Timeline for What are the origins of gully and googly in cricket?
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| Nov 1, 2013 at 12:19 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | @WS2: As OP says, there is no reliable evidence either way; but the term seems to have arisen between the wars (ie 50 years after the first England-India Test), and there are many other possible sources ('small valley' or 'gullet' seem the most plausible). I'm not saying India is definitely not the source, but that it would be unwise to assume it is without evidence. | |
| Nov 1, 2013 at 12:17 | comment | added | dev.patrick | I am not confused if you see my answer i mentioned strictly "as far as Gully Cricket is concerned". Apart from it I accept your point Hindi is not native language.But let me make you correct English is not official language though widely user throughout India. | |
| Nov 1, 2013 at 12:14 | comment | added | Abhijit |
You are confused with Gully Cricket and Gully Fielder Position. These two terminologies have no remote relationship. Also to correct you, "Hindi is not the native language of India", but it is the official language along with English.
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| Nov 1, 2013 at 11:47 | comment | added | dev.patrick | I Know the wikipedia is not always reliable source but please refer this link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_cricket this would explain origin of word Gully Cricket | |
| Nov 1, 2013 at 11:30 | comment | added | WS2 | @TimLymington What exactly makes it seem that it doesn't have anything to do with India? It seems very likely to me. | |
| Nov 1, 2013 at 11:26 | comment | added | dev.patrick | I can not provide any evidence though i can search for that. My base to say that is I am an Indian. What Cricket means to us and what are the origin of word i am so sure about it. It has nothing to do with that Gully which is a fielding position making it more pronounce that What gully i am referring is Guly a hindi word Not Gully and cricketing terms shorter format of cricket some time termed as "Guly cricket" not Gully Cricket.But the author don't get confuse that's why i haven't corrected him because i knew what he is referring to and i answered accordingly. | |
| Nov 1, 2013 at 11:21 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | Gully in the question is the name of a fielding position, which does not seem to have anything to do with India (unless you have some evidence to the contrary). | |
| Nov 1, 2013 at 11:18 | comment | added | WS2 | You may wish to point this out to the OED, as they do not have it as the etymology of 'gully' used in the cricket sense. | |
| Nov 1, 2013 at 11:05 | comment | added | dev.patrick | You got it correct, "gully" meaning a narrow street in Hindi. And as Indian children play cricket in gully and hence it named as and became famous as "Gully Cricket" | |
| Nov 1, 2013 at 11:00 | comment | added | WS2 | Is 'gully', meaning narrow street, a Hindi word? Or does it originate from the English meaning of 'gully'? It could be that 'gully' in cricket is of Indian origin. The Australians call it 'gully-slip'. What you describe as 'gully-cricket' still goes on in Britain to some extent, but not nearly as much as when I was a boy. Sadly modern life has dealt a crippling blow to street and village communities. | |
| Nov 1, 2013 at 10:35 | history | answered | dev.patrick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |