Berkmanns Cricketing Miscellany
Berkmanns Cricketing Miscellany Marcus Berkmann, author of the cricket classics Rain Men and Zimmer Men, returns to the great game with this gallimaufrey of cricketing trivia, stories and fascinating…
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Berkmanns Cricketing Miscellany
Marcus Berkmann, author of the cricket classics Rain Men and Zimmer Men, returns to the great game with this gallimaufrey of cricketing trivia, stories and fascinating facts. Which Australian captain, asked what his favourite animal was, said 'Merv Hughes'? Which England captain smoked two million cigarettes in his lifetime?
Grace bat? Who was the last person alive who had seen W. G. Which former National Hunt jockey had a dog called Sobers?
Who was described in his obituary as 'perhaps the only unequivocally popular man in Yorkshire'?No other sport is so steeped in oddness and eccentricity. Within these pages are brief and pithy character portraits of the game's great and good, and more cricketers' nicknames than you will ever need. There's the only Test player ever to be executed for murder, the only first class cricketer to die on the Titanic, and the only bestselling author to
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