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Abbas, Zaheer 124, 218–19
Aboriginal people 26–31
Acfield, David 218
Adelaide Oval 108, 149
Adrien, Martin 39–40, 54, 56, 60, 79
Age, The 20, 23, 161
Alexander, Gerry 273, 274
Alf Gover cricket school, Wandsworth, London 40, 41
Ali, Imtiaz 46
Alikhan, Rehan 219
Allen, Jim 288
Alley, Bill 72, 73, 76
Alleyne, Hartley 178, 179, 195, 196, 291
Allott, Paul 241
Ambrose, Curtly 308, 314
Amiss, Dennis 58, 124–5, 127, 221
Antigua 45, 169, 198, 218, 282, 311; climate and location of 283; England tour of West Indies, 1986 and 306; inter-island cricket and 43, 44; love of cricket in 272; players from 1, 4, 40, 41–3, 101, 120, 263–4, 286, 287, 288, 291, 297, 299, 304, 308; psyche of people 293; WSC and 142
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John’s 42–3
Arlott, John 58, 76, 77, 147
Armstrong, Gregory 169, 172
Arthur, Ken 44
Ashe, Arthur 108
Austin, Richard 128, 172, 180, 186, 195, 198, 199–200
Austin, Ronald 56, 83, 140–1, 148–9, 199–200, 273–4, 323
Australia: Aboriginal people and 26–33; v England, 1974–5 7, 9; v England, 2005 319; v India, 1977–78 122; v New Zealand, 1974 163–4; v South Africa, 1970 169; v West Indies, 1951–52 302; v West Indies, 1960–61 28–9, 32, 149, 273–4, 275; v West Indies, 1968–69 149; v West Indies, 1975–76 xvi–xviii, 1, 2, 4–5, 6, 10–25, 26, 29–31, 33, 34–8, 46, 50, 52, 53, 55, 76, 83, 108, 142, 148, 149, 208, 221, 288, 320–1; v West Indies, 1977–78 128; v West Indies, 1979–80 147–9, 151, 152, 289; v West Indies, 1983–84 212, 220, 250; v West Indies, 1984–85 258; v West Indies, 1990–91 314; World Cup, 1975 5–6, 108, 144; World Cup, 1979 and 143–4; World Cup, 1983 and 203; WSC and see World Series Cricket
Australian Cricket Board (ACB) 110, 121, 130, 139–40, 143–4, 147
Babb, Colin xiii, 61, 105–6, 253
Bacchus, Faoud 144, 195, 196
Bacher, Ali 169, 178–9, 193, 195–6
Barbados 66, 87, 321, 323; accent in 228, 283; club cricket in 264, 267, 291; cricket administration links to sugar trade in 260; emigration to Britain from 60, 78, 97; England tour of West Indies, 1948 and 261; England tour of West Indies, 1981 and 210–11, 319; Englishness of 269, 272–3, 283; independence 279, 282; India tour of West Indies, 1976 and 46, 51; inter-island cricket and 84, 125–6, 291; New Zealand tour of West Indies, 1985 and 258; pitches in 217; players from 1, 38, 44, 47, 140, 144, 145, 166, 167, 168, 169, 172, 174, 179, 197, 203, 212, 215, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235, 236, 245, 246, 269, 272–3, 279, 282, 291, 306; South Africa rebel tours and cricketers from 166, 167, 168, 169, 172, 174, 179, 197; stereotypes 283; WSC and 137
Barbados Cricket League 166
Barker, J. S.: Summer Spectacular 84
Barlow, Eddie 115
Barrett, Arthur x
Barrington, Ken 240
Barton, Edmund 27–8
BBC 53, 70, 73, 199, 211, 224
Becca, Tony xii, 37, 282, 294
Beckles, Hilary McD. xii, 271, 281, 291, 310, 312; The Development of West Indies Cricket: The Age of Nationalism 66
Bedi, Bishan 49–50, 52, 288, 317
Bedkober, Martin 19
Bedser, Alec 251
Benaud, Richie 122, 218, 224, 274
Benjamin, Kenny 308
Bequia 85, 86
Berry, Scyld 211
Best, Lloyd 280
Bijl, Vintcent van der 169
black power 295, 296–7, 305, 307–8
Blackman, Harold 229–32, 233–4, 240, 324
Blakey, Michael 211
Blofeld, Henry 58–9
Bond, Jack 245
Botham, Ian 144, 145, 212, 221, 238, 250
Bovell, Dennis 300
Boyce, Keith 21, 244, 291
Boycott, Geoffrey 145, 146, 210–11, 212, 221, 318–19
Bradman, Don 5, 11, 23, 28, 166, 202
Braithwaite, E. R.: Honorary White 191–2
Brathwaite, Kamau: Rites 323
Brearley, Mike 56, 144, 146
British Empire 66, 87, 90, 91, 96, 260, 261, 265
British Guiana 1–3, 15, 68, 98, 273–4, 275, 277, 312, 320, 321, 323–4
Brixton, London 61, 64, 78, 100, 252, 253, 254
Broad, Chris 219, 242
Brockway, Lord 51
Brown, Dennis 298
Buckley, Robin 180–2, 189
Burnham, Forbes 283, 312, 313
Butcher, Basil 2, 185, 244, 276, 277
Butcher, Roland 243
Butler, Bunny 43
