the executive committee of this era therefore governed a loosely unified "two-leagues-in-one" set-up containing alternative attitudes and some differing rules. it was essentially dominated by representatives of the top-flight clubs, who had a constitutional advantage in numbers and whose views were soon to conflict with the reps from the burgeoning mainstream section who believed in integration and equality. ongoingly turbulent times became inevitable because both sets of clubs were looking in different cricketing directions.