REVIEW QUOTES
The story of Bob Appleyard is about much more than cricket; it is about life and faith and fortitude. A remarkable book about a singular man.
Bill Bridge, Yorkshire Post
The absorbing story of England’s forgotten star of the 1954-55 Australian tour when he headed the bowling averages. That was the peak of a brief but quite remarkable career, indeed of a remarkable life marked by almost Dickensian tragedy and hardship. This is my choice as Wisden’s Book of the Year.
Barry Norman, Wisden Almanack 2004
This superb book goes a long way to giving the reader a clearer picture of the man as he is rather than just the superb bowler that he was. … No Coward Soul. How those words of Emily Bronte so forcibly describe Bob Appleyard’s career.
Bryan Stott, The Yorker
The best cricket book to appear for a very long time. In its way it’s as good as C.L.R. James’ Beyond A Boundary in relating cricket to everyday life in general in a cricket mad area at a certain point of history, as well as relating one man’s personal battle against the outrageous slings and arrows that were thrown his way.
Norman Rogers, The Cricket Statistician