Had he lived Conrad Hunte would be celebrating his 88th birthday today. In this feature Martin tells the story of his life and times
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This week Martin tells the story of Bruce Harris, a journalist who wrote a number of tour books, starting with one on the famous 1932/33 Ashes series
Will Colin Shindler’s book prove to be the definitive account of the ‘Stop The Seventy Tour’? In about three weeks time we should know the answer
The name Samuel Canynge Caple is a largely forgotten one except, it would seem, by Martin
We haven’t had a five star book for a while, but from Martin’s review this one certainly seems to be well worth our top ranking
There is no county cricket at the moment and unlikely to be any for a few weeks yet, but that doesn’t prevent supporters talking and writing about their counties
This week we take a look a writer who was primarily a journalist, but who also authored a number of books and was never anything other than completely forthright in the opinions he expressed
In this review Martin looks at the first of three books that are going to be published in the coming weeks to mark the passing of half a century since the cancellation of the 1970 South African tour
Regular readers will have noticed that we review a disproportionate number of books and booklets about Lancashire cricket, and here we have another one.
This week we look at another cricket magazine, the relatively short lived and much missed Cricket Lore