The Diffusion and Transmission of Football in the Straits Settlements and Malay States, 1874–1899: Early Inter-Settlement Games and Inter-State Competition Among European Clubs and Teams

• Main Authors: Han, Lim Peng, Aman, Mohd Salleh
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: GV Recreation Leisure
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21960/; https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2019.1587411

Since 1786 the British occupied Penang, Malacca, and Singapore known as the Straits Settlements. They began indirect rule in Selangor, Perak, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang to form the Federated Malay States in 1896. Cricket and later, football was played by the military and European clubs like the Sing...