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Stroke of genius : Victor Trumper and the shot that changed cricket / Gideon Haigh.

Stroke of genius : Victor Trumper and the shot that cha...

Stroke of genius : Victor Trumper and the shot that changed cricket / Gideon Haigh.

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Stroke of genius : Victor Trumper and the shot that changed cricket / Gideon Haigh.

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Full title

Stroke of genius : Victor Trumper and the shot that changed cricket / Gideon Haigh.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Melbourne, Victoria : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd., 2016.

[Melbourne, Victoria] Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd, 2016.

Alternative title

Victor Trumper and the shot that changed cricket.

Date

2016.

Call Numbers

G 2017/4067 , H 2017/2747

Record Identifier

74VKVXgLeG23

MMS ID

991024117704602626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xviii, 314, [1] pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour), facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

still image

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

Melbourne, Victoria : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd., 2016.

[Melbourne, Victoria] Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd, 2016.

Place of Publication

Victoria

Date Published

2016.

2016.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

Today Victor Trumper is, literally, a legend - revered for deeds lost in time, a hallowed name from the golden era from before the moving image began to dictate memories and Bradman reset the records. In life, Trumper was Australia's first world beater - at his peak just after Federation, he was not just a cricketer but an artist of the bat, the ge...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Stroke of genius : Victor Trumper and the shot that changed cricket / Gideon Haigh.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-312)

Mitchell Library copy at H 2017/2747 :Submission for Premier's History Award 2017

State Reference Library copy at G 2017/4067 : Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2017

Mitchell Library copy at H 2017/2747 :National Biography Award contender, 2017.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2016

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2017/4067 , H 2017/2747

Record Identifier

74VKVXgLeG23

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXgLeG23

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9781926428734

DDC

796.358092

MMS ID

991024117704602626

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