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JT Tyldesley in Australia

The Heart and Hope of England

Ric Sissons

Published by Red Rose Books, Blackpool, 2023

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8vo (iv) + 58 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 62 hardback copies, signed by Ric Sissons.

John Tommy Tyldesley was England’s best

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JT Tyldesley in Australia

The Heart and Hope of England

Ric Sissons

Published by Red Rose Books, Blackpool, 2023

Original pictorial hard cloth.

8vo (iv) + 58 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 62 hardback copies, signed by Ric Sissons.

John Tommy Tyldesley was England’s best professional batsman of the so-called Golden Age. Tyldesley toured Australia in 1901-02 and 1903-04. Expectations were high and he did not disappoint. In the Second Test in January 1904 in Melbourne, Tyldesley played his greatest ever innings in Australia. On a difficult, sticky wicket, John Tommy made 62 in England’s total of 103. England won the Test and eventually the series. Albert Knight wrote in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph that Tyldesley’s ‘batting in this match overshadowed that of Trumper’. Rare praise indeed. Before 1914, Tyldesley and Trumper were the two best batsmen on wet wickets. No wonder Knight describes Tyldesley as the ‘heart and hope’ of the side. Tyldesley was a player who knew his worth. With Len Braund, he tried to get more money from the MCC for the 1903-04 tour. They failed. The hard-headed Tyldesley would not be fooled again.

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Red Rose Cricket Records: Number eleven.

Sensational Scoring at Old Trafford

Lancashire's largest victory in first-class cricket

K Martin Tebay

Published by Red Rose Books, Blackpool, Lancashire, 2023

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Red Rose Cricket Records: Number eleven.

Sensational Scoring at Old Trafford

Lancashire's largest victory in first-class cricket

K Martin Tebay

Published by Red Rose Books, Blackpool, Lancashire, 2023

Original A5 card wrappers.

(iv) + 12 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 30 copies, signed and numbered by Martin Tebay

'Sensational Scoring at Old Trafford', the eleventh, and final, title in the Red Rose Cricket Records series, recalls the county match between Lancashire and Hampshire that took place on 3, 4 July 1911. Over 600 runs were scored by Lancashire batsmen during the opening day’s play and the visitors were bowled out twice the following afternoon as Lancashire won by an innings and 455 runs, the county’s largest margin of victory in first-class cricket.

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The Python and the Butterfly Net

Edward Long: The Last Lobster?

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books, 2023

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Limited edition of 15 copies, signed by the author.

Edward ‘Daddy’ Long was the last cricketer to be selected to

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The Python and the Butterfly Net

Edward Long: The Last Lobster?

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books, 2023

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(iv) + 48 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 15 copies, signed by the author.

Edward ‘Daddy’ Long was the last cricketer to be selected to turn out for his county on the strength of his underarm, or ‘lob’, bowling. He played six matches for Norfolk in 1923 at the advanced age of 46 and was not unsuccessful, despite arguably being misused by his skipper, Michael Falcon. This book tells of how he mastered the art of lob bowling while playing for Barrow in the North Lancashire & District Cricket League and thoroughly bamboozled many batsmen in the decade before World War One. As well as describing Long’s career in Norfolk, the book considers in some detail the theoretical aspects of underarm bowling and comes to the surprising conclusion that a rapid ‘beamer’ was a vital weapon in many a lobster’s armoury.

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The Python and the Butterfly Net

Edward Long: The Last Lobster?

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books, 2023

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(iv) + 48 pages, illustrated.

Edward ‘Daddy’ Long was the last cricketer to be selected to turn out for his county on the strength of his underarm,

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The Python and the Butterfly Net

Edward Long: The Last Lobster?

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books, 2023

Original pictorial wrappers.

(iv) + 48 pages, illustrated.

Edward ‘Daddy’ Long was the last cricketer to be selected to turn out for his county on the strength of his underarm, or ‘lob’, bowling. He played six matches for Norfolk in 1923 at the advanced age of 46 and was not unsuccessful, despite arguably being misused by his skipper, Michael Falcon. This book tells of how he mastered the art of lob bowling while playing for Barrow in the North Lancashire & District Cricket League and thoroughly bamboozled many batsmen in the decade before World War One. As well as describing Long’s career in Norfolk, the book considers in some detail the theoretical aspects of underarm bowling and comes to the surprising conclusion that a rapid ‘beamer’ was a vital weapon in many a lobster’s armoury.

