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ALLEN, (David R.).
SIR AUBREY. A BIOGRAPHY OF C. AUBREY SMITH. ENGLAND CRICKETER, WEST END ACTOR, HOLLYWOOD FILM STAR. NEW, AUGMENTED EDITION.
Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 2005.
8vo. xix+195pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in slightly marked dust-wrapper.
LIMITED EDITION of 150 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND HONOR COBB. A biography of the Sussex and England cricketer Sir Charles Aubrey Smith (1863-1948), who played for Cambridge University between 1882 and 1885, for Sussex between 1882 and 1896, and one Test match for England in 1889, when he became the only cricketer to captain his country in his only Test appearance. He later became famous as a Hollywood film star and appeared with, among others, Ellen Terry, Sir Charles Hawtrey and Mrs Patrick Campbell. In his screen career he appeared in many films in which he incarnated the American image of the English gentleman. He was regarded as the Grand Old Man of Hollywood, and a leading light of the Hollywood Cricket Club. This book was first published in 1982. This new edition contains much additional information and illustrations not included in the first edition. With a new foreword by his daughter Honor Cobb. ---------------------------------- The Cricket Statistician, Summer 2006: This elegantly written and attractively reprinted chronicle of the rich life of Sir Aubrey Smith...a genuinely fascinating life-story. ................................................................................................................................... LONG
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SISSONS, (Ric).
THE DON MEETS THE BABE. THE 1932 AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA. FOREWORD BY SIR DONALD BRADMAN.
Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 1995.
8vo. 125pp. 16 plates and other text Illustrations. Original cloth in dust-wrapper.
LIMITED EDITION of 250 numbered copies, SIGNED BY BRADMAN AND THE AUTHOR. The only account of the 1932 Australian cricket tour of North America, compiled with the assistance of Sir Donald Bradman's scrapbooks of the tour. The many social events for the Australians included being entertained by the legendary baseball player Babe Ruth in his box at the Yankee Stadium during a game of baseball, allowing a unique opportunity for a meeting of the two greatest hitters of a moving ball in the history of sport. The Australian team also played cricket at Hollywood with Charles Aubrey Smith and Boris Karloff. The tour was organised by Arthur Mailey on behalf of the sponsors who specified that the tour would only take place if Bradman was in the team. This was not easy as Bradman was due to marry his childhood sweetheart, Jessie Menzies. This difficulty was overcome when they decided to make the tour their honeymoon. The Australian team included, D.G. Bradman, A.A. Mailey, S.J. McCabe, A. Kippax, H. Carter and V.Y. Richardson. Some were past their best but several were still in their prime. Of these Bradman was outstanding. He played 51 innings and scored 3,777 runs at an average of 102. He also took 24 wickets on the tour, which included six wickets in one eight-ball over. Together with facsimile reprints of two pre-tour brochures: Welcome Australia, originally published by Illinois Cricket Association, and Australian Cricketers Good Will Tour 1932.
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