Ebook: Cricket's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket

Cover; Title; Contents; 1857 A Great Single-Wicket Game; 1878 Cricket on Ice; 1887 Smokers Against Non-Smokers; 1887 Getting Themselves Out; 1887 A Team of '50 or More Farmers'; 1902 Reaching Eady Heights; 1904 Cricket on Deck; 1907 A Record Low; 1907 Authors Against Actors; 1907 When Women Met Men at Trent Bridge; 1908 A First Fixture With Yorkshire; 1911 Alletson's Innings; 1919 Heygate's Last Stand; 1922 15 All Out and Then ... ; 1925 Chapman's Captain's Innings; 1926 World Record Score; 1932 The Defiant Game; 1935 'Smashing Cricket at Cardiff Arms Park'; 1935 A Plague of Flying Ants.;A fascinating collection of true stories about cricket's oddest matches - ranging from the bizarre to the downright hilarious. Drawn from the lengthy annals of the game's history, Cricket's Strangest Matches is a must for all cricket enthusiasts and for anyone interested in the history of the sport. Other titles in the series: Football's Strangest Matches (9781907554087), Rugby's Strangest Matches (9781907554063) and Golf's Strangest Rounds (9781907554070).