History

The game of Squash was invented around 1830 at Harrow School in England as an offshoot of the game of Rackets.

Links to Web sites covering the rules and history of squash.

Squash was created around 1865 in England. There are two versions of its origin: One story tells us that squash was created at the famous boardingschool of Harrow and was played outside by boys, who had to wait at the rackets-court.

Squash is a game which is being played for about two centuries now. It has deep roots with the ancient game of real tennis, as many have of us have guessed, both requiring the use of rackets. If Squash is placed second to Tennis, as most popular racket sport then it won’t be an exaggeration.

Squash rackets: Singles or doubles game played in a four-walled court with a long-handled strung racket and a small rubber ball.

Learn about the history of squash, from its origins in England to its growth around the world.

Squash developed from a game called racquets, which was itself a modified version of fives in which a ball was hit against a wall using the hand.

The World Squash Federation has published a new history of its sport.

Squash is a ball sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. The players must alternate in striking the ball with their racket and hit the ball onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court.

For over 1,000 years man has invented and enjoyed a variety of games played by hitting a ball with either a closed fist - as in “fives” or “bunch of fingers” - or with some form of bat or racket.