Norman Willis on rebel cricket tour

Title

Norman Willis on rebel cricket tour

Genre

Interview

TX Date

15 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:53

Description

Maggie Shiels interviews General Secretary of the TUC, Norman Willis, about the rebel cricket tour of South Africa by an unofficial England XI. He urges the cricketers taking part to think again after meeting a group of anti-apartheid campaigners who are in Britain hoping to persuade them to change their minds.

Contributors

Norman Willis; Margaret Shiels

Keywords

Sport; Trade unions; TUC; South Africa; Apartheid; Cricket; Anti-apartheid movements; England (cricket team)

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