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“Against the Wishes of the Committee”: Holden, Shaw, Shrewsbury and the Nottinghamshire Strike of 1881 During the later nineteenth century, there was a quiet revolution in cricket. As amateurs took control of the county game, professionals lost security and autonomy. There was surprisingly little resistance to the new status quo. Except in Nottinghamshire, where an 1881 dispute over "naming rights", selection and benefits exposed the fault lines, and became the last serious attempt by players to resist amateur domination. https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/against-the-wishes-of-the-committee-holden-shaw-shrewsbury-and-the-nottinghamshire-strike-of-1881/