Spirit On The Water
XI Extraordinary Cricket Tours
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Loose Chippings Books
Published:15th Mar '11
Should be back in stock very soon
The tours include an Aborigine team visiting England in 1868, Australia trying to win in India, Sydney Barnes in South Africa, Wally Hammond Down Under, Taverners jaunts to the Balearics and more. The lively conversational style which made Mike Harfield's previous book, Not Dark Yet, so popular appears again, along with a cornucopia of cricket. Most of the time it is the cricket which lives in the memory; occasionally contemporary events intervene. Always the journey is entertaining.
...invokes the spirit and comradeship of touring to a tee. Mark Butcher (Surrey and England). Well worth reading. It is amusing, yet also thought provoking. Cricketweb.net The most balanced analysis I have ever read of the Greg/Trevor Chappell "underarm incident". Cricketweb.net Well worth dipping in to. Wilts Glos Standard Harfield is a new name to me but one that in future I shall seek out. John Light The author's little snippets of information ... make for interesting reading. Cricketweb.net You do not need to be a cricket buff to appreciate the humour in its pages. Barry Hook Mike's new cricket tales are a tour de force Macclesfield Express I found it an enjoyable read. The book has much to commend it, with rich anecdotes and amusing observations. Peakfan's Cricket Blog
ISBN: 9780955421792
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight: unknown
208 pages