CRICKET IN A GLOW
_ PAYILIONED IN SPLENDOUR, by A. A. : Fate Museum Press, English price ‘THE first thing to notice about this delightful book is its dazzling title, which places it among the perfectly titled in any category. For cricket can be literally "pavilioned in splendour," and to complete the great line of the hymn, it is constantly "girded with "praise." A. A. Thomson has written of cricket in this double spirit. He is a complete enthusiast who brings to his praise of the game exceptional knowledge and a style which, though too exuberant at times, is lively, friendly, witty and warm. The book is a history of cricket seen through selected games and the records and personalities of players. Here are test series re-lived; motable county games, including upsets; methods of captains; cricket festivals; and many of
/ / those "characters in whom cricket preeminently abounds. The salty humour of some is accompanied by the religious feeling of Albert’ Knight, who, after catching Trumper in_ the "deep," dropped on his knee for a moment in a prayer of thankfulness. Of a test innings by the same Knight, the author remarks that it "was worth its weight in devotional literature." The tribute to George Hirst, "To One I Loved the Best," is beautiful as well’ as technically impressive. New Zealanders should particularly note the stress laid on fielding. The South Africans have shown what really great fielding — individual brilliance merged into team combination-can do for a side. Thomson says that of several ways of looking at cricket, "first, and probably best, it is a game to be plaved for enjoyment." Might we not
cut out "probably"?
A.
M.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 945, 20 September 1957, Page 16
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276CRICKET IN A GLOW New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 945, 20 September 1957, Page 16
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