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Chucked Out

The sad story of Jack Crossland

Stuart Brodkin

Published on Thursday, 5 October 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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8vo (iv) + 52 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 25 hardback copies, signed by Stuart Brodkin.

The Jack Crossland story was one

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Chucked Out

The sad story of Jack Crossland

Stuart Brodkin

Published on Thursday, 5 October 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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8vo (iv) + 52 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 25 hardback copies, signed by Stuart Brodkin.

The Jack Crossland story was one of the key moments in the late nineteenth century history of cricket. Despite being reckoned by many good judges to be one of the fastest bowlers of his generation, the controversy over the Lancashire player’s action always overshadowed his career and at one time threatened to tear the very fabric of the game apart. Two cricketing greats were on opposing sides in this debate - Red Rose icon AN Hornby, who was Crossland’s captain, stood resolutely behind his man, while the redoubtable Lord Harris of Kent waged a relentless campaign to have him banned. Ultimately, Harris held sway and Crossland, who was never no-balled in a first-class match, was forced out of the game, not for throwing, but because the MCC ruled he had broken the residential regulations of the day. Either way, the end of his first-class Lancashire career robbed the Old Trafford faithful of one of their favourite sons - a player who always gave his best and whose cheerful demeanour could never disguise his fierce competitiveness.

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Chucked Out

The sad story of Jack Crossland

Stuart Brodkin

Published on Thursday, 5 October 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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The Jack Crossland story was one of the key moments in the late nineteenth century history of

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Chucked Out

The sad story of Jack Crossland

Stuart Brodkin

Published on Thursday, 5 October 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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8vo (iv) + 52 pages, illustrated.

The Jack Crossland story was one of the key moments in the late nineteenth century history of cricket. Despite being reckoned by many good judges to be one of the fastest bowlers of his generation, the controversy over the Lancashire player’s action always overshadowed his career and at one time threatened to tear the very fabric of the game apart. Two cricketing greats were on opposing sides in this debate - Red Rose icon AN Hornby, who was Crossland’s captain, stood resolutely behind his man, while the redoubtable Lord Harris of Kent waged a relentless campaign to have him banned. Ultimately, Harris held sway and Crossland, who was never no-balled in a first-class match, was forced out of the game, not for throwing, but because the MCC ruled he had broken the residential regulations of the day. Either way, the end of his first-class Lancashire career robbed the Old Trafford faithful of one of their favourite sons - a player who always gave his best and whose cheerful demeanour could never disguise his fierce competitiveness.

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Arthur McBeath

We Will Remember Thee

Pat Rodgers

Published in 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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(iv) + 24 pages, illustrated, new.

Limited edition of 30 copies

In the pre-First World War period Australian cricket was blessed with Golden Age heroes such as

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Arthur McBeath

We Will Remember Thee

Pat Rodgers

Published in 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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(iv) + 24 pages, illustrated, new.

Limited edition of 30 copies

In the pre-First World War period Australian cricket was blessed with Golden Age heroes such as Victor Trumper, Clem Hill, Joe Darling, Reggie Duff, ‘Tibby’ Cotter, Charlie Macartney, and Warwick Armstrong. Playing with and against these stars of the game was an unassuming bowler who, while earning their respect, stayed in their shadows. History has kept Arthur McBeath in those shadows despite him playing for New South Wales and South Australia, taking over 100 first-class wickets and being briefly considered for Test selection. This is the story of hard toil on and off the field of a cricketer who should be remembered.

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Frank Hayes

An Appreciation

Roy Cavanagh MBE

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Frank Hayes’ century on Test debut Monday, 31 July 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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8vo (iv) + 39 pages, illustrated.

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Frank Hayes

An Appreciation

Roy Cavanagh MBE

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Frank Hayes’ century on Test debut Monday, 31 July 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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8vo (iv) + 39 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 106 copies, the first 16 of which were issued in a signed, hardback edition.

The author first met Frank Hayes in 1962 when they were both in the Salford Schoolboys’ team that played in the Lancashire Schools cricket competition. One of them went on to play for, and later captain, Lancashire County Cricket Club, scored a century on his England Test debut, and was seen as the new hero of the English game. The other played a lot of 2nd XI cricket in the Bolton Association! Eight years after he had single-handedly won the Lancashire Schools Cup, and after completing his education at Sheffield University, Hayes made his belated first-class debut for Lancashire. Within a couple of years, the author’s admiration of him as a cricketer and person, led to him taking out a membership at Lancashire so that he could continue to enjoy the special talents of his former teammate.

