Lives in Cricket No 24 - Edgar Willsher

Contents Foreword 5 Chapter One Origins 7 Chapter Two Moving On 12 Chapter Three The Big Time 15 Chapter Four Methods 18 Chapter Five With the All-England Eleven 24 Chapter Six At Enville Hall 27 Chapter Seven Willsher’s Hand is Very High 34 Chapter Eight Incident at The Oval 39 Chapter Nine Overarm at Last 45 Chapter Ten Captain of England 53 Chapter Eleven Cricket on the Brain 69 Chapter Twelve Winding Down 84 Chapter Thirteen Epitaph 92 Acknowledgements 99 Bibliography 100 Appendix Career Statistics 102 Index 106 3