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THE FIGHT FOR THE ASHES 1932-33: A CRITICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH TOUR IN AUSTRALIA

THE FIGHT FOR THE ASHES 1932-33: A CRITICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH TOUR IN AUSTRALIA

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Cricket book. A match-by-match account of the Bodyline tour, including full statistics, which Hobbs covered as a journalist for the Star newspaper.

8vo. 300pp. Frontispiece, 30 plates. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges with small chip to top and bottom of spine. Some further closed tears and small chips, but generally the wrapper is in very good condition. The book itself is in very good condition throughout.

Date
1933
Publisher
Harrap
Author
Jack HOBBS

£100.00 (Code: 74491)

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