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Cricket autobiography of the popular Kent and England wicket-keeper-batsman. Leslie Ethelbert George Ames (1905-90) is still the only wicket-keeper to score 100 first-class centuries, which he did for Kent and England between 1926 and 1951. He was England's keeper on the 1932-33 Ashes tour and devotes a chapter to his experiences of the Bodyline business.

8vo. 208pp. Frontispiece, 10 pages of photographs. Large cricket themed bookplate to flyleaf. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges. Good condition. Signed nicely by Ames on the title-page (not dedicated).

Date

1953

Publisher

Stanley Paul

Author

Leslie AMES

£45.00 (Code: 104208)

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