Lives in Cricket No 15 - Michael Falcon

Contents Foreword 5 Introduction: East Anglia and Cricket 7 Chapter One: Early Life in Norfolk, and Harrow 10 Chapter Two: Varsity Days 17 Chapter Three: Taking Over the Reins at Norfolk: 1911-1914 25 Chapter Four: At Westminster 43 Chapter Five: At His Peak: 1919-1929 56 Chapter Six: Elder Statesman: 1930-1939 82 Chapter Seven: Second World War and Beyond 101 Chapter Eight: Life After Big-Time Cricket 108 Chapter Nine: A Test Cricketer? 115 Chapter Ten: Michael Falcon’s Legacy 123 Acknowledgements 131 Bibliography 133 Appendix: Some Statistics 137 Index 144 3