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The article is basically what Hill said which was poorly recieved at time. Suggest you read Woodhouse, Gents v Players, Cricketer of those years, Hodgson's book on Yorkshire. Also RC Robertson-Glasgow who briefed against Sutcliffe. Swanton is unreliable. To write an article on a contentious subject requires primary sources - Letters and Committee stuff at YCCC. Yorkshire Post. Local Press. You simply cannot speculate and use conditional language if you do not know. Sutcliffe would have become Amateur but if you read widely you will see that the Grimshaw poll had little effect on the committee who were under pressure from supporters of Rhodes, themselves because of Sutcliffe's constant acting above his station, pressure from other counties viz-a-vie precedent, a lot of briefing against HS by prominent amateurs. It was a complex issue - like the sacking of Close. Incidentally, Sellars was no long term appointment. NWD Yardley or Gibb would have replaced him in 39 had he not taken a grip and been very good at it - despite unpopularity with Verity, Bowes and Hutton. (He mellowed after the war)See Bowes, See Bowen.See Birley See press. See articles in Wisden Cricketwer in 70's and 80's A Tillmann
Alan Gibson's book, The Cricket Captains of England, has a good, if brief, piece about the affair - the pretext being that had Sutcliffe become captain of Yorkshire then he might in due course have become captain of England. A few years latter, Walter Hammond changed from professional to amateur because he wanted to be able to captain his country. JH ( talk page) 09:50, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Reviewer: Wizardman Operation Big Bear 05:13, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Overall, the article is pretty good, though I do have a few concerns:
I'll put the article on hold and pass when the issues are fixed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 05:13, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
I think it's quite common in British English to omit the full stops in sets of initials, though in American English they usually seem to be included them. I think that the form without the full stops looks much nicer, and it's what Wisden - for one - uses. (I've just checked in the 2011 edition.) JH ( talk page) 09:17, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Doesn't it seem odd that this entire page does not contain a single link to cricket? As an ignorant American curious about this sport, I first looked for such a link. Not finding it, I figured I could do it in two links; my first attempt took me to 1927 English cricket season, which itself contained no link to cricket. Finally I manually typed it in the search box. — Lawrence King ( talk) 00:13, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
The article is well illustrated and written, and all kudos to the writing team, but I'm afraid someone needs to state the obvious:
1 There are too many featured articles about cricket.
2 This is an encyclopedia, not a history. Huge articles on a single captain controversy is not core encyclopedic content.
Observers of human culture from distant galaxies must think we spend all our time sinking each other's dreadnoughts, when we aren't playing cricket. Those of us who weren't on the 1923 Michigan Wolverines, that is.
Sorry, I have nothing against cricket, but in a year there are only 365 featured articles, and we need to cast a wider net.
Peace and Love. Billyshiverstick ( talk) 03:22, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
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The article is basically what Hill said which was poorly recieved at time. Suggest you read Woodhouse, Gents v Players, Cricketer of those years, Hodgson's book on Yorkshire. Also RC Robertson-Glasgow who briefed against Sutcliffe. Swanton is unreliable. To write an article on a contentious subject requires primary sources - Letters and Committee stuff at YCCC. Yorkshire Post. Local Press. You simply cannot speculate and use conditional language if you do not know. Sutcliffe would have become Amateur but if you read widely you will see that the Grimshaw poll had little effect on the committee who were under pressure from supporters of Rhodes, themselves because of Sutcliffe's constant acting above his station, pressure from other counties viz-a-vie precedent, a lot of briefing against HS by prominent amateurs. It was a complex issue - like the sacking of Close. Incidentally, Sellars was no long term appointment. NWD Yardley or Gibb would have replaced him in 39 had he not taken a grip and been very good at it - despite unpopularity with Verity, Bowes and Hutton. (He mellowed after the war)See Bowes, See Bowen.See Birley See press. See articles in Wisden Cricketwer in 70's and 80's A Tillmann
Alan Gibson's book, The Cricket Captains of England, has a good, if brief, piece about the affair - the pretext being that had Sutcliffe become captain of Yorkshire then he might in due course have become captain of England. A few years latter, Walter Hammond changed from professional to amateur because he wanted to be able to captain his country. JH ( talk page) 09:50, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Reviewer: Wizardman Operation Big Bear 05:13, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Overall, the article is pretty good, though I do have a few concerns:
I'll put the article on hold and pass when the issues are fixed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 05:13, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
I think it's quite common in British English to omit the full stops in sets of initials, though in American English they usually seem to be included them. I think that the form without the full stops looks much nicer, and it's what Wisden - for one - uses. (I've just checked in the 2011 edition.) JH ( talk page) 09:17, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Doesn't it seem odd that this entire page does not contain a single link to cricket? As an ignorant American curious about this sport, I first looked for such a link. Not finding it, I figured I could do it in two links; my first attempt took me to 1927 English cricket season, which itself contained no link to cricket. Finally I manually typed it in the search box. — Lawrence King ( talk) 00:13, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
The article is well illustrated and written, and all kudos to the writing team, but I'm afraid someone needs to state the obvious:
1 There are too many featured articles about cricket.
2 This is an encyclopedia, not a history. Huge articles on a single captain controversy is not core encyclopedic content.
Observers of human culture from distant galaxies must think we spend all our time sinking each other's dreadnoughts, when we aren't playing cricket. Those of us who weren't on the 1923 Michigan Wolverines, that is.
Sorry, I have nothing against cricket, but in a year there are only 365 featured articles, and we need to cast a wider net.
Peace and Love. Billyshiverstick ( talk) 03:22, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
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