Book Details
Title: Cricket Crisis; Bodyline and Other Lines
Author: Jack Fingleton
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: The Pavilion Library
Year: 1986
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 313
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0-907516-68-8
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The cover is intact with very minor shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners. Some light scuffing.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean but yellowed.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact, but are yellowed/tanned.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"The infamous Bodyline series of 1932-1933, when the intimidatory tactics devised by England's captain Douglas Jardine to counter the menace of Bradman brought about an international crisis, remains the most extraordinary story in all of sport. Cricket Crisis is generally acknowledged to be the definitive account of that explosive tour.
Jack Fingleton, who opened the batting for Australia and bore the brunt of the onslaught, was also a very fine reporter, with a sharp eye and a wry sense of humour. In his cool, and balanced account of cricket's most bitter controversy, he provides fascinating portraits of all the participants, including the two whose careers were destroyed by it: the aristocratic Jardine, driven by his obsessive ambition to grind Australia into the dust, and the Nottinghamshire miner Larwood, the obedient instrument of his plan. Fingleton tells the story with admirable detachment, engaging humour and sympathy for the problems of both sides."
Book Details
Title: Cricket Crisis; Bodyline and Other Lines
Author: Jack Fingleton
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: The Pavilion Library
Year: 1986
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 313
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0-907516-68-8
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The cover is intact with very minor shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners. Some light scuffing.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean but yellowed.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact, but are yellowed/tanned.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"The infamous Bodyline series of 1932-1933, when the intimidatory tactics devised by England's captain Douglas Jardine to counter the menace of Bradman brought about an international crisis, remains the most extraordinary story in all of sport. Cricket Crisis is generally acknowledged to be the definitive account of that explosive tour.
Jack Fingleton, who opened the batting for Australia and bore the brunt of the onslaught, was also a very fine reporter, with a sharp eye and a wry sense of humour. In his cool, and balanced account of cricket's most bitter controversy, he provides fascinating portraits of all the participants, including the two whose careers were destroyed by it: the aristocratic Jardine, driven by his obsessive ambition to grind Australia into the dust, and the Nottinghamshire miner Larwood, the obedient instrument of his plan. Fingleton tells the story with admirable detachment, engaging humour and sympathy for the problems of both sides."
