Cricket biography
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Cricket Biographies
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Arthur Mailey () spanned a generation of Australian cricket, playing against Victor Trumper and Donald Bradman. He was a leg-break and googly bowler in 21 Test matches for Australia between
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FIRST-CLASS UMPIRES
Illustrated profiles of a hundred of the best to have stood in the middle of top-flight cricket in England. 8vo. pp. Paperback. Very good condition.
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NOT OUT - PROF. DB DEODHAR
Biography of the Indian Cricketing great DB Deodhar, who in the 's had the regional trophy named in his honour. 'Deluxe' Limited editon. 8vo. 80pp. including photos. Very good in dust wrapper. Numbered
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JIM LAKER
The story of Jim Laker's extraordinary bowling feat against the Australians during the Old Trafford Test match of 8vo. pp. 16 plates. Dust-wrapper, very good. Ink inscription to fly-leaf.
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Light-hearted cricket autobiography of Fleet Street writer and cricketer "Crusoe" Robertson-Glasgow. Born in Scotland, played for Oxford, Somerset and England. 8vo. pp. Frontispiece, 8 pages of photographs.
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55 YEARS CRICKET MEMORIES
Reminiscences of the cricket journalist, George Brooking, with much on Lancashire and South African cricket.&
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History of cricket
The sport of cricket has a known history beginning in the late 16th century England. It became an established sport in the country in the 18th century and developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries. International matches have been played since the 19th-century and formal Test cricket matches are considered to date from Cricket is the world's second most popular spectator sport, after association football (soccer).[1]
Internationally, cricket is governed by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which has over one hundred countries and territories in membership, although only twelve currently play Test cricket.
The game's rules are defined in the "Laws of cricket". The game has various formats, ranging from T(Ten) played in around 90 minutes to Test matches, which can last up to five days.
Early cricket
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Origin
[edit]Cricket was created during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the Weald, an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England that lies across Kent and Sussex.[2] The first definite written reference is from the end of the 16th century.
There have been several speculations about the game's origins, including some that it was created in Fr
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