Cricket History Podcasts

[AndyCarter]

Hello,

My name is Andy Carter, I'm a Public History Postgraduate at Royal Holloway, University of London. As my dissertation I am currently producing a series of podcasts on early Black and Asian cricketers in England. The series covers the origins of cricket and its spread around the world, the visits of the Australian Aborigine side in 1868, The Parsees in the 1880s and the careers of key individuals such as Ranjitsinhji and Learie Constantine.

The podcasts will be posted to www.aflashoutsidetheoffstump.wordpress.com

If you're interested in cricket history, please have a listen and let me know what you think.

Many Thanks

Andy

 

[fredfertang]

I was planning to write a feature about Charles Ollivierre - let me know if you plan to cover him in which case I won't bother

 

[AndyCarter]

I'm covering him a bit in my sections about the 1900 West Indies tour and his subsequent time at Derbyshire but I'm not sure if I'll come back to him in detail yet. Please don't let me stop you writing a feature, especially as podcasts and the written word are quite different media.

 

[fredfertang]

I haven't made a final decision yet - there's not a huge amount of material out there on Ollivierre, but I did spend a ridiculous amount of money a while back on a rare old book that includes a section on the 1900 tour and if there is anything of interest in that I'll do it - he seems to have led a slightly odd life, certainly for the times in which he lived

 

[Howe_zat]

Anyone who listens to this is a traitor just ftr

 

[fredfertang]

Anyone who listens to this is a traitor just ftr

Betraying an artistic temperament there Jake

But don't worry, he can't quite match your style or panache

 

[Goughy]

Sad to say as someone living in Trinidad, Learie Constantine is probably better known in the UK than TT. Probably one of 20th century's more interesting personalities. Will always be remembered for his wartime and post-wartime work on race relations but less well remembered is his thought that the poverty and savagery of living conditions in Nelson, Lancashire were worse than those experienced by the poor "blacks" in the Caribbean. He brought light to a number of important issues for underprivileged communities and deserves to be better regarded in both UK and TT.

Obv if that is mentioned in the podcast then it is embarrassingly clear that I didnt listen

 

[Black_Warrior]

Anyone who listens to this is a traitor just ftr

Well at least the podcaster here shows up and does them regularly unlike a certain other podcast

 

[Howe_zat]

Well at least the podcaster here shows up and does them regularly unlike a certain other podcast

Don't hate on my bohemian soul

 

[AndyCarter]

It's worth doing a search on him in the British Newspaper Archive. I found a few mentions about his later life in League cricket after he left Derbyshire.

 

[Burgey]

Hope you hang around, Andy. Be good to have another cricket history buff posting on the forum.

 

[AndyCarter]

Thanks Burgey, I will. It's nice to be here.

 

[Daemon]

I give him a week before he's bullied off the site by the GLC

 

[vogue]

i give him a week before he's bullied off the site by the glc

glc?

 

[AndyCarter]

There are now 14 episodes available on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-55808710/sets/a-flash-outside-the-off-stump and they can also be found via iTunes by searching for A Flash Outside The Off Stump.

For people who would rather read than listen, they content is available textually at https://aflashoutsidetheoffstump.wordpress.com/

 

[Daemon]

Just motored through Chapters 1-3, excellent stuff

 

[AndyCarter]

Thanks Daemon

 

[cnerd123]

Listening to the first episode and this is fantastic. Great work! I'm a fan.

 

[AndyCarter]

Thank you very much, glad you like it!

 

[stumpski]

I give him a week before he's bullied off the site by the GLC

Ken Livingstone making a comeback is he?