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Steel Town Cricketers
- 150-odd Years of Motherwell Cricket Club
Engelsk Hardback
Steel Town Cricketers
- 150-odd Years of Motherwell Cricket Club
Engelsk Hardback

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In the early 1870s, all roads led to Motherwell. The town needed skilled labour for the iron works, and amongst the newcomers were a bunch of blokes from Shropshire and North Wales who wanted to play cricket. This was the start of Motherwell Cricket Club, founded by proper steelmen.

The book spans 150 years of club cricket. There are tales of ladies promenading the cricket field as smoke belched out factory chimneys; stories of crowds in their thousands watching Motherwell take on local rivals, Newmains and Bellshill; and memories of cricketing legends who graced Motherwell’s delightful old Home Park ground, even a prime minister.

It recalls great games and great nights, the Cricket Dinners and Player of the Year Awards, and remarkable characters who devoted large parts of their lives to the club.

Motherwell is not a “big club” and hasn’t enjoyed too much success, and that’s the fascinating thing about its story - how it has survived against the odds when world wars, pavilion fires, and diminishing playing resources threatened to spoil the fun.

Happily, Motherwell Cricket Club is alive and well, still playing cricket in a footballing town.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9781805141211
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
180514121X
Udg. Dato:
28 nov 2023
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
224mm
Højde:
146mm
Forlag:
Troubador Publishing
Oplagsdato:
28 nov 2023
Forfatter(e):
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