Cancelled South African tour of England, 1970

Reference

BF/SS/O/TEMP7

Date:

1969-12-12 - 1970-05-25

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

Other matches/tours/tournaments (BF/SS/O)

Scope and Content

Newspaper cuttings, leaflets. The papers relate to the cancelled South African tour of England in 1970. Includes articles on John Arlott's decision not to commentate on the tour, barbed wire being placed around the wicket at Lord's to stop protestors, profiles of the 'Stop the Seventy Tour' campaign members, copy of paper by L E Weidberg advocating the cancellation of tours to Australia, leaflet by the Cricket Council entitled 'Why The '70 Tour?', leaflet promoting the 1970 Cricket Fund for the South African tour.

The file does not contain any Frindall scoresheets.

Associations

Leslie Thomas John Arlott
L E Weidberg
Cricket Council

Subject

cancelled tours, South Africa in England 1970

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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