Slipless In Settle: A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket

by Harry Pearson

Slipless in Settle is a sentimental journey around club cricket in the north of England, a world far removed from the clichéd lengthening-shadows-on-the-village-green image of the summer game. This is hardcore cricket played in former pit villages and mill towns. Winner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the Year, it is about the little clubs that have, down the years, produced some of the greatest players Britain has ever seen, and at one time spent a fortune on importing the biggest names in the international game to boost their battle for local supremacy.Slipless in Settle is a warm, affectionate and outrageously funny sporting odyssey in which Andrew Flintoff and Learie Constantine rub shoulders with Asbo-tag-wearing all-rounders, there's hot-pot pie and mushy peas at the tea bar, two types of mild in the clubhouse, and a batsman is banned for a month for wearing a fireman's helmet when going out to face Joel Garner . . .

273 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 8, 2010

Reviews

[Kevin Treweeks · Rating 4 out of 5]

So apparently it really is grim up north.
Was this book really needed to tell us so?
How many of the best anecdotes are recycled?
But you know what, despite some Clarksonesque hyperbolic prose I did enjoy it.
And oooh Leary Constantine

[Geoff Hillier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Drop dead Funny

An enjoyable read though I don't know
the rules of cricket
very well, I started to learn them with Google My favorite book by Harry is Achtung Schweinehund

[Newfad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this well written trip around some of the Norths obscure cricketing arenas. Harry gives a very well observed account of his travels to the highly competitive matches often between local rivals, regaling us with anecdotes, history, locally baked produce and the compelling characters hes met along the way. Its grim up North but we know and love it. Thanks Harry.