Controversies in 1962

5 incidents documented

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.

#gentlemen-vs-players#lord-s#1962

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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.

#amateur-status#mcc#professionals

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The 1962–63 Ashes — England Retain on Tour in Australia

Australia vs England

1962-11-30

England's 1962–63 Ashes tour produced a 1–1 drawn series — a satisfactory result for the tourists, who retained the urn they had won in 1961 in Australia under the captaincy of Ted Dexter. The series was noted for Ken Barrington's grinding run accumulation, Fred Titmus's off-spin and David Allen's partnership with Trueman in the bowling. Australia, between the Benaud era and the Simpson-Lawry era, were in modest transition.

#ashes#australia#england

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Charlie Griffith's Bouncer Ends Nari Contractor's Career — Bridgetown, 1962

Barbados vs India

1962-03-17

On 17 March 1962, Indian captain Nari Contractor was struck on the right temple by a short-pitched delivery from 23-year-old Charlie Griffith in a tour match between Barbados and India at Kensington Oval. The blow fractured Contractor's skull, sent him into a three-day coma and required emergency surgery to relieve pressure on the brain. He survived but never played another Test. He was 28.

#charlie griffith#nari contractor#india

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Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi — Youngest Test Captain at 21, March 1962

West Indies vs India

1962-03-23

Six days after Charlie Griffith's bouncer fractured Nari Contractor's skull, India promoted the 21-year-old vice-captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi to lead the side in the third Test at Bridgetown on 23 March 1962. At 21 years and 77 days he became the youngest Test captain in history — a record he held for 42 years. Pataudi had lost the use of his right eye in a car crash in Hove eight months earlier.

#mansur ali khan pataudi#tiger pataudi#india