Swallows and Hawke

Swallows and Hawke

Subtitle:
England's Cricket Tourists, MCC and the Making of South Africa 1888-1968
By:
Richard Parry and André Odendaal
Price:
£22.99
Out:
ISBN:
9781801501347
Format:
Hardback
Size:
240 x 160
Pages:
448

Description

Swallows and Hawke is the compelling story of cricket's second-oldest rivalry, exploring 15 English cricket tours to South Africa. It juxtaposes sensational action on the pitch with a kaleidoscope of player experiences - in jail or chased by rhinos - all framed within an analysis of racism, apartheid and African resistance. 

About the author

Dr Richard Parry writes on cricket and resistance to colonialism, was joint editor of Cricket and Society in South Africa (2018) and co-author of Too Black to Wear Whites: The Story of Krom Hendricks (2021). Proffesor André Odendaal is a former first-class cricketer and writer in residence at the University of the Western Cape, and is currently project leader for a new four-volume revisionist history of SA cricket from 1795 to the present.

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