Lives in Cricket No 3 - George Duckworth

Contents Chapter One: The Background 4 Family 4 Childhood 7 Youth 10 Environment 15 Chapter Two: The Cricket 22 For Lancashire ... 22 ... and England 34 ... as wicket-keeper 43 Chapter Three: The Legacy 47 His life around and after cricket 47 His character 61 His heritage 68 Acknowledgements 72 Bibliography 73 Appendix Some Statistics 74