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Never Surrender: The Life of Douglas Jardine is the enthralling
story of England's most controversial cricket captain, forever
associated with bodyline bowling on MCC's tour to Australia in
1932/33. Despite his privileged upbringing and amateur status,
Jardine's steely personality and win-at-all-costs ethos was more
akin to the professional game. Confronted with the run-making
genius of Australia's Don Bradman in 1932/33, Jardine resorted to a
form of intimidatory bowling that helped England regain the Ashes,
but his tactics shocked Australia and brought relations between the
two countries to the point of collapse. To restore harmony, Jardine
was disowned by the MCC cricket establishment and shunned
thereafter, but now - in a more modern, competitive age - his
reputation has undergone a rehabilitation, not least in Australia.
Drawing on fresh material, award-winning cricket author Mark Peel
reappraises an outstanding leader whose care for those he valued
knew no bounds.
Of all games, cricket has long prided itself on its ethical
traditions, but to modern sceptics the idea of cricket
encapsulating a higher morality is actually something of a myth.
Playing the Game? looks at the changing ethics of cricket, from its
gentlemanly roots right up until the present day. After decades of
sledging, intimidatory bowling, blatant gamesmanship and dissent,
the MCC adopted `The Spirit of Cricket' in 2000 in an attempt to
reclaim the game's original ethos - but was it already too late?
While the concept is a noble one, its impact has so far been
limited, as award-winning cricket scribe Mark Peel explains. As
well as looking back to the infamous Bodyline series of 1932/33,
Peel also investigates the effects of Kerry Packer's World Series
Cricket; takes the ICC to task on their failure to quell rowdy
behaviour and gamesmanship; examines the double standards of
Western cricketing nations towards Pakistan; and delves into the
recent ball-tampering affair that has tainted Aussie cricket.
Mike Brearley was one of England's greatest cricket captains. He
thrice won the Ashes, including the unforgettable series of 1981,
when his leadership helped England to snatch victory from defeat.
Yet there was nothing inevitable about his rise. A spell out of the
game in his mid-20s stymied his progress and when he returned
full-time to captain Middlesex, his innovative approach found
little favour with the old guard. In this first-ever biography of
Brearley, award-winning cricket writer Mark Peel reveals how
Brearley overcame his critics to lead Middlesex to four county
championships and two Gillette Cup wins. His rise to the England
captaincy was fast, but his unrivalled leadership skills contrasted
with his repeated failures with the bat. Away from cricket,
Brearley possessed a range of cultural interests along with a sharp
intellect, which saw him achieve eminence as a psychoanalyst.
Drawing on interviews with friends and team-mates, Peel assesses
the many facets of this complex man to explain his phenomenal
success as a leader.
This original account of the impact of growing economic inequality upon the poorest segments of Australian society lets those most harshly affected by poverty reveal their fears, hopes and dilemmas. It is largely based on the author's conversations with hundreds of individuals living in three areas commonly described as "disadvantaged" in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
This original account of the impact of growing economic inequality upon the poorest segments of Australian society lets those most harshly affected by poverty reveal their fears, hopes and dilemmas. It is largely based on the author's conversations with hundreds of individuals living in three areas commonly described as "disadvantaged" in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Award-winning cricket writer Mark Peel charts the development of
the England captaincy - from the autocratic captains of the
post-war years to the dual captaincy of the present, where power is
shared between captain and coach. Peel examines the huge demands
the England captaincy imposes on the occupant and why few leave
office with their reputation enhanced. You'll learn about the
long-lasting legacy of the Hutton captaincy of the mid-1950s, the
downfall of mavericks such as Brian Close, Tony Greig and Mike
Gatting, the success of the Illingworth and Brearley eras and the
chaos of the 1980s, when captains came and went with regular
abandon, and finally the glory years of Michael Vaughan and Andrew
Strauss. The Hollow Crown contains individual portraits of the 43
England captains, exploring their background, philosophy,
strengths, weaknesses and the legacy they left, with special
attention given to the likes of Hutton, May, Illingworth, Brearley,
Atherton, Hussain, Vaughan and Strauss.
Since Victorian times, the MCC had embraced the amateur ideal that
cricket was more than a game. It was the very essence of
camaraderie and good sportsmanship. Yet for all their evangelising,
the game's privileged elite were part of a British establishment
which revelled in its national prestige and imperial hegemony. And
winning at cricket was essential to maintaining that stature.
Ambassadors of Goodwill assesses the MCC's attempt to marry these
conflicting objectives and foster goodwill within the Empire via
long, formal overseas tours. After the war, the amateur ideal
suffered when Len Hutton was appointed England's first professional
captain. His uncompromising leadership brought success on the field
but discord off it. Managers were installed to restore diplomatic
harmony but, with the growing upheavals of the late 60s, cricket
became increasingly associated with nationality, race and
professional cynicism. Ray Illingworth's controversial win in
Australia in 1970/71 clearly signalled the MCC's waning influence.
This vivid, multi-dimensional history considers the key cultural,
social, political and economic events of Australia's history.
Deftly weaving these issues into the wider global context, Mark
Peel and Christina Twomey provide an engaging overview of the
country's past, from its first Indigenous people, to the great
migrations of recent centuries, and to those living within the more
anxiously controlled borders of the present day. This engaging
textbook is an ideal resource for undergraduate students and
postgraduate students taking modules or courses on the History of
Australia. It will also appeal to general readers who are
interested in obtaining a thorough overview of the entire history
of Australia, from the earliest times to the present, in one
concise volume.
Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor
during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case
files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to
London and Melbourne, "Miss Cutler and the Case of the Resurrected
Horse" is a pioneering comparative study that examines how these
stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity,
economic crisis, and war.Probing the similarities and differences
in the ways Americans, Australians, and Britons understood and
responded to poverty, Mark Peel draws a picture of social work that
is based in the sometimes fraught encounters between the poor and
their interpreters. He uses dramatization to bring these encounters
to life--joining Miss Cutler and that resurrected horse are Miss
Lindstrom and the fried potatoes and Mr. O'Neil and the seductive
client--and to give these people a voice. Adding new dimensions to
the study of charity and social work, this book is essential to
understanding and tackling poverty in the twenty-first century.
This vivid, multi-dimensional history considers the key cultural,
social, political and economic events of Australia's history.
Deftly weaving these issues into the wider global context, Mark
Peel and Christina Twomey provide an engaging overview of the
country's past, from its first Indigenous people, to the great
migrations of recent centuries, and to those living within the more
anxiously controlled borders of the present day. This engaging
textbook is an ideal resource for undergraduate students and
postgraduate students taking modules or courses on the History of
Australia. It will also appeal to general readers who are
interested in obtaining a thorough overview of the entire history
of Australia, from the earliest times to the present, in one
concise volume.
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