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Punchy's Hampshire Years - Cricket and Dancing (Hardcover)
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Punchy's Hampshire Years - Cricket and Dancing (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R486
Discovery Miles 4 860
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'Punchy’s Hampshire Years' tells the story of Alan Rayment’s
life from 1949 to 1959, the years when he spent his summers inside
the game of cricket. The book, following on from 'Punchy through
the Covers', was to be the second of a three-volume autobiography,
but sadly Alan Rayment died before he was able to complete it.
Stephen Chalke has drawn together the written chapters, as well as
notes, taped conversations and other titbits, to complete the
story. There are delightful insights into the life of a
professional county cricketer in the 1950s, a fascinating account
of the successful ballroom dancing business that Alan and his wife
Betty developed during those years and powerful descriptions of the
life-changing spiritual experiences that led him to leave behind
his life in cricket and dance. Even when he spends the summer of
1959 as an assistant coach at Lord’s, Alan’s radical thinking
comes to the fore, generating a most surprising tale. In the words
of his former Hampshire captain Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, Alan
Rayment had 'great ability and insight into people’s characters'
and 'a number of qualities unusual in the normal first-class
cricketer’ – and 'Punchy’s Hampshire Years' bears that out.
Warmth and humour combine with a free-thinking spirit, ever curious
to explore fresh worlds and new ideas, making this a stimulating
memoir which is, indeed, much more ‘unusual’ than one by a
‘normal first-class cricketer’.
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