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires 298–9
Cairns, Lance 154
calypso 10, 24, 33, 34, 47, 65, 82, 139, 155, 293, 298, 317
‘calypso cricket’ 24, 34
Cameron, Don 155, 158, 165
Canada 143, 146
Cardus, Neville 33–4, 94
Caribbean rebel side tours of South Africa, 1983–84 166–201
Carlos, John 296–7
Carmichael, Stokely 297
Carrott, Adlai 306, 307
Cartwright, Tom 45
Cashman, Richard: ‘Ave a Go, Yer Mug! 131
Cashmore, Ellis 89
Central Lancashire League 88, 269
Central Road Services 231–2
Chalke, Stephen 245
Chanderpaul, Shiv 312
Chandrasekhar, Bhagwath 50, 259, 317
Chang, Herbert 172, 195, 198, 199
Chappell, Greg xvi, 6, 7–8, 9, 12–13, 15, 18, 22, 26, 36, 124, 211
Chappell, Ian xv–xvii, xviii, 8–10, 11, 22, 31–3, 35, 36–7, 111, 121, 124, 132, 137, 142, 163–4, 211, 320
Church and Oswaldtwistle Cricket Club 44, 45
Churchill, Winston 261
Clarke, Sylvester 169, 172, 180, 184, 192, 196, 200, 221, 291
Cleaver, Eldridge 297
Clifford, Junior 251
Close, Brian 45, 53, 54, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76
Coard, Bernard 103, 104
Cochrane, Kelso 101
Cockshut, R. W. 59, 60
Combined Islands 125, 207, 208, 291
Commonwealth 27, 96, 254
Coney, Jeremy 149–51, 152–5, 156, 157, 158–60, 162, 163, 164
Constantine, Learie xi, 25, 33, 89, 93–7, 139, 145, 244, 260–1, 268, 269–70, 271, 272, 284–5, 295, 318; Colour Bar 95–7
Constantine, Lebrun 92–3, 96
Cowans, Norman 243
Cowdrey, Colin 68, 231
Cozier, Tony xii, 51, 74, 173–4, 237, 245, 294, 308–9
Creed, Len 45
Cricket Society 59
Cricketer, The 118, 130, 177, 248, 251, 302
Croft, Colin: Australia tour, 1979–80 and 148; bowling talent 212, 213–14; New Zealand tour, 1980 and 150, 153, 157, 158–9, 160, 161; Pakistan series, 1976–77 and 117; South Africa rebel tours, 1983–84 and 168, 172, 173, 179, 184–5, 186, 190–1, 192, 196–7; World Cup, 1979 and 144, 146; WSC and 124, 128, 129, 132, 133, 139, 141
Currie Cup 196
D’Oliveira, Basil 171
Daily Gleaner 120, 167–8, 205, 280
Daniel, Wayne: Australia tour, 1979–80 and 148; bowling talent 212, 291; England tour, 1976 and 55, 57, 69–70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 107; India tour, 1976 and 47, 49, 51–2; on Roberts 125–6; WSC and 110, 119, 123, 124, 125–7, 133–4, 139, 141
Davis, Ian 19
Davis, Winston 202, 242, 250
Deeley, Peter 137
DeFreitas, Philip 316
Demerara Cricket Club 3
Derby Daily Telegraph 88
Derbyshire County Cricket Club 86, 87–8, 91, 244–5
Dev, Kapil 203, 204
Dexter, Ted 240, 248
Dickens, Charles: The Pickwick Papers 266
Dominica 39–40, 60, 100, 207, 316
Dubois, William 92
Dujon, Jeff 204, 224, 286, 314
Durban Park 2
Durtanovitch, Lenny (later, Pascoe) 6–7, 134
East, Ray 218
Edgar, Bruce 151
Edmonds, Phil 145
Edrich, John 58, 63, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76
Edwards, George 42, 43
Egginton, Joyce 98
Elizabeth I, Queen 89
Ellison, Richard 247, 250
Empire Windrush 64, 97
Engel, Matthew 249, 296, 304
England 25, 28, 33–4; v Australia, 1974–75 7, 9; v Australia, 2005 319; v West Indies, 1900 86–7, 92, 267, 322; v West Indies, 1923 93; v West Indies, 1928 25, 34, 62, 93; v West Indies, 1939 271; v West Indies, 1948 202, 261; v West Indies, 1950 61–7, 101, 106, 324; v West Indies, 1957 278; v West Indies, 1959–60 271; v West Indies, 1963 67–8, 73, 84, 227, 231, 276–8; v West Indies, 1967–68 280–1; v West Indies, 1973 111, 238; v West Indies, 1976 46, 50, 51, 52–61, 66–84, 105–7, 221, 238–9, 288, 289–90, 291–2; v West Indies, 1980 163, 186; v West Indies, 1981 210–11, 319; v West Indies, 1983 202; v West Indies, 1984 220–7, 229, 234–5, 238–43, 247–53, 257, 302–4, 306, 319–20; v West Indies, 1986 306–8; v West Indies, 1990 315–16; v West Indies, 1991 314–17; World Cup, 1979 143–7; World Cup, 1983 203; WSC and see WSC
Essex County Cricket Club 88, 91, 217, 218, 244
Evans, Godfrey 63
Fennel, Rex 199
Fingleton, Jack 5
First World War, 1914–18 4
Flintoff, Andrew 319
Foreign Office 194
Foster, Neil 224, 238, 250
Fowler, Graeme 223, 224, 227, 238, 240, 242, 249
