Test of Time: Travels in Search of a Cricketing Legend

John Lazenby's interest in cricket began with a glimpse of his grandfather's old leather cricket bag stored among the rafters. His curiosity piqued, one day he decided to climb up and explore its contents. The faded blazer, heavy ball and linseed-scented bats exerted a subtle influence on him. This re-emerged decades later when he discovered a box of letters written by his grandfather, the England cricketer J. R. Mason, while on a boat to Australia for the 1897-8 Ashes tour. Inspired by these extraordinary letters, John Lazenby retraces the journey. His tour becomes a cricketing pilgrimage and a voyage of discovery as he passes through Australian cities and remote towns his grandfather visited more than a hundred years ago. During his travels he uncovers a wealth of memorabilia and anecdotes, and his wide-reaching narrative encompasses not only Mason and his team-mates, but also a wider insight into late Victorian mores.

Title - Test of Time: Travels in Search of a Cricketing Legend

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Author - John Lazenby

ISBN 13 - 9780719566516

Imprint - John Murray Publishers Ltd

Publisher - John Murray Press

Date Published - 23/05/2005

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 154 x 27 x 242mm

Weight - 566 g

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