What is the England v Australia Ashes Origin Story? As we all know, the England v Australia rivalry in cricket goes back a long way but do you know the details of the Ashes Origin Story? The first test match between the two countries was in 1877 when James Lillywhite led an England team on […]
We’re eagerly awaiting the start of this year’s Ryder Cup. We’ve been testing ourselves – and failing – on what we know about its history. So we did a bit of digging and here’s what we found: Samuel Ryder originally sponsored the Ryder Cup after watching a friendly transatlantic match at Wentworth in 1926. Ryder […]
The famous Kent "Blue Book" was published annually from 1878 to 1946 with breaks in publication during the two world wars (1916-18,1940-44). Each issue contains a review of the season prior to the year of publication. Before 1919, the year given in the title is the year of publication, thereafter the year in the title is the season reviewed.