Francis, G. N. 272
Frank Worrell Trophy 23, 147, 202
Fraser, Malcolm 175
Fredericks, Roy 1, 14–15, 16, 77, 129–30, 185, 236, 237, 245–6
Frindall, Bill 70, 71, 73
Frith, David 130, 302–3, 304, 305–7, 314–15
Fryer, Peter 97, 263
Gabriel, Richard 293
Gandhi, Indira 47
Garner, Joel ix, 89, 195; Australia tour, 1979–80 and 148; bowling talent 211–12, 213; England tour, 1984 and 220, 222, 223, 240, 241, 232, 247, 251; Marshall and 215; New Zealand tour, 1980 and 150, 154; Pakistan series, 1976–77 and 117; retires 308; World Cup, 1979 and 143, 144, 146–7; World Cup, 1983 and 203, 204, 206; WSC and 125, 129, 138, 141, 210, 291, 293
Gavaskar, Sunil 47, 51, 203
Georgetown Cricket Club 46, 48
Gibbs, Lance xviii, 1–3, 10, 48, 244
Gilbert, Eddie 28
Gilbert, Kevin: Because a White Man’ll Never Do It 27
Giles, Ashley 319
Gilkes, Al 174
Gilmour, Gary 14, 15, 26
Gilroy, Professor Paul 252–3, 282, 300, 303–4
Gilvray, Alan 274
Glamorgan County Cricket Club 44, 167, 225, 250
Glenelg 175
Glossop Cricket Club 88, 89
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club 45, 218
Goddard, John 64, 65, 77, 270
Gomes, Larry 143, 144, 204, 229, 238, 241, 293
Gooch, Graham 144, 145, 175, 217, 218, 221, 322
Goodall, Fred 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 164, 165
Goodman, Solicitor General Gerald 87
Goolagong, Yvonne 29
Gover, Alf 40, 41, 251
Gower, David 144, 221, 223, 239, 240, 242, 304–5, 307
Grace, W. G. 87
Grant, Jackie 260–1, 272
Grant, Rolph 271, 272
Greenidge, Alvin 169, 172, 180
Greenidge, Gordon 1, 315, 320; Australia tour, 1975–76 and 11–12, 21, 35; Australia tour, 1979–80 and 148; Australia tour, 1984 and 250; Barbados and hate campaign against 235–6; career for West Indies, overview of 236–7; childhood 227–8, 229–30; County Cricket career 115, 216, 228, 232–3, 236, 245; England tour, 1976 and 54, 69, 70, 76, 83; England tour, 1984 and 227, 229, 234–5, 238–9, 242, 251; India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka tour, 1974–75 and 236; Lloyd and 237; retires 314; WSC and 129, 134
Greig, Tony 52–7, 58, 59–60, 61, 69, 70, 75, 76, 80–2, 111, 112, 114, 115, 118, 130, 132
Grenada 68
Griffith, ‘Billy’ 183
Griffith, Charlie 73, 167, 188, 212, 276
Guardian 33–4, 49, 58, 64, 211, 249
Guha, Ramachandra 166–7
Guyana 1, 45–6, 56, 68, 83, 100, 128, 129, 137, 162, 172, 185, 191, 207, 213, 214, 279, 281, 283, 308, 311, 312, 313, 316
Hadlee, Richard 151, 158, 159
Haigh, Gideon: The Cricket War 127, 138, 140
Hall, Wes 67, 68, 73, 132, 137, 231, 282–3
Hampshire County Cricket Club 58, 115, 215, 216, 218, 228, 232–3, 235, 236
Harmison, Steve 319
Harper, Roger 224, 242–3, 286, 319–20
Harris, Lord 87
Hastie, John 153, 155, 164
Haynes, Desmond ix, 128, 138, 144, 145, 154, 158, 161, 178, 179, 203, 224, 229, 237, 239, 232, 242, 247, 250, 251, 294–5, 314
Headingley 76–8, 240–2, 249, 252
Headley, George xi, 37, 86, 89, 236, 261, 271, 272, 322–3
Hector, Tim 272
Hendrick, Mike 74, 146
Hinds, Fitz 267
Hobson, Denys 115
Hogg, Kyle 62
Hogg, Rodney 250–1
Hogg, Willie 62
Hoggard, Matthew 319
Holder, Vanburn 49, 52, 212, 291
Holding, Michael x, xv, xvi, xvii–xviii, 1, 221, 293, 310; Australia tour, 1975–76 and 13, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 33, 36; Australia tour, 1979–80 and 148; bowling talent 209–11, 318–19, 320; England tour of West Indies, 1981 and 210–11, 213; England tour, 1976 and 55, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 81–2, 83, 105; England tour, 1984 and 220, 222, 242, 247, 251, 303; India tour of West Indies, 1976 and 49, 50; India tour, 1983 and 206; meets Manley 115, 116; New Zealand tour, 1980 and 150, 151, 153–4; retires 308; Roberts and 126, 208–9; short ball and 49, 50, 251, 318–19, 320; South Africa rebel tours, 1983–84, refusal to participate in 177–8, 189, 190, 197–8; World Cup, 1979 and 144, 146; World Cup, 1983 and 203, 204, 205, 206; WSC and 112, 113–16, 117, 122–3, 124, 125, 134, 139, 141, 142
Hookes, David 124, 125, 126, 127, 138
