Background and Mission of The Team
The team was originally called the Los Angeles Krickets. In the early nineties the club toured England where they played at Hambledon, upon their return the Los Angeles Krickets took a new direction when Disney signed up all members of the team for a film project. The publicity garnered by the tour was unprecedented in American cricket circles and included coverage by the BBC4, KTLA, ITV, SkyNews, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and numerous local newspapers in England and Australia.
Compton Cricket Club was born at the Dome Village Homeless Community in Downtown Los Angeles in 1995, by US Homeless activist Ted Hayes and Hollywood Movie Producer Katy Haber, to combat the negative effects of poverty and homelessness. After a highly successful tour of Great Britain later that year, the LA Krickets expanded the team to include inner city Latino gang members from the City of Compton. The Compton Homies and the Popz (Compton Cricket Club) emerged in 1996 as the first All American Inner City Cricket Team. The club uses the ideals of sportsmanship, and the particular importance of etiquette and fair play in cricket, to help players develop respect for authority, a sense of self-esteem and self-discipline. The Compton Homies travelled to the UK in 1997, 1999, and 2001, joined LASCA (the Los Angeles Social Cricket Alliance) and won the British Cup twice.
“The aim of playing cricket is to teach people how to respect themselves and respect authority so they stop killing each other”
(Team Founder, Compton Cricket Club, Ted Hayes)
The 'Homies' mission is to:
- Curb the negative effects of gang activities amongst the youth of Compton.
- Addressing homelessness in the inner city through the principles and ethics of cricket.
- Encourage and promote civility, good and productive citizenship.
The team motto of 'Let the game begin again in America' harkens back to former popularity of cricket in the United States during the 19th century.
The majority of the team is formed of the founding members and Hayes sees them as a "cross-generational village-like team".
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