Cricket, a Once-Genteel Sport, Reveals a Darker Side
Among the traditionalists in candy-striped blazers at the venerable Lords cricket ground in London, the sport is often viewed through the prism of ideals espoused by the upper-crust Victorians who set the game’s rules 150 years ago. Players were expected to behave at all times, win or lose, as gentlemen, and never allow their stiff-upper-lip resolve to falter.
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