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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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