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In Living Memory: Series 15

In Living Memory: Series 15: Episode 3: Gentlemen and Players

Gentlemen and Players

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Episode 3: Gentlemen and Players

Series 15

BBC Radio 4 - In Living Memory, Series 15, Gentlemen and Players

Chris Ledgard revisits the final Gentlemen and Players cricket match in September 1962.

Chris Ledgard goes to Yorkshire to find out about the last Gentlemen versus Players cricket match played at the Scarborough Festival in September 1962.

The last in the long running series of Gentlemen versus Players cricket matches was played at the Scarborough Festival in September 1962. Chris Ledgard goes to Yorkshire to find out about the game and explore the end of cricket's amateur era.

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