Hooper, Carl 308
Hopwood, Len 95
Howarth, Geoff 151–2, 155–6, 158, 160
Howe, Darcus 289
Howe, Geoffrey 194
Howson, Barry 20
Hughes, David 23
Hunte, Conrad 236, 237, 244, 276
Hutton, Sir Leonard 248, 271
India: v Australia, 1977–78 122; v West Indies, 1961–62 247; v West Indies, 1974–75 x, 236, 287–8; v West Indies, 1976 46–52, 58–9, 288, 312; v West Indies, 1978 218; v West Indies, 1983–84 202, 206, 209, 215, 308; v West Indies, 1986–87 308; World Cup, 1975 202–3; World Cup, 1979 143; World Cup, 1983 and 202–6, 286
International Cricket Conference (ICC) 76, 118, 119, 120, 136, 143–4, 309
Jacobson, Dan 97
Jamaica 37, 50–1, 62, 112, 113, 114, 167–8, 169, 205, 230, 280, 304, 306; emigration to England from 64, 79, 100, 251, 255, 256, 316; inter-island cricket and 84, 275; inter-island rivalry and 60, 282; players from xv, 1, 63, 87, 172–3, 186, 198, 199, 208, 251, 286; Rastafarians/Bob Marley and the Wailers and 298, 301, 302; slavery in 263; South Africa rebel tours, 1983–84 and 167–8, 169, 172–3, 186, 187, 198, 199; stereotypes 283; West Indies Federation and 276; West Indies matches played in 49, 250, 260–1, 282; WSC and 115, 116, 120
James, C. L. R. xi, xii, 3, 25, 66, 93, 200, 206, 212, 267–9, 270, 274, 275, 278, 279, 280, 287; Beyond a Boundary 268–9, 270, 323–4
Jarman, Barry xvi
Jones, Clem 11, 13, 121
Jones, Simon 319
Julien, Bernard 21, 22, 33, 107, 125, 172
Jumadeen, Raphick 46, 48
Kallicharran, Alvin ix, xvii, 18, 21, 37, 56, 129, 144, 148, 161, 172, 173, 184, 186, 188–9, 196, 214, 243, 244, 245–6, 251, 311, 312, 314
Kanhai, Rohan xi, 2, 56, 61, 67, 77, 104, 187, 188, 244, 260, 273, 274, 292, 312, 314, 323
Keating, Frank 211
Kensington Oval, Barbados 166, 167, 210, 230, 235, 258, 260, 279, 323
Kerr, Malcolm 87
Khan, Imran 216
King Short Shirt 317
King, Collis 125; Branded a Rebel 185; New Zealand tour, 1980 and 161; South Africa rebel tours, 1983–84 168–9, 172, 181, 185, 192, 196; World Cup, 1979 144, 145, 146
King, Sam 61–2, 63, 64–5, 66, 67, 97
King Frank-I 293, 295–6
Kirmani, Syed 209
Knight, Albert 88
Knott, Alan 58
Kynaston, David: Austerity Britain 97
Lae Cricket Association 4–5
Laker, Jim 72, 73, 234–5, 238
Lal, Madan 50, 203
Lamb, Allan 227, 238
Lambeth, London 78, 100
Lamming, George 97
Lancashire County Cricket Club 23, 62, 68, 95, 101, 226, 244, 245
Lancashire League 44, 88, 93–4, 145, 269
Lansdown Cricket Club 44–5
Lara, Brian 322–3
Larkins, Wayne 145
Larwood, Harold 28
Lawrence, David 316
Lawson, Geoff 308
Ledwidge, Reg xvii
Lee, Brett 157
Leeward Islands 42, 250, 288, 291, 295–6
Leicestershire County Cricket Club 86, 88
Lewis, Chris 310, 316
Lewis, Tapley 42
Liberation Cricket (Beckles/Stoddart) 270–1, 280, 283–4
Lillee, Dennis ix, 6, 7–8, 11–12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 35, 37, 52, 53, 124, 139, 206, 215, 216, 217, 317
Lindwall, Ray 149
Lipsyte, Robert 3
Lloyd, Andy 220–2, 223, 224–7
Lloyd, Arthur 1–2
Lloyd, Clive ix–xii, 44, 56, 104, 182, 202, 215; accusations of West Indian arrogance, on 315; achievement 285; ancestry 263; attacks on team from outsiders, on 311; Australia tour, 1975–76 and xv, xvii, 1, 4, 5, 6, 13, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 36, 37–8, 83, 320–1; Australia tour, 1979–80 and 147–8, 149; captaincy of West Indies x–xi, 1, 4, 13, 21, 23, 24, 76, 77, 83, 84, 109, 120–1, 147, 156–7, 204–6, 215, 222, 236, 237, 258–60, 281–2, 284, 285, 286, 292–3, 294, 320–1; childhood and family 2–4, 45–6; County Cricket career 89, 244, 245; cricketers pay, on 109; England tour, 1976 and 55, 58, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76–7, 79, 83, 84, 106; England tour of West Indies, 1981 and 210–11; England tour, 1984 and 220, 222, 229, 240, 247, 249–50, 251; Georgetown Cricket Club and 46; Greenidge and 237; India tour of West Indies, 1976 and 46, 47–8, 51, 52; India tour, 1983 and 206; India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka tour, 1974–75 and 236; inter-island rivalry and 282, 