Hobbit wrote:
can you read???
I used specific examples of foreign born sportsmen that have played for England without any hint of objection, having been very involved in watching cricket at that time I can't recall one example of an objection to THOSE cricketers being raised in any meaningful way
and all those I mentioned were white, so piss off with your 'double fail' bullshit
what is funny though is that you talk about Basil D'Oliveira (before my time) and the fact that there was objections there, talk about an own fucking goal, you buffoon
LoL of course all the ones you picked were white - you wouldn't pick the famous black one would you, and be able to make you 'right shade of white' comment.
There were objections to ALL of those cricketers, not least because they were taking the places of English boys brought up through the county system. They were not universally welcomed as you seem to think they were, just because they were white. I had a letter read out on TMS which was discussed by Christopher Martin-Jenkins and David Lloyd, and they both expressed concerns about the number of non-Englishmen in the England team and the effect it was having on county cricket
Anyone who knows anything about cricket would have heard of D'Oliveira, trying to dismiss him because he was 'before your time' doesn't wash. Are you only aware of people born after you?