Answer:
The
organisation of cricket in England reflected the real nature of British society.
(i) The rich who could afford to play cricket for pleasure were called
amateurs and the poor who played it for living were called professional.
(ii) Amateurs had the aristocratic value, i.e., they
played for pleasure not for money. Moreover there was not enough money in the
game which attracted them.
But professionals got the wages by subscription or gate money.
(iii) Amateurs tended to be batsmen while professionals were
fast bowlers. Captains of teams were always amateurs.
(iv) Amateurs were called as gentlemen, while professional
were known as players. They even entered the ground from different entrances.
(v) Amateurs were rich aristocrat class. But professionals
worked as miners or in other froms of working class employment in winter, the off-season.
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