284; meets Manley 115, 116; New Zealand tour of West Indies, 1985 and 258; New Zealand tour, 1980 and 152, 154, 156–7, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162–3; resignation and reinstatement as captain 204–5, 286; retirement 258–60, 286, 296; Roberts and 207; Sobers and 281–2; South Africa rebel tours, 1983–84 and 174–5, 184, 191; spinal injury, 1971 83–4; Vivian Richards and 258, 286–7, 288, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296; World Cup, 1979 and 147; World Cup, 1983 and 203, 204–5; Worrell and 278, 281; WSC and x, 112, 113–16, 120–1, 128–30, 132, 133, 134, 135, 141–2
Logie, Gus 202, 314
London Transport XI 231–2, 324
Lord Beginner: ‘Victory Test Match’ 65
Lord Kitchener 65
Lord’s Cricket Ground 5, 6, 34, 60–6, 67–8, 73, 76, 101, 105, 108, 117, 118, 143, 144–7, 183, 198, 203, 204, 205, 218, 227, 229, 231, 234, 238, 239–40, 249, 276, 307, 319, 323
Loxton, Sam 19
Luton 255, 256–7
Lynch, Monte 195
Mackerdhuj, Krish 188
Makinson, David 226
Malcolm X 256, 292, 297
Maley, John 121–2
Manley, Michael xii, 115–16, 119, 138, 171, 172
Manthata, Lewis 192–3
Marks, Vic 213, 289
Marlar, Robin 76, 248
Marley, Bob 299–301
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 58, 105, 183, 218
Marsh, Rodney 9, 17, 116, 134, 142
Marshall, Malcolm 89, 144, 178, 286, 291; Australia tour, 1979–80 and 148; bowling talent 212, 215–19; County Cricket career 246; David Murray, on 167; England tour, 1984 and 223–4, 225, 226–7, 240–2, 247, 249; India tour, 1983 and 206; players disliked by 217–19; South Africa rebel tours, 1983–84 and 178–9, 195–6; World Cup, 1983 and 203, 205, 206
Martin-Jenkins, Christopher 248
Maskell-Knight, Charles 14–15, 16, 17
Mason, Peter 93
Mattis, Everton 172, 187
May, Peter 240
Mbeki, Thabo 183, 187–8
McDonald, Michelle 186
McGregor, Adrian 131
McGregor, Craig: Profile of Australia 26–7
McMorris, Easton 307
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) 19–23, 139–40
Mendip Acorns 45
Mexico Olympic Games, 1968 296–7
Meyer, Barry 238
Middlesex County Cricket Club 110, 243, 290
Mighty Sparrow 139
Milburn, Colin 240
Miller, Keith 149, 279
Mitchell, Glenn 16
Mitchell, Scotty 16, 34
Molineaux, Tom 89
Montserrat 42, 288
Moseley, Ezra 169, 172, 195, 196, 200, 291
Murray, David 166, 167, 172, 175, 178, 179, 180, 193, 197, 200–1
Murray, Deryck xv, xvi, xvii, 6, 17, 23, 48, 49, 55, 72, 77, 110–11, 128–30, 133, 143, 144, 153, 159, 162, 206, 244, 282
Murray, Ebony 175
Murray, Kerry 175
Murray, Lance 162
Naipaul, V. S. 67–8; The Middle Passage 200
Nanan, Rangy x
Nation 174, 274
Neely, Don 149–50
Nelson Cricket Club 93–4, 95, 145
Nelson, Trevor 78–9, 99, 105, 106, 283, 291–2, 300
Nevis 43, 172
New Zealand 85, 139, 143, 146, 149–65, 168, 202, 258, 308
Newman, Paul 26, 27, 28–9, 30, 31
Nicholas, Mark 215, 216–19
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club 243
Notting Hill, London 100
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club 243, 244, 278
O’Reilly, Bill 22–3, 24
Observer 58, 137, 211
Old Trafford 68–76, 101, 202, 203, 242–3, 290, 303
Ollivierre, Athneal 85–6
Ollivierre, Charles xii, 85–9, 90–2, 93, 96, 113, 267, 322
Operation Swamp 253–4
Outlet 306, 311
Oval ix, 70, 78–82, 84, 203, 221–2, 247, 248, 252–3, 291–2, 316
Ové, Horace 104
Packer, Frank 109
Packer, Kerry 109–10, 111–42, 143, 144, 147, 148, 167, 246, 259, 260, 289
Paddington, London 100, 251
Padmore, Albert 46, 70, 75, 125, 169, 172
Pahad, Essop 182–4, 187
Pakistan ix, 14, 32–3, 111, 112, 117, 143, 146, 149, 162, 163, 202, 203, 215, 236, 254, 288, 308
Pamensky, Joe 168, 173, 177, 191
Pan-African Congress, 1900 92, 96
Papua New Guinea 4–5, 10, 12
Parish, Bob 140
Parker, John 153, 154
Parry, Derick 169, 172
Patel, Brijesh 49
Patterson, Patrick 308, 314
Pawson, Tony 58
Phillips, Mike 100
Phillips, Trevor 98, 99–100, 102, 105, 106–7; The Irresistible Rise of Multi-Racial Britain (with Mike Phillips) 100–1
Pocock, Pat 249
Pollock, Graeme 115, 116, 192, 195
Ponting, Ricky 319
