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A Long Way to Go

The West Indies Cricket Team in Australia 1930-31
  • ISBN-13: 9781923024953
  • Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
    Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
  • By Max Bonnell
  • Price: AUD $29.95
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 01/05/2024
  • Format: Paperback (230.00mm X 156.00mm) 220 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Autobiography: general [BGA]
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Late in 1930, a cricket team from the West Indies visited Australia for the first time.  It arrived at precisely the time when Australia’s modern iconography was being forged: Don Bradman was in the ascendant, Phar Lap dominated the racetrack, Nellie Melba returned home, Charles Kingsford Smith was breaking aviation records and the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge was nearing completion.  A Long Way to Go follows the tourists’ journey around this vast, unfamiliar country – which, battered by the Great Depression, may have been sliding into social and political chaos, but still managed to field the world’s most formidable cricket team.
Max Bonnell is a Sydney lawyer and author, who writes on law, history, the performing arts and sport. He has, on three occasions, won the Jack Pollard Trophy, awarded annually to the best book on Australian cricket.
* First book on the first West Indies cricket team to visit Australia, at a time when Bradman created his still-satanding records, Phar Lap was on a winning streak and the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge was being built. * Award-winning cricket writer. ABC interviews and articles to come.
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