Cricket and the Radical

Abstract

Cricket is normally construed as a socially and politically conservative game based upon its origins in the English aristocracy and later the middle class. This article provides insight into areas where the more radical turn has been present in cricket, either through individuals or through collectives at different points in the game's history. The conclusion is that, for the most part, these exceptions prove the rule of cricket's essential conservatism.

Keywords::

• Cricket
• radical
• tradition
• conservatism

Notes

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Notes on contributors

Brian Stoddart

Brian Stoddart is a former Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and has written several works on the history and culture of cricket in several settings.