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Frank Hayes

An Appreciation

Roy Cavanagh MBE

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Frank Hayes’ century on Test debut Monday, 31 July 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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8vo (iv) + 39 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 106 copies, the first

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Frank Hayes

An Appreciation

Roy Cavanagh MBE

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Frank Hayes’ century on Test debut Monday, 31 July 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

Original pictorial card covers.

8vo (iv) + 39 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 106 copies, the first 16 of which were issued in a signed, hardback edition.

The author first met Frank Hayes in 1962 when they were both in the Salford Schoolboys’ team that played in the Lancashire Schools cricket competition. One of them went on to play for, and later captain, Lancashire County Cricket Club, scored a century on his England Test debut, and was seen as the new hero of the English game. The other played a lot of 2nd XI cricket in the Bolton Association! Eight years after he had single-handedly won the Lancashire Schools Cup, and after completing his education at Sheffield University, Hayes made his belated first-class debut for Lancashire. Within a couple of years, the author’s admiration of him as a cricketer and person, led to him taking out a membership at Lancashire so that he could continue to enjoy the special talents of his former teammate.

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‘Tyldesley v. The Australians.’

Lancashire CCC v. The Australians, 25, 26 May 1899, at Old Trafford, Manchester

K Martin Tebay

Published on 19 July 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

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‘Tyldesley v. The Australians.’

Lancashire CCC v. The Australians, 25, 26 May 1899, at Old Trafford, Manchester

K Martin Tebay

Published on 19 July 2023 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool

Original pictorial hard cloth.

(iv) + 24 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 25 copies, signed and numbered by the author.

Over the course of his long and distinguished career in first-class cricket, Lancashire’s John Tommy Tyldesley, gained a reputation as one of the best batsmen of his generation on rain-affected pitches. And the featured match, between Lancashire and the Australians at Old Trafford in 1899, perfectly illustrates this. On a wicket that was ‘playing queerly’, Tyldesley scored 56 and 42 while his teammates could only muster 58 runs between them in Lancashire’s two completed innings. The book also briefly recalls Tyldesley’s famous Ashes innings of 62 on a “sticky dog” at Melbourne in 1903-04, and a less well-known innings of 77 on a “glue-pot” against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1910.

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Lionel Robinson and the Australian Imperial Forces The Rebirth of International Cricket after the War

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books, 2023

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(iv) + 52 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 20 copies, signed by the author.

After the Great War, there

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Lionel Robinson and the Australian Imperial Forces The Rebirth of International Cricket after the War

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books, 2023

Original pictorial hard cloth.

(iv) + 52 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 20 copies, signed by the author.

After the Great War, there was a demand for international cricket to be resumed as quickly as possible in the summer of 1919. A fully representative Ashes series proved impossible to organise - instead, a squad of Australian servicemen who were then based in England was put together, known as the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) side. This squad made a full-length tour of England, playing 28 first class matches in front of large crowds. Their first fixture was against a team raised by Lionel Robinson, which was played at his estate deep in the Norfolk countryside. This book describes the genesis of this, the first international first-class match after the War. It gives a full report of the play, which ended tantalizingly when the AIF, who needed just nine runs to win with two wickets remaining, had to leave to catch a train. The subsequent fortunes of the Australians are also briefly considered.

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Lionel Robinson and the Australian Imperial Forces The Rebirth of International Cricket after the War

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books, 2023

Original pictorial wrappers. ISBN 9781739321512

(iv) + 52 pages, illustrated.

After the Great War, there was a demand for international

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Lionel Robinson and the Australian Imperial Forces The Rebirth of International Cricket after the War

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books, 2023

Original pictorial wrappers. ISBN 9781739321512

(iv) + 52 pages, illustrated.

After the Great War, there was a demand for international cricket to be resumed as quickly as possible in the summer of 1919. A fully representative Ashes series proved impossible to organise - instead, a squad of Australian servicemen who were then based in England was put together, known as the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) side. This squad made a full-length tour of England, playing 28 first class matches in front of large crowds. Their first fixture was against a team raised by Lionel Robinson, which was played at his estate deep in the Norfolk countryside. This book describes the genesis of this, the first international first-class match after the War. It gives a full report of the play, which ended tantalizingly when the AIF, who needed just nine runs to win with two wickets remaining, had to leave to catch a train. The subsequent fortunes of the Australians are also briefly considered.

