Being a fast bowler between the wars was hard work, which is no doubt at least part of the reason why Ken Farnes chose to play as an amateur
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One of the things we want to do with this blog is post our thoughts on some of our favourite writers, and Alan Ross is certainly one of those
For a man who is always happy to remind us he is a Lancashire supporter, it does seem a little odd that Martin reads so many books about Yorkshire cricket
With the start of the 2019 Cricket World Cup fast approaching this week we review a new book that looks closely at the competition and its history
Getting on for two years after its release we finally get around to reviewing Steve Harmison’s 2017 autobiography
As recently promised Martin has finally got round to reading and reviewing Max Bonnell’s 2001 book, Currency Lads
Sadly this is a story that, as tour books have gone out of fashion, is likely to be at its end
Back in 1991 West Country journalist Richard Walsh published a poem, written by John Arlott, about a famous century that Somerset opener Harold Gimblett scored on debut in 1935. There were 135 copies of the poem, 110 of them in card covers, numbered and signed by Arlott (who was to pass away later that year). […]
Cricket does produce a bewildering range of subjects for the bibliophile, and this new book from Christopher Saunders Publishing certainly finds an unusual one
This week, better late than never, we get round to looking at one of the best received cricket books of 2018