Description
Calling all cricket buffs. Join Trustee of Yorkshire Cricket Foundation and cricket enthusiast, Colin Philpott, for an illuminating talk about the history of the sport in Bradford.
Headingley might be the home of cricket in Yorkshire today, but the sport has been played in Bradford for more than 175 years, and in 1902 the city’s Park Avenue Cricket Ground played host to a match against between England and old rivals Australia.
Many of the greatest names in cricketing history including Don Bradman and Geoff Boycott have played at Park Avenue. The ground fell into disrepair in the 1990s but is now being redeveloped and may one day host first-class cricket again.
Join Colin as he pitches a perfect delivery and shows why cricket remains such a popular sport in the city today.
About the Author
Colin Philpott
Colin Philpott is the author of four books. His first novel Deathday , published in April this year, imagines England in 2045 when euthanasia has been made compulsory at the age of 90. Previously he wrote three non-fiction books A Place in History – the stories of places affected by news events in twentieth century Britain; Relics of the Reich about how Germany has dealt with the architectural legacy of the Nazi period; and Secret Wartime Britain telling the stories of secret or hidden locations in WW2 Britain. Colin is a former BBC programme maker and former Director of the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford. He is a Trustee of the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation.
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