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Basil D'oliveira: Cricket and Controversy by Peter Oborne (Hardcover, 2004)

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Basil DOliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy: The Untold Story. Title: Basil DOliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy: The Untold Story. Authors: Oborne, Peter. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.

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There have been innumerable biographies of cricketers. Peter Oborne's outstanding biography of Basil D'Oliveira is something else. It brings together sport, politics and race. It is the story of how a black South African defied incredible odds and came to play cricket for England, of how a single man escaped from apartheid and came to fulfil his prodigious sporting potential. It is a story of the conquest of racial prejudice, both in South Africa and in the heart of the English sporting establishment. The story comes to its climax in the so-called D'Oliveira Affair of 1968, when John Vorster, the South African Prime Minister, banned the touring MCC side because of the inclusion of a black man.

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PublisherLittle, Brown & Company

ISBN-139780316725729

eBay Product ID (ePID)87323246

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Book TitleBasil D'oliveira: Cricket and Controversy

AuthorPeter Oborne

FormatHardcover

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports

Number of Pages288 Pages

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Item Height234mm

Item Width153mm

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Title_AuthorPeter Oborne

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

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by marspark_1
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Extremely well researched,especially as it is such a difficult subject.
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