The Big Ship: Warwick Armstrong and the Making of Modern Cricket

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Allen & Unwin, 2012 - Cricket - 464 pages
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A biography of Warwick Armstrong, the spiritual forefather of Steve Waugh and his present-day all-conquering Australians, and a literally giant figure in the history of modern cricket.

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Warwick Armstrong was a big unit. Maybe not during his Australian rules football career but by the time of the 1921 Ashes tour Armstrong's nickname "The Big Ship" was apt. As well as being a large man ... Read full review

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About the author (2012)

Born in London and based in Melbourne, Gideon Haigh has been a journalist almost thirty years, and written widely on business, sport, both and neither. He is the author of twenty-five books.

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TitleThe Big Ship: Warwick Armstrong and the Making of Modern Cricket
AuthorGideon Haigh
PublisherAllen & Unwin, 2012
ISBN1743315171, 9781743315170
Length464 pages
  
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