The Lake District is one of England's treasures and at its heart you will find the idyllic Ambleside CC (Cricket Monthly)
About as comprehensive as you can get ... Percy Fender's off stump is sent flying by Harold Larwood in the Gentleman v Players match at The Oval, July 11th 1929. Fender scored 62 and Larwood took 2 for 107 in a drawn match
Hedley Verity, his wife Kathleen, and his son Wilfred (named after Wilfred Rhodes) on the beach at Scarborough
David Gower in the nets ahead of the 5th Test in Antigua, April 11th 1990. Gower was not part of the tour squad but was drafted in because of injuries. He had been in the Caribbean with Hampshire when the call came. He played v Barbados, scoring 4 in his only innings
This was taken at a cold Middlesex game in September. Imagine is is lovely on a (rare) glorious day but a hint of wind and ...
Improvisation ... George Geary carried off on a table after being hit during the MCC match against Western Australia, October 20th 1928. Geary was sent in to open in the final overs and was hit by a rising ball from Ron Halcombe. He suffered a broken nose
The final day of the 1st Ashes Test of 1932-33 lasted just over 4 minutes. England took the final Australian wicket with the 8th ball of the day and then scored the one needed to win off one ball. There were 75 spectators present including one solitary Australian on the Hill
The view from the back of the top tier of the new Edrich Stand at Lord's. The climb is over 120 steps ...
Almost a century ago there was a realisation that throwing the ball from the deep on the full might not be the best way. In April 1926 Surrey's Percy Fender met with a Mr Muirhead of the Anglo-American Baseball Club at The Oval to discuss techniques
