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	Amateur - LoveToKnow 1911
		Nor is the dividing-line between "out-of-pocket expenses" allowed to the amateur and the remuneration payable to the professional always strictly drawn.
		In association football the rules are much more lax, for although amateurs are clearly distinguished from professionals, an amateur may even become a regular member, though unsalaried, of a professional team without losing his amateur status.
		All important sports in America, except baseball, football, cricket, golf and rowing, are, however, under the control of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, the rules of which, so far as they relate to professionalism, are as follows.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Amateur (586 words)

	Cricket, History of - MSN Encarta
		A major event in 1787 was the creation of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which was to become the most influential cricketing body in the world, and by 1800 the organization of the game was being concentrated at Lord’s.
		South Africa was excluded from Test cricket because of its practice of apartheid from 1970 to 1992.
		League cricket began in the 1880s in Yorkshire and became established in the north of England and the Midlands.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761556099/Cricket_History_of.html (2447 words)

	Cricket, History of - Search View - MSN Encarta
		By the 1760s there were already a few professional players who were hired by rich and noble patrons, and the Hambledon men established a system of fixed payments for matches.
		In 1958 the International Women’s Cricket Council (IWCC) was formed to coordinate the increasing amount of cricket, especially in Australasia, England, South Africa, the West Indies, Denmark, and Holland.
		In 1993 it ceased to be administered by MCC.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761556099__1/Cricket_History_of.html (3417 words)

	Professional sports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Professional athleticism is seen by some as a contradiction of the central ethos of sport, competition performed for its own sake and pure enjoyment, rather than as a means of earning a living.
		In 1888 thanks to the introduction of professionalism a new format for competition between the clubs was possible and The Football League was introduced to help further the commercialisation of football.
		Although the sport began as amateur competition, the Australian Football League is an elite professional league and has been for nearly 80 years since its initial formation as the Victorian Football Association and then the Victorian Football League in 1897.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Professional_sport (2015 words)

	The C. C. Morris Cricket Library - "A Tale of Two Sports: Haverford's Baseball-Cricket Wars" by Greg ...
		Cricket's preeminence and hostility to baseball nearly produced athletic civil war on campus between 1850 and 1920.
		By 1911, even cricket's journalistic voice admitted there "will probably be a baseball team in college this spring." Several groups were playing and the faculty formed a team studded with distinguished scholars, bowing only in the final inning to the seniors, 7-6, on a disputed call at first.
		Cricket and baseball now happily coexist at Haverford, and the passions that provoked the baseballcricket wars of 1870-1920 lie buried under the green fields of the campus.
	www.haverford.edu /library/cricket/site_update/A_Tale_of_Two_Sports.htm (3558 words)

	Modern Cricket
		This cricket, of the 1700s, was essentially a sport of gentlemen who had the means to finance their sport...and this meant not only equipment and venues, but prize money and associated gambling.
		No longer is cricket the bat-and-ball recreation of the countrysides of 7th century India, Pakistan or Persia; or even the community recreation of 10th century Europe, the hearty free-for-all of 16th century England, or even the sport of the 18th century "gentleman amateur".
		Cricket is a major sport, the second-most popular sport in the world after soccer...with all that is implied in terms of money, TV coverage, politics and chicanery.
	www.seattlecricket.com /history/histmod.htm (1367 words)

	Cricket History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		All research concedes that the game derived from a very old, widespread and uncomplicated pastime by which one player served up an object, be it a small piece of wood or a ball, and another hit it with a suitably fashioned club.
		Nor is there any evidence as to when points were awarded dependent upon how far the hitter was able to despatch the missile; nor when helpers joined the two-player contest, thus beginning the evolution into a team game; nor when the defining concept of placing wickets at either end of the pitch was adopted.
		The measurements of cricket - the origin of the dimensions of cricket by AR Littlewood.
	www.cricinfo.com /db/ABOUT_CRICKET/HISTORY (1606 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Sport (N-Z)
		The club became professional in 1895 and was one of the 12 original members of the Football League.
		The club turned professional in 1935 after winning the amateur club championship of France, and was elected to the Second Division of the French League.
		The scoring is similar to, but simpler than cricket with the batting side defending the wicket from balls thrown by the other side and scoring runs after hitting the balls.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/O2.HTM (7207 words)

