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The English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour

The English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour

Date
22 May 1970
Updated
30 Sep 2019
The English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour

In May 1970, the British government requested that the English Cricket Council reverse its decision to invite the South African cricket team on tour. This was as a result of the reaction caused by the all-White composition of the South African team among the anti-Apartheid activists and countries that were opposed to the Apartheid government of South Africa. For example, Peter Hain led a campaign called Stop the Seventy Tour. The campaign threatened to disrupt any matches played during the tour. African and Asian countries also threatened to boycott the Commonwealth Games that would be held in Edinburgh in the same year should the South African team be allowed to be a part of that tour. The English Cricket Council subsequently withdrew the invitation on 22 May 1970.

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  1. 01BBC, (1970), South Africa cricket tour called off, from BBC News, [online], Available at news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed: 17 May 2010]
  2. 02Barclay, Theo, Playing With Apartheid: The 'Rebel' Cricket Tours to South Africa, from ThinkAfricaPress, [online], Available at thinkafricapress.com [Accessed: 20 May 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012144

South African History Online (2011) 'The English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012144 (Accessed: 8 August 2026).

South African History Online, The English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012144, (accessed 8 August 2026).

"The English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012144. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "The English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012144.

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