MORE THAN A GAME: THE STORY OF CRICKET'S EARLY YEARS (pb)2008

MORE THAN A GAME: THE STORY OF CRICKET'S EARLY YEARS (pb)2008 Author: MAJOR ISBN: 9780007183654 Publisher: HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS (UK) INTERNATIONAL DIVISION Category: GENERAL INTEREST  >-- HISTORY  >-- HISTORY If you think any change in category please advise us Language: ENGLISH Pages: 433  price 15$

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List Of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface 1. The Lost Of Century Of Cricket 2. The Early Patrons 3. The Late Patrons 4. The Men Who Made Cricket 5. Cricket Spreads: Early Roots 6. The Round-Arm Rebellion 7. The Mandarins Of Lords 8. The Rise And Fall Of Single Wicket 9. The Missionary And The Mercenaries 10. Wider Still And Wider: Cricket Goes Abroad 11. The Birth Of The Ashes 12. The Boom In Leisures: Competition For Cricket 13. The Cricketrs And The Counties 14. The Chroniclers And The Scribes 15. The Autocrats 16. The Grand Old Man And The Backroom Boy 17. Your English Summer’s Done Appendix 1: Articles Of Agreement By & Between His Grace The Duke Of Richmond And Mr Brodrick For Two Cricket Matches Concluded The Eleventh Of July 1727 Appendix 2: Rules Of The White Conduit Club Appendix 3: Laws For Single Wicket(1831) Appendix 4: Important Single-Wicket Matches 1800-1848 Appendix 5: W. J Prowse In Memoriam Alfred Mynn 1807-1861 Index