Whilst working on his next major project CW favourite Bernard Whimpress has produced an entertaining booklet on the subject of Australia’s greatest batsman’s First Class debut
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A cricketer does not have to achieve great success on the field in order to have a story worth telling – Australia’s Arthur Coningham is a perfect example
The Cricket Press Pty Ltd have just published what might be their final look at an aspect of Victor Trumper’s life, and it certainly seems to be an interesting one
The last few months have seen a number of interesting books released, and as long as most of the titles apparently in the offing actually get published that looks set to carry on in the New Year
As readers would expect Martin has been admonished for taking almost a decade to even find out about a biography of Test cricket’s leading wicket taker let alone review it, but he has apologised for his laxity so no further disciplinary action will be taken
In this feature Martin remembers Colin Croft, the sometimes overlooked member of the early West Indian pace quartets
This post takes a look at the life and works of Gerard Martineau, a writer well known in the 1950s and 60s
Martin was not entirely happy when tasked with reviewing this one, but contrary to his expectations seems to have enjoyed what he read
By no means the first book on the subject of Lord’s that is available, it certainly seems that this pictorial offering is one of the best
Women’s cricket and attitudes towards it have changed a great deal over the years – in this post Martin goes back to 1933 to see how the subject was viewed then