steds
Hall of Fame Member
Thoughts?
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Cricket Books
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stumpski
International Captain
Can't wait till Friday?
I've enjoyed it very much, I'll be lending it to my dad at the weekend (and getting my copy of Runs in the Memory back off him)
jammay123
State 12th Man
read fatty batter myself earlier this year thought it was very good
pasag
RTDAS
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SJS
Hall of Fame Member
PHEW !!
neville cardus
International Debutant
About five years ago, I was quite happy to call that the finest cricket book that I'd ever read.
archie mac
International Coach
I have my copy on order (signed), I understand CA were close to editing some of the more toughy subjects
archie mac
International Coach
Yes a great book, I read it a few years ago, but I have read so many books on Bodyline I will get a bit mixed up on which book says what
It should be up on our site though
archie mac
International Coach
I wrote a very short review of that book, but a full one would be great to read
http://www.cricketweb.net/content/bookreview.php?NewsIDAuto=1080
stumpski
International Captain
I wrote a very short review of that book, but a full one would be great to read
Oh I didn't know that. I'm not sure I'd add a lot to what you've written there, but I'll give it a shot.
archie mac
International Coach
Not in the shop here, which is a pity
archie mac
International Coach
And where do you rank it now?
archie mac
International Coach
Either way mate, I hope you enjoy it, I loved it
archie mac
International Coach
Oh, did not know, I only re-read a book once a year (Xmas time), a good one to re-read thoughOh I read it last year actually.
Got the review, reads really well, I will order a copy
pasag
RTDAS
Started Masters of Cricket and it had this great paragraph right at the beginning I thought I'd share:
I never saw Trumper bat; I was only a few years old when he died. But so often have I listened to stories of him, so often have I seen a new light come into the eyes of people at the mention of his name, so much have I read of him, that I am prepared to believe that nobody, before or since, ever achieved the standards of batsmanship set by Trumper. Sir Pelham Warner, Warren Bardsley, Vernon Ransford and others saw all the great moderns and near-moderns – Bradman, Ponsford, Hobbs, Hammond, Hutton, Compton, McCabe and the like – yet there was more than loyalty to their own generation when they cast their minds back over the years and said, ‘There will never be another like Vic.’
Many players, it is true, made more runs; but runs can never be accepted as the true indication of a player’s greatness. A fighting innings of thirty or so under difficult conditions is lost in cold statistics, yet its merits far outweigh many staid (and unnecessary) centuries that are recorded for all time. The longer I live, I am pleased to say, the less nationalistic I become. The outcome of a match is interesting but not, on the scales of time, of any great moment. What IS important is whether a particular contest gives to posterity a challenge that is accepted and won, or yields in classical technique an innings or a bowling effort that makes the game richer, so that the devotee can say years afterwards, with joy in his voice, ‘I saw that performance.’
I never saw Trumper bat; I was only a few years old when he died. But so often have I listened to stories of him, so often have I seen a new light come into the eyes of people at the mention of his name, so much have I read of him, that I am prepared to believe that nobody, before or since, ever achieved the standards of batsmanship set by Trumper. Sir Pelham Warner, Warren Bardsley, Vernon Ransford and others saw all the great moderns and near-moderns – Bradman, Ponsford, Hobbs, Hammond, Hutton, Compton, McCabe and the like – yet there was more than loyalty to their own generation when they cast their minds back over the years and said, ‘There will never be another like Vic.’
Many players, it is true, made more runs; but runs can never be accepted as the true indication of a player’s greatness. A fighting innings of thirty or so under difficult conditions is lost in cold statistics, yet its merits far outweigh many staid (and unnecessary) centuries that are recorded for all time. The longer I live, I am pleased to say, the less nationalistic I become. The outcome of a match is interesting but not, on the scales of time, of any great moment. What IS important is whether a particular contest gives to posterity a challenge that is accepted and won, or yields in classical technique an innings or a bowling effort that makes the game richer, so that the devotee can say years afterwards, with joy in his voice, ‘I saw that performance.’
