lawn bowls reporting in Hong Kong to meet the bowlers demand on bowls news. The SCMP portrayed the British identity through lawn bowls reporting on the British Empire Game, lawn bowls matches and British bowlers gatherings. The SCMP was also used by bowlers to communicate on lawn bowls competition and activities. At the very beginning, lawn bowls was only a Hong Kong Scottish sport on grassland; the development of lawn bowls in Hong Kong brought well-mowed English Bowling Green. The SCMP attracted the British middle class and elites to play lawn bowls actively in Hong Kong. In other words, the British identity not only caused British bowlers to play lawn bowls in Hong Kong but also created more bowling news for the SCMP, which was an important medium in favouring the British bowlers and preserving British cultural heritage in Hong Kong.
KW - media
KW - British identity
KW - lawn bowls
KW - South China Morning Post
KW - Hong Kong
UR - https://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/6574
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U2 - 10.1080/09523367.2012.755348
DO - 10.1080/09523367.2012.755348
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
VL - 30
SP - 285
EP - 296
JO - International Journal of the History of Sport
JF - International Journal of the History of Sport
SN - 0952-3367
IS - 3
ER -