Ten Drunks and a Parson
the life and times of ted peate
$53.60
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
26 May 2025
Summary
Ten Drunks and a Parson: The Untold Story of Cricket Legend Ted Peate
The fascinating life story of Ted Peate, a top Victorian cricketer hailed by W. G. Grace as the world’s best spin bowler. This is the first-ever biography of Peate!
Peate is the cricketer whose name heads the Lord’s honours board. Yet he ended his life broke and is buried in an unmarked grave at the side of the runway at Leeds-Bradford airport. Read and you’ll discover:
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781801509954 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1801509956 |
| Author: | Ian Lockwood |
| Publisher: | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 26 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 364g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 224mm x 146mm |
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“An attractive and engaging narrative… [with] thorough research and a way with words, [Ian Lockwood] has managed to inject life into the story of a fine cricketer from just before ‘The Golden Age’ [to write] a book, for those with an interest in the era, that is well worth investing in… Lockwood is an accomplished historian… the way he has gone about his task makes that very clear.”
– Martin Chandler * CricketWeb.net *About The Author
Ian Lockwood
Ian Lockwood was educated at Marist College, Hull, and the University of York where he studied history. He worked for many years as a sports editor in the regional press and was editor of the Craven Herald in the Yorkshire Dales. He has written a 600-page history of Skipton, his hometown. For his sins, he is doomed to be a supporter of Bradford City FC.
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