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Bill Edrich: A Biography

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Description for Bill Edrich: A Biography Paperback. Bill Edrich was regarded as one of the exciting cricket discoveries of his generation. Playing for Middlesex at county level, Edrich surged onto the England scene in 1938 when he scored 1,000 runs. This book relates the story behind this achievement and distils the measure of Edrich's courage as a cricketer. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 410.

Bill Edrich was regarded as one of the exciting cricket discoveries of his generation just before the Second World War. Having made his debut at sixteen against the 1932 All-India side, he surged into the national spotlight in 1938 when he scored 1,000 runs before the beginning of June; and he rewarded the faith of his champions, notably his England captain Wally Hammond, with an epic innings in the notorious ‘timeless’ Test at Durban in 1939.

At the outbreak of war he joined the RAF, rising to squadron leader, and his flying skills earned him the DFC for his part in ... Read more

Over seventy-five years on from the record-breaking summer of 1947 when Edrich and his batting partner Denis Compton each exceeded Tom Hayward’s 1906 run tally of 3,518, this biography by the highly acclaimed cricket writer Alan Hill tells the story of a gallant cricketer and irrepressible partygoer, distilling the measure of his courage both as a sportsman and as a wartime hero.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752444345
SKU
V9780752444345
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Alan Hill
ALAN HILL was one of the foremost biographers of English cricketers. The Yorkshire-born writer and journalist also wrote highly acclaimed biographies of Herbert Sutcliffe, Hedley Verity, Johnny Wardle and Les Ames. He won the Cricket Society Literary Award on more than one occasion. Denis Compton was one of England's greatest batsmen. Compton was also a footballer, who played on the ... Read more

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