	Cricket Team - Hartford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		If modern cricket is dated from the 1780s, when the Laws of Cricket which still rule the sport today were first formalized in England, North America would have to be considered a major participant in the world cricket scene for two-thirds of the time that modern cricket has been around.
		Cricket declined in the USA in the 20th century because in the late 1800s it had remained a strictly amateur elite sport at the same time that England, then Australia, were developing a professional system that allowed full-time players to participate.
		They brought with them a steadfast commitment to the "new" cricket they had learned to play at home---a fierce sport where many of the genteel norms of the early British era had gradually been discarded, to be replaced by a raucous community ethos which kept folks in good spirits through good times and bad.
	k.1asphost.com /Ashishtb/Index.html (1448 words)

	http://www.KenAston.org -=\|=- History of the Game -=\|=- Football Page-16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Professionalism was illegal, according to the laws of The Football Association, which ruled that no player should be entitled to receive money for football in excess of his actual out-of-pocket expenses.
		Yet professionalism was rife in the North of England and the Midlands, and everybody knew it.
		Professional football was at last legalized at a poorly attended meeting on 20th July 1885.
	www.kenaston.org /History/History16.htm (2734 words)

	Athletes.com - Athletes Topic Of The Week - What Is The Most Exciting Sport To Watch?
		Cricket is another sport that really doesn't do anything for me. Again, playing it isn't so bad, but I find the constant breaks slow it down too much if you're watching it.
		Some believe that the high income salaries of professional athletes detracts from their performance as they are playing to get paid and not just playing for the pure enjoyment of the sport.
		Professional sports have a higher degree of game play and are more constant with a greater amount of game, more at stake and more connections to discuss with other people.
	www.athletes.com /fun/a_totw11.htm (7033 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Cricket, or rather the abbreviated version of it, has inrecent times replaced football in the country as the game of the masses.
		The cricket authorities in the sub-continentutilised the situation and two of the last three World Cups were staged in theregion.
		After the cricket bosses in the country succeeded in winning a battle in theSupreme Court against the government over the selling of TV rights, people preferredto sit mesmerised before television sets whenever India played cricket eitherat home or abroad.
	www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,10725,00.html (674 words)

	The achievement of W H Hutt, economist and classical liberal
		The absurd attitude of the upper classes towards paid employment was apparent in the distinction between amateur and professional cricketers, up to the 1960s.
		The grubby professionals "players" used separate dressing rooms from the amateur "gentlemen" and they used different gates to enter the field of play.
		Of course that was just the tip of an iceberg of traditional prejudices and practices which undermined excellence and achievement in practically all areas of public life (especially commerce and education) and unfortunately prompted equally debilitating rejoinders from socialist reformers.
	www.the-rathouse.com /Revivalist4/RC_Huttachieve.html (2439 words)

	amateur - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about amateur
		Person who pursues an activity or practises a sport for pleasure and not professionally for financial gain.
		The twins had accepted several invitations while the reception was in progress, and had also volunteered to play some duets at an amateur entertainment for the benefit of a local charity.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Amateur (143 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
		He told PTI the self-imposed exile from international cricket for India was needed for sometime as it would be difficult to answer charges of match-fixing everytime India lost a match.
		Shah, who has also headed the Pakistan cricket umpires association, has pointed out that umpires were an important part of the game and those who have given great services for the country required to be rewarded financially.
		Mahboob Shah was asked by General Tauqir recently during a meeting to submit a paper on umpires and to suggest measures to raise their prestige and improve the standard of umpiring in the country.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000420/sports.htm (4762 words)

	"I love anything that's connected with the game"
		There should be enough cricket going around this team so that the players can keep form and stay in form.
		The players of my generation were mainly amateurs and the motivation was just to be on the field for your country.
		Today you can choose cricket as a career and look for a good living and then maybe you can look for a career in coaching and media once you stop playing.
	www.hindu.com /tss/tss2428/24280340.htm (1380 words)

	Cricket Players
		I got there about halfway through the 6 hour game, and found a broken lump of concrete to sit on near a slope of tangled bushes.
		Some very professional sounding announcers bantered and called the plays over the loudest PA system I've ever heard.
		As a cheerful man sitting on a portable lawn chair explained the game to me, a couple of guys lugged a huge pot of curry between them, all the way out to the back of the field, where they leaned back on a little tuft of grass to enjoy the game.
	www.overlookednewyork.com /cricket/index.html (143 words)

	amateur - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Amateur (m), amateur, amateur (-trice) (m/f), amateur (de) : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include amateur: amateur sports, amateur adventure games, amateur and professional cricketers, amateur angling, amateur astronomer, more...
		Words similar to amateur: amateurish, amateurishly, amateurishness, amateurism, inexpert, recreational, unpaid, unskilled, dabbler, lay, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=amateur (248 words)

	rediff.com: The Rediff Cricket Interview / Bishen Singh Bedi
		Any outstanding fellow, whether he is a cricketer or hockey player or an athlete or a swimmer or a doctor or a lawyer, comes from the bottom.
		The only good job that the one-day cricket has done is, it has improved the overall athleticism of the players in the outfield.
		Indian cricket will always have a good future because passion for the game is so high among the people who play at the lower level; those who play without any help from the administrators.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2000/apr/29bedi.htm (1494 words)

