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South African tour of British Isles, 1960: Boycott



Reference
MCC/CRI/5/2/40
Date:
1960-01-02 - 1961-06-03
Level of description
file
Extent
1 folder
Part of
International Cricket Tours of British Isles (MCC/CRI/5/2)
Scope and Content
Correspondence, newspaper cuttings relating to a possible boycott of the South Africa tour to the British Isles in 1960. Subjects include the appeal by the Reverend Nicholas Stacey, member of the National Committee of the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination in Sport, to boycott the matches in protest against racial discrimination, letters threatening to boycott the tour and discussion of whether the tour should be cancelled, comments on the Reverend David Sheppard's view that the tour should be cancelled.
Associations
Reverend Nicholas David Stacey
David Stuart Sheppard
Subject
apartheid, South Africa in British Isles 1960, racism
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 folder
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