Author: Dickie Bird
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444769626
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Hardly a week goes by without Dickie Bird visiting a county or Test match arena where he can keep up to date with all that is happening in the cricket world, while at the same time taking the opportunity to reflect, in the company of old friends and acquaintances, on his own colourful contribution to the sport that lasted for over half a century. Dickie remains the most famous umpire of them all and is still highly respected throughout the world. A lovable eccentric with a joyful sense of fun, he decided, as he approached his eightieth birthday, to recall the highlights of his life in cricket, while also providing an illuminating insight into what he has been up to since his retirement.
80 Not Out: My Favourite Cricket Memories
Author: Dickie Bird
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444769626
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Hardly a week goes by without Dickie Bird visiting a county or Test match arena where he can keep up to date with all that is happening in the cricket world, while at the same time taking the opportunity to reflect, in the company of old friends and acquaintances, on his own colourful contribution to the sport that lasted for over half a century. Dickie remains the most famous umpire of them all and is still highly respected throughout the world. A lovable eccentric with a joyful sense of fun, he decided, as he approached his eightieth birthday, to recall the highlights of his life in cricket, while also providing an illuminating insight into what he has been up to since his retirement.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444769626
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Hardly a week goes by without Dickie Bird visiting a county or Test match arena where he can keep up to date with all that is happening in the cricket world, while at the same time taking the opportunity to reflect, in the company of old friends and acquaintances, on his own colourful contribution to the sport that lasted for over half a century. Dickie remains the most famous umpire of them all and is still highly respected throughout the world. A lovable eccentric with a joyful sense of fun, he decided, as he approached his eightieth birthday, to recall the highlights of his life in cricket, while also providing an illuminating insight into what he has been up to since his retirement.
My Life in Cricket
Author: Fred Titmus
Publisher: Blake Publishing
ISBN: 9781844541249
Category : Cricket
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Born on a council estate in London's King's Cross, Fred showed an incredible aptitude both as batsman and bowler from an early age. From these humble beginnings he began his lifelong involvement with the game, first as a player, then coach and finally as an England selector. His incredible rise through the ranks of the cricketing establishment was even more remarkable given his background and the class divisions that once characterised British cricket. His career has been as eventful off the pitch as it has been on. When playing with Ted Dexter, Dexter once insisted he and Fred opened the innings in a Test match, so they could have the afternoon free to go racing at Cheltenham, and, after losing four toes in 1968, Titmus confounded all predictions by returning to first class cricket seven weeks later. Fred Titmus: A Life in Cricket is a remarkable testament to an extraordinary man.
Publisher: Blake Publishing
ISBN: 9781844541249
Category : Cricket
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Born on a council estate in London's King's Cross, Fred showed an incredible aptitude both as batsman and bowler from an early age. From these humble beginnings he began his lifelong involvement with the game, first as a player, then coach and finally as an England selector. His incredible rise through the ranks of the cricketing establishment was even more remarkable given his background and the class divisions that once characterised British cricket. His career has been as eventful off the pitch as it has been on. When playing with Ted Dexter, Dexter once insisted he and Fred opened the innings in a Test match, so they could have the afternoon free to go racing at Cheltenham, and, after losing four toes in 1968, Titmus confounded all predictions by returning to first class cricket seven weeks later. Fred Titmus: A Life in Cricket is a remarkable testament to an extraordinary man.
Bowler's Name?
Author: Tom Hicks
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1785319248
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Bowler's Name is a tale of a life in cricket's margins. Tom Hicks is no household name, but he often rubbed shoulders with cricketing royalty, going from the village green to walking out as captain at Lord's. As an ambitious youngster, Hicks dreamed of reaching the top. But trying to make it big and balance the demands of university, family, a full-time job and a penchant for post-match fun was no easy feat. Settling for an unglamorous life as a minor county player, cricket took him to all corners of the country, and then across the globe, getting an insight into the nether regions of a cricketing world that was rapidly vanishing. Through the eyes of a cricket nut, Bowler's Name takes us on a journey of success, failure, hilarity and often sheer madness. If you've ever wondered what it's like to face 90mph bowling, to have lunch with Mike Gatting or to infiltrate an England post-match party, Hicks is your man. Bowler's Name is for fans of cricket idiosyncrasies, lovers of the underdog and anyone who has tried and failed.
