Lives in Cricket No 16 - Joe Hardstaff

Contents Foreword 5 Introduction 7 Chapter One Early Days, 1911-1928 8 Chapter Two Groundstaff to First Eleven, 1928-1930 13 Chapter Three Making His Way, 1931-1934 21 Chapter Four Nottinghamshire and England, 1934-1935 27 Chapter Five With MCC to Australia and New Zealand, 1935/36 38 Chapter Six Towards a Regular England Place, 1936 44 Chapter Seven Australian Test Tour, 1936/37 53 Chapter Eight Regular England Player, 1937-1939 63 Chapter Nine Second World War, 1939-1945 83 Chapter Ten Post-War Years, 1946-1948 87 Chapter Eleven County Cricketer, 1949-1955 107 Chapter Twelve Latter Days, 1956-1990 117 Acknowledgements 124 Bibliography 126 Appendix Career Statistics 130 Index 134 3