Australia: Story of a Cricket Country
Hardie Grant Books, $89.95 hb, 400 pp
Sport
Australia: Story of a Cricket Country edited by Christian Ryan
by Bernard Whimpress •
A favourite quiz question for cricket history buffs has been ‘Who is the only Nobel Prize winner to play first-class cricket?’ Answer: Samuel Beckett. A question for cricket bibliophiles now might well be ‘Which Nobel Prize winner contributed an essay to an Australian cricket book?’ Answer: J.M. Coetzee.
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