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W. W. Read - For many years a Member of the Surrey County Team
1896 - Sampson Low, London - First Edition - One of 250 copies
A classic account of the early history of the game together with an autobiography of this prominent Victorian-era Surrey batsman Walter William Read, considered one of the greatest amateur cricketers of his era, second only to W.G. Grace in stature.
Read (1855-197) played in eighteen Tests for England, two as Captain of the winning eleven, and scored 338 against Oxford University in 1888, at the time the second highest first-class score ever made.
One of only 250 copies, illustrated throughout with a portrait frontispiece of Read at the crease and a further twenty-five black and white plates from early drawings and photographs.
W.G. Grace wrote of Read ‘For over twenty years [Read] was one of the most brilliant batsmen in England. The services he rendered to Surrey could scarcely be over-estimated. On scores of occasions his dashing and fearless batting snatched a victory or saved his county from defeat … His hitting was free and his scoring always rapid. Nevertheless his defence was remarkable, and though he seldom failed to punish a loose ball, he generally respected a good one. His favourite ball was a long hop to the off, which he stepped back to and hit with incredulous power in front of cover-point; he also was an expert with the ‘pull stroke’.’
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1896 - Sampson Low, London - First Edition - One of 250 copies
A classic account of the early history of the game together with an autobiography of this prominent Victorian-era Surrey batsman Walter William Read, considered one of the greatest amateur cricketers of his era, second only to W.G. Grace in stature.Read (1855-197) played in eighteen Tests for England, two as Captain of the winning eleven, and scored 338 against Oxford University in 1888, at the time the second highest first-class score ever made.
One of only 250 copies, illustrated throughout with a portrait frontispiece of Read at the crease and a further twenty-five black and white plates from early drawings and photographs.
W.G. Grace wrote of Read ‘For over twenty years [Read] was one of the most brilliant batsmen in England. The services he rendered to Surrey could scarcely be over-estimated. On scores of occasions his dashing and fearless batting snatched a victory or saved his county from defeat … His hitting was free and his scoring always rapid. Nevertheless his defence was remarkable, and though he seldom failed to punish a loose ball, he generally respected a good one. His favourite ball was a long hop to the off, which he stepped back to and hit with incredulous power in front of cover-point; he also was an expert with the ‘pull stroke’.’
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Price HK$ 2,800