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
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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
A mere five weeks after reviewing the first this weekend Martin looks at the second in Red Rose Books’ series of studies of Lancashire cricket records
Since 1901 Wisden has stood alone as cricket’s leading annual – in this post Martin has a look at some Victorian rivals that the almanack had to see off along the way
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 first trip in 1932/33
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
In his time the subject of this week’s post was one of the most prolific writers on the game albeit not, perhaps, one of the best. Nonetheless Home Gordon’s story is an interesting one
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