As the 2019 edition draws ever closer Martin reviews a slice of World Cup nostalgia from the pen of Jonathan Northall
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This week Martin reviews a recent offering from the ACS, and one which he seems to have thoroughly enjoyed
Somerset’s Henry Stanley was a product of cricket’s ‘Golden Age’, albeit one some way from the front rank of amateur batsmen. Barry Phillips’ book painstakingly reconstructs his life, and tells a very Victorian story
After his previous features on Geoff and John Martin looks at the Edrich family for a third time, on this occasion profiling Bill, of Middlesex and England
This one is an unusual and perhaps even off the wall look at links between Australian cricket and the wool industry, but the author is Gideon Haigh, so it works very well
This week Martin reviews a new book about a true giant of the game, and a great personal favourite
Unfortunately one or two quality books do occasionally slip past us unnoticed. With this review Martin puts one such deficiency right
In recent months we have had a succession of quality biographical books from Australian historians, a trend that Max Bonnell continues with this one
Here we take one of our regular looks at what is going on outside the mainstream of cricket literature and, like so many others, find a booklet that is a worthy addition to the literature of the game
Gubby Allen’s name is synonymous with Lord’s, the Gentlemen and the MCC, but was he entirely the ‘jolly fine fellow’ he tried to portray himself as?