Flying Stumps

by Ray Lindwall

Stanley Paul and Co., 1954, [First Edition], black and white photographic plates, black and white photographic frontispiece, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ inscription to front endpaper, clipped dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping, chipping, tears and discoloration (see photographs)

“At the end of the 1953 Australian tour the incomparable Ray Lindwall had captured 158 Test wickets, more than any other genuine fast bowler.  Acclaimed buy many shrewd judges as the greatest ever pace bowler, Lindwall traces his enthralling career from the time when, as a cricket-mad youngster in Sydney, he bowled thunderbolts at a kerosene tin in the street, hoping to impress W. J. O’Reilly on his nightly walk home.
Australia’s shock bowler number one, Lindwall is recognised as one of the brainiest fast-bowlers of all time.”