Powell, Enoch 105
Pressure (movie) 104
Pringle, Derek 229, 238, 250, 303
Procter, Mike 45, 115, 116, 192
Qadir, Abdul 203
Quarles, Benjamin 262
Queen’s Park club, Trinidad 269
Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain 46–8
racism: Aboriginal people and 26–31; British imperialist ideology and 263; crowds abuse West Indies cricket team 34, 35, 161; emigration of West Indians to England and 40, 85–107, 228, 233, 256, 257; Goodall’s comments on West Indian cricket team and 165; lack of abuse/comments between players 35–7; racial metaphors used to describe or criticise West Indies team 33–4, 53–7, 58, 59–61, 80–2, 165, 302–15; South Africa and 115, 166–201; Vivian Richards comments on African ancestry of West Indies team and 311–15
Radcliffe Cricket Club 269
Rae, Allan 168, 173, 199
Ramadhin, Sonny 62–3, 64, 65, 89, 101, 244, 312, 313
Ramsamy, Sam 177
Ramsey, Michael 167
Randall, Derek 144, 223
Rastafarians 255, 293, 297–8, 302, 303, 304
Real Quick (Savidge/McLellan) 309
Rhoades, Cedric 68–9
Rhodesia 281
Richards, Barry 115, 116
Richards, Malcolm 43, 44
Richards, Vivian ix, x, xi, xiii, 1, 6, 182, 187, 320; ancestry 263–4; attacks on West Indies team from outside Caribbean, reaction to 311; Australia tour, 1975–76 and 10, 22, 26, 30–1, 34, 37, 38, 320; Australia tour, 1979–80 and 148; batsman, talent as 287–92, 321; black power and 296–7; Bob Marley and the Wailers and 298–301; captaincy of West Indies 292–3, 294, 295, 314–17, 321; causes crowd invasion whilst playing for Antigua 41–3, 44; character 293; County Cricket career 44–5, 89, 116–17, 245–6; ends Test career 314, 316–17; England tour, 1976 and 55, 57, 58, 60, 70, 72, 79, 82, 83, 94; England tour, 1984 and 220, 222, 229, 247, 251, 303–6; Lansdown Cricket Club and 44–5; Marshall and 215, 217; New Zealand tour of West Indies, 1985 and 258; New Zealand tour, 1980 and 152; New Zealand tour, 1987 and 165; Rastafarian culture, Pan-Africanism and 297–9, 302, 303, 305; school in England 40–1, 44, 102; South Africa rebel tours, 1983–4 and 189–90, 198–9; ‘sporting team of African descent’, comments on West Indies as 311, 313; takes over captaincy from Clive Lloyd 258, 286–7, 294, 295; World Cup, 1979 and 144, 145, 146; World Cup, 1983 and 203–4; WSC and 112, 113, 120, 124, 126, 127, 129, 132, 133;
Richardson, Richie 250, 314
riots: inter-island cricket and 41–4; London, 1981 252, 254, 255, 256; London and Nottingham, summer, 1958 100–1; WSC, 1979 and 137–8
Roberts, Andy xviii, 4, 70, 181, 187, 324; Australia tour, 1975–76 and 17, 18, 24, 33, 34; Australia tour, 1979–80 and 148; bowling talent 206–9, 210; England tour, 1976 and 55, 57, 60, 70, 71–2, 76, 77, 83, 105, 107; Holding and 208–9; Marshall and 217; New Zealand tour, 1980 and 150; school in England 40–1, 102; silent character of 125–6; World Cup, 1979 and 144; World Cup, 1983 and 203, 204–5; WSC and 112, 113, 120, 123, 124, 125, 129, 139;
Robertson, Austin 111–12, 114, 115, 117, 121–2, 124, 132, 133, 137
Rodriguez, Willie 154–5, 161–2, 163
Roope, Graham 58, 219
Roos, Raymond 191
Rose, Lionel 29
Ross, Alan: Through the Caribbean 274–5
Rowe, Lawrence xvii, 1, 12, 22, 26, 138, 161, 167–8, 169, 171–2, 173, 174, 177, 184, 186–8, 189, 190, 192, 196
Sabina Park, Jamaica 49, 307
Sandys, Duncan 102
Second World War, 1939–45 3, 25, 28, 96, 166, 176, 183, 260, 270, 275, 323
Seecharan, Professor Clem 265, 276–7, 299–300, 307–8; From Ranji to Rohan 313–14
Selvey, Mike 70–1, 73–4, 75, 289–91, 309–10
Sewell, E. H. D. 91
Shamrock Cricket Club 268
Shannon Cricket Club 268–9
Shell Shield 207, 291, 298, 309
Slack, Wilf 243
slavery 34, 37, 44, 47, 55, 56, 86, 89, 92–3, 256, 260, 261–5, 273, 283, 284, 304, 310, 312
Smith, Collie 244
Smith, Robin 310
Smith, Tommie 296–7
Snow, John 117, 216
Sobers, Garry xi, 24–5, 37, 56, 77, 83, 89, 104, 106, 132, 139, 187, 188, 244–5, 260, 273, 276, 277, 278–82, 321, 323
Sobers, Shamont 279
Solomon, Joe 2, 67, 185, 277–8, 312, 314
