W.G. Grace Ate My Pedalo

by Alan Tyers, Beach

Freddie Flintoff and W.G. Together at last! W.G. Grace Ate My Pedalo is a spoof 1896 periodical from The Wisden Cricketer archives that looks at cricketing events of 2010 through a Victorian lens. Funny, irreverent and lavishly illustrated, the book draws inspiration from the exuberant sporting papers of the Victorian era to lampoon England cricketers new and old. From Queen Victoria's views on women's cricket to Freddie Flintoff's heroic defiance of the Temperance Movement, no figure - historical or contemporary - is safe. A comedy cricket book of wit, intelligence and cheek that will appeal to cricket fans of all ages, be they members of the MCC or the Barmy Army.

Genres: Humor, Comedy

160 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2010

Reviews

[Sanjay · Rating 4 out of 5]

A laugh riot! The seemingly nonsensical "Duckworth-Lewis Cricketing Outcome Predictor Difference Engine" has actually become the WASP!!! Must read for all cricketing tragics.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ridiculous, witty, occasionally uproarious, often rather too close to the bone, these fake Wisdens satirise all sorts, but especially the blinkered British (English) Imperialist chauvinist of the late Victorian age and his foolish take on the world, people(s), cricket, Christianity etc. The typesetting, typefaces and illustrations do a great job of conjuring up the periodicals of yesteryear - and the text takes no prisoners in its crass re-imagining of a pretty self-satisfied epoch whose writing was on the wall even in 1896… an innings like that just couldn’t last.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful spoof compendium of cricket journalism from 1896, allegedly four quarterly editions of "The Wisden Cricketer". Uses humour to illustrate the casual snobbery, racism and misogyny endemic in those days.

[Yash Sakhuja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not so gentle commentaries on the gentleman's sport 💥A total blast of laughter.

[Nikhilesh Sinha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Suitably irreverent british humour, diverting, even ingenious in bits. On the whole though it was not inspired. A somewhat average score on a benign pitch.

[Dave · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a book with a single joke extended over far too many pages. The wit and creativity was exhausted on the title. Not funny, a waste of time and space.

[Bev]

Ordered from BD on 3 Feb - looks hilarious.