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CALLING ALL CRICKETERS! - CRICKET COACHING MANUAL

CALLING ALL CRICKETERS! - CRICKET COACHING MANUAL

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1950s guide to playing all aspects of cricket, illustrated throughout with explanatory diagrams and photographs of players including Australian Test stars.

8vo. 191pp. Paperback. Cover lightly rubbed to edges. Natural ageing to pages. Good condition. Extended presentation message to the cricket writer Denzil Batchelor to rear flyleaf and inside cover by an unknown hand (George Barter?) who was clearly involved with the production of the book and referencing its failure to give advice on combating Lock and Laker.

Date
1955
Publisher
Sydney: New South Wales Cricket Association
Author
NEW SOUTH WALES CRICKET ASSOCIATION

£14.00 (Code: 94540)

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