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=Evaluation of Sources (250-400 words)=

Source 1: Basil D’Oliveira Cricket and Conspiracy : The Untold Story (**have an extract in the Appendix**)
The "D'Oliveira and the selectors" chapter is was written in a factual and fairly analytical way this leads to a developing affect of D'Oliveira's career on the Apartheid[**does this mean anything?**] by Peter Oborne. It is purposefully for readers interested in the point of view of the England board of selectors for the fatal 1968/69 South Africa tour and its importance not only to the MCC [**define explicitly in a footnote**]1 but to D'Oliveira and the population of non-whites in South Africa. . There are several values of this source is it is centered on interviews with the key figures and supported with trustworthy evidence. Another value is that it was written recently and Oborne had access to archive material from South Africa to add to the evidence unlike many other books written on the subject.

However the source is limited as it only shows the D’Oliveira affair in relation to the Apartheid regime. Although the evidence is trustworthy some small but important facts such as to do with the Cartwright withdrawal do not corroborate. This is shown by Oborne refering to Tom Cartwright as the "all-rounder" for the South Africa tour 1968/69 and later going onto describe him as a bowler.

1 - The MCC had enjoyed a prosperous link with the South African cricket association from the creation of South Africa, the British government knew the destruction of the cricket associations link would adversely affect political ties.

Source 2
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/heritage/doliviera/doliviera02.asp. This is an online newspaper article compiled by Sue Valentine, it was clearly written to remind the South African people about the great achievements of this one man. The values of this source are that it is compiled from many varied sources such as D’Oliveira’s autobiography from 1980, sources from around the time of the 1968 tour and sources published in the last couple of years, showing a wide variety of opinions, evidence and theories.

This source is also limited as it doesn’t discuss in any great detail the Apartheid regime, what it was, what it did or how it finally crumbled. It is also limited in knowledge of the political movements from late 1960’s and how these affected the Apartheid in South Africa. Another weakness could be in the origin the person who compiled this site could have had a leaning bias [**speculation - either she does, in which case explain, or you don't know, in which case don't bother talking about it**], as although there is a huge variety of sources parts of some may have been ignored to portray a personal view [**again, this "may have" approach is unhelpful. Deal in things that can be proven, not in idle speculation that merely raises more questions than answers]**.