Martin tells us that he is far too young to remember the playing days of the subject of this cricketing biography, even though his enjoyment of the book might suggest that he did see Raman Subba Row bat
CRICKET BOOKS
It’s not even the end of January yet, but already we have our first review of a book published in 2018
Our Archie is clearly a fan of Blowers, as this one gets almost as enthusiastic a welcome from him as ‘Squeezing The Orange’ did four years ago
With apologies for the slight delay, we now have Martin’s look at recent and forthcoming new titles
This one is strictly for those who are interested in a very small part of the literature of cricket
Not many families can boast a father and two sons who have each authored at least one book about the game of cricket. In Victorian times there were the Lillywhites, and now the Benauds emulate them
Martin’s six monthly article has, regrettably, been furthered delayed as he suffers from AHR (Ashes Hammering Reaction) Syndrome, so whilst we give him a few days to get over it Archie has given us his review of Patrick Ferriday’s latest
Next week we hope to run Martin’s regular update on recently published and forthcoming books, but in the meantime we close the year with a review of a book about which he clearly had mixed feelings
He was a serious business for the unfortunate bowlers who had to try and dismiss him, but Sir Donald Bradman also generated plenty of humour along the way
Every now and again we allow Archie and Martin to review the same book, just to keep them on their toes, and they certainly both enjoyed this one