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Beschreibung
Foreword by Sir Rod Eddington, Former Airline CEO and Longtime Straggler

The Stragglers of Asia, a wandering cricket club, is part of a unique niche in the cricketing world. Playing twenty-five matches each season across England, with annual games in Hong Kong, the club approaches its centennial in 2025 without a permanent home ground.

Willy Boulter's narrative delves deep into the club's complex history, exploring its journey through the post-colonial landscape. From the assassination of an early member by Indian independence activists to the club's first South Asian member in 1969, the book uncovers the Stragglers' struggle with cricket's cultural and systemic barriers and its role in preserving the Hong Kong Cricket Club.

More than a sports story, this is a reflection on a club that measures its success in spirit rather than victories, revealing the intricate personal and historical threads that have shaped a century of cricket.
Foreword by Sir Rod Eddington, Former Airline CEO and Longtime Straggler

The Stragglers of Asia, a wandering cricket club, is part of a unique niche in the cricketing world. Playing twenty-five matches each season across England, with annual games in Hong Kong, the club approaches its centennial in 2025 without a permanent home ground.

Willy Boulter's narrative delves deep into the club's complex history, exploring its journey through the post-colonial landscape. From the assassination of an early member by Indian independence activists to the club's first South Asian member in 1969, the book uncovers the Stragglers' struggle with cricket's cultural and systemic barriers and its role in preserving the Hong Kong Cricket Club.

More than a sports story, this is a reflection on a club that measures its success in spirit rather than victories, revealing the intricate personal and historical threads that have shaped a century of cricket.
Über den Autor
Willy Boulter is the Archivist of the Stragglers of Asia CC, whom he first joined as a young Army officer in 1976. He is now an airline consultant, having worked in international aviation across 12 countries over 40 years, and splits his time betweenKent and Yokohama. He was a History Scholar of New College, Oxford.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Lexika & Handbücher
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781916797895
ISBN-10: 191679789X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Boulter, Willy
Hersteller: Whitefox Publishing Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 240 x 161 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Willy Boulter
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.04.2025
Gewicht: 0,536 kg
Artikel-ID: 132963661