The bar chart compares the 
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participants
 in seven different sports in 1997 and 2017. Use synonyms
Overall
, all sports had an increase over the period given except for cricket, Linking Words
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number
 declined, and swimming, which remained the same.
Tennis had the highest Use synonyms
number
 of Use synonyms
participants
 in both years accounting for 50.000 and 60.000 respectively. The Use synonyms
number
 of adults involved in football and rugby shared Use synonyms
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number
 with just above 30.000 in 1997 and rose to almost half in 2017. Use synonyms
Likewise
, golf and swimming allocated around one-third of the Linking Words
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participants
 over the period.
Basketball had the least Use synonyms
participants
 in 1997 which only stood around 9.000 people. Use synonyms
This
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number
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then
 doubled in 2017 reaching around 21.000 Linking Words
participants
. Use synonyms
In contrast
, cricket started with around one-fourth and dropped to 5.000 in 2017.Linking Words