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...more than a century, cricketers in England have been divided between ''gentlemen,'' who were amateurs, and "Players," who were professionals. The class lines stem from the rural origins of cricket : local squires led their villagers out to do battle honorably on the green each weekend. As cricket became bigtime, tradition required that the team captains should be Gentlemen, in order to set the tone for the professional Players, who did most of the big hitting...
Lord Hawke's worst fears were realized in 1952 when, in an effort to break a string of defeats, Professional Cricketer Len Hutton, a stonemason's son, was chosen to captain England in the Test Match with Australia. Tradition got additional body blows when Hutton and another Player were knighted by the Queen. Recently the gap between cricketers has become increasingly absurd, as it developed that Gentlemen were making more money out of the game than were the Players. Ted Dexter, currently leading England in the Test series against Australia, is an amateur who rakes in the cash...
Although we consider it not altogether cricket, jumping the gun on Jeff's death [Aug. 24], we are grateful for the warning...
...cricket bats, polo sticks and tea, Britain and the European Common Market reached full accord last week. Such essential adjuncts to the British way of life will continue to be imported duty-free from India and Ceylon if Britain joins the Market. Despite such progress, the protracted negotiations for British admission came close to foundering over the pivotal issue of food prices...
...Lombardy poplar from the crates used to ship Chianti bottles from Italy. Toughest wood of all to find is the seasoned willow that Stradivarius used for blocks to strengthen the corners and ends of his violins; Mrs. Hutchins now gets it from polo balls and broken cricket bats, sent to her by friends in England...