Why Only England?

[archie mac]

This is from a book by Charles Box titled: Cricket Its Theory and Practice, From its Origin To The Present Time (1868)

“The game is essentially English, and though our countrymen carry it abroad wherever they go, it is difficult to inoculate or knock it into the foreigner. The Italians are too fat for cricket; the French too thin; the Dutch too dumpy; the Belgians too bilious; the Flemish too flatulent; the East Indians too peppery; the Laplanders too bowlegged; the Swiss too sentimental; the Greeks too lazy; the Egyptians too long in the neck; and the Germans too short in the wind.”

 

[Craig]

This is from a book by Charles Box titled: Cricket Its Theory and Practice, From its Origin To The Present Time (1868)

“The game is essentially English, and though our countrymen carry it abroad wherever they go, it is difficult to inoculate or knock it into the foreigner. The Italians are too fat for cricket; the French too thin; the Dutch too dumpy; the Belgians too bilious; the Flemish too flatulent; the East Indians too peppery; the Laplanders too bowlegged; the Swiss too sentimental; the Greeks too lazy; the Egyptians too long in the neck; and the Germans too short in the wind.”

I deadset have visions in my head I would walk into the archie mac household and then there is sercret hidden button where you push it and the fireplace opens up and you walk though a hallway and this massive cricket book library inside.

 

[archie mac]

I deadset have visions in my head I would walk into the archie mac household and then there is sercret hidden button where you push it and the fireplace opens up and you walk though a hallway and this massive cricket book library inside.

It's not that bad, although they (books) have their own room

 

[pasag]

It's not that bad, although they (books) have their own room

Pics??

 

[archie mac]

Pics??

I don't how, I can send you an email?

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

the East Indians too peppery

I don't get it.

 

[archie mac]

I don't get it.

Well it was 1868

Spices?

 

[pasag]

I don't how, I can send you an email?

Well I am fascinated at what this legendary collection would look like.

CW has a file upload service here. You put in the file location form your computer, then it gives you a URL which you can post here.

 

[Pratters]

This is from a book by Charles Box titled: Cricket Its Theory and Practice, From its Origin To The Present Time (1868)

“The game is essentially English, and though our countrymen carry it abroad wherever they go, it is difficult to inoculate or knock it into the foreigner. The Italians are too fat for cricket; the French too thin; the Dutch too dumpy; the Belgians too bilious; the Flemish too flatulent; the East Indians too peppery; the Laplanders too bowlegged; the Swiss too sentimental; the Greeks too lazy; the Egyptians too long in the neck; and the Germans too short in the wind.”

Have you read the Picador Book of Cricket by Ramachandra Guha? It is basically a collection of pieces Guha selects from various eras. The first few pieces on the first cricket tours and stuff is pretty fascinating.

A similar attitude exists right now among a fair few fans - that minnows might never be able to match the levels of the current elite test nations. I am all for not rushing minnows and all but I do hope we see some more fascinating cricketers from new nations in the future - a Chinese chinaman maybe...

Speaking of libraries, I have a huge collection of sports magazines from the past 30 years which contain 70% cricket stuff on an average (around 50-100 for each year) to till I recently stopped buying them regularly. That, apart from a fair few cricket books. Might be a good idea to start furnishing that room in my home for the library.

 

[andruid]

How on earth can you be too fat for cricket? I think a certain Bemudan spin bowler would beg to differ

 

[nightprowler10]

Planning on building a cricket library of sorts of my own once I move out on my own (which should be sometime this millennium).

 

[archie mac]

Have you read the Picador Book of Cricket by Ramachandra Guha? It is basically a collection of pieces Guha selects from various eras. The first few pieces on the first cricket tours and stuff is pretty fascinating.

I have read that one, very good read, I enjoyed it muchly

 

[archie mac]

Well I am fascinated at what this legendary collection would look like.

CW has a file upload service here. You put in the file location form your computer, then it gives you a URL which you can post here.

Okay I will see what I can do

 

[Perm]

Planning on building a cricket library of sorts of my own once I move out on my own (which should be sometime this millennium).

Would be a dream of sorts TBH.

 

[Craig]

Planning on building a cricket library of sorts of my own once I move out on my own (which should be sometime this millennium).

Is it going to include a guide on how to bowl the doosra? I would love to know how...

 

[pasag]

Planning on building a cricket library of sorts of my own once I move out on my own (which should be sometime this millennium).

Yeah same, can't imagine it'd be too easy to find cricket books there though. Don't think there's a great deal online either.

 

[shortpitched713]

Is it going to include a guide on how to bowl the doosra? I would love to know how...

Off break out of the back of the hand. Opposite shoulder rotation to that of the leg-spinners googly.

 

[Richard]

Planning on building a cricket library of sorts of my own once I move out on my own (which should be sometime this millennium).

Family living is a treasure that once gone can almost never be regained.

 

[Craig]

Off break out of the back of the hand. Opposite shoulder rotation to that of the leg-spinners googly.

It's an in-joke I have with NP, I call him Murali because he looks similar and he is waiting to take revenge when I get to the States some time. I call him that as a wind-up.