The Complete History Of Australian Cricket. (1803-1995)

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: The Book Company International
Publisher Place: Brookvale, Sydney
Publisher Year: 1995
Edition: Reprint

Description: 299 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The definitive five volume set on Australian Cricket in which no enthusiast should be without. Covers, among other things, the era from the mid-1890s to the World War I, which has been described as Australian crickets golden age. This era saw the emergence of players such as Monty Noble, Clem Hill and in particular Victor Trumper, who was idolised by the Australian public. It also saw the continuing battle between the Melbourne Cricket Club and the players on one side with the state boards and the new Australian Board of Control on the other. The dispute was over the organisation of international tours and the revenue streams it created. It culminated in 1912 with the withdrawal of six leading players; Trumper, Hill, Warwick Armstrong, Vernon Ransford, Albert Cotter and Hanson "Sammy" Carter from the tri-nations series in England that year and a fistfight between Hill and his fellow selector Peter McAlister. The tour was unsuccessful and dogged by controversy. The Great War lead to the suspension of both international and Sheffield Shield cricket and the enlistment of many cricketers in the AIF. After the war, a team consisting of cricketers enlisted in the AIF toured the United Kingdom. The Australian Imperial Forces cricket team was strong, including cricketers such as Herbie Collins, Bert Oldfield and the all-rounder, Jack Gregory, all of whom would play a large part in the fortunes of the national team in the future. Find out why Jack Pollards contemporaries insisted this set belongs on every Cricket enthusiasts bookshelf.

ISBN: 9781863090841