Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

August18

Bayly’s Cricketers’ Almanack?

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In 1864 two cricket annuals began. The modest potboiler of the two is still with us 155 years on. This post looks at the competition, a weighty work of reference that fell by the wayside after just a single edition

July28

The Great Romantic

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It has taken almost half a century since his passing, but it seems that the definitive biography of cricket literature’s most complex character has finally been written

July28

JW McKenzie: Cricket’s Bookman

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There are two JWs whose activities lie close to the hearts of all cricketing bibliophiles – the first of them is now up to his 156th edition, but in purely numerical terms is still some way behind the second, who has just completed his double century

July28

A War to the Knife

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This book is further proof, if such is needed, that there is a rule in cricket literature which states that as soon as you start to believe the last word has been written on the subject of Bodyline another publication that touches and concerns it will appear