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Loading ...After reading your article, I have become interested to read it to know the early history and some fighters who played important in the development of cricket. Actually it is really interesting to know the difference between the earlier cricket as well as contemporary notion of cricket and the present day professional cricket where new dimensions like sponsorships, TV right etc. have been added to cricket. This kind of books can be the greatest source to know the past glory of the cricket and writers like J.L. Carr and organizations like Wisden can take initiative to bring out the unknown stats to us.
Thank you for your nice article.
Peter the Lord’s cat
By Will 4 years ago, at the end of August Add your comment below
Saw this reviewed in a newspaper today, and it looks well worth buying. I might even get it myself unless I can borrow one from work.
Synopsis
In 2005, Aurum republished with success, J.L. Carr’s miniature and classic “Dictionary of Extra-Ordinary Cricketers” – the book reprinted within a few months. Now, in its first collaboration with John Wisden & Co., publishers of the celebrated annual “Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack”, it publishes a similarly eccentric gallery of quixotic and eccentric cricketers, edited by acclaimed cricket writer Gideon Haigh. But where readers of J.L. Carr were never quite sure whether the author had somehow embellished – or even completely invented – the facts about the cricketers he anthologised, the esoteric details and mad whimsies recorded in these obituaries are exactly as they appeared in the august pages of the Almanack itself. Thus, we read of Anthony Ainley, who besides a claim to fame of playing the Master in “Dr. Who”, opened the batting clad in “sunblock, helmet and swimming goggles” and always took his teas alone in his car, “possibly because he despised cheeses of all kinds”.” There is the Rev. Reginald Heber Ross, whose two first-class cricket appearances were separated by a record 32 years. And there is the much-lamented loss of Peter the Cat, who frequented the pavilion at Lord’s for many years. He gets his own obituary.
Peter the Lord’s Cat: And Other Unexpected Obituaries from Wisden – £7.18. Check out the “cricket_books” tag or this post for some book recommendations.
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3 Responses to “Peter the Lord’s cat”
August 24th, 2006 at 8.01 pm
August 25th, 2006 at 6.55 am
Hi Razib, sounds good doesn’t it, this book. For general background and a history, you might also like to try Cricket and all that by Henry Blofeld, otherwise known as “Blowers” from BBC Test Match Special. Actually there is a LOT of information in there and not a bad read either. There is a bit of schoolboy humour but it is still amusing. Enjoy your reads!
August 27th, 2006 at 2.50 am
I am reliably informed by my vet and a friend who runs a zoo that our elder male cat is genetically related to a cheetah.He is very fast.Our younger female will chase,stop,parry and catch anything.Now all we need is a cat that can throw and our troubles will be over.Well it’s better than working. Good book:Rain Stops Play[Cricketing Climates] by Andrew Hignell
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