	Aruna Cricket Club [Home]
		We are committed to playing the game in accordance with the Spirit of Cricket, which prefaces The Laws of Cricket.
		All the players in our club are enthusiastic cricketers, with lot of experience playing cricket, both at amateur and professional level.
		ACC is currently in Div I of T.N.C.A (Tamilnadu Cricket Association) league: there is always a need for new talent as all members on team shall not be available for each and every game.
	www.arunacc.com (184 words)

	Professional Bowlers Association — Infoplease.com
		Dick Weber 2005 Deaths - Dick Weber Age: 75 professional bowler who was one of the first—and best-known—stars of...
		Amateur bowlers on a roll; today's megabuck contenders can pick up a spare quarter million all in an afternoon's work.
		Cricket bowling deliveries and the discrimination ability of professional and amateur batters (1).
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0112720.html (177 words)

	Ntini completes a double: Sport: Cricket: News24
		Johannesburg - The third annual South African cricket awards, held on Thursday night at a function in Johannesburg, saw Makhaya Ntini walk away with the SA Cricketer of the Year Award, as well as Test Cricketer of the Year Award, both for the second consecutive year.
		Ntini, nominated in five of the SA international categories, capped an outstanding season by scooping the premier award, which acknowledges the achievements of a player who has excelled consistently in all forms of the game and who is recognised as world class.
		Women's cricket teenage sensation Johmari Logtenberg was named Women's Cricketer of the Year, while Chris Liebenberg and Kevin Venter were named Blind Cricketer and Deaf Cricketer of the Year respectively.
	www.news24.com /News24/Sport/Cricket/0,6119,2-9-839_1935543,00.html (574 words)

	Contemporary British History - Abstracts
		The tradition of amateur captaincy declined because fewer amateur cricketers were available, because county players became more insistent that places in a side should be earned on merit, and because the cricket authorities wanted to present a more modern face to the world.
		This essay examines the impact of professionalism upon rugby union in England, and the wider consequences elsewhere in the British Isles.
		The nature and the effects of the sea change in higher education of the last 35 years and in the educational, professional and occupational character of UK management are considered and portrayed, with reservations, as favourable.
	www.tandf.co.uk /journals/archive/fcbh-con.asp (17741 words)

	UNITED NATIONS, INDIA AND BOYCOTT OF APARTHEID SPORT
		A "Stop the Seventy Tour" Committee was formed, with Peter Hain as Chairman, as the MCC persisted in inviting the white cricket team from South Africa in 1970, Opposition became widespread.
		Apartheid South Africa's international contacts in amateur sport were reduced to tennis and golf and various minor sports, and bilateral exchanges with a few countries in cricket and rugby.
		South Africa is able to maintain international contacts in rugby, cricket and several minor sports which are controlled by Western bodies, and in professional sports, especially tennis, golf and boxing.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/boycotts/indsport.html (6442 words)

	The Nation Newspaper \| Howard upbeat about cricket plan
		Among the objectives of the plan, which was approved at a recent West Indies Cricket Board directors meeting in Port-of-Spain, is to involve 114 players in a programme working on their game on a continuous basis and to incorporate a year-round training programme into every major cricketing territory in the West Indies.
		We are the only team that I'm aware of that the players only have contact with their technical staff when they are on tour," Howard said.
		The plan, which was prepared by himself and team coach Bennett King, also hopes to prepare players who are capable of performing successfully at first-class and international level, to enhance the overall development of regional cricketers and to implement the new model for a regional cricket programme.
	www.nationnews.com /story/289254031154363.php (331 words)

	Cricinfo - Hughes boohoos
		Ian Healy was at his irksome best, slapping 206 runs in the match without being dismissed, and his first innings 161 was, at the time, the highest score by an Australian wicketkeeper.
		The end of an era with the decision by the 17 first-class counties to abolish the distinction between amateur and professional cricketers.
		A rare moment in the sun for Australia, who won their only Test in 20 between 1985 and 1987 when they beat New Zealand by four wickets to square the series in the second Test at Sydney.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /ci/content/current/story/149867.html (787 words)

	Ntini wins Cricketer of the Year - SouthAfrica.info
		The third annual Mutual & Federal South African Cricket Awards, held at a glittering function in Johannesburg, saw Makhaya Ntini walk away with the prestigious Mutual & Federal SA Cricketer of the Year Award, as well as Castle Test Cricketer of the Year Award, both for the second consecutive year.
		The event saw a total of 30 awards being presented to amateur and professional cricketers at all levels of the game, from under-13 through to the national team, as well as umpires, groundsmen, scorers and coaches.
		The panel of Judges was chaired by Cricket South Africa's General Manager: Professional Cricket, Vince van der Bijl.
	www.southafrica.info /what_happening/sports/mutual-federal-2006.htm (523 words)

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