A lovely illustrated guide and history to cricket, with photographs and other features. Covers the game in detail, including its origins, laws, growth, techniques, strategy, domestic clubs in England and the international expansion of the sport. The author was an edition of The Spectator and Country Life magazines. Published in 1950 by Seeley Service in England, part of their Lonsdale Library series of books on games, pastimes and sports. Hardback, with the original jacket, price-clipped, in very good condition. 672 pages.