Abstract
Readers of the right sherry vintage will remember the unsavoury 1968 clash between the Union Buildings and Lord's Cricket Ground. Basil d'Oliviera, the prominent coloured South African cricketer who features in this book, had earlier left his discriminatory country for better prospects in England, where playing fair did not require a fair complexion. Having done well in the first-class game, he was picked for the late-1960s MCC tour of South Africa.
Highlights
Readers of the right sherry vintage will remember the unsavoury 1968 clash between the Union Buildings and Lord’s Cricket Ground
Basil d’Oliviera, the prominent coloured South African cricketer who features in this book, had earlier happened before, and everything that is yet to happen depends on what happens
It comes as no surprise that Empire & Cricket has its share of Victorian and Edwardian d’Olivieras, marginalised and upon selection for a representative South African side to take on England in 1895, Hendricks was excluded by a Western Province Cricket Union clique which was determined to ensure that non-European players did not get too big for their boots
Summary
Readers of the right sherry vintage will remember the unsavoury 1968 clash between the Union Buildings and Lord’s Cricket Ground. South African Cricket coin of segregation fell the wrong way. Jonty Winch’s chapter depicts an Empire & Cricket: The South African Experience, 1884–1914.
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