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The Match that Started a Cricket Revolution [the first Gillette Cup match] Lancashire CCC v. Leicestershire CCC 1, 2 May 1963 at Old Trafford, Manchester

Roy Cavanagh MBE

Published on 4 May 2023 by Red Rose Books

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(4) + 16 pages.

Issued to celebrate the 60th

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The Match that Started a Cricket Revolution [the first Gillette Cup match] Lancashire CCC v. Leicestershire CCC 1, 2 May 1963 at Old Trafford, Manchester

Roy Cavanagh MBE

Published on 4 May 2023 by Red Rose Books

Original A5 card wrappers.

(4) + 16 pages.

Issued to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the inaugural one day limited overs Gillette Cup cricket match, the booklet features an account of the encounter between Lancashire and Leicestershire at Old Trafford on 1, 2 May 1963. Rain meant that play was spread over two days, with the home side emerging victorious thanks to a fine performance by all-rounder Peter Marner, who scored a century and took three wickets. He was duly awarded the new competition's first "Man of the Match" award by the Kent and England cricketer Frank Woolley.

Only 60 copies printed.

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One of Ten

a history and a bibliography

Gerry Wolstenholme

Published by Red Rose Books, 2021

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(iv) + 72 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition number 22 of 35 copies, signed and numbered by Gerry Wolstenholme.

When Gerry Wolstenholme wrote a poem on a

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One of Ten

a history and a bibliography

Gerry Wolstenholme

Published by Red Rose Books, 2021

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(iv) + 72 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition number 22 of 35 copies, signed and numbered by Gerry Wolstenholme.

When Gerry Wolstenholme wrote a poem on a cricket match that he had witnessed in 2006 he did not realise what a long and winding road he was embarking upon. Fifteen years on and 69 monographs written (so far), he does now! And it was all inadvertently down to a friend of his, the late Irving Rosenwater whose Christmas greetings essays to his friends inspired him to write a cricketing monograph. Encouraged by Martin Tebay of Red Rose Books, he duly did so, in the form of an epic cricket poem. Topped and tailed with suitable title page and limitation page plus a protective cover it was given to Martin to see what response there would be. Fortunately it proved popular so the venture continued with cricket, football, literary and even a personal monograph. One of Ten tells the full story of the publications.

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Significant 19th-century Cricket Matches in Bolton

'The utmost sangfroid' Bolton Club and Ground v. Western (Glasgow) Back-o'th-Bank, Bolton 12 July 1872

K Martin Tebay

Published on 13 April 2023 by Red Rose Books

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Significant 19th-century Cricket Matches in Bolton

'The utmost sangfroid' Bolton Club and Ground v. Western (Glasgow) Back-o'th-Bank, Bolton 12 July 1872

K Martin Tebay

Published on 13 April 2023 by Red Rose Books

Original A5 card wrappers.

(4) + 12 pages.

Limited edition of 29 copies, signed and numbered by K. Martin Tebay.

The fourth in a series of monographs that concentrate on significant cricket matches played in Bolton during the 19th century, The utmost sangfroid recalls the 'Grand Cricket Match' between Bolton Club and Ground and Western (Glasgow). Played in awful weather conditions, it featured fine bowling by the Lancashire County professional Will McIntyre and a remarkable innings by the one-handed Bolton batsman George Winder.

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A Giant-Killing at Lakenham The Minor Counties Defeat The South Africans

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books

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(iv) + 48 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 15 copies, signed by the author.

Immediately after their final Test match of the summer, the

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A Giant-Killing at Lakenham The Minor Counties Defeat The South Africans

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books

Original pictorial hard cloth.

(iv) + 48 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 15 copies, signed by the author.

Immediately after their final Test match of the summer, the 1924 South Africans travelled to Norwich to play a first-class match against the Minor Counties, who included no fewer than seven Norfolcians in their eleven. Despite their opponents being apparently weak, the tourists put out what was virtually their Test side. The match was a closely contested affair, with the advantage swinging from one side to the other and then back again. It culminated in a thrilling finish. The South Africans were defeated by 25 runs, losing their last wicket off the final ball of what would have been the penultimate over. This was a great achievement for Minor Counties' cricket in general and Norfolk in particular. It was also a personal triumph for the veteran skipper, Michael Falcon, who rolled back the years with an impressive display of pace bowling that was both hostile and sustained.

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A Giant-Killing at Lakenham The Minor Counties Defeat The South Africans

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books

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(iv) + 48 pages, illustrated.

