Rebel cricket tour curtailed

Title

Rebel cricket tour curtailed

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Interview with Alan Smith, Chief Executive of the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB), on a premature end to the rebel cricket tour of South Africa by an unofficial England XI captained by Mike Gatting following demonstrations by local black people. Reporter not identified. For Update programme.

Contributors

Alan Smith

Keywords

Political demonstrations; South Africa; Apartheid; Demonstrations; Cricket; Black African peoples; Tours; England (cricket team); Mike Gatting; TCCB; Update (radio programme)

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