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1785319248
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Bowler's Name is a tale of a life in cricket's margins. Tom Hicks is no household name, but he often rubbed shoulders with cricketing royalty, going from the village green to walking out as captain at Lord's. As an ambitious youngster, Hicks dreamed of reaching the top. But trying to make it big and balance the demands of university, family, a full-time job and a penchant for post-match fun was no easy feat. Settling for an unglamorous life as a minor county player, cricket took him to all corners of the country, and then across the globe, getting an insight into the nether regions of a cricketing world that was rapidly vanishing. Through the eyes of a cricket nut, Bowler's Name takes us on a journey of success, failure, hilarity and often sheer madness. If you've ever wondered what it's like to face 90mph bowling, to have lunch with Mike Gatting or to infiltrate an England post-match party, Hicks is your man. Bowler's Name is for fans of cricket idiosyncrasies, lovers of the underdog and anyone who has tried and failed.
Thousand Memories
Author: Ratnesh Ahirwar
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1642492299
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This story is based on the phenomena of a boy’s real life. The boy who is slowly moving ahead in his life, which has a lot of tragedies, mysteries and some umpteen mottled adventures. His life is an agglomeration of struggles and some exultant, sprightly moments too. How this guy describes his way of life and how to sustain it has been told in this book. The only determinate motive to scribe this novelette is the loving memory of a girl, that girl whom he loved so much, but still they don’t live together, however they are made for each other. Now today the boy sustains only because he keeps more than thousand memories of her in his heart. And this book is for expressing the thousands of memories. It is a story that will teach you as much about all the aloft and downs of my life, and yes there is a love in which all stories… a love of life who never quite gives way forward… then he got in any form whether we have an intractable time in life come and go stand in a place where so many paths.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1642492299
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This story is based on the phenomena of a boy’s real life. The boy who is slowly moving ahead in his life, which has a lot of tragedies, mysteries and some umpteen mottled adventures. His life is an agglomeration of struggles and some exultant, sprightly moments too. How this guy describes his way of life and how to sustain it has been told in this book. The only determinate motive to scribe this novelette is the loving memory of a girl, that girl whom he loved so much, but still they don’t live together, however they are made for each other. Now today the boy sustains only because he keeps more than thousand memories of her in his heart. And this book is for expressing the thousands of memories. It is a story that will teach you as much about all the aloft and downs of my life, and yes there is a love in which all stories… a love of life who never quite gives way forward… then he got in any form whether we have an intractable time in life come and go stand in a place where so many paths.
All in a Day's Cricket
Author: Brian Levison
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1780339062
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This selection of the very best, and most intriguing, writing on cricket, drawn from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, adopts a fresh approach. It is arranged around the theme of the many things that must happen simply for a day's play to happen - from creating a clearing in a Malaysian jungle to getting to the ground - so includes, alongside writing by players both great and unknown, the perspectives of spectators, umpires, scorers and other unsung heroes of the game. There are contributions from John Arlott, Neville Cardus, C. L. R. James and E. V. Lucas; Marcus Trescothick writes on his introduction to cricket aged three; Angus Fraser on meeting Nelson Mandela; Phil Tufnell on being shanghaied into getting a haircut by Mike Gatting; and Rachael Heyhoe Flint on being the first woman to step onto the Lord's ground as a player. But it is the cricket itself and the outstanding players and their achievements that remain the focus - the greats of the recent and distant past involved in some of their most famous exploits. From 'disgraceful scenes at Lord's', described by Irish writer Robert Lynd, to North America, which W. G. Grace toured in 1872, and from a match played on ice to the tropical islands of Fiji and Samoa, this is a collection that does full justice to the extraordinary breadth, diversity and enduring fascination of the greatest game in the world.
