Britain's Lost Cricket Festivals
Author | : Chris Arnot |
Publisher | : White Lion Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-05-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 178131120X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781781311202 |
Rating | : 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Download or read book Britain's Lost Cricket Festivals written by Chris Arnot and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cricket festival - when one of the county cricket clubs takes a week or so of games out of its home ground to a club ground somewhere else in the county, and attracts a large and festive crowd to a bucolic arena fringed with white marquees, beer tents and deckchairs - is a declining phenomenon. This follow-up to 'Britain's Lost Cricket Grounds' visits 30 lost festival grounds from Bournemouth to Abergavenny, Weston-super-Mare to Harrogate, and talks to former players, ground staff, club secretaries and spectators to re-live the days when the world's finest players came to town for one week only, packed the beer tent and thrilled the crowds.