Lives in Cricket No 36 - WE Astill

Contents Preface 5 Chapter One Boyhood 8 Chapter Two The Prodigy 21 Chapter Three The Bowler 31 Chapter Four Next Year, Sometime, Never 44 Chapter Five The New Man 54 Chapter Six The Batsman and Fielder 60 Chapter Seven The First ‘Doubles’ 68 Chapter Eight The All-Round Sportsman 85 Chapter Nine The Tourist 91 Chapter Ten The Tour of India 102 Chapter Eleven The Test Player 115 Chapter Twelve The Last ‘Double’ and the Gentle Decline 130 Chapter Thirteen The Captain 140 Chapter Fourteen The Coach 154 Chapter Fifteen: His Place in Leicestershire’s Annals 167 Acknowledgements 171 Bibliography 173 Appendix A A Radio Interview 175 Appendix B Some Statistics 178 Index 184 3