Lacrosse in England

Lacrosse in England is an amateur sport played mainly by community based clubs and university teams.

Field lacrosse exhibitions were staged in England at least as early as August 1867 when a group of First Nations people played a series of games at the Crystal Palace Park Cricket Ground.

[1] William George Beers and other Canadians later toured the country playing exhibition matches in 1876.

Another tour was arranged in 1883; by then England had 60 clubs playing regular fixtures in Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Middlesex and Yorkshire.

Men's club lacrosse in England is divided into parallel northern and southern leagues generally running from late September to early April.

The main focus of men's lacrosse popularity in England is in Manchester and the North West.

[8][9] McCrone credits lacrosse's limited popularity with Victorian men for its adoption by many girls' public schools in the 1890s.

Since 1982, the English Lacrosse Association has brought over one thousand coaches from outside the U.K. to teach young players the game.