
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 ...
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Sphere (November 6, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780751534887
ISBN-13: 978-0751534887
ASIN: 0751534889
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.9 inches
Amazon Rank: 2891049
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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. This episode marked the start of the twenty-year sporting isolation of South Africa that ended only with the collapse of apartheid itself.