Somerset County Cricket Club 45, 53, 70, 212, 289, 290, 299
South Africa: apartheid and 55, 56, 57, 95–6, 166–201, 221, 281, 313; Australia tour of, 1970 169; Caribbean rebel tours of, 1983–84 166–201, 202, 313; English rebel side tour of, 1982–83, 1983–84 175, 221; players from 45, 55, 56, 57, 115, 116; umpires from 164; WSC and 115, 116
South African Cricket Union (SACU) 168, 172, 175, 176, 177
Sri Lanka 143, 144, 175, 176, 236
St Clair, William: The Grand Slave Emporium 262
St Kitts 42–3
St Lucia 78, 99, 283
St Pierre, Professor Maurice 270–1
St Vincent 86, 87, 100
Steele, David 58, 80, 107
Steele, Ray 140
Steen, Rob 179
Stephenson, Franklyn 172, 196, 291
Stephenson, John 217
Stephenson, Steve 254–7
Stewart, Micky 322
Stingo Cricket Club 268
Stoddart, Professor Brian 267, 280, 283–4
Stollmeyer, Jeffrey 120–1, 129, 136, 158
Storer, Bill 91
sugar trade 260–3, 264–5, 267
Sunday Times 76, 204, 248
Surrey County Cricket Club 70, 84, 169, 195, 219, 221
Sussex County Cricket Club 53, 76, 89, 113–14, 187, 216, 219, 243
Swanton, E. W. 61, 118
Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) xv–xviii, 131, 133, 320
Sydney Morning Herald 17, 22, 32, 33, 34, 108, 148, 188–9
Test and County Cricket Board 221
Test Match Special 70
Thatcher, Dennis 194, 195
Thatcher, Margaret 194–5, 254
Thicknesse, John 121
Thicknesse, Philip 89–90, 103
Thistlewood, Thomas 263
Thomas, Bernard 224
Thomas, Greg 225
Thompson, Leonard 176
Thomson, Jeff 6–7, 8–10, 14, 15, 17, 18–20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 37, 52, 53, 130, 134, 139, 144, 317
Times, The 15, 64, 107, 131, 173, 212, 222, 239–40, 250
Toots and the Maytals 298
Tosh, Peter 301
Transvaal 169, 172, 173, 183, 189, 194, 196
Transvaal Cricket Council 194
Trent Bridge 58, 59–60, 107
Trinidad 3, 67, 162, 245, 261, 304; birth of cricket in 86, 87, 92, 93, 96; calypso and 293; emigration to England from 78, 93, 100, 276; England tour of West Indies, 1967–68 and 280–1; India tour of West Indies, 1976 and 46–7, 48; Indian ancestry amongst people of 46–7, 62, 312, 313–14; inter-island cricket and 84; pitches in 46, 48, 284; players from 62–3, 66, 86, 87, 92, 172, 282, 311–12, 313–14; stereotypes 283; WICBC and 260; WSC and 111, 112, 114, 120, 137
Trotman, Emmerson 169, 172
Trueman, Fred 67, 208, 307
Turnbull, Bob 4–5
Umrigar, Polly 50
Underwood, Derek 58
Valentine, Alf 63–4, 65, 101, 106
Vengsarkar, Dilip 218
Verwoerd, Hendrik 170–1
VFL Park 121
Victoria, Queen 90
Victorian Cricket Association 110
Vishwanath, Gundappa 49
Vorster, B. J. 170–1, 180
WACA (Western Australian Cricket Association) 13–14
Waight, Dennis 134–6, 209, 217, 242
Wailer, Bunny 299, 301, 302
Walcott, Clyde 55, 83, 166, 269, 270, 307, 323
Walker, Max 14, 18
Walsh, Courtney 308, 314
Wardle, Johnny 323
Warner, Aucher 86
Warner, Sir Pelham 66–7
Warner, Sir Thomas 86
Warwickshire County Cricket Club 172, 220, 221–2, 225, 226, 243, 244
Washbrook, Cyril 63
Weekes, Everton 106, 166, 269, 270, 323
West Indian Club 87
West Indies: British Empire and 66, 90, 91, 96, 260, 261–76 see also England; emigration to Britain from 39–45, 60–7, 77–80, 86–107, 227–38, 243–6, 252–7; Federation, 1958–62 270, 275–7; history of 260–85; independence of islands 96, 270, 312; Indo-Caribbean culture 46–7, 62, 113, 270, 311–14; inter-island rivalry within 83–4, 281–4; regional unity within 275–6; slavery and 34, 37, 44, 47, 55, 56, 86, 89, 92–3, 256, 260, 261–71, 273, 283, 284, 304, 310, 312; sugar trade and 260–3, 264–5, 267
West Indies Cricket Annual 309
West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) 46; Lloyd’s decision to reconsider retiring and 205–6, 286; Lloyd’s relationship with Stollmeyer 120–1; Lloyd’s retirement and 259–60; pay and bonuses offered to team 111, 112, 113, 147, 186, 273; poor relations with players 111, 112, 113, 115, 119, 120–1, 127–30, 139, 141, 259–60, 286; South Africa rebel tours and 180, 186, 199; sugar industry and 260; Vivian Richards and 286; weak financial position of 119, 120, 136; WSC and 111, 112, 113, 115, 119, 120, 127–30, 136, 139, 141, 159–60
