Australia In Sunderland: The Making of a Test Match

by Keith Gregson

Overview

On the 9th August 2013 the Australian cricket team will step onto the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground for a history making Ashes Test - the first ever on Durham soil. However there is a already a solid historical link between Australia and the county and nowhere is this more obvious than in ten matches arranged between Australia and a variety of sides in Sunderland between 1878 and 1977. Sports historian and archivist Keith Gregson has unearthed some remarkable documents and photographs in order to tell the tale of these games as part of the celebrations for this ground-breaking sporting event.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780924151
Publisher:	Andrews UK
Publication date:	07/30/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Keith is a writer, historian and musician with many publications. Historic books range from the academic to the popular and article work includes family history, sporting history and fiction under a female pseudonym. He was head of history at a comprehensive for thirty years and is archivist for Sunderland RFC.