Lives in Cricket No 32 - Eric Rowan

Contents Foreword by John Watkins 4 Introduction 6 Chapter One Growing Up 8 Chapter Two England 1935 15 Chapter Three Australian Summer 25 Chapter Four Restoration 34 Chapter Five Lost Years 42 Chapter Six The ‘V’ Sign 49 Chapter Seven Australian Challenge 57 Chapter Eight Triumph and Controversy 67 Chapter Nine Consequences 77 Chapter Ten The Last Hurrah 87 Chapter Eleven A Life Beyond Play 93 Acknowledgements 102 Bibliography 103 Appendix Career Statistics 104 Index 107 3