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
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In this feature Martin looks at the lives of the Gilligan brothers, mainly Ashes captain Arthur, but with a nod to Frank and Harold as well
In this post Martin takes a look at a magazine on the subject of something very close to his heart, the future of the Lancashire County Cricket Club
There are precious few cricket books published in South Africa as it is, without those that do appear being restricted to short print runs and distributed privately
With this review Martin looks at a privately published book he missed in 2011, which is the second one in a week – it is at this point we feel obliged to underline that our six monthly previews are not intended to be comprehensive
South Africa has not produced too many noted cricket scribes and, technically, did not produce this gentleman either, but we are still going to treat him as the first noted South African writer on the game
After last week’s monograph of JT Tyldesley Martin turns his attention now to a rather longer work on one of John Tommy’s Lancashire teammates
Following on from his post about Rowland Bowen a couple of weeks ago Martin, as promised, now profiles his enduring gift to all cricket tragics and bibliophiles
After Peter Della Penna’s book Martin is back to more familiar ground with this one, a story involving a great Lancastrian batsman from the olden days
Lack of originality of subject matter is certainly not an accusation that can be levelled at Peter Della Penna, whose first book this is