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Pothas · 29-09-2009, 01:59 PM

That sound fantastic, thank you very much. Will let you know how things progress with it, obviously I need to get aproval from the course supervisor but I can see no reason why I could not go ahead with something along these lines.

Would be quite interested in looking at the life of Bernard Bosanquet I am sure their must be quite a bit of stuff written on him but not sure if he wrote much himself (think I read somewhere that he wrote a book). Ideally I would want the career of someone lke him with that of a professional of similar ability (obviously Bosanquets' career is very unusual) looking at the stark differences of their economic conditions but also their attitudes towards the game.

fredfertang · 29-09-2009, 02:15 PM

You may be backing the wrong horse there - there isn't really very much on Bosanquet - of that sort of ilk you might find Kortright easier to do although there is no contemporary autobiography (but there is a decent biography written in the early 1980's) - of the professionals there's only Bobby Abel who I can think of off hand who had a contemporary biography published and that really is scarce

There is a book on the history of the professional cricketer by Ric Sissons which is described as "scholarly" so ideal source material for an academic exercise

Pothas · 29-09-2009, 02:26 PM

Will try and have a look at that then, will have a good think about it over the next couple of weeks, the book of interviews sounds like it might be an excellent source. Will message you if I have any more ideas if that is ok?

fredfertang · 29-09-2009, 02:29 PM

Of course

Pothas · 29-09-2009, 02:41 PM

thanks, will look to peruse this particular topic but if their is not enough primary material then I can always shift my time period forward somewhat, would expect there would be more on the period between the wars?

fredfertang · 29-09-2009, 02:46 PM

There is but there really is loads of material on the Golden Age - you'll have no trouble finding enough as long as you know where to look - or know someone who does

Pothas · 29-09-2009, 02:55 PM

excellent, never though cricketweb would actually help me pass my degree rather than hinder it but looks like is going to. The whole point of this module that it you have to improve your methods of historical research so it is probably better to do a period where a little bit less material is available. I also have acess to most libraries in the univeristy of london as as well as the British Library which I believe has loads of cricket writing in it.

pasag · 02-10-2009, 09:13 PM

As promised these are a list of cricket books up for sale. CW has first dibs then I'll put them on ebay. No set price, happy for anything reasonable. Also happy to ship o/s.

200 Seasons of Australian Cricket - Various
1882 - 1982 The Ashes Centenary Series - Various
The Joy of Cricket - edited by John Bright-Holmes
A Majestic Innings - CLR James
Farewell to Cricket - Don Bradman
Days in the Sun - Neville Cardus
Autobiography - Neville Cardus
Out of My Comfort Zone - Steve Waugh
Test Team of the Century - edited by Garrie Huchinson
The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers - Christopher Martin Jenkins
Bradman's Best - Roland Perry
The Summer Game - Gideon Haigh
Game for Anything - Gideon Haigh
Cricket's Colosseum, 125 years of cricket at the MCG - Ken Piesse
Caps, Hats and Helmets - Max Walker
All Out, the Ashes 2006/07 - Gideon Haigh
Peter the Lord's Cat and other unexpected obituraries - Gideon Haigh
The Don - Roland Perry
The Big Ship - Gideon Haigh
The Great Captains - AA Thomson
Endless Summer, 140 years of cricket in Wisden - Edited by Gideon Haigh
A Pictoral History of Australian Cricket - Jack Pollard
The Ashes, a celebration - Roland Perry
The Game is Not The Same - Alan McGilvray
Close of Play - Neville Cardus
Cricket All The Year - Neville Cardus
Cricket Gallery - edited by David Firth
Neville Cardus - English Cricket
WG Grace - Simon Rae
Beyond a Boundary - CLR James
Captain's Diary 2007 - Ricky Ponting
Wearing the Baggy Green, Australian Cricket Encyclopedia - Ian Ferguson
Match of My Life, The Ashes, 12 legends reveal their favourite Tests - various
An Australian Summer, The Story of the 1989/1990 Ashes Series - Christopher Martin Jenkins & Charles de Lise
A Fair Field and No Favour, The Ashes 2005 - Gideon Haigh
The Greatest Ashes Players - Murray McPherson
Pocket Wisden 2002/03
Flying Stumps - Ray Lindwall
According to Skull - Kerry O'Keefe
A History of Australian Cricket - Chris Harte
Cricket Kings - WIlliam McInnes
Miller's Luck - Roland Perry
Captain's Diary 2002 - Steve Waugh
On Ya Wanie - Ken Piesse
One Day Magic - Dean Jones (signed)
The Lion Bay, How Australia Defended the Ashes 1990-1991 - Phillip Derriman
World Cup Diary 1996 - Steve Waugh

archie mac · 02-10-2009, 09:39 PM

A lot of really good books there, it would be great for anyone wanting to start a cricket book collection

Did you read them all?

archie mac · 02-10-2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pothas

I have just started an MA in History and we need to write an essay on anything we like which includes some kind of method of historical research, thought I would take the oportunity to write something about cricket, my first idea was to compare the lives, careers and attitudes of gentlemen and professionals in the so called golden age of English, cricket. ideally through the lives of two players. Would be a huge help if anyone (probably SJS or archie mac) would be able to recomend books in general about the Golden age and more importantly any diaries or autobiographies written by players during this era?

