A history of cricket in 100 objects
Mortimer, Gavin2013
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Gavin Mortimer calls together a cast of salt-of-the earth Yorkshiremen, American billionaires and dashing Indian princes to tell the strange and remarkable tale of cricket's journey from medieval village sport of 'club ball' to a global sport.
Main title:
A history of cricket in 100 objects / by Gavin Mortimer
Author:
Imprint:
London Serpents Tail 2013
Collation:
320 pages illustrations
Contents:
16th and 17th centuries -- Roundhead helmet -- 18th century -- House of Hannover coat of arms -- Cricket bat -- Hambledon monument -- Laws of the game -- Umpire's white coat -- Cricket ball -- MCC tie -- Batsman's leg guard -- 19th century -- Hoop skirt -- A quill -- Fort George, Bombay -- Duke of Wellington's hat -- Tall black hat -- Kit bag -- Redgum tree -- 1859 photograph -- Eden Gardens -- Wisden -- W.C. Grace's beard -- Gold medal -- Iron safe -- Ashes urn -- Scoreboard -- Pith helmet -- Surrey badge -- The Sheffield Shield -- The Lord's Pavillion -- 20th century: 1900 to 1945 -- A tennis ball -- The ICC -- Statue of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Daily Telegraph -- 'Your country needs you' -- Catching cradle -- Bottle of whisky -- Pen -- Yorkshire rose -- An adding machine -- Cocoa bean -- HMS Beagle -- Martini glass -- The Ranji Trophy -- A red ribbon -- Passenger liner -- Pataudi Palace -- 1946 to 1979 -- An old English coin (pre-decimal) -- Pot of Brylcream -- The calypso recor by Lord Beginner celebrating Ramadhin and Valentine -- A school cap -- Radio mic -- A sitar -- Cricket boot -- A duck's egg -- Ron Lovitt's photo of the Tied Test -- 'Love me do' by the Beatles -- Gillette Cup -- Sober's ball -- Currant bun -- Packet of Rothmans -- Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed god of good fortune -- World Cup trophy -- A devil's pitchfork -- Batsman's helmet -- Aluminium bat -- Floodlights -- 1980 to 1989 -- The covers -- A stump -- Crown Green bowl -- Betting slip -- A copy of the Christian Science Monitor -- Sri Lankan flag -- Photograph of the Mike Gatting and Shakoor Rana row -- Beer can -- The 'Yabba' statue -- Tiger Moth aircraft -- 1990 to 1999 -- ANC flag -- White ball -- Diamond stud earring -- Merv Hughes's moustache -- Trinidadian flag -- A little dirt -- St George's flag -- Protractor -- Duckworth-Lewis Method -- Snickometer -- Leather jacket -- Baggy green cap -- 21st century -- Twenty20 Cup -- Open-top bus -- Sequined shirt -- Umpire's white hat -- Helicopter -- Moochy Singh, brand mascot for the Rajasthan Royals -- Coming back to me by Marcus Trescothick -- News of the world -- Indian flag -- Hotspot -- Tendulkar waxwork -- Umbrella -- A teapot
ISBN:
9781846689406 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.358 HIS
Local class:
796.358
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
41544
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 796.358 HIS | Available |