West Indies cricket team: bowling styles see under individual bowler name; captaincy, evolution of and history of islands 258–317 see under individual captain name; County Cricket influence upon 243–6 see also under individual player name; criticism of playing style/tactics 49–52, 58–9, 70, 73, 165, 248–9, 220–7, 250–1, 304–16, 318–21; England, victories over and development of identity see under individual England tour or series; fitness programmes, development of 134–6; Indian descent, lack of people in team of 311–14; inter-island rivalry and 83–4, 281–4; pay and bonuses 108–42, 147, 186, 273; race and reactions to see racism; Rastafarian culture, Pan-Africanism and 297–306; relationship of ‘West Indian brand’ and philosophy of conservatism 310; revolution in West Indian bowling attack, birth of 46–52; selection on basis of colour not merit 270–2; short ball/bouncer and xvi–xvii, 19, 49–52, 58–9, 71, 72, 73–6, 124, 126, 127, 155–6, 157, 158, 159, 167, 206, 207–8, 213, 214, 217, 218, 220–7, 248–9, 250–1, 270, 307, 308–9, 314–15, 318–20; stratification of colour and class within Caribbean club cricket and 267–9; v Australia, 1951–2 302; v Australia, 1960–61 28–9, 32, 149, 273–4; v Australia, 1968–69 104, 149; v Australia, 1975–76 xvi–xviii, 1, 2, 4–5, 6, 10–25, 26, 29–31, 33, 34–8, 46, 50, 52, 53, 76, 108, 142, 148, 149, 208, 221, 288, 320–1; v Australia, 1978 128; v Australia, 1979–80 147–9, 151, 152; v England, 1900 86–7, 91–2, 267, 322; v England, 1923 93; v England, 1928 25, 34, 62, 93; v England, 1939 271; v England, 1948 46, 202, 261; v England, 1950 61–7, 101, 106, 324; v England, 1957 278; v England, 1959–60 271, 274; v England, 1963 67–8, 73, 84, 227, 231, 276–8; v England, 1967–68 280–1; v England, 1973 104, 111, 236; v England, 1976 46, 51, 52–61, 66–84, 104, 105–7, 221, 238–9, 287, 288, 289–90, 291–2, 316; v England, 1980 163, 186; v England, 1981 210–11, 319; v England, 1983 202; v England, 1984 220–7, 229, 234–5, 238–43, 247–53, 257, 302–4, 306, 319–20; v England, 1986 306–8; v England, 1990 315–16; v England, 1991 314–17; v India, 1961–62 247; v India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, 1974–75 x, 236, 287–8; v India, 1976 46–52, 58–9, 288, 312; v India, 1978 218; v India, 1983–84 202, 206, 209, 215, 308; v India, 1986–87 308; v New Zealand, 1980 149–65, 202; v New Zealand, 1985 258, 260; v Pakistan, 1976–77 117; v Papua New Guinea, 1975 4–5, 10; World Cup, 1975 5–6, 108, 144, 202–3; World Cup, 1979 143–7; World Cup, 1983 202–6, 286
West Indies Federation, 1958–62 270, 275–7
Whitlam, Gough 17
Wight, Norman 2
Williams, Eric 312; Capitalism and Slavery 261
Williams, Henry Sylvester 92
Williams, Jack: Cricket and Race 90
Williams, Neil 243
Willis, Bob 145, 229, 230, 234, 241, 250
Wiltshire County Cricket Club 228
Windward Islands 250
Wisden Cricket Monthly 302, 314, 315–16
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 59, 106, 248–9, 250, 296, 302, 318
Wisden Trophy 242
Wood, Samuel Hill 88
Woodcock, John 15, 23, 131, 212, 222, 239–40, 243, 248–9, 250
Woolmer, Bob 58, 69, 107
World Cup x; 1975 5–6, 108, 144, 202–3; 1979 143–7; 1983 202–6, 286
World Series Cricket (WSC) x, 111–42, 143–4, 147, 148, 185, 186, 211, 246, 289
Worrell, Sir Frank xi, 106, 139, 166, 245, 307, 323; ancestry of 263, 265; Australia tour, 1951–52 and 302, 307, 321, 323; Australia tour, 1960–61 and 28–9, 32, 140, 149, 273–5; captaincy of West Indies 5, 23, 77, 260, 272–9, 321; career record 269–70; childhood and character 269; Clive Lloyd and 5, 260, 281, 284, 292; County Cricket career 89; death 275; England tour, 1963 and 67, 84, 231; finances 140; record as captain of West Indies 24–5, 83; Sobers and 277, 278–9, 280; South Africa tours and 183; Viv Richards and 296; West Indies Federation and 276–7
Wran, Neville 131
Wright, John 151
Wynter, Ray 172, 195
Yorkshire County Cricket Club 84, 221, 243, 252