Sentence examples for cricket race from inspiring English sources

He also resumed work in journalism: he wrote and broadcast on cricket, race and the Commonwealth, and produced two more books: a coaching book The Young Cricketers Companion (1964), and The Changing Face of Cricket (1966) which included his thoughts on modern cricket.

Establishing early the interconnection between cricket and race and class divisions opens the way for Beyond a Boundary to fulfil its author's full purpose: to draw out other startling connections – cricket and art, life in ancient Greece, even rewriting English social history with cricket's great WG Grace as a crucial figure.

But Jack Williams, in his book Cricket and Race, suggests that cricket was a force for racial harmony in England given the influx of African-Caribbean and Asian overseas players and the mingling of white and African-Caribbean supporters during Test series between England and the West Indies.

She listed her interests as "family, cooking, flowers, history, watching sport with my husband — golf, rugby, cricket, motor racing and weekends away with friends".

This was when rules were formulated for cricket, horse racing and boxing — the first rules of boxing, in fact, were drawn up by an early winner of the Doggett's race, a waterman-turned-prizefighter named Jack Broughton.

68th and 69th overs: 1st Smart Predator (11-4F) 2nd Cape St Vincent 5-1 3rd The Gay Fox 25-1 It's Saturday on Channel 4, which means cricket and racing, in this case the 1.55 at Newmarket, the Grey Horse Handicap.

He had brought novel flashes of exhibitionism into play on the cricket field, racing over to embrace a fieldsman after a catch, his own shirt unbuttoned almost to the navel.

Some sporting fixtures, including cricket, horse racing and tennis, have been affected, and the MFest music festival was cancelled.

Following the allegations, the government's Culture Secretary Maria Miller called a meeting with leaders from football, cricket, horse racing, rugby league and rugby union.

Executives from the governing bodies of football, cricket, horse racing, rugby union and rugby league attended the meeting at Mrs Miller's office, along with representatives from the Premier League, the Football League, the Gambling Commission and the British Horseracing Authority BHAA).

He turned to gardening, cricket, horse-racing, reading, and crossword puzzles.