Cricket Books

[fredfertang]

Wilton on Fry was also very good

Yet to read the Ranji effort but will have to find a copy

two-thirds of the way through Willow Wand, great read

Keep meaning to read Wilton's book - I've read Ellis's and once tried to read "Life Worth Living" but couldn't get on with it

Must also pick up a copy of the biography of Mrs Fry who I hear was just as mad as he was

 

[archie mac]

Keep meaning to read Wilton's book - I've read Ellis's and once tried to read "Life Worth Living" but couldn't get on with it

Must also pick up a copy of the biography of Mrs Fry who I hear was just as mad as he was

I quite enjoyed LwL, but although I loved the Wilton effort I was annoyed that he did not show a photo of a young Mrs Fry who he wrote was a very pretty. But yes they must have been at the best different

 

[bagapath]

I quite enjoyed LwL, but although I loved the Wilton effort I was annoyed that he did not show a photo of a young Mrs Fry who he wrote was a very pretty. But yes they must have been at the best different

did he have any photograph of Mrs. Fry, even at old age? Willing to relax the rules a little bit here....

 

[fredfertang]

did he have any photograph of Mrs. Fry, even at old age? Willing to relax the rules a little bit here....

you'll learn some more about her here

and if I still can't do links cut and paste this

The Indomitable Beatie

 

[bagapath]

you'll learn some more about her here

and if I still can't do links cut and paste this

The Indomitable Beatie

thanks dude. made the weekend interesting.

 

[archie mac]

you'll learn some more about her here

and if I still can't do links cut and paste this

The Indomitable Beatie

thanks dude. made the weekend interesting.

That photo is the same as the one in the CB Fry book, perhaps there are no more?

 

[archie mac]

Just did a quick count of the reviews we now have on the site, and it came to 178. I can still remember asking James if we could start a book review section. He told me I had to come up with at least six reviews, which was fair enough, you can't start a section with just one

 

[fredfertang]

.... best decision he's made in a long time

 

[archie mac]

.... best decision he's made in a long time

well I've had an awful lot of help since those first six

 

[SJS]

That photo is the same as the one in the CB Fry book, perhaps there are no more?

No there aren't. Not in the public domain anyway. CB Fry himself, of course, is a much photographed man

 

[fredfertang]

No there aren't. Not in the public domain anyway. CB Fry himself, of course, is a much photographed man

I shall take that as a challenge - I know there's a local history book about Hamble and the Mercury and the Frys time there - I shall have to track down a copy and see if that has any

 

[SJS]

I shall take that as a challenge - I know there's a local history book about Hamble and the Mercury and the Frys time there - I shall have to track down a copy and see if that has any

I was about to write, "I doubt if there are" and then changed it to " No there aren't" I am glad I did that. I would love to see how this formidable woman looked when younger.

 

[SJS]

For those who didn't know. . . Warne wasn't the first international cricketer to be photographed with his pants down.

C B FRY

 

[neville cardus]

Cant say I disagree with much of that. I still cant recall anything I have read on the Golden Age, large enough to be the subject of a book, which is better. There are plenty of good articles of course.

Did not David Frith put out something a decade or so ago? And does not Thomson's book comprise a collection of what he considered golden ages, rather than merely that one pre-war period which most cricket followers consider synonymous with the term?

By the way, where have you been hiding my friend ?

Under a mountain of uni work.

 

[neville cardus]

Must also pick up a copy of the biography of Mrs Fry who I hear was just as mad as he was

I've long been keen to read the novel on which the pair collaborated.

 

[neville cardus]

For those who didn't know. . . Warne wasn't the first international cricketer to be photographed with his pants down.

C B FRY

All too well do I recall being spotted staring at that picture in Wilton's book during Maths class a few years back...

 

[SJS]

Did not David Frith put out something a decade or so ago? And does not Thomson's book comprise a collection of what he considered golden ages, rather than merely that one pre-war period which most cricket followers consider synonymous with the term?



Under a mountain of uni work.

David Frith's book is mainly pictorial. The two pages of the forward and a dozen pages of the Introduction are more than 80 pecent of all written matter in the book.

Yes the Thomson book covers what he calls The Golden Ages rather than just the 1894-1914 era. It has a chapter on Hambledon followed by another on what he terms the Wandering sides when so called All England sides played across the country. Then a chapter on Grace's time followed by three on what is commonly known as the Golden Age.The last three chapters are basically the beginning and the end of the Bradman Era. I thought it was a good idea to put the periods in the history of the game together in this format. As he writes at the beginning. . .

. . . the phrase Golden Age is in itself of doubtful import...In one sense a golden age is everyone's yesterday.Its quality has the golden mist that tints the gaze of the beholder.​

 

[SJS]

Can someone please tell me the best book for reading about the Golden age of cricket? Whether a biography like C.B. Fry or an actual written account of the age.

Wish someone would write a decent biography of Trumper, tbh.

I should have done it earlier but it takes some time and I am lazy

Here are the relevant chapters from Thomson's book.

PS : I am unable to upload the scanned images. I got the following vBulletin Message when I was trying to upload the files :-

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Can anyone tell me what's the problem ?

 

[bagapath]

For those who didn't know. . . Warne wasn't the first international cricketer to be photographed with his pants down.

Mr. Fry posed alone?

 

[SJS]

Mr. Fry posed alone?

He was being paid for nude modelling.