CRICKET BOOKS

The leg spinner who bowled like a millionaire, Arthur Mailey, was responsible for a number of highly collectable booklets, the last of which Archie reviews here

There are booklets out there dealing with the lives of cricketers who never played so much as a single First Class match – this is one of the more interesting

This time Archie examines a modest booklet about his namesake, another great from the Golden Age

Over the next three weeks we are going to review a number of small booklets and pamphlets, adding a new one every two or three days. We begin with one of the best recent examples

Cricket and the Great War has been a recurring theme in the last year or so, and this week Martin reviews another book on the subject

Doubtless this one won’t be a bestseller, which just goes to show that sales figures are no indication of quality

Not really a cricket book as such this week, but Archie has demonstrated a fondness for Hornung’s famous character before, and does so again

Fair play to Archie for agreeing to review this, and if the current series produces a second edition, perhaps he’ll do that one as well

The selection of cricket teams generally gives rise to more debate amongst supporters than the play itself, so Trevor Woolley’s new book should appeal to all long-suffering England fans

At least the title of the book makes it clear what its premise is, so rather than have the review team look at this we decided to set our top man to work on it – it’s fair to say Dave was not too impressed