Ambassadors of Goodwill: MCC tours 1946/47-1970/71

by: Mark Peel (Author)

Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd

Publication Date: 2018/7/1

Language: English

Print Length: 288 pages

ISBN-10: 1785313800

ISBN-13: 9781785313806

Book Description

Ambassadors of Goodwill: MCC Tours between 1946/47 and 1970/71 looks at the death of the amateur ideal in English cricket. It assesses the MCC’s attempt to foster goodwill within the Empire/Commonwealth via long, formal overseas tours which increasingly came into conflict with the rise of third-world nationalism and hard-nosed professionalism.

About the Author

Ambassadors of Goodwill: MCC Tours between 1946/47 and 1970/71 looks at the death of the amateur ideal in English cricket. It assesses the MCC’s attempt to foster goodwill within the Empire/Commonwealth via long, formal overseas tours which increasingly came into conflict with the rise of third-world nationalism and hard-nosed professionalism.