Arthur Haygarth, born 4 August 1825, was a useful cricketer himself, good enough to play for Gentlemen against Players on 16 occasions. However, his incredible contribution to the history of the game was the meticulous compilation of Scores and Biographies, amounting to 15 invaluable volumes. Arunabha Sengupta documents the life and work of this supreme cricket historian.
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Rowland Bowen, born feb 27, 1916, never minced his words
Read MoreHarry Altham: A historian forgotten by history
Harry Altham was born on Nov 30, 1888
Read MoreIrving Rosenwater: Scholar just about unparalleled
"The dreaded Irving", remarked David Frith, before adding, " but he was a scholar just about unparalleled".... Mayukh Ghosh remembers a rare breed, a cricket writer with extraordinary rigour for facts and figures.
Read MoreDavid Frith - 50 years as a cricket writer
With Alec Hurwoord’s diary and the expansion of the Archie Jackson biography, David Frith has been producing cricket books for 50 years. Mayukh Ghosh on the landmark.
Read MoreGerald Brodribb: Forgotten cricket historian
Gerald Brodribb, born May 21, 1915, was one of the most assiduous researchers and a prolific writer on cricket. Arunabha Sengupta pays homage to the man on his birthday.
Read MoreGerald Brodribb: charming man, diligent historian
Gerald Brodribb, charming man and fantastic researcher, was born on May 21, 1915
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David Frith in his study at Guildford. Photo: Arunabha Sengupta
David Frith: There will never be another like him
There will never be another David Frith
Read MoreAE Stoddart: The muse of David Frith
The Victorious Stodd - muse of David Frith
Read MoreMajor Rowland Bowen: Oddest man in the history of the game
Rowland Bowen was born on February 27, 1916
Read MoreDavid Rayvern Allen: the award winning biographer of Arlott and Swanton
His real name was Leonard Allen. He was once saw 'Rayvern' in a shop. Probably the name of a Heater or a cooker. He inserted that as his middle name and changed the first name!
David Rayvern Allen was born on Febraury 5, 1938
Read MorePeter Wynne Thomas - the man behind Trent Bridge Library and chronicler of Nottinghamshire Cricket
Peter Wynne-Thomas is the man behind the Trent Bridge Library and as much of an institution. He is a historian, writer and statistician, the force without whom most of Nottinghamshire’s cricketing deeds would have gone undocumented. He has compiled the history of Nottinghamshire cricket, written the biographies of the local heroes from Arthur Shrewsbury to Harold Larwood to Derek Randall. He has even travelled around the county to discover unknown cricket grounds, sketching the diagrams of the fields in meticulous detail. Arunabha Sengupta caught up with him at the Trent Bridge Library during the first Test match.
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