This week we go back to Edwardian times, and a largely forgotten man who nonetheless was a writerwho made some important early contributions to the literature of our great game
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Last December the first issue of County Cricket Matters got a five star rating from Martin, as does the second
New books from South Africa do not arrive at Cricketweb very often, but this one was certainly worth waiting for
In this post Martin takes a look at one of the forgotten classics of cricket literature, and of the life of the professional cricketer whose only book it was
David Battersby’s monographs have become a regular feature of our reviews in recent years, and this latest title is a worthy addition to his oeuvre
A couple of years ago Martin much enjoyed this one so, with interest in Neville Cardus still buoyant after last year’s acclaimed biography from Duncan Hamilton, he takes another look at a new and revised edition
Cricket writers usually operate alone and, if truth be told, it seems that the pair that made up this long running double act generally did as well
This week Martin reviews an unusual biography of the late Tony Greig, a man who still stirs many memories for English cricket tragics of a certain age
This week Martin looks at an Indian periodical that shares its name with the best cricket magazine of them all and, to be fair, loses little in comparison to Rowland Bowen’s masterpiece
Tim Quelch has written a couple of interesting books in recent years, and completes his hat trick with this look back at the Sussex sporting scene of his boyhood