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Cricket's Biggest Mystery: The Ashes
Lynn Willis
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Description for Cricket's Biggest Mystery: The Ashes
Hardcover. A fascinating study of the origin of the Ashes and the early development of Test cricket. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w illus. BIC Classification: WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
When Australia defeated England for the first time on English soil in 1882, a mock obituary notice was inserted in the Sporting Times lamenting the 'death' of English cricket and stating that the body was to be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. Later, an urn containing ashes came to be recognised as cricketing trophy, and now resides permanently at Lord's cricket ground. The mystery is this: where did the Ashes come from, and are they in fact still there? The author examines the official story and other, alternative suggestions, and details the personalities involved in the foundation of ... Read more
When Australia defeated England for the first time on English soil in 1882, a mock obituary notice was inserted in the Sporting Times lamenting the 'death' of English cricket and stating that the body was to be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. Later, an urn containing ashes came to be recognised as cricketing trophy, and now resides permanently at Lord's cricket ground. The mystery is this: where did the Ashes come from, and are they in fact still there? The author examines the official story and other, alternative suggestions, and details the personalities involved in the foundation of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718825881
SKU
V9780718825881
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-14
About Lynn Willis
Ronald Willis was born in North Yorkshire, and was Burnt Yates Endowed School, Nidderdale, and Ripon Grammar School. After some year reporting on Dales' newspapers, he became a sub-editor on the Northern Echo before moving to the Daily Telegraph and then the Eastern Daily Press. In 1972 he became a columnist and feature writer on the Yorkshire Evening Press. ... Read more
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