Wisden on Yorkshire: An Anthology

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Yorkshire County Cricket Club is by far the most successful county
cricket club in history. Since the County Championship was constituted
in 1890, Yorkshire has, in addition to one shared Championship, won it
outright on 30 occasions and Yorkshire cricket supporters take great
pride in the county’s cricketing history. As well as the club’s
successes, there have been 42 Yorkshire players chosen as Wisden
Cricketers of the Year. Many have been world-class cricketers such as
Wilfred Rhodes, Len Hutton, Fred Trueman and Geoffrey Boycott, with
distinguished England careers.<br>
Many thousands of Wisden pages have been filled with Yorkshire
cricket, Yorkshire cricketers and Tests in Yorkshire. <span style=”font-style: italic;”>Wisden on
Yorkshire</span> is a fascinating journey mixing great matches, personalities,
feats, controversies and unusual occurrences. <br><br>Presenting the best Yorkshire info from the Almanack archives, <span style=”font-style: italic;”>Wisden on Yorkshire</span> includes:<br> <ul> <li>Focus on the iconic Yorkshire players, such as Truman and Boycott</li>
<li>Cricketers of the Year and Obituaries</li><li>The County’s history, highlighting significant years and extracts from reviews of those years</li><li>Fascinating stories of both the highs and lows in the club’s history</li><li>colour plate section containing superb classic images</li><li>Detailed records, match reports and scorecards</li></ul>

Additional information

Weight 0.612 kg
Dimensions 2.4 × 15.6 × 23.4 cm
Format

Hardback

Imprint

Language

Pages

288

Publisher

Year Published

25-3-2011

ISBN 10

1408124629

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

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