Stiff Upper Lips & Baggy Green Caps: A Sledger's History of the Ashes - Softcover
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Simon Briggs writes on cricket for the Daily Telegraph, which kindly allows him to make a living out of his hobbies - cricket and rock music. He grew up in Oxford, in a house full of academics, then studied history at Cambridge, but no-one has ever discovered which period.
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'This irreverent and very funny guide to the Ashes contains all the juicy stuff you won't find in the official publications' Mail on Sunday. * Mail on Sunday * 'rollicking good fun' Observer. * Observer * 'An entertaining, timely and irreverent trip through the history of the Ashes' Sunday Times. * Sunday Times * 'A rip-roaring journey through 124 years of Ashes history' Daily Telegraph. * Daily Telegraph * 'A history of the Ashes with more spice than you will find in a curry-house kitchen' Daily Telegraph. * Daily Telegraph *
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- PublisherQuercus Publishing
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 184916083X
- ISBN 13 9781849160834
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Peppered with bouncers, expletives, and even the odd diplomatic incident, Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps is a rip-roaring journey through 124 years of Ashes history. In September 1882, The Sporting Times published a mock obituary for English cricket, and a great sporting rivalry was born. Relations between England and Australia have never been the same since. Every other year, the two teams gather for the traditional frenzy of backbiting, finger-pointing and dubious facial hair. For a list of every Ashes century and five-wicket haul, try Wisden, but if you want to know which England batsman was a martyr to syphilis and which Australian fast bowler reckoned the Queen had 'nice legs for an old Sheila', then read on.Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps exposes the seamy side of Ashes cricket - the inside story behind controversies from the Bodyline series of 1932-33 to the Lillee and Thomson blitzkrieg of 1974-75. It profiles great players from W.G. Grace to K.P. Pietersen, and captures choice examples of the dark art of 'sledging'. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001679077
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