Author: MOTE, ASHLEY.
Title: The Glory Days Of Cricket: The Extraordinary Story of Broadhalfpenny Down.
Description: First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. xiv, 433; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs and drawings, 1 full page map, records, cricket bibliography, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London; Robson Books Ltd.; 1997. The misconception that Broadhalfpenny Down is the birthplace of cricket is one of the most well-established myths in English sporting history. But myth it is. Yet this ground still holds a unique place in the history of the game - for this is where cricket grew up. It is the place where a simple country pastime evolved into a national sport; where the crude techniques of the first players were discarded for subtler skills.
Keywords: cricket history england
Title: The Glory Days Of Cricket: The Extraordinary Story of Broadhalfpenny Down.
Description: First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. xiv, 433; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs and drawings, 1 full page map, records, cricket bibliography, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London; Robson Books Ltd.; 1997. The misconception that Broadhalfpenny Down is the birthplace of cricket is one of the most well-established myths in English sporting history. But myth it is. Yet this ground still holds a unique place in the history of the game - for this is where cricket grew up. It is the place where a simple country pastime evolved into a national sport; where the crude techniques of the first players were discarded for subtler skills.
Keywords: cricket history england
Price: AUD 45.00 = appr. US$ 31.13 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 118605
- Book number: 118605