Who’s Who of Cricketers: A Complete Who’s Who of All Cricketers Who Have Played First-class Cricket in England with Full Career Records by Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn & Peter Wynne-Thomas

Who’s Who of Cricketers: A Complete Who’s Who of All Cricketers Who Have Played First-class Cricket in England with Full Career Records by Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn & Peter Wynne-Thomas lands on the shelves of my shop.

Guild Publishing, 1984, Hardback in dust wrapper.

From the cover: Every cricketer who has played in a first-class match in the British Isles, including the members of touring sides, is included in this book. Biographies and complete career figures are given for about 12,000 cricketers.

Only since 1976, when the Association of Cricket Statisticians produced a generally accepted list of first-class matches, has the book been possible, and since then the three authors, all leading Association members, have been engaged on the task.

Research has included the study of books, annuals, periodicals, newspapers (both British and overseas), birth and death registrations, church records, telephone directories and County scorebooks. The number of visits, letters and telephone calls made to archivists, cricket clubs, cricketers and cricketers relatives runs into several thousand.

The result is that the authors have collected a mass of information never before published, and at the same time have been able to correct errors which have occurred in other reference books.

The Whos Who of Cricketers will remain a standard work and the essential authority on the lives and records of all first-class cricketers to play in the British Isles.

Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a tear to the head of the spine, a small mark to the lower middle. Text complete, clean and tight.

Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 1144 pages. 10″ x 7½”.

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Uncorked! Diary of a Cricket Year by Dominic Cork with David Norrie

Uncorked! Diary of a Cricket Year by Dominic Cork with David Norrie lands on the shelves of my shop.

Richard Cohen, 1996, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Signed by the author on the title page unverified and reflected as such in the lack of premium. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs;

From the cover: NOT SINCE IAN BOTHAM has an England cricketer made such an impact on the international scene as Dominic Cork in the past year. His startling debut at Lords, his rare wicket-taking capabilities, his whole-hearted approach to the game, his theatrical and passionate appealing and his undoubted determination to help England back to the top again have endeared him already to the sporting nation.

After four successive England A tours, Cork had begun to despair of ever making the England Test side. The Derbyshire fast bowler felt that the 1995 summer was make-or-break for him, so he decided to keep a diary of his feelings and performances during that season. As events transpired, this has now become a remarkable record of his meteoric rise to cricket stardom, putting him alongside Brian Lara and Shane Warne as one of the most exciting young cricketers around today.

Cork reveals his. worries and doubts before his sensational entry against the West Indies at Lords where his match-winning 7/43 were the best-ever bowling figures on an England debut. Two Tests later, at Old Trafford, Cork removed Richie Richardson, Junior Murray and Carl Hooper in successive deliveries. Cork explains the background to the first hat-trick by an England bowler for 38 years and why he had no argument with Peter Levers assessment You bowled like a pillock when he returned to the dressing-room.

Cork decided not only to continue this diary during Englands winter tour of South Africa and the World Cup campaign in India and Pakistan, but to make it available for publication to try to give a better understanding of the life, the highs and lows, the rewards and drawbacks of a modern cricket star, home and away and in the middle of a frantic event like the cricket World Cup.

Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Wrapper.

Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 216 pages. Index. 9½” x 6¼”.

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The Dictionary of Cricket by Michael Rundell

The Dictionary of Cricket by Michael Rundell lands on the shelves of my shop.

Bloomsbury Books, 1985, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated with black and white photographs & drawings. From the cover: The language of cricket is as complex and fascinating as the game itself. It is made up partly of words unique to the game of cricket, like googly and yorker, and partly of common English words used in a specialized manner. This reference to the vocabulary of the game should appeal to those well-versed in cricketing terms as well as to recent converts. It charts the evolution of the language, which reflects in turn changes in the game itself. The text covers historical and contemporary terms, features quotations from a wide variety of sources accompanying the majority of definitions, including newspapers from Britain and abroad dating as far back as the 18th century, and provides technical, historical and legal information relating to a term.

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper.

Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [VIII] 272 pages. Bibliography. 9¾” x 6¾”.

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A Double Life by Phil Neale

A Double Life by Phil Neale lands on the shelves of my shop.

