Three times an Ashes winner, Trevor Bailey is regarded next to Ian Botham as England's premier all-rounder since the Second World War. He was a schoolboy prodigy at Dulwich College and won cricket and soccer blues at Cambridge University and an FA Amateur Cup winners' medal with Walthamstow in 1951-2. At the heart of the story is the fighting spirit of a loyalist who served England - and his home county, Essex - so well in a crisis. He was at his greatest when tensions ran high, especially in one of the most celebrated of rearguard actions against Australia at Lord's in 1953. Bailey played in 61 Tests in which he became then only the second Englishman after Wilfred Rhodes to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets. His cricket acumen in retirement brought him to the attention of another, listening public as a broadcaster on the BBC's Test Match Special programme.
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"Faults are hard to find in an excellent book. It is a fine book for those who remember when cricketing giants caught the bus to the ground and continued to visit their local club for social events. Trevor Bailey was a truly great cricketer, fully deserving a book that does him justice. Alan Hill has delivered just that and deserves every credit for a delightful read." --Peakfan
"Alan Hill is one of our most accomplished cricket biographers. His chosen subject, whose tragic death may have robbed his book of a few wry comments, is a man whom he knew well. Hill has a deep knowledge and understanding of the game and its undercurrents, and there is an exemplary rigour to his research, not least in taking the trouble to chat with so many of those who played alongside Trevor Bailey for Essex and England." --Association of Cricket Statisticians
"Ultimately Alan Hill's book is just what you would expect from him, and indeed his subject. It is thorough, solid, and reliable throughout. There is a good index, a thorough statistical appendix and, best of all, an excellent selection of photographs that are superbly reproduced, and perhaps the finest of which appears on a dust jacket which does great credit to whoever designed it." --Cricket Web
"Alan Hill is one of our most accomplished cricket biographers. His chosen subject, whose tragic death may have robbed his book of a few wry comments, is a man whom he knew well. Hill has a deep knowledge and understanding of the game and its undercurrents, and there is an exemplary rigour to his research, not least in taking the trouble to chat with so many of those who played alongside Trevor Bailey for Essex and England." --Association of Cricket Statisticians
"Ultimately Alan Hill's book is just what you would expect from him, and indeed his subject. It is thorough, solid, and reliable throughout. There is a good index, a thorough statistical appendix and, best of all, an excellent selection of photographs that are superbly reproduced, and perhaps the finest of which appears on a dust jacket which does great credit to whoever designed it." --Cricket Web
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Journalist and writer Alan Hill has twice won the prestigious Cricket Society Literary Award for his biographies of fellow Yorkshiremen, Hedley Verity and Herbert Sutcliffe. He has also been acclaimed for his portraits of Surrey legends - Peter May, Jim Laker, Tony Lock and the Bedser twins. Alan is a senior member of the Cricket Writers' Club.
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This is an interesting book about one of the greatest all rounders of all time. alan hill tells us what a character he was.
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Really enjoyed the look back on Bailey's life. Great to read of his early life, time as a valuable member of the England team in the 1950's. Clearly a fine family man who will be missed by all that knew him.
Thoroughly recommend this book!
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Interesting storey of a man greatly admired who upheld English cricket at a time when it was needed.I well rememebr his epic innings with Willie Watsonat the Lords test in 1953
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