I have already bought The Golden Age of Cricket, 1890-1914 by David Frith and Great Characters from Cricket's Golden Age by Jeremy Malies and am awaiting their delivery but any recomendations would be fantastic.

Sorry mate, I only just noticed this

Fred has given you some good advice. There is a book called The Players, it will be a great help and the Bib. would have all the titles you would need

Uppercut · 03-10-2009, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pasag

As promised these are a list of cricket books up for sale. CW has first dibs then I'll put them on ebay. No set price, happy for anything reasonable. Also happy to ship o/s.

200 Seasons of Australian Cricket - Various
1882 - 1982 The Ashes Centenary Series - Various
The Joy of Cricket - edited by John Bright-Holmes
A Majestic Innings - CLR James
Farewell to Cricket - Don Bradman
Days in the Sun - Neville Cardus
Autobiography - Neville Cardus
Out of My Comfort Zone - Steve Waugh
Test Team of the Century - edited by Garrie Huchinson
The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers - Christopher Martin Jenkins
Bradman's Best - Roland Perry
The Summer Game - Gideon Haigh
Game for Anything - Gideon Haigh
Cricket's Colosseum, 125 years of cricket at the MCG - Ken Piesse
Caps, Hats and Helmets - Max Walker
All Out, the Ashes 2006/07 - Gideon Haigh
Peter the Lord's Cat and other unexpected obituraries - Gideon Haigh
The Don - Roland Perry
The Big Ship - Gideon Haigh
The Great Captains - AA Thomson
Endless Summer, 140 years of cricket in Wisden - Edited by Gideon Haigh
A Pictoral History of Australian Cricket - Jack Pollard
The Ashes, a celebration - Roland Perry
The Game is Not The Same - Alan McGilvray
Close of Play - Neville Cardus
Cricket All The Year - Neville Cardus
Cricket Gallery - edited by David Firth
Neville Cardus - English Cricket
WG Grace - Simon Rae
Beyond a Boundary - CLR James
Captain's Diary 2007 - Ricky Ponting
Wearing the Baggy Green, Australian Cricket Encyclopedia - Ian Ferguson
Match of My Life, The Ashes, 12 legends reveal their favourite Tests - various
An Australian Summer, The Story of the 1989/1990 Ashes Series - Christopher Martin Jenkins & Charles de Lise
A Fair Field and No Favour, The Ashes 2005 - Gideon Haigh
The Greatest Ashes Players - Murray McPherson
Pocket Wisden 2002/03
Flying Stumps - Ray Lindwall
According to Skull - Kerry O'Keefe
A History of Australian Cricket - Chris Harte
Cricket Kings - WIlliam McInnes
Miller's Luck - Roland Perry
Captain's Diary 2002 - Steve Waugh
On Ya Wanie - Ken Piesse
One Day Magic - Dean Jones (signed)
The Lion Bay, How Australia Defended the Ashes 1990-1991 - Phillip Derriman
World Cup Diary 1996 - Steve Waugh

I'll take Beyond a Boundary and the two Gideon Haigh books on the '05 and '06/07 Ashes. The distance postal factor might make it not worth our while but catch me on MSN anyway

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pasag · 03-10-2009, 06:36 AM

Will do.

Pothas · 03-10-2009, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by archie mac

Sorry mate, I only just noticed this

Fred has given you some good advice. There is a book called The Players, it will be a great help and the Bib. would have all the titles you would need

Thanks, sounds good. Do you know who the author is?

fredfertang · 03-10-2009, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pothas

Thanks, sounds good. Do you know who the author is?

That's the Ric Sissons one

aussie · 03-10-2009, 01:07 PM

How many years of AUS cricket history does the "A Pictoral History of Australian Cricket - Jack Pollard" cover?

29-09-2009, 02:26 PM	#1623 (permalink)
Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,428	Will try and have a look at that then, will have a good think about it over the next couple of weeks, the book of interviews sounds like it might be an excellent source. Will message you if I have any more ideas if that is ok? Last edited by Pothas; 29-09-2009 at 02:28 PM.

29-09-2009, 02:55 PM	#1627 (permalink)
Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,428	excellent, never though cricketweb would actually help me pass my degree rather than hinder it but looks like is going to. The whole point of this module that it you have to improve your methods of historical research so it is probably better to do a period where a little bit less material is available. I also have acess to most libraries in the univeristy of london as as well as the British Library which I believe has loads of cricket writing in it. Last edited by Pothas; 29-09-2009 at 03:00 PM.