Ringpress, 1990, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Black and White Photographs; Signed by the author on a pasted on plate to the title page unverified and reflected as such in the lack of premium.

From the cover: A DOUBLE LIFE is the account of a genuine sporting all-rounder. Phil Neale will almost certainly be the last man to combine a professional soccer career with county cricket, following in the illustrious footsteps of Denis Compton, Arthur Milton and Willie Watson. For more than a decade, Neale played for Lincoln City, winning two promotion medals to the Third Division, while batting for Worcestershire in the County Championship. In his spare time he also managed to pick up an honours degree in Russian from Leeds University. Neale speaks frankly about the pressure of soccer in the lower divisions, about the quirks of fortune that prevented him gracing the First Division and the pleasure at occasional games against the likes of Glenn Hoddle, Johnny Giles, Steve Archibald, Alan Devonshire and George Best. He also offers fascinating insights into the character of the man who took a chance with him at Lincoln City Graham Taylor, now one of English footballs top managers. Neale describes graphically the times when soccer clashed with cricket, particularly when he was suspended by Lincoln City for choosing cricket ahead of the winter game. He is now English crickets most successful county captain, having picked up four trophies in the past three seasons. He tells of his frustrations at missing out on international honours and the particular challenge involved in captaining star players like lan Botham, Graham Dilley and Graeme Hick. Written in conjunction with BBC Radios PATRICK MURPHY, this book is a unique insight into the demands on a man who was lucky enough to play two professional sports at the same time.

Introduction by: Graham Taylor

Good+ in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with a small indentation to the upper panel which has offset to the boards. Text complete, clean and tight.

Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 157 pages. 10″ x 7½”.

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Four More Weeks: Diary of a Stand-In captain by Mark Ramprakash

Four More Weeks: Diary of a Stand-In captain by Mark Ramprakash lands on the shelves of my shop.

Vision Sports, 2005, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs;

From the cover: Four More Weeks is Mark Ramprakashs gripping diary of Surreys traumatic 2005 cricket season.

Handing over the captaincy of the team at the start of the season, injured Surrey skipper Mark Butcher tells Ramps he is four more weeks away from his comeback. It turns out to be five long months, during which Surreys place amongst the elite of the game comes under threat.

Lifting the lid on the ball tampering saga that rocks the famous club and the simmering unrest that threatens to boil over in the dressing room during his stint at the helm, beyond that Four More Weeks is a candid, thoughtful and at times humorous insight into life as a county cricket captain.

From the dressing room characters like The Human Headband and The Himbo to the spats with umpires, opponents and team-mates and the long, long days in the field captaining a team in trouble, Four More Weeks takes you into the Surrey dressing room and inside the mind of one of crickets most gifted and compelling players.

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper.

Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 257 pages. 9½” x 6¼”.

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Atherton’s Ashes: How England Won the 2009 Ashes by Mike Atherton

Atherton’s Ashes: How England Won the 2009 Ashes by Mike Atherton lands on the shelves of my shop.

Simon & Schuster, 2009, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs;

From the cover: The 2009 Ashes series was the most eagerly anticipated sporting event of the year. And the battle for the urn certainly lived up to the hype, as the balance of power tilted first one way then the other. In Cardiff, England were outclassed, only for Monty Panesar to emerge as the most unlikely saviour with the bat. At Lords, England laid to rest a 75-year hoodoo, with Andrew Flintoff in devastating form on his swansong. At Edgbaston, it was Australia who had to cling on for a draw, but then they went to Headingley and crushed England. So, just as in 2005, everything hinged on the final Test at The Oval, where an afternoon of brilliance from Stuart Broad proved decisive.

Watching on throughout was Mike Atherton, whose columns in The Times were required reading for all cricket fans. Having played in seven Ashes series himself, few have been better placed to know about what it takes to survive in the most highly pressured cricketing contest of them all. His unique insight into the game and the decisions of the captains gives his readers a real sense of being at the heart of the action themselves.

Written day by day as events unfolded, Atherton brilliantly captures the drama as it developed. He also provides his typically astute and compelling verdict on the final outcome: who were the key players? Who failed to live up to expectations? What were the decisions that tipped the balance of power? Athertons Ashes is the definitive word on this gripping series.

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Text complete, clean and tight.

Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [X] 245 pages. 9½” x 6¼”.

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