His Own Enemy: The Rise and Fall of Edward Pooley - Softcover

Booth, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953776603 ISBN 13: 9780953776603

Publisher: Belmont Books, 2000

Synopsis

Biography of the brilliant (and controversial) Surrey wicketkeeper of the 1860s and 1870s. Photos.

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From the Author

Biography of Edward Pooley, a 19th century Surrey cricketer
Ted Pooley was perhaps the best wicket-keeper of his generation. His world record for the number of dismissals in a first-class match stood for 128 years. He was also the most notorious of the professional cricketers of his time. Suspended for throwing a match, he had a criminal record for assault and was prevented from playing in the inaugural Test Match in Melbourne because he was in custody in Dunedin following a brawl over a gambling debt.

The father of eight illegitimate children, he declined from a respectable middle-class background into poverty and ill-health and ended his days in the workhouse.

The book corrects a number of biographical details which are wrongly recorded in the standard reference books.

Reviews to date have been entirely favourable, commenting on a fascinating story in a well-described social context and the quality of the research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Belmont Books
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953776603
• ISBN 13: 9780953776603
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208