More Than A Game The Story Of Cricket S Early Years
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More Than A Game
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Author : John Major
language : en
Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Limited
Release Date : 2008
More Than A Game written by John Major and has been published by Harpercollins Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"Throughout his life John Major has loved cricket. In this book, he examines it from its origins up to the beginning of the twentieth century." -- BACK COVER.
More Than A Game
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Author : John Major
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
More Than A Game written by John Major and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Cricket categories.
More Than A Game
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Author : John Roy Major
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2007
More Than A Game written by John Roy Major and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Throughout John Major's life, his love of cricket has been a constant source of enjoyment, anguish- and solace. Now he delves deep into the game's history, tracing is rustic origins and social role from the days of the great patrons to the death of W. G. Grace.
Globalizing Cricket
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Author : Dominic Malcolm
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-07-03
Globalizing Cricket written by Dominic Malcolm and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Globalizing Cricket examines the global role of cricket's of development, diffusion of cricket through colonization, and impact on the changing notions of English national identity.
Amazing Grace
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Author : Richard Tomlinson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-09-03
Amazing Grace written by Richard Tomlinson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On a sunny afternoon in May 1868, nineteen-year-old Gilbert Grace stood in a Wiltshire field, wondering why he was playing cricket against the Great Western Railway Club. A batting genius, 'W. G.' should have been starring at Lord's in the grand opening match of the season. But MCC did not want to elect this humble son of a provincial doctor. W. G's career was faltering before it had barely begun. Grace finally forced his way into MCC and over the next three decades, millions came to watch him - not just at Lord's, but across the British Empire and beyond. Only W. G. could boast a fan base that stretched from an American Civil War general and the Prince of Wales's mistress to the children who fingered his coat-tails as he walked down the street, just to say 'I touched him'. The public never knew the darker story behind W. G.'s triumphal progress. Accused of avarice, W. G. was married to the daughter of a bankrupt. Disparaged as a simpleton, his subversive mind recast how to play sport - thrillingly hard, pushing the rules, beating his opponents his own way. In Amazing Grace, Richard Tomlinson unearths a life lived so far ahead of his times that W. G. is still misunderstood today. For the first time, Tomlinson delves into long-buried archives in England and Australia to reveal the real W. G: a self-made, self-destructive genius, at odds with the world and himself.
Real International Cricket
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Author : Roy Morgan
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2016-06-16
Real International Cricket written by Roy Morgan and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-16 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Real International Cricket charts cricket's global evolution across the last 175 years. Author Roy Morgan selects 100 different scorecards from matches involving non-Test-playing nations, played between 1840 and the modern day. From early adopters Canada and USA, to top associates Ireland and Afghanistan; from countries where cricket's the national sport, such as Fiji and Papua New Guinea, to outposts like Saint Helena and New Caledonia, or Hungary and Romania, where cricket is in its infancy. Each scorecard is accompanied by a match report, setting each match in an historical context. Tracing changes in the atmosphere, the size of the crowds, the style of hospitality, methods of transport, the roles of expats and local players, how the standards have risen or fallen over time, and the increasing importance of women's internationals. From the early years, through the Golden Age, the decline prior to, and revival after the Second World War, to the present-day struggle to maintain multi-innings cricket against the excitement of one-day internationals and Twenty20. This is a tribute to the game's pioneers, enthusiasts and eccentrics and shows how cricket has developed as a global sport.
The Mastermind Quiz Book
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Author : Richard Morgale
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-09-06
The Mastermind Quiz Book written by Richard Morgale and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-06 with Games & Activities categories.
Mastermind is the ultimate test of knowledge, memory and nerve. Over four decades hundreds have tested their mettle in the famous black chair, and dared to put their intellect under the glare of the Mastermind spotlight. Now, can you rise to the challenge? The Mastermind Quiz Book poses over 3,500 questions, from fiendishly difficult general knowledge teasers to in-depth tests of specialist subjects. With topics ranging from Classical Mythology to Medical Science, by way of Famous Russians and The Works of Johnny Cash, only the finest minds will triumph. Whether you're playing in groups or simply testing your own brainpower, this collection of questions will challenge the very core of your mental strength - but when the clock runs down and the lights come up, will you emerge as the Mastermind?
