Gay cricketers aim to grace London league

Gay cricketers aim to grace London league
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

LONDON, JUNE 8: The Graces, Britain's first ever cricket team made up of gay-only players, has its sights set on joining a local league. The London outfit, named after the most famous of all English cricketers, WG Grace, reckons its time to get serious after winning nine out of ten friendly fixtures last season.

Captain Ian Crossland told the Evening Standard newspaper: "People think we're just a load of old queens who think they look good in white, but actually we can and do play well. "Our opponents respect us for the way we play cricket."

Crossland described sport as one of the last bastions of homophobia and said he hoped that through his sides' success homosexuals will be granted greater respect. The Graces are not unique in sport as there is a team of gay-only league rugby players called the King's Cross Steelers and a football version too, Stonewall.