By no means the most prolific cricket writer of his time, Alan Gibson was nonetheless one of the very best
A BIBLIOPHILE'S BLOG
In this post Martin revisits one of the earliest books of cricketing reminiscences, and the life and times of the man who wrote it
This week we look at the work of Gerald Howat, a number of whose books should be in the library of any discerning bibliophile
In this post Martin looks at the work of a contemporary of Neville Cardus, from the other side of the Pennines
A contemporary of Irving Rosenwater and Rowland Bowen, Roy Webber was not such a colourful character, but remains a ‘person of interest’ as far as we bibliophiles are concerned
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
The name Samuel Canynge Caple is a largely forgotten one except, it would seem, by Martin
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
This week we look at another cricket magazine, the relatively short lived and much missed Cricket Lore
This week we have a look at another cricket writer from long ago, although on this occasion the name is not a well known one