Slipless In Settle, Harry Pearson
Slipless In Settle, Harry Pearson
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Slipless In Settle
A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket

Author: Harry Pearson

Narrator: David Fleeshman

Unabridged: 8 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2011

Synopsis

Slipless in Settle is a sentimental journey around club cricket in the north of England, a world far removed from the clichéd lengthening-shadows-on-the-village-green image of the summer game. This is hardcore cricket played in former pit villages and mill towns. Winner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the Year, it is about the little clubs that have, down the years, produced some of the greatest players Britain has ever seen, and at one time spent a fortune on importing the biggest names in the international game to boost their battle for local supremacy.

Slipless in Settle is a warm, affectionate and outrageously funny sporting odyssey in which Andrew Flintoff and Learie Constantine rub shoulders with Asbo-tag-wearing all-rounders, there's hot-pot pie and mushy peas at the tea bar, two types of mild in the clubhouse, and a batsman is banned for a month for wearing a fireman's helmet when going out to face Joel Garner . . .

About Harry Pearson

Harry Pearson was born and brought up on the edge of Teesside. He is the author of eight works of non-fiction. The Far Corner - A Mazy Dribble through North-East Football, was runner-up for the William Hill Prize and has been named as one of the Fifty Greatest Sports Books of All Time by both the Observer and The Times. He wrote a weekly sports column in the Guardian from 1996 to 2012, and won the 2011 MCC/Cricket Society Prize for his book about Northern club cricket, Slipless in Settle. He lives in Northumberland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on October 31, 2012

I'm still undecided as to whether the excruciating Stuart Maconie style pun of the title is the best or the worst thing about this book. Regardless, this is a fascinating and funny account of Northern club cricket, although some of Pearson's anecdotes and quotes seem rather too good to be true. Elde......more

Goodreads review by James on June 27, 2022

I read this chiefly because of the author rather than the subject matter, and this was a cricket version of his football-themed Far Corner , although he stayed entirely in the weekend leagues rather than the County game. It was exactly what you would expect from Pearson, with wry observations, amusi......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on September 12, 2022

Entertainingly written with some great yarns from the northern cricket leagues. Characters from a bygone age of bat and ball rivalries.......more

Goodreads review by Tom on June 28, 2022

Lovely history of cricket in Lancashire and the north of England. Blowers meets Bill Bryson......more

Goodreads review by Keith on April 03, 2020

Not as humorous as I expected from the reviews. But an interesting take on the cricket world. Very enjoyable.......more

Awards

  • Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
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