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BARBED WIRE AND CUCUMBER SANDWICHES - THE CONTROVERSIAL SOUTH AFRICA CRICKET TOUR OF 1970

BARBED WIRE AND CUCUMBER SANDWICHES - THE CONTROVERSIAL SOUTH AFRICA CRICKET TOUR OF 1970

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Featuring newly published archive material from the MCC and exclusive interviews with leading players of the time, a full and illustrated exploration of the scheduled South African cricket tour of England in 1970, which was abandoned in the face of anti-apartheid protest and replaced with a series seeing England take on a World XI.

8vo. 320pp. Dust-wrapper. Fine condition. 

Date
2020
Publisher
Worthing: Pitch Publishing
Author
Colin SHINDLER

£10.00 (Code: 81905)

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