First of the summer wine : George Hirst, Schofield Haigh, Wilfred Rhodes and the gentle heart of Yorkshire cricket /
by Pearson, Harry.
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BookPublisher: London : Simon & Schuster, 2022Description: 327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781398501522 (hbk.) :; 1398501522 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 796.358 PEASubject(s): Hirst, George Herbert | Haigh, Schofield | Rhodes, Wilfred | Cricket players -- England -- Yorkshire | Cricket -- England -- Yorkshire -- History | Sport | Sport | Biography: sport | Sports & active outdoor recreation | CricketSummary: Between them, Hirst, Rhodes and Haigh scored over 77,000 runs and took almost 9000 wickets in a combined 2500 appearances, helping Yorkshire to seven County Championship triumphs. The records they set will never be beaten, yet the three men - known throughout England as The Triumvirate - were born in two small villages just outside Huddersfield, in Last of the Summer Wine country. Hirst pioneered and perfected the art of swing and seam bowling, Rhodes took more first-class wickets than anyone else in history, while the genial Haigh's achievements as a bowler at Yorkshire have been surpassed only by his two close friends; their influence would extend far beyond England, as they all went to India to coach, laying the foundations of cricket in the subcontinent. This is a celebration of a vanished age.
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Includes index.
Between them, Hirst, Rhodes and Haigh scored over 77,000 runs and took almost 9000 wickets in a combined 2500 appearances, helping Yorkshire to seven County Championship triumphs. The records they set will never be beaten, yet the three men - known throughout England as The Triumvirate - were born in two small villages just outside Huddersfield, in Last of the Summer Wine country. Hirst pioneered and perfected the art of swing and seam bowling, Rhodes took more first-class wickets than anyone else in history, while the genial Haigh's achievements as a bowler at Yorkshire have been surpassed only by his two close friends; their influence would extend far beyond England, as they all went to India to coach, laying the foundations of cricket in the subcontinent. This is a celebration of a vanished age.
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