As It Was by Fred Trueman
Freddie Trueman is one of the world's great sporting legends. The fastest bowler of his - and indeed subsequent - generations, Trueman is still today one of our best-loved cricketers.This riveting autobiography is his story, from his Yorkshire boyhood in the Depression to international cricketing glory. It's packed with gloriously funny and refreshingly blunt tales of the life of the junior professional in a 1950s English county cricket team, of lugging the entire team's kit from match to match when a journey across country could easily take a whole day, to Test glory in the 1960s both at home and abroad. It takes in the commentary box, Test Match Special, Johnners and Bloers and chocolate cake and, finally, Trueman's trenchant views on today's international cricket circus: throwing vs bowling, the media frenzy surrounding top sportsmen and women and the nature of modern cricket.
Freddie Trueman joined the Sheffield Cricket Club as a teenager and quickly advanced to play for his county, making his Yorkshire debut at Cambridge University in May 1949 at the age of 18. His England career was record-breaking: 307 Test wickets, scored nigh on 1,000 runs and held 64 catches. In addition to enjoying a phenomenally successful career as a player, he was a member of BBC radio`s Test Match Special team from 1974 until 2000, and, until his death from lung cancer in 2006, was renowned as one of the most humorous and brilliantly entertaining speakers on the after-dinner circuit.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781405041485 |
| ISBN 10 | 140504148X |
| Title | As It Was |
| Author | Fred Trueman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2004-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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