Immediately after their final Test match of the summer, the 1924 South Africans travelled to

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A Giant-Killing at Lakenham The Minor Counties Defeat The South Africans

Stephen Musk

Published by Red Rose Books

Original pictorial wrappers. ISBN 9781739321505

(iv) + 48 pages, illustrated.

Immediately after their final Test match of the summer, the 1924 South Africans travelled to Norwich to play a first-class match against the Minor Counties, who included no fewer than seven Norfolcians in their eleven. Despite their opponents being apparently weak, the tourists put out what was virtually their Test side. The match was a closely contested affair, with the advantage swinging from one side to the other and then back again. It culminated in a thrilling finish. The South Africans were defeated by 25 runs, losing their last wicket off the final ball of what would have been the penultimate over. This was a great achievement for Minor Counties' cricket in general and Norfolk in particular. It was also a personal triumph for the veteran skipper, Michael Falcon, who rolled back the years with an impressive display of pace bowling that was both hostile and sustained.

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Lancashire CCC postcard monographs: number three

Lancashire XI (1903)

K Martin Tebay

Published on 15 December 2022 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool - in stock and available now

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(iv) + 8 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 30 copies, signed and numbered by Martin

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Lancashire CCC postcard monographs: number three

Lancashire XI (1903)

K Martin Tebay

Published on 15 December 2022 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool - in stock and available now

Original A5 card wrappers, new.

(iv) + 8 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 30 copies, signed and numbered by Martin Tebay

Lancashire XI (1903), the third in an occasional series of Lancashire CCC postcard monographs, recalls the unusual circumstances surrounding the first-class match between M.C.C. and the county at Lord’s on 8, 9, 10 May 1902. It involved a “full substitute,” career best bowling figures, an extended bowling crease, and was played in accordance with a proposed new leg before wicket law.

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A brief history of Lancashire’s first 100 centuries in first-class cricket… including an account of the match in which AC MacLaren scored the 100th century for the county.

K Martin Tebay

Published on 3 November 2022 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool.

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A brief history of Lancashire’s first 100 centuries in first-class cricket… including an account of the match in which AC MacLaren scored the 100th century for the county.

K Martin Tebay

Published on 3 November 2022 by Red Rose Books, Blackpool.

Original A5 pictorial card wrappers.

iv + 28 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 50 copies, signed by the author; numbers 1 - 13 issued as a hardback edition.

By the end of the 1899 cricket season in England, 99 centuries had been scored for Lancashire County Cricket Club in first-class cricket. Rather appropriately, the following summer saw Archie MacLaren, one of the county’s greatest-ever batsmen, record the 100th century for the club. This history recalls the 21 batsmen who scored centuries for the county up to 1900 and tells the story of the county championship match in which MacLaren’s historic innings took place.

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Overcoming Stigma in Victorian Cricket The Remarkable Story of Francis Terry, Canada’s Mad Vicar

Stephen Musk

Published on 28 July 2022 by Red Rose Books

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(iv) + 64 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 15 copies, signed by the author.

Francis Terry was

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Overcoming Stigma in Victorian Cricket The Remarkable Story of Francis Terry, Canada’s Mad Vicar

Stephen Musk

Published on 28 July 2022 by Red Rose Books

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(iv) + 64 pages, illustrated.

Limited edition of 15 copies, signed by the author.

Francis Terry was educated at Oxford University, where he failed to impress, either as a scholar or a cricketer. He had more success when playing in 10 first-class matches for Somersetshire between 1882 and 1885, even scoring a century against Hampshire. However, he appeared to have left cricket behind him when he trained to be a minister in the Church of England and seemed to be destined for an unremarkable, if worthy, life. Alas, Terry was unfortunate to succumb to severe mental ill health problems and was obliged to stand down from the ministry. Perhaps in search of a new start, he emigrated to Canada in 1891 and started to play cricket once more. He quickly became established as one of the leading batsmen in North America. And, despite his mental problems being common knowledge, he was often selected to represent Canada against the USA. He was even asked to skipper his adopted country on two occasions. Terry continued to suffer from very poor mental health for the rest of his life but successfully battled, and batted, on. He made his last international appearance in 1907, when at the advanced age of 46, and played club cricket until his old age. Given the tremendous stigma attached to mental illness in the 19th century, his story can be described as one of an inspiring triumph over severe adversity. It is hard to imagine that anyone might follow in his footsteps, even in today’s supposedly more enlightened times.