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1780339062
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This selection of the very best, and most intriguing, writing on cricket, drawn from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, adopts a fresh approach. It is arranged around the theme of the many things that must happen simply for a day's play to happen - from creating a clearing in a Malaysian jungle to getting to the ground - so includes, alongside writing by players both great and unknown, the perspectives of spectators, umpires, scorers and other unsung heroes of the game. There are contributions from John Arlott, Neville Cardus, C. L. R. James and E. V. Lucas; Marcus Trescothick writes on his introduction to cricket aged three; Angus Fraser on meeting Nelson Mandela; Phil Tufnell on being shanghaied into getting a haircut by Mike Gatting; and Rachael Heyhoe Flint on being the first woman to step onto the Lord's ground as a player. But it is the cricket itself and the outstanding players and their achievements that remain the focus - the greats of the recent and distant past involved in some of their most famous exploits. From 'disgraceful scenes at Lord's', described by Irish writer Robert Lynd, to North America, which W. G. Grace toured in 1872, and from a match played on ice to the tropical islands of Fiji and Samoa, this is a collection that does full justice to the extraordinary breadth, diversity and enduring fascination of the greatest game in the world.
Quick as a Cricket
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 0358362628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
A child describes the feelings and emotions which are the mark of his individual self.
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 0358362628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
A child describes the feelings and emotions which are the mark of his individual self.
THE ICONIC MEMORIES
Author: Kunal Kumar Sonkar
Publisher: KHWAAB PUBLICATION
ISBN: 1637810911
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Today, it’s the Great Lockdown due to corona virus epidemic, and while cleaning out my cupboard I found my first ever diary in which I had mentioned the events of my first love. I don’t even wanted to read it again because it was something like worst dreams for me. It is rather another random half-love story, which took some drastic changes. I myself couldn’t believe on these incidents happening with me at such a small age. I actually had a good luck, whatever I wished to do, or tried to do, I always succeeded in it. I don’t know what happened with my luck this time. Well, let me take you to the November month of 2016.
Publisher: KHWAAB PUBLICATION
ISBN: 1637810911
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Today, it’s the Great Lockdown due to corona virus epidemic, and while cleaning out my cupboard I found my first ever diary in which I had mentioned the events of my first love. I don’t even wanted to read it again because it was something like worst dreams for me. It is rather another random half-love story, which took some drastic changes. I myself couldn’t believe on these incidents happening with me at such a small age. I actually had a good luck, whatever I wished to do, or tried to do, I always succeeded in it. I don’t know what happened with my luck this time. Well, let me take you to the November month of 2016.
Not in my Day, Sir
Author: Martin Smith
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1845137280
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Telegraph has always been sports fans’ paper of choice, and its wonderful Letters page a forum for trenchant debate and robust wit. This first collection of the finest letters written to the paper over the years ranges from Bodyline to helmets, swing bowling to sunglasses. SIR-I don’t see why batsmen today accept being confronted by bowlers wearing gold necklaces and particularly sunglasses. When I played cricket no jewellery was worn. As batsmen, we liked to see the colour of the bowlers’ eyes. Would an umpire uphold my complaint today if I refused to face a bowler so adorned? D.J.W., Evesham SIR – As one who has seen leadership under pressure at all levels, I would like to add my congratulations to Andrew Strauss. When he took over, English cricket was in crisis; he gave it inspiration and intelligent tactical direction…He had some luck running for him at the Oval but as Napoleon observed: “Give me a lucky general.” Field Marshal L.B., London SW1
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1845137280
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Telegraph has always been sports fans’ paper of choice, and its wonderful Letters page a forum for trenchant debate and robust wit. This first collection of the finest letters written to the paper over the years ranges from Bodyline to helmets, swing bowling to sunglasses. SIR-I don’t see why batsmen today accept being confronted by bowlers wearing gold necklaces and particularly sunglasses. When I played cricket no jewellery was worn. As batsmen, we liked to see the colour of the bowlers’ eyes. Would an umpire uphold my complaint today if I refused to face a bowler so adorned? D.J.W., Evesham SIR – As one who has seen leadership under pressure at all levels, I would like to add my congratulations to Andrew Strauss. When he took over, English cricket was in crisis; he gave it inspiration and intelligent tactical direction…He had some luck running for him at the Oval but as Napoleon observed: “Give me a lucky general.” Field Marshal L.B., London SW1
Reader's Index and Guide
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Languages : en
Pages : 516
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The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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