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Sir Sydney Kentridge interviewed by William Roe



Reference
MCC/MED/3/63
Date:
2013-07-21
Level of description
item
Extent
1 MP3 file: 4 minutes 40 seconds
Part of
Audio (MCC/MED/3)
Scope and Content
1 MP3 file, Sir Sydney Kentridge, lawyer, interviewed by William Roe, MCC Assistant Digital Editor, in the President's Box at the Grand Stand, Lord's Cricket Ground.

[0:00-0:35] Kentridge talks about his enjoyment of the fourth day's play in the England vs. Australia Test Match at Lord's, [0:35-1:18] Kentridge talks about his previous visits to Lord's, including seeing Don Bradman's last tour in 1948 and watching Denis Compton and Bill Edrich make 300 vs. South Africa (in 1947), [1:18-1:41] Kentridge talks about how much the ground has changed since his first visit, [1:41-2:33] Kentridge talks about the perception of cricket during the apartheid era in South Africa, [2:33-3:36] Kentridge talks about the boycott of South African cricket and whether it had an impact on the demise of apartheid, [3:36-4:40] Kentridge talks about Nelson Mandela (Kentridge was Mandela's lawyer during the 1956 Treason Trial).
Associations
Sir Sydney Kentridge
Sir Donald George Bradman
Denis Charles Scott Compton
William John Edrich
Ahmed Mohammed Mamsa
William Roe
Subject
South Africa in England 1947, Australia in England 1948, Australia in England 2013, apartheid
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 MP3 file: 4 minutes 40 seconds
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