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The Final Gentlemen v Players Match — Lord's, September 1962

Gentlemen of England vs Players of England

1962-09-04

The Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's in September 1962 was the last in a series stretching back to 1806 — 156 years of the annual fixture that had formally separated cricket's amateurs from its professionals. The MCC had announced in November 1962 that the distinction between gentlemen and players would be abolished from 1963; the match was played with both sides knowing it was the end of an era.

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MCC Abolishes the Amateur–Professional Distinction — November 1962

MCC / English cricket

1962-11-26

In November 1962 the MCC's committee voted to abolish the distinction between amateur gentlemen and professional players in English cricket, effective from the start of the 1963 season. All cricketers in English domestic cricket would henceforth be simply 'cricketers', removing the last formal expression of class-based segregation from the national summer game.

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