A Flash Outside the Off Stump

A Flash Outside The Off Stump

As the nineteenth century drew to a close Ranji enjoyed a successful domestic season in which he consolidated his position as Sussex captain and the leading batsman in county cricket. Times were changing, on the field and off it, and this episode takes a brief look at the experiences of players like Hampshire’s Charlie Llewellyn and Derbyshire’s Charles Ollivierre (pictured) and British attitudes towards people of other races at the end of the Victorian era.

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