Everyone
Whilst not pertaining specifically to geography Roger Hutchison did an
interesting critique of the London Boat Race in a recent "West Highland Free
Press". He made the point that the original boat race (I am not sure if it
still is run) was for the "common" river users, whilst the media boat race
is a class ridden institution.
Also Mike Marqusee in "Anyone but England: cricket and the national malaise"
(Verso 1994) and the late C L R James in his literary and sporting
publications, for example: "Beyond a boundary" (Serpent's Tail 1994), point
out how closely sport and trends in society are linked.
James in his Marxist analysis of cricket led me into an interest in a game I
still see as elitist and snobby, yet brought home to me how cricket "unites"
widely separate groups sharing some of a common culture.
Rob
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