A Long Half Hour by Stephen Chalke
Stephen Chalke recalls six cricketers of the 1950s whom he knew in later life: Arthur Milton, Geoff Edrich, Bomber Wells, Dickie Dodds, Ken Biddulph and Eric Hill. All have now died, but their voices live on in the essays in this book.
A masterpiece, a must read for any fanStephen Chalke writes so well. He is, I'll be bold to say, the most under-appreciated writer in the game. What he really excels at is capturing the essence of people. Read 'A Long Half Hour' and you will feel as though you've just spent a pleasurable hour in the pub with the men he is writing about. - Andy Bull, The Guardian. A superb and moving group of conversations. My favourite cricket book. - Peter Walker, The Cricketer.
Stephen Chalke has been exploring cricket's past since the mid-1990s, mostly as an oral historian, interviewing former players and administrators. His first book, `Runs in the Memory', a portrait of county cricket in the 1950s, was Frank Keating's Sports Book of the Year in the Guardian, and he has followed this with several award-winning titles. `At the Heart of English Cricket' - based on the life and memories of the former administrator Geoffrey Howard - was The Cricket Society Book of the Year while his collaborations with Bob Appleyard (`No Coward Soul') and Tom Cartwright (`The Flame Still Burns') were both the Wisden Book of the Year. For ten years he was a regular contributor to the Wisden Cricketer magazine, and he has also written for The Times and the Independent. A collection of his articles, `The Way It Was', won the National Sporting Club's Cricket Book of the Year award, and his history of the county championship, `Summer's Crown', a book sponsored by the England and Wales Cricket Board, was the Cricket Writers' Club's Book of the Year.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780956070265 |
| ISBN 10 | 0956070264 |
| Title | A Long Half Hour |
| Author | Stephen Chalke |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fairfield Books |
| Year published | 2010-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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