Sixty Great Scottish Cricket Games

by David W. Potter

Book Overview

Cricket is a very old game in Scotland -- far older than football, a sport which sometimes exercises a baleful, obsessive and deleterious effect on the national psyche. Cricket goes back at least as far as the Jacobite rebellions and their sometimes vicious aftermaths. It is often felt that Scottish cricket underplays itself. It has been portrayed as in some ways an English sport, a "softies" sport, and a sport that has a very limited interest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849211922
• ISBN13: 9781849211925
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Kennedy & Boyd
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"