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Cardus on Cricket Neville Cardus

Cardus on Cricket By Neville Cardus

Cardus on Cricket by Neville Cardus


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Cardus on Cricket Summary

Cardus on Cricket by Neville Cardus

Included are the imaginative reconstruction of the 1882 England and Australia test match to Cardus's descriptions of village cricket, accounts of the great players that Cardus watched play (from Donald Bradman and Harold Larwood to Wally Hammond) to examples of his 'Shastbury' writings. Chosen and introduced by Sir Rupert Hart-Davis, Cardus on Cricket features a range of writings from 'Cricket', 'Days in the Sun', 'The Summer Game', 'Good Days', 'Australian Summer' and 'The Manchester Guardian'.

Cardus on Cricket Reviews

"For any person, irrelevant whether he knows a thing about cricket or not, this book will remain a treasure. A must buy for any cricket fanatic and a must read for any lover of fine writing." -- . * The Wicket Post *
"I would certainly suppose that his works are read by a wider range of differing tastes than any other cricket writer before or since and by many for the scholarship as much as for the subject matter." -- The Guardian * Ian Peebles, *
"A must for the library of anyone who appreciates either cricket, or the English language." -- The Financial Times * . *

About Neville Cardus

Sir Neville Cardus became cricket correspondent of the the 'Manchester Guardian' quite by chance, when the editor at that time saw that the game would be the perfect vehicle for his talents while he recuperated after a nervous breakdown. He was to create a cricket intelligentsia, lifting the writing on this sport to a height never equalled before. He became the Guardian's cricket correspondent in 1919, John Atlott described Cardus's cricket writing as: "Before him, cricket was reported ... with him it was for the first time appreciated, felt, and imaginatively described". He was awarded a knighthood in 1967, was president of Lancashire County Cricket Club 1971-72 and died in 1975. Sir Rupert Hart-Davis was an English publisher and man-of-letters.

Additional information

GOR010506945
9780285622845
B0045JV24A
Cardus on Cricket by Neville Cardus
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Profile Books Ltd
1977-09-22
260
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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