Gerald Brodribb
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Arthur Gerald Norcott Brodribb (21 May 1915 – died 7 October 1999) was a cricket
historian and archaeologist.
Born in St Leonards-on-Sea
, Brodribb graduated from Oxford, where his tutor had been C.S. Lewis, and became a schoