Journal article
Game Location and Officiating Bias in English Club Cricket
Abstract
One potential contributing factor to the commonly observed home advantage in competitive sport is that officials may be biased in favour of the home team as a result of pressure from spectators. The present study examined officiating behaviour and home advantage, defined as home teams winning over 50% of decided games in English Club Cricket, a sport virtually devoid of spectator influence. Records of game outcomes, as well as dismissals …
Authors
Jones MV; Bray SR; Bolton L
Journal
Perceptual and Motor Skills, Vol. 93, No. 2, pp. 359–362
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
10 2001
DOI
10.2466/pms.2001.93.2.359
ISSN
0031-5125