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Download and Read The Development of West Indies Cricket, Vol. 2 PDF ByHilary Beckles,Hilary McD. Beckles Total Download 41 “If you love books enough, books will love you back.” –Jo Walton Synopsis This two-volume work provides an analysis of the ebb and flow of West Indies cricket fortunes. This first volume examines the short-lived first rising of West Indian cricket supremacy, associated with the Worrell-Sobers axis and which, the book argues, sent a clear message to the world that the newly-independent nations of the West Indies were able to lead world cricket with certainty, purpose and poise. Book Preview Total Download 41

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Read and Download The First West Indies Cricket Tour Online Book ByHilary Beckles Total Download 29 “You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” –Paul Sweeney Synopsis The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour to Canada and United States. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. This book speaks to the Canadian and American beginning of the West Indian cricket culture that emerged a century later as a powerful performance force of the game. Book Preview Total Download 29

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Download The Development of West Indies Cricket, Vol. 2 Online Book PDF ByHilary Beckles,Hilary McD. Beckles Total Download 2 “Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you’ll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.” -Stephen King Synopsis This two-volume work provides an analysis of the ebb and flow of West Indies cricket fortunes. This first volume examines the short-lived first rising of West Indian cricket supremacy, associated with the Worrell-Sobers axis and which, the book argues, sent a clear message to the world that the newly-independent nations of the West Indies were able to lead world cricket with certainty, purpose and poise. Book Preview Total Download 2

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Get Download Gentlemen & Players Online Book ByCharles Williams Total Download 5 “A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.” –Chinese Proverb Synopsis Amateurs versus professionals - a social history and memoir of English cricket from 1953 to 1963. The inaugural Gentlemen v. Players first-class cricket match was played in 1806, subsequently becoming an annual fixture at Lord's between teams consisting of amateurs (the Gentlemen) and professionals (the Players). The key difference between the amateur and the professional, however, was much more than the obvious one of remuneration. The division was shaped by English class structure, the amateur, who received expenses, being perceived as occupying a higher station in life than the wage-earning professional. The great Yorkshire player Len Hutton, for example, was told he would have to go amateur if he wanted to captain England. GENTLEMEN & PLAYERS focuses on the final ten years of amateurism and the Gentlemen v. Players ...