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Ladataan... Too Black to Wear White: The Remarkable Story of Krom Hendricks, a Cricket Hero Rejected by the EmpireTekijä: Richard Parry
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Too Black to Wear Whites is the compelling story of Krom Hendricks, the first black South African sporting hero. Co-authors Jonty Winch and Richard Parry explore the colonial roots of racism in cricket and the nefarious role Cecil Rhodes played in the origins of segregation when he barred Krom Hendricks from the South African tour to England in 1894. Hendricks's long struggle for recognition exposed a cruel system. It is a compelling human drama. Hendricks played for the South African 'Malay' team against English professionals in 1892. He was, they said, the best fast bowler in the world. He struck fear into the white establishment and targeted elite South African batsmen who feared his express pace and the prospect of humiliation at the hands of a 'coloured' player. Denied the chance to play Test cricket against Lord Hawke's side, his courage, perseverance and passion for cricket never diminished over several decades; and at the age of 60 he led representative 'coloured' teams in fundraisers during the First World War. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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As you can guess from the title, the reason Hendricks never played cricket at a higher level appears to be race-related, as Hendricks' mother was a black woman from St Helena, although there also appeared to be other factors at play as Hendricks' contemporary Charles Llewellyn was also the son of a black woman from St Helena yet played Test cricket for South Africa
The fact we even know about Hendricks is through the sleuthing of historians like Richard Parry and Jonty Winch, who have written Too Black to Wear Whites in an attempt to belatedly bring Hendricks out of the margins of cricket history.
A problem with Too Black to Wear Whites is that there is very few primary sources on Hendricks to work with; much is made of a letter he wrote to a Cape Town newspaper which remains the only thing in Hendricks' voice. So, beyond old newspaper match reports, there is little to say about Hendricks. Another is that the authors feel the need to continually point out how racist Cape Town society is; I would like to think that anyone reading a book called Too Black to Wear Whites, doesn't need to be told that, for example, when a white person says Hendricks shouldn't be chosen due to the colour of his skin, it is racist. However, we get a lot of that here.
However, beyond these quibbles Too Black to Wear Whites is an important entry in cricket's literature and, like Hendricks himself, should be better known. (