Lives in Cricket No 39 - Alec Watson

95 Bibliography The main newspapers, periodicals and annuals consulted included: Athletic Journal Coatbridge Express Coatbridge Leader Cricket The Cricket Field James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual Manchester Evening News The [Manchester] Guardian Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack The following were the main secondary sources studied and are sometimes quoted in the text: Brian Bearshaw, From the Stretford End , Partridge Press, 1990 David Buchanan and W.H. Pridmore, Rugby Cricket Club , Rugby Advertiser, 1928 James D. Coldham, Lord Harris , Allen & Unwin, 1983 Thomas M. Devine, The Scottish Nation (ed 2), Penguin Books, 2006 William Hamilton, Portrait of a Cricket Club , Drumpellier CC, 1950 George (Lord) Harris, A Few Short Runs, John Murray, 1921 Arthur Haygarth, Scores and Biographies , various publishers, 1862 onwards Gerald Hodcroft, My Own Red Roses , 1984 John Major, More than a Game , Harper Collins, 2007 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Wisden Book of County Cricket , Queen Anne Press, 1981 John Thompson, Drumpellier Cricket Club , Baird & Hamilton, 1908 Peter Wynne-Thomas, The History of Lancashire County Cricket Club , Christopher Helm, 1989 Peter Wynne-Thomas, The History of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club , Christopher Helm, 1992 Other, lesser, sources are noted in the text. Also consulted were: www.cricketarchive.com www.irishroots.ie