Lives in Cricket No 36 - WE Astill

172 Acknowledgements Ray Greenall as editors have given the book their careful scrutiny while, perhaps reluctantly, indulging my idiosyncrasies. Peter Watson-Boone gave the penultimate draft the piercing scrutiny of his aquiline eye. My thanks, too, to Kit Bartlett and Gerald Hudd for their expert proofreading. A.R.L.