1. County Club Finances and the Decline of Amateur Cricketers in England.
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Abbott, Malcolm
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CRICKET (Sport) ,CRICKET players ,AMATEUR athletes ,PROFESSIONAL athletes ,CRICKET records - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to identify the changes in the finances, expenditure, and membership levels of the English county cricket clubs in the years 1919 to 1962, and to then evaluate the degree to which these changes helped to alter the relationship between the professional and amateur cricketers in the first-class game. The study finds that the decline of the amateur in cricket was partly brought about by the rise in revenues that enabled the clubs to employ more higher quality professionals, and effectively squeeze out the amateurs. It also means that one of the main contributions of the amateur cricketers was to help the lower revenue sides to survive in first-class cricket. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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