Possible Clues:

• College porter?
• *Sentry
• With India's tail in, get slips to ring man at wicket
• Entrance attendant
• One who holds onto the attendance receipts?
• Attendant puts up name, always claiming subsistence
• One of 18 that might take its toll?
• After entrance to field cricketer gets a guard
• Theatre is responsible for The Lion in Winter perhaps and The Guard
• *Controller of access