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Celebrating A Centenary of Country Cricket
  • ISBN-13: 9781922810328
  • Publisher: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
    Imprint: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
  • By KEN PIESSE
  • Price: AUD $39.95
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 24/09/2026
  • Format: Paperback (245.00mm X 170.00mm) 352 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Ball games [WSJ]
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‘Has there ever been a bigger upset? Eleven guys from rural Victoria taking on and beating the might of the world champion West Indies? We were Saturday afternoon cricketers, pure and simple. In a lifetime in sport, it remains my stellar moment: the day David beat Goliath.’ – KEN DAVIS
Detailing 100 years of Victorian country cricket:
• The Bradmans of the bush
• The Champion teams
• The Bush Internationals
• Melbourne Country Week
• All Australians and dozens of other hilarious Tall Tales and True.

Author, commentator, master storyteller Ken Piesse is Australia’s most published sportswriter and author, having written, edited or published an unrivalled 92 sporting books. Ken has an unequalled energy, expertise and verve for producing quality sports books. He has won an array of multi-media awards for his compelling writing, commentary and TV interviews and presentations. Almost every Australian who love sports books will have at least one of Ken’s books on their bookshelves. Ken’s books are anecdote-laden and entertaining, making him a first-choice sports presenter for Carnival cruise lines among many outlets.

  • Includes an arsenal of entertaining stories and anecdotes centring on the Bradmans of the Bush, the most powerful teams, Melbourne Country Week and the Australian Country Championships all told in Ken’s easy-to-read conversational style.
  • Details every Bush International from 1929 and the favourite cricketing sons of every town identified in a never-before-published ‘who’s who’.
  • The 22 greatest country cricketers are named from Bodyline captain Bill Woodfull from Maryborough to the evergreen 40-year-old Peter Siddle from Morwell.
  • Includes an array of almost 70 photographs both in colour and black and white.

Publicity:

  • A concerted radio and newspaper campaigns including SEN in Melbourne and a series of launches and bookshop signings including the Melbourne Cricket Club and many leading country cricket clubs from Wangaratta and Corowa to North Geelong and Newtown & Chilwell.

 

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