A new biography of Valentine Romney features two previously unpublished documents relating to the history of cricket before 1750.
Tag: cricket
Writing a cricket book in the 1970s: nostalgia or nightmare?
Two self-published books about cricket history produced fifty years apart. Has the experience of research and writing changed for the better?
The Best Cricket-Player in the World: The Life of Valentine Romney
My biography of Valentine Romney, a famous cricketer of the 1740s from Meopham in Kent, features new research on an exciting era of cricket.
Equity in cricket: let’s leave history out of it
The ICEC report anchors its conclusions on evidence of discrimination and exclusion in the history of cricket. Is this a sound approach?
How to play Bazalgette
An appreciation of the skilful slow bowling of Christopher Bazalgette, a legendary cricketer for Hampshire Hogs
Lost sporting prints from the pubs of Winchester
Pubs have had a terrible time over Covid. But that’s no excuse for the disappearance of my four favourite sporting prints in Winchester pubs.
The hook shot: in search of Mike Bushby the cricketer
A tribute to the cricketing life of Mike Bushby, captain of Cambridge University in 1954. Fearless against fast bowling, a great fielder, now much missed.