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Edgar Willsher The Lion Of Kent

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Author : Giles Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
Release Date : 2012-05-01

Edgar Willsher The Lion Of Kent written by Giles Phillips and has been published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.

A hundred and fifty years ago, on a warm August afternoon, Edgar 'Ned' Willsher (1828-1885), a left-arm quick bowler from Kent playing at The Oval for England against Surrey, was ‘no-balled’ six times in succession. Ned threw down the ball in exasperation, and left the field with his fellow professionals. A compromise was reached. Ned apologized for his quick temper, and the game restarted the following day, without any noticeable change to his bowling style. But the incident put the game’s authorities, who had long failed to enforce the rules consistently, onto the back foot. Ned’s transgression – his hand was higher than his shoulder – led to a change in the Law in 1864 and the legalising of overarm bowling, the biggest-ever single change to the conduct of cricket. Today’s bowlers are still working out new ways of delivering the ball overarm. Willsher himself served his county team loyally for over twenty seasons, taking well over a thousand first-class wickets. He was a regular in the bigger representative matches of his time. In recognition of his status in the game, he captained an England side to North America before such a position was thought to be an amateur prerogative. Poacher turned gamekeeper, he was 'there' when listing first-class umpires started in 1883. Giles Phillips traces the career of a farmer’s son from East Kent as a successful player and umpire and his struggle to make a living off the field of play.

A Century Of Philadelphia Cricket

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Author : John A. Lester
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2016-11-11

A Century Of Philadelphia Cricket written by John A. Lester and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-11 with Sports & Recreation categories.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

One Day And Another

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Author : Edward Verrall Lucas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909

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Truth

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

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The Living Age

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908

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The Cornhill Magazine

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Author : William Makepeace Thackeray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908

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Cricket In America 1710 2000

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Author : P. David Sentance
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2006-03-02

Cricket In America 1710 2000 written by P. David Sentance and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Cricket was played in Virginia in 1710 and was enjoyed on Georgia plantations in 1737. Teams representing New York and Philadelphia faced each other as early as 1838. By 1865, Philadelphia was considered the best cricket-playing city in the United States, competing against Canadian, English and Australian teams from 1890 to 1920. This 30 year span was essential to the formation of America's sports identity--and by its end, while the sport of baseball drew increasing attention, the game of cricket moved from being the game of America's aristocrats to a safe haven for America's nonwhite immigrants who were excluded from baseball because of Jim Crow laws. Here, the game's unique multi-ethnic, religious and cultural tradition in the United States is fully explored. The author explains cricket's ties to the beginnings of baseball and covers the ways in which the game continues to play an important role in America's inner cities.