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"Observer" on Cricket Scyld Berry

"Observer" on Cricket By Scyld Berry

"Observer" on Cricket by Scyld Berry


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A selection from the sports pages of "The Observer" with profiles, portraits and obituaries of famous cricketing personalities, written by sports journalists and well-known cricketers. Famous matches and cricketing styles are also discussed.

"Observer" on Cricket Summary

"Observer" on Cricket: An Anthology of the Best Cricket Writing by Scyld Berry

"The Observer on Cricket" is a selection from the sports pages of Britain's oldest Sunday newspaper. The collection includes articles by R.C.Robertson, Alan Ross, Hugh McIlvanney and Scyld Berry, all cricket correspondents for "The Observer". Occasional contributors here include names as diverse as Neville Cardus, Barry Norman and Shiva Naipaul, all of them providing a selection of portraits, profiles and obituaries of famous cricketers together with discussions of match reports and cricketing styles.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Profiles: Lord's cricket ground; Don Bradman; Denis Compton; Len Hutton; Frank Worrell; David Gower; Clive Lloyd. Part 2 Portraits: Frank Woolley, H.S.Altham; Jack Iverson, R.C.Robertson-Glasgow; George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes, Michael Davie; Frank Tyson, John Gale; Peter May and Richie Benaud, Michael Davie; Basil d'Oliveira, John Arlott; Garfield Sobers, Ted Dexter; Jack Gregory, David Frith; Syd Barnes, Ian Peebles; Geoffrey Boycott, Barry Norman; Arthur Milton, Michael Carey; Alan Knott, Tony Pawson; Denis Stilwell, David Hunn; Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Julie Welch; Ian Botham, Hugh McIlvanney; Viv Richards, Hugh McIlvanney. Part 3 Matches: Fred Tate's match; the darkest hour; Macartney's century before lunch, D.J.Knight; the 100th 'Varsity match, D.R.Jardine; pusillanimous batting, C.G.Macartney; Hutton's record-breaking innings, D.R.Jardine; Bradman's comeback, J.H.Fingleton; a hot and futile day, Michael Davie; an island in the sun, Clement Freud; the Trinidad riot, Alan Ross; May's sweeping reverse, Frank Worrell; Underwood's revenge, Tony Pawson; Majesty, Christopher Wordsworth; Gavaskar equals Bradman, Scyld Berry; a trivial pursuit, Mike Selvey. Part 4 Occasional pieces: how to deal with Bradman, P.G.H.Fender; bodyline - two views, Nevill Cardus; at sea with Hutton's team, Alan Ross; the Sixties malaise, Colin McDonald; on throwing, Frank Tyson; on umpiring, Frank Lee; the Packer revolution, Michael Davie; the biggest defeat in first-class cricket, Scyld Berry; cricket on television, Scyld Berry; the Australians of my experience, Tony Pawson; cricket on radio, Scyld Berry; the changing game, Jack Fingleton et al; cricket factory, Scyld Berry; Sri Lanka, Shiva Naipaul. Part 5 Obituaries: W.G.Grace, "The Don"; Jack Hobbs, John Arlott; R.C.Robertson-Glasgow, Alan Ross; George Duckworth, Len Hutton; Learie Constantine, Len Hutton; Herbert Sutcliffe, Len Hutton; Jack Fingleton, Peter Corrigan.

Additional information

GOR005761533
9780044402046
004440204X
"Observer" on Cricket: An Anthology of the Best Cricket Writing by Scyld Berry
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
1988-10-27
256
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