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The situation was inflamed by the comments of England Captain and native South African Tony Greig, who before the tour claimed &#8220;I intend to make them grovel&#8221;, a comment which came amid the controversy about apartheid and sporting boycotts. Includes a showing of the BBC documentary <em>Nation on Film &#8211; The 1976 West Indies cricket tour \u2013 on and off the field<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this talk:<\/p>\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6fMLyl4zDwU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Indies Cricket Tour to England in 1976 came at a time of mounting attacks and provocations on black communities both by fascist groups such as the National Front and by the institutionally racist police forces. 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