9th Class Social Science Sports Question Bank Long Answer Type - History and Sport: The Story of Cricket

  • question_answer
    Differentiate between Amateurs and Professionals.

    Answer:

    Amateurs Professionals
    (a) The rich who played cricket for pleasure were called amateurs The poor who played cricket for a living were called professionals.
    (b)Amateurs were called Gentlemen. Professionals were described as players.
    (c) Captain of teams, whether club teams or national sides were always amateurs Fast bowling and fielding was done by professionals
    (d) Captains of teams, whether club teams or national sides were always amateurs Professionals were made to play the game till the 1930z but they never captained their team.


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