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TOO FOND OF WINNING - THE STORY OF HENRY STANLEY & QUANTOCK LODGE CRICKET

TOO FOND OF WINNING - THE STORY OF HENRY STANLEY & QUANTOCK LODGE CRICKET

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An absorbing story of the life and times of the ultra-competitive late-Victorian cricketer who founded the Quantock Lodge Cricket Club while at Eton and went on to play in 63 first-class matches, 50 of them for Somerset, before his early death.

8vo. 213pp. Dust-wrapper. Very good condition. Nicely signed by the author to title-page.

 

Date
2018
Publisher
Holton: Leisuresolve Publishing
Author
Barry PHILLIPS

£40.00 (Code: 81327)

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