Beyond The Pavilion - Reflections on a Life in Cricket (Hardcover)

Beyond The Pavilion spans seventy years of social, regional and cultural history through the eyes of one of cricket’s earliest Test match wayfarers, Barry Knight. As a ten-year-old, Barry saw Don Bradman’s 1948 ‘Invincibles’ at Lord’s. His early days were spent playing street cricket in London’s East End, captaining his school against Eton College, and later captaining England Schoolboys. At the age of fifteen, he was recruited to play for Essex and went on to become one of England’s finest all-round cricketers. In this memoir, Barry reflects on his international playing career and his experiences touring India, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand in the 1960s. He recounts tours with Fred Trueman, Geoff Boycott, Ted Dexter, and Colin Cowdrey and playing against the era’s best Australian, Indian, Pakistani, and West Indian players. He also shares stories about life in London in the Swinging Sixties and his place in the D’Oliveira affair, and the anti-apartheid protests. After his retirement, Barry moved to Australia in the 1970s and became Australia’s first professional cricket coach mentoring and developing three Test match captains: Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh. He also had a front-row seat in the development of World Series Cricket. The book includes endorsements from leading players, commentators and journalists, including Sir Garfield Sobers, Allan Border, Ian Chappell, Barry Richards, Geoffrey Boycott, Doug Walters and Sir Michael Parkinson. This sporting memoir is richly illustrated with photographs from Andrew Leeming’s and other private collections.

General

Imprint:	Quiller Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2022
Authors:	Barry Knight
As told to:	Andrew Leeming
Foreword by:	Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, AO, OCC
Afterword by:	Gideon Haigh
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-84689-370-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Cricket Promotions
LSN:	1-84689-370-4
Barcode:	9781846893704

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