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Sto caricando le informazioni... It's Not Cricketdi Simon Rae
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A comprehensive overview of the history and cultutral place of cricket, both in the UK and abroad, specifically with reference to the ideas of sportsmanship that are bandied about; Rae strips off the rose-tinted glasses that insist that the sport enjoyed an undefined era of gentlemanly conduct, replacing them with a far more interesting and complex view of its roots as a workingman's sport and capture by the upper classes. Along the way he demolishes the grievence industry of bodyline and the idea of the sanctity of "walking". ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
An eye-opening survey of cricket, from the crowd violence and blatant match-rigging of the eighteenth century, down to the twentieth century's glaring abuses of the spirit of the game. Written in the same lively style that won such praise for his W.G. Grace: A Life, Simon Rae's history of cheating will appeal to the cricket fan and general reader alike. Ranging from Thomas White, who notoriously arrived at the crease with a bat the size of the wicket, on through the Bodyline controversy and throwing, sledging, umpire baiting, and the recent disgrace of Hansie Cronje, It's Not Cricket makes us ask whether cricket really ever was the yardstick of all that is true, honest, pure and of good repute. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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