Panoramic View of the Game

This pic is quintessential England. It's resplendent with all manner of social, cultural and historical motifs, rather than merely sporting.
Here's just one. Cricket was the game of the Empire, and the game today is played almost exclusively by the former colonies; Australia, India, Pakistan, South Africa and so forth. It was, in those days--that is up to the '30's--undeniably elitist and exclusivist--for example one famous game was 'Players' vs 'Gentlemen'.
The guys in this photo are in roughly equal proportions of Caucasian and Asian. Hence the game unites. Or something.
This 'village' game is gentle. As is--albeit to a lesser extent--the professional game. Sport is conflict? Whereas perhaps gridiron football is nuclear exchange, this is more akin to an academic contretemps over the precise meaning of the Latin 'In excelsis Deo'. Or more probably whether Guinness is better than Boddington's.