Latest News & Items

Jim Thorpe: was he the Greatest Athlete in the World?

14th May 2026

Was Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete in the world? King Gustav V of Sweden certainly thought so. He described Thorpe thus as he handed him two gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Jim Thorpe was a legendary Native American sportsman, who lived from 1888 – 1953.  He was a Sac and Fox Native American, […]

Fitness and Wellbeing in Sportspages’ New Stock Catalogue

12th March 2026

Our most recent New Stock catalogue has a huge range of sports as usual. It also has quite a fine line in rare and classic fitness and wellbeing books too. Any of them should help you get ready for the summer! One of the most direct of the fitness and wellbeing books is ‘Be Fit […]

Sportspages’ New Stock catalogue

15th January 2026

This quirky, 1930s Hungarian table tennis postcard is in our newest New Stock catalogue: https://www.sportspages.com/catalogue/new-stock-58  along with over 100 other items from nearly as many sports. Our catalogues come out regularly: don’t miss them by signing up for them on the bottom of our home page!  

Cricket » Cricket Books » Cricket Biographies » THE BARDSWELLS - FACT AND FICTION

THE BARDSWELLS - FACT AND FICTION

THE BARDSWELLS - FACT AND FICTION

Click to zoom

SIGNED

A short biography and statistical appraisal of the Lancashire CCC player Gerald Bardswell, with notes on his aunt Emily Bardswell, whose pamphlet 'Played On' provides valuable insights into attitudes towards professional and amateur players during the period of her nephew and W.G. Grace and is faithfully reproduced here as a facismile within the volume.

8vo. 41pp. Paperback. Good condition. Signed to inside cover by the authors. A limited edition of 50, of which this is no.39.

Date
1979
Publisher
Leicester: the authors
Author
Derek DEADMAN and Christopher SHEPPARD

£85.00 (Code: 101060)

Add to basket
Adding...