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Cricket's Burning Passion
Scyld Berry
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Description for Cricket's Burning Passion
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1MBF; WSB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
After England's cricketers famously lost to Australia at the Oval in August 1882 a mock obituary notice was published in the "Sporting Times", announcing that 'the body [of English cricket] would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia'. It was this announcement that brought 'the Ashes' into existence.
After England's cricketers famously lost to Australia at the Oval in August 1882 a mock obituary notice was published in the "Sporting Times", announcing that 'the body [of English cricket] would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia'. It was this announcement that brought 'the Ashes' into existence.
Product Details
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
233g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780413776631
SKU
V9780413776631
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-5
About Scyld Berry
Scyld Berry has been cricket correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph since 1993 and, since 1978, has covered every England tour except one. He has been appointed editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for the 2008 edition. He is a keen club cricketer and lives with his family in Bristol.Rupert Peploe is a great-grandson of Ivo and Florence Darnley. He has a business conserving period furniture for museums and the antiques trade and lives with his family in Bristol.
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