The Mac gives his verdict on the autobiography of one of Australia’s leading sports historians
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Archie’s boyhood memories are revived by this one, a biography of Rugby League legend Tommy Raudonikis
Author Alan Ross is much loved by all the reviewers on Cricket Web, and in fact by pretty much all cricket bibliophiles. See Martin’s quality short biographical piece on Ross. Through the Caribbean is really two books in one; part cricket and part travel/historical book. In his preface, Ross invites anyone only interested in the […]
As well as Martin The Mac has also been checking up on our occasional colleague’s latest book – is he similarly impressed?
Cricket is not the only sport whose tragics care deeply about its history
This week we have Archie’s take on one of the best books of 2022
Martin gave this one five stars, and it has since won the Australian Cricket Society Literary Award for 2022-2023 – what does Archie think?
Tennis is Archie’s subject this week – well he is the boss, after all
In this review Archie gives us his take on an obscure but very English aspect of cricket history
Archie has been reading Tim Paine’s autobiography – is it a cynical ‘cash in’ or a worthwhile read?