Archive: November 2012 (5 articles)
Every yearbook for every county – A brief guide to cricket annuals – Part 3: The county yearbooks
Posted: 20th November 2012
I’d seen him at a few cricket auctions. Jerry always bought the cricket books; sometimes many boxes of them. After one auction, we were packing our cars with all the…
Category: Cricket Annuals
The cricket record abroad – A brief guide to cricket annuals – Part 2: The overseas annuals
Posted: 20th November 2012
Looking back, it was a missed opportunity. At the time, I didn’t realise what was in front of me. I was at a cricket memorabilia auction and I’d been through the…
Category: Cricket Annuals
Are there any Wisdens included? – A brief guide to cricket annuals – Part 1: The domestic annuals
Posted: 20th November 2012
Occasionally, an e-mail will arrive, often with a title like ‘Cricket Memorabilia’. My immediate thought will be, ‘are there are any Wisdens included?’ Usually, such an e-mail is as a…
Category: Cricket Annuals
Blank, part printed or completed in ink? – A brief guide to cricket programmes – Part 2: Scorecards
Posted: 20th November 2012
It was part of the ritual. After you’d clicked through the turnstile at a place like Lord’s where I watched my very first day of live County cricket in 1964…
Category: Cricket Programmes
From Gillette Cup Final brochures to Twenty20 Events Guides – A brief guide to cricket programmes – Part 1: The modern programme
Posted: 20th November 2012
Cricket programmes, unlike their football counterparts, are actually quite a new phenomenon. For most of the modern game’s history, when a spectator has entered a ground, the first thing they’ll…
Category: Cricket Programmes
