Vigoro

Vigoro is a ball sport ( racquetball game). It was introduced in 1908 by the Englishman John George Grant first without success in Australia. It was not until Grant returned ten years later on the fifth continent, his game was among the female graduates in Sydney a large community of interests. A year later, the foundation of the first Vigoro Association. Vigoro is still played in parts of Australia, particularly in Queensland.

The game is similar to cricket. However, the bats are more reminiscent of canoe paddles. A team consists of 11 players. The two throwers per team ( Bowler ) throw alternately with different colored balls ( white and red) unlike the cricket from only one side of the playing field from. By few, but serious rule changes Vigoro is a much faster game than cricket.

At the All Australian Championships accept the selection teams in the states of Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania in four age - classes or performance in part (state 1, state 2, state juniors, state veterans ).

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• Marcus Rosenstein: The ball sports lexicon. The ball and ball games in the world, Berlin ( Weinmann ), 1997. ISBN 3-87892-062-8