Lives in Cricket No 14 - Jack Bond

access to the County’s minute books and other archive material, including a book of cuttings on Jack Bond. I am grateful also to my friend John Gallimore for an extended loan of a run of Wisdens that I borrowed ‘for a few days’. My principal source of statistics has been cricketarchive.com Many photographs and other illustrations come from Jack Bond’s family album. A number of others have been kindly supplied by the Press Association and by Keith Hayhurst from his private collection. The County Club, through the good offices of Malcolm Lorimer and Ken Grime, have also been helpful in making other photographs available. The picture of the Methodist Church at Walkden, where Jack and Florence worship, was specially taken by Ian Lord. Especial thanks must go to my friend Stephen Chalke for kindly offering to read an early draft of the text. I have striven to incorporate many of his invaluable suggestions for improvement. I stand in awe of David Jeater, as helpful an editor as any author could hope to find, for his eagle eye and his mastery of punctuation. Philip Bailey has, as ever, provided timely statistical advice. I knew I could relax when I heard that Chris Overson and Gerald Hudd had been assigned the task of proofreading. I am yet another ACS author grateful to Peter Griffiths for his unfailing attention to detail in preparing the text for printing and for ensuring that ACS standards are maintained. To Zahra Ridge, a more recent recruit to the ACS publishing team, my thanks for a cover design that must help the book to commend itself to Lancashire supporters. Acknowledgements and Bibliography 137