Broadhalfpenny Down is the Mecca of cricket. This is the home of the legendary Hambledon club of the 18th century, with the Bat and Ball Inn across the road, pavilion to the whole cricket world. All cricketers want to at least once have a drink in the pub because they know that this is where cricket began. Only it didn't. That Broadhalfpenny Down is the birthplace of cricket is one of the most well-established myths in English sporting history. Yet this ground still holds a unique place in the history of the game... for ...
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Broadhalfpenny Down is the Mecca of cricket. This is the home of the legendary Hambledon club of the 18th century, with the Bat and Ball Inn across the road, pavilion to the whole cricket world. All cricketers want to at least once have a drink in the pub because they know that this is where cricket began. Only it didn't. That Broadhalfpenny Down is the birthplace of cricket is one of the most well-established myths in English sporting history. Yet this ground still holds a unique place in the history of the game... for this is where cricket grew up. Here is a full account of the great events that took place on Broadpenny Down over 200 years ago, extensively researched and meticulously compiled... from the glory days when over 20,000 people attended a game, to the time when the ground lay in utter neglect, to its rescue and use today.
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Add this copy of The Glory Days of Cricket: the Extraordinary Story of to cart. $13.29, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Robson Book Ltd.
Add this copy of The Glory Days of Cricket: the Extraordinary Story of to cart. $16.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1997 by Robson Books Ltd.
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Add this copy of The Glory Days of Cricket: the Extraordinary Story of to cart. $44.04, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Robson Book Ltd.
Add this copy of The Glory of Cricket: the Extraordinary Story of to cart. $89.29, like new condition, Sold by Alpha 2 Omega Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southampton, HANTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1997 by Robson Books.
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Fine in Near fine jacket. Signed by the Author. Fine/Near fine. Robson Books, 1997. First UK edition-first printing. The book is Signed by the Author on the title page with an inscription with best wishes, The Bat and Ball, February 1998. Purple hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in fine condition, with Dj(a couple of small nicks, scratches and crease on the Dj cover) in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, cartoons, map. The book is as new with a small pencil mark impression and ink mark on the edge of the first blank page of the book, light shelf wear on the Dj cover.442pp including Foreword, postscript, appendix, cricket bibliography, index. Price un-clipped. A collectable signed first edition. Heavy book(approx 1.3 Kg).
