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1. Mind The Gap
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Early pioneers describe playing cricket on the backstreets of Yorkshire.
For 30 years the ‘Yorkshire birthright rule’ meant only those born in Yorkshire could play for the county and Yorkshire’s Asian players formed their own teams and leagues.
Nasser Hanif looks into the highs and lows of league cricket and its relationship with Yorkshire, asking “does it also foreshadow the Yorkshire racism scandal?”
Producer: Nasser Hanif.
Digital producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive producer: Kathryn Morrison.
With thanks to:
Mobeen Butt for the use of this archive.
Photograph by Mohanlal Mistry.
The ‘From Parks to Pavilions’ project was developed and delivered by the AYA Foundation with support from Bradford Local Studies Libraries, the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation, the England and Wales Cricket Boards (ECB), and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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