This tribute to English cricket records conversations with the kind of people who give backbone to the game - a gateman at Leicester, a groundsman at Swansea, a programme-seller at Bristol, a spectator parson at Chelmsford. The author evokes colourful ghosts, from the ubiquitous W.G. to Prebendary Wickham of Martock, and hears some strange stories such as the Derbyshire captain who absconded with the cash, the Nottinghamshire team who fielded in lounge suits, and the match in which D.R.Jardine was reduced to tears by Gubby Allen's gamesmanship. In order to compile material for this book, Tim Heald travelled the country, visiting at least one first-class cricket ground in each county.
- ISBN10 0571148654
- ISBN13 9780571148653
- Publish Date May 1987 (first published 19 May 1986)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 October 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208
- Language English