10 for 66 and All ThatArthur Mailey's classic autobiography, first published in 1958, is a wry and engaging account by a talented cricketer from a very different era - full of zest, varied, quick, shifting the point of attack, sometimes extravagant, frequently brilliant and always thoughtful. For fifty years, Arthur Mailey played and watched first-class cricket. During his Test career he played against many of the greats, and on one notable occasion dismissed his idol, Victor Trumper, to his immediate regret: 'I felt like a boy who had killed a dove.' 10 for 66 and All That is a reminder of the glory days of cricket - amateurs and professionals, Bradman, Noble and Trumper batting, and Barnes, O'Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith with the ball. |
Contents
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4 Picked for Australia | 28 |
5 Watering the Wicket | 33 |
6 Test Captains | 47 |
7 Men at the Other End | 61 |
8 The Party in the Shack | 77 |
11 Rebels of Cricket | 121 |
12 Tinkering with the Rules | 132 |
13 CricketIts Joy and Its Future | 143 |
14 Cricket Dramatised | 157 |
15 A Test and Two Policemen | 166 |
16 The World v Mars | 171 |
Epilogue | 177 |
About the Author | 181 |
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