This week Martin reviews two books from Brian Rendell on the subject of England and Middlesex all-rounder Gubby Allen’s two tours of Australia. This one deals with his second trip, this time as captain, in 1936/37
CRICKET BOOKS
CricketWeb favourite David Battersby has just released his first booklet of 2020, and he has certainly hit the ground running
Cricket Societies are the natural home for cricket tragics. Not many put publishing on their list of priorities, but one that does is the Stourbridge and District Society
In days gone by cricket was certainly a game that attracted a goodly number of clergymen. This slim booklet takes a look at those with links to Worcestershire
There are precious few cricket books published in South Africa as it is, without those that do appear being restricted to short print runs and distributed privately
With this review Martin looks at a privately published book he missed in 2011, which is the second one in a week – it is at this point we feel obliged to underline that our six monthly previews are not intended to be comprehensive
A month after his CW debut Hector from Yahoo Over Cow Corner is back with another guest review for us, this time of a new take on an old idea
After last week’s monograph of JT Tyldesley Martin turns his attention now to a rather longer work on one of John Tommy’s Lancashire teammates
After Peter Della Penna’s book Martin is back to more familiar ground with this one, a story involving a great Lancastrian batsman from the olden days
Lack of originality of subject matter is certainly not an accusation that can be levelled at Peter Della Penna, whose first book this is