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Loading... Cricket and empire : the 1932-33 bodyline tour of Australiaby Ric Sissons
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A great depression, worsening Anglo-Australian relations, the declining British Empire and the challenge from an Australia striving to find a national identity are the context which explain bodyline and its repercussions. Bodyline was a watershed in the history of cricket and politics were publicly seen as part of sport. This book offers a radical reappraisal of bodyline which challenges the official interpretations of the events, and places them in a unique social and political context. . No library descriptions found. |
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"Cricket and Empire" is certainly not the worst I have read on Bodyline and Ric Sissons goes beyond the usual facile coverage of the sporting event that apparently almost severed diplomatic relations between Australia and England. ( )