Wisden on Yorkshire - An Anthology

Yorkshire County Cricket Club is by far the most successful countycricket club in history. Since the County Championship was constitutedin 1890, Yorkshire has, in addition to one shared Championship, won itoutright on 30 occasions and Yorkshire cricket supporters take greatpride in the county''s cricketing history. As well as the club''ssuccesses, there have been 42 Yorkshire players chosen as WisdenCricketers of the Year. Many have been world-class cricketers such asWilfred Rhodes, Len Hutton, Fred Trueman and Geoffrey Boycott, withdistinguished England careers. Many usands of Wisden pages have been filled with Yorkshirecricket, Yorkshire cricketers and Tests in Yorkshire. Wisden onYorkshire is a fascinating journey mixing great matches, personalities,feats, controversies and unusual occurrences. Presenting the best Yorkshire info from the Almanack archives, Wisden on Yorkshire includes: Focus on the iconic Yorkshire players, such as Truman and Boycott Cricketers of the Year and Obituaries The County''s history, highlighting significant years and extracts from reviews of those years Fascinating stories of both the highs and lows in the club''s history colour plate section containing superb classic images Detailed records, match reports and scorecards

Product details

• Authors: Duncan Hamilton
• Assisted by: Duncan Hamilton (Editor), Hamilton Duncan (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2011
• EAN: 9781408124628
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-2462-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Yorkshire, cricket, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cricket, Sports teams & clubs, Sports teams and clubs