Swimming With Dr Johnson And Mrs Thrale
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Author : Julia Allen
language : en
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Release Date : 2012-11-29
Swimming With Dr Johnson And Mrs Thrale written by Julia Allen and has been published by Lutterworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale' challenges the popular image of Samuel Johnson as a man who favoured energetic discussion over physical exercise, enthroned in an armchair peering short-sightedly at a book. Thanks to the diarist and author Hester Thrale we have many anecdotes that connect Dr Johnson to a variety of sports, and Julia Allen, following Lytton Strachey's advice to attack her subject in unexpected places, uses entries from Dr Johnson's dictionary and anecdotes about the great man as her window into the world of eighteenth-century sport and exercise. Revealing a world both foreign and familiar, Allen takes the reader through a range of sports and activities, from boxing and cricket to dancing and coach travel to swimming, riding and skating. She reasserts women's place in eighteenth century sport, especially the luckier ones such as Mrs Thrale, and draws on medical treatises and reports to show how dangerous these sports could be, and to explore the theories upon which contemporary notions about health and exercise were based. Combined with fascinating biographies not only of Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale, but also of a host of eighteenth-century sporting celebrities, Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale gives a fascinating insight into a century where things were done very differently, often with dangerous consequences. This eccentric book brings together pieces of eighteenth-century life to create a vivid picture of the whole, making it essential reading for anybody interested in history or sport.
Jack Hobbs
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Author : Leo McKinstry
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-06-08
Jack Hobbs written by Leo McKinstry and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The astonishing feats of Sir Jack Hobbs continue to resonate more than a century after he first played Test cricket. During his long career that stretched from the age of W.G. Grace to the era of Don Bradman, he scored more first-class runs and centuries than any player. Even today, he remains England's greatest run maker in Ashes Tests. He changed the art of batting with his elegant style, and transformed the status of professional cricketers through the strength of his personality. Born into poverty, Hobbs rose to have a central role in some of Test cricket's most explosive series, but not without controversy and dispute. At last here is a comprehensive biography of Hobbs, giving us fresh insights into every aspect of his story. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2012 CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR.
The Strangers Who Came Home
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Author : John Lazenby
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-01-29
The Strangers Who Came Home written by John Lazenby and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Ashes cricket series, played out between England and Australia, is the oldest, and arguably the most keenly-contested rivalry, in international sport. And yet the majority of the first representative Australian cricket team to tour England in 1878 in fact regarded themselves as Englishmen. In May of that year the SS City of Berlin docked at Liverpool, and the Australians stepped onto English ground to begin the inaugural first-class cricket tour of England by a representative overseas team. As they made their way south towards Lord's to play the MCC in the second match of the tour, the intrepid tourists, or 'the strangers' as they were referred to in the press, encountered arrogance and ignorance, cheating umpires and miserable weather. But by defeating a powerful MCC side which included W.G. Grace himself in a single afternoon's play, they turned English cricket on its head. The Lord's crowd, having openly laughed at the tourists, wildly celebrated a victory that has been described as 'arguably the most momentous six hours in cricket history' and claimed the Australians as their own. The Strangers Who Came Home is a compelling social history which brings that momentous summer to life, telling the story of these extraordinary men who travelled thousands of miles, risking life and limb, playing 43 matches in England (as well as several in Philadelphia, America, on their return journey) during a demanding but ultimately triumphant homecoming; how their glorious achievements on the field of play threw open the doors to international sports touring, and how these men from the colonies provided the stimulus for Australian nationhood through their sporting success and brought unprecedented vitality to international cricket.