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NOTES

52 See T. Chesterfield and J. McGlew, South Africa's Cricket Captains, 2nd ed. (Cape Town: Zebra Press,

31 Emden,Randlords,221; R. Mendelsohn, Sammy Marks, 'The Uncrowned King ofthe Transvaal' (Cape

2003),10.

Town: David Phillip,1991),199.

53 G.Haigh, The Big Ship: Warwick Armstrong and the Making ofModern Cricket (Melbourne: Aurum Press,

32 Percy Fitzpatrick to Lionel Phillips,17 April 1904,in

Duminy and Guest, Fitzpatrick, 351-353.

2001), 69.

33 Barlow, Almost in Confidence, 168.

54 B. Murray and C. Merrett, Caught Behind: Race and Politics in Springbok Cricket Oohannesburg: Wits

34 Neame, Some South African Politicians, 166.

University Press,2004),23.

35 P. Lewsen, John X. Merriman: Paradoxical South

African Statesman Oohannesburg: Ad. Donker,1982),

55 The request was first made in January 1905 by the lawyer and political activist, Mohandas Gandhi, writing on behalf of the Transvaal Indian Cricket Union,and this was followed by a petition in November 1905 for the admission of 'coloured' spectators for the forthcoming MCC tour. After much wrangling in the committee,it was agreed by one vote to summon a special general meeting of the Club for 21 December to consider the proposal that 'a special portion of the ground be set aside for the exclusive use of Coloured people for the purposes of viewing Sports and Games'. Bailey evidently was now opposed and he cabled from Cape Town: 'I consider it advisable to postpone this meeting the question being too important to be hastily decided.' The meeting went ahead none the less,and the proposal was defeated by 51 votes to 29: Gutsche,

277-278.

36 Quoted in J. Bailey,'Abe Bailey',40.

37 Bailey to Churchill,16 January and 12 February 1905,in R. S. Churchill, Winston S. Churchill: Volume II Young Statesman 1904-1914 (London: Heinemann,

1967),118-119.

38 Fitzpatrick to Phillips,17 April 1904,in Duminy and

Guest, Fitzpatrcik, 351-353.

39 Mawby, Gold Mining and Politics, 565-566.

40 J. Mervis, The Fourth Estate: A Newspaper Story Oohannesburg: Jonathan Ball,1989),chaps 2 and 6. 41 M. Fraser and A. Jeeves (eds), All That Glittered: Selected Correspondence ofLionel Phillips 1890-1924 (Cape Town: Oxford University Press,1977),341. 42 T. R.H. Davenport, South Africa: A Modern History, 4th ed. (London: Macmillan,1991),216-220; J. Bailey, 'Abe Bailey',45-46. 43 W. T. Stead,'Mr Abe Bailey: On South Africa and its Problems', Review ofReviews (December 1904),

Old Gold, 117-119.

56 SACA minutes,11 September and 12 October 1903.

Ibid., 6 September 1904.

57

Bailey,'Cricket in South Africa',319.

58

59 SACA minutes,17 January,7 February,7 and 15

589-590.

March 1907.

44 J. Stuart, A History ofthe Zulu Rebellion, and Dinizulu's Arrest, Trial and Expatriation (London: Mamillan,

60 Rand Daily Mail, 1 March 1907.

61 P. F. Warner, My Cricketing Life (London: Hodder

1913),65,329-330.

and Stoughton,1920),166.

D. Lavin, From Empire to International Commonwealth: A Biography ofLionel Curtis (Oxford: Clarendon Press,1995),78-79,91.

62 Sportsman, 3 June 1908.

63 Cricket: A Weekly Record ofthe Game, 26 March 1908.

46 Sayer,'Sir Abe Bailey',46-47.

64 The Times, 9 December 1907; Rand Daily Mail, 10

December 1907.

47 Smuts to Merriman,25 J anuary 1907,in P. Lewsen (ed.), Selectionsfrom the Correspondence oflohn X. Merriman 1905-1924 (Cape Town: Van Riebeeck

65 SACA minutes,27 December 1907.

66 R. Parry and D. Slater,'Ridicule,Abuse,Contempt and Incredulity: The South African Googly Bowlers',

Society,1969),27-28.

48 See the papers of Jack Pease,the chief Liberal whip,

Cricket Lore, 5,6 (August 2004),9-14.

in the Nuffield Collge Library,Oxford.

67 R. Bowen, Cricket: A History ofits Growth and Development throughout the World (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode,1970),150. For the importance of South African gold to the Bank of England and

49 Quoted in Jim Bailey,'Abe Bailey',53-4.

50 Cricketer, 17 August 1940.

51 African World, 14 January 1911.

the pound sterling,see R. Ally, Gold and Empire: The