‘Gilligan’s Island?’: The Club Cricket Conference, Amateurism and the Evening Standard in Post-War Britain.

1948 had been a very grim year for the average English cricket supporter. Glamorgan had won the English County Championship, and Don Bradman’s ‘Invincibles’ had played over 32 first-class matches without being defeated. \n \nIn light of this poor showing in the Test arena, the media first questioned, and then offered suggestions as to what the cure for English cricket was. One newspaper ideally pl…