Last week Martin mentioned a whole raft of books credited to the late Alan Ross. For his review this week David has dug out another, rather more recent project, to which Ross contributed.
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This year is the 149th consecutive year in which the good book has made its annual appearance. This year it falls to David to review the great sporting annual.
English cricket rarely had a smooth ride during the 1980s and 1990s. This week David reviews the autobiography of one man who was in the thick of things back then.
This week David reviews a recent book showcasing the talents of an old school gentleman of the press, Yorkshireman Jim Kilburn.
Ashes captains have been lending their names to tour books since Victorian times. This week David has been reading the most recent of these, from Andrew Strauss.
As promised last week here is David’s review of Chris Arnot’s new book, which looks like a must have for the nostalgic amongst us.
To finish our look back at Peter Roebuck’s work David has been re-reading the account the then Somerset vice-captain wrote of his 1983 season.
I wonder what inspired Surrey supporter David to reach for this chronicle of Essex’s 1979 season – perhaps he has been watching too much TOWIE recently?
Not quite up to the standard of its predecessor, but David still enjoyed Simon Hughes’ follow up to “A Lot of Hard Yakka”
David has been reading one of the most talked about cricket books of the summer, and this week provides us with the definitive review.