D'Oliveira affair - meaning and definition. What is D'Oliveira affair
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D'Oliveira affair         
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The D'Oliveira affair was a prolonged political and sporting controversy relating to the scheduled 1968–69 tour of South Africa by the England cricket team, who were officially representing the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The point of contention was whether or not the England selectors would include Basil D'Oliveira, a mixed-race South African player who had represented England in Test cricket since 1966, having moved there six years earlier.
affair         
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SECRETIVE SEXUAL AND USUALLY ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE
Extra-marital affair; Extramarital affairs; Extramarital affair; Sexual affair; Romantic affair; Sex affair
n.
1.
Business, concern, function, duty, office, matter, circumstance, question, subject.
2.
Event, occurrence, incident, transaction, proceeding, performance.
3.
Battle, engagement, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush.
Affair         
  • The Stolen Kiss]]'' by [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]]
SECRETIVE SEXUAL AND USUALLY ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE
Extra-marital affair; Extramarital affairs; Extramarital affair; Sexual affair; Romantic affair; Sex affair
An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment in which at least one of its participants has a formal or informal commitment to a third person who may neither agree to such relationship nor even be aware of it.