Yorkshire Grit - The Life of Ray Illingworth

Yorkshire Grit: The Biography of Ray Illingworth traces the rise of a brilliant Yorkshire cricketer from humble origins to the England captaincy and his triumph in regaining the Ashes in Australia in 1970/71. But the qualities that made him a fine captain, paradoxically, were the undoing of his time as manager both at Yorkshire and with England.

Summary

Yorkshire Grit: The Biography of Ray Illingworth traces the rise of a brilliant Yorkshire cricketer from humble origins to the England captaincy and his triumph in regaining the Ashes in Australia in 1970/71. But the qualities that made him a fine captain, paradoxically, were the undoing of his time as manager both at Yorkshire and with England.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Peel
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781801504522
• ISBN: 978-1-80150-452-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 536 g
• Subject: Guides > Sport > Ball sport