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The game, peculiarly associated with England, is cricket. Many other games are also English in origin, but have been accepted with enthusiasm in other countries. Cricket has been seriously and extensively accepted only in the Commonwealth, particularly in Australia. India, and Pakistan.Cricket is slow, and a spectator, sitting in the afternoon sun after his lunch, may be excused for having a little sleep for half an hour. Cricket is making no progress in popularity. Association football or soccer is very popular. Nearly 40 million spectators each year attend matches between the great professional teams organised by the Football League. The biggest event in England is the Cup Final played at the Empire Stadium, Wembley, in a London suburb.Rugby football (or rugger) has existed in Britain since the beginning of the 19th century, when a teacher at Rugby school, while playing football, decided that it would be better to pick up the ball and run with it. Rugby football is played with an egg-shaped ball which may be carried and thrown (but not forward).The games of golf and tennis are played by great numbers of people. Golf is played in the countryside. It consists in driving a small ball towards and into holes separated by considerable distances, by means of special golf clubs. The aim is to 'go round’ using as few strikes as possible.There are many tennis clubs, but every town provides tennis championship in public parks. The world courts tennis matches arc held at Wimbledon in London, during June and July.