02-10-2009, 09:13 PM	#1628 (permalink)
pasag RTDAS Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Looking for milksteak Posts: 31,679	As promised these are a list of cricket books up for sale. CW has first dibs then I'll put them on ebay. No set price, happy for anything reasonable. Also happy to ship o/s. 200 Seasons of Australian Cricket - Various 1882 - 1982 The Ashes Centenary Series - Various The Joy of Cricket - edited by John Bright-Holmes A Majestic Innings - CLR James Farewell to Cricket - Don Bradman Days in the Sun - Neville Cardus Autobiography - Neville Cardus Out of My Comfort Zone - Steve Waugh Test Team of the Century - edited by Garrie Huchinson The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers - Christopher Martin Jenkins Bradman's Best - Roland Perry The Summer Game - Gideon Haigh Game for Anything - Gideon Haigh Cricket's Colosseum, 125 years of cricket at the MCG - Ken Piesse Caps, Hats and Helmets - Max Walker All Out, the Ashes 2006/07 - Gideon Haigh Peter the Lord's Cat and other unexpected obituraries - Gideon Haigh The Don - Roland Perry The Big Ship - Gideon Haigh The Great Captains - AA Thomson Endless Summer, 140 years of cricket in Wisden - Edited by Gideon Haigh A Pictoral History of Australian Cricket - Jack Pollard The Ashes, a celebration - Roland Perry The Game is Not The Same - Alan McGilvray Close of Play - Neville Cardus Cricket All The Year - Neville Cardus Cricket Gallery - edited by David Firth Neville Cardus - English Cricket WG Grace - Simon Rae Beyond a Boundary - CLR James Captain's Diary 2007 - Ricky Ponting Wearing the Baggy Green, Australian Cricket Encyclopedia - Ian Ferguson Match of My Life, The Ashes, 12 legends reveal their favourite Tests - various An Australian Summer, The Story of the 1989/1990 Ashes Series - Christopher Martin Jenkins & Charles de Lise A Fair Field and No Favour, The Ashes 2005 - Gideon Haigh The Greatest Ashes Players - Murray McPherson Pocket Wisden 2002/03 Flying Stumps - Ray Lindwall According to Skull - Kerry O'Keefe A History of Australian Cricket - Chris Harte Cricket Kings - WIlliam McInnes Miller's Luck - Roland Perry Captain's Diary 2002 - Steve Waugh On Ya Wanie - Ken Piesse One Day Magic - Dean Jones (signed) The Lion Bay, How Australia Defended the Ashes 1990-1991 - Phillip Derriman World Cup Diary 1996 - Steve Waugh __________________ Rest In Peace Craigos 2003-2012 Last edited by pasag; 02-10-2009 at 09:19 PM.

02-10-2009, 09:39 PM	#1629 (permalink)
archie mac Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: canberra Australia Posts: 10,668	A lot of really good books there, it would be great for anyone wanting to start a cricket book collection Did you read them all? __________________ You know it makes sense.

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29-09-2009, 01:59 PM	#1621 (permalink)
Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,428	That sound fantastic, thank you very much. Will let you know how things progress with it, obviously I need to get aproval from the course supervisor but I can see no reason why I could not go ahead with something along these lines. Would be quite interested in looking at the life of Bernard Bosanquet I am sure their must be quite a bit of stuff written on him but not sure if he wrote much himself (think I read somewhere that he wrote a book). Ideally I would want the career of someone lke him with that of a professional of similar ability (obviously Bosanquets' career is very unusual) looking at the stark differences of their economic conditions but also their attitudes towards the game.

29-09-2009, 02:15 PM	#1622 (permalink)
fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,714	You may be backing the wrong horse there - there isn't really very much on Bosanquet - of that sort of ilk you might find Kortright easier to do although there is no contemporary autobiography (but there is a decent biography written in the early 1980's) - of the professionals there's only Bobby Abel who I can think of off hand who had a contemporary biography published and that really is scarce There is a book on the history of the professional cricketer by Ric Sissons which is described as "scholarly" so ideal source material for an academic exercise

29-09-2009, 02:29 PM	#1624 (permalink)
fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,714	Of course

29-09-2009, 02:41 PM	#1625 (permalink)
Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,428	thanks, will look to peruse this particular topic but if their is not enough primary material then I can always shift my time period forward somewhat, would expect there would be more on the period between the wars?

29-09-2009, 02:46 PM	#1626 (permalink)
fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,714	There is but there really is loads of material on the Golden Age - you'll have no trouble finding enough as long as you know where to look - or know someone who does

03-10-2009, 06:36 AM	#1632 (permalink)
pasag RTDAS Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Looking for milksteak Posts: 31,679	Will do.

03-10-2009, 01:07 PM	#1635 (permalink)
aussie Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cricket Posts: 16,845	How many years of AUS cricket history does the "A Pictoral History of Australian Cricket - Jack Pollard" cover?

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