Cap (sport)
Term for a player's appearance in a game at the international level
Cap (sport)
In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at the international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. The practice was first approved on 10 May 1886 for association football after a proposal made by N. Lane Jackson, founder of the Corinthians: That all players taking part for England in future international matches be presented with a white silk cap with red rose embroidered on the front. These to be termed International Caps. The act of awarding a cap is now international and is applied to other sports. Although in some sports physical caps may not now always be given (whether at all or for each appearance) the term cap for an international or other appearance has been retained as an indicator of the number of occasions on which a sportsperson has represented a team in a particular sport. Thus, a "cap" is awarded for each game played and so a player...
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