Thoughts of Trueman Now
Book Review from 2009
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Eric and Ernie were both loved cricket and it is no surprise that they lent their support to cricket books, especially if they were associated to the Lord’s Taverners. This was a charity set up to help promote cricket among young people. Eric was the president from 1977 to 1979.
This book contains Eric only though.
He opens the book with a typical forward. He even manages to mention Des O’Connor!
In the forward Fred Trueman says “On the following pages I have exposed my thoughts as I see cricket now in 1978” This he does under chapters headed:
Bowling and all that.
A sideways-on look at the activities on the field of play, and those players best able to perform them.
At the Grass Roots.
Thoughts on the least publicised activities in the game of cricket
The Game off the Field.
The order and disorder of things in the world of cricket’s administrators, including a look at the structure.
The County Scene.
Brief reminiscences of a lifetime spent in county cricket.
Test Cricket and Touring.
A glimpse of the fantasy world of thousands experienced by the privileged few.
Final Toughts.
In each chapter, Fred talks about his thoughts and views on each subject. This is accompanied with caricatures of Eric , Fred and others. Eric offers his own comical thoughts as a retort to Fred’s.
The book is one of many that Morecambe and Wise did in the late Seventies. It really is a Fred Trueman book with extra bits by Eric.
It is one for either Morecambe and Wise collectors or cricket fans as I’m sure some of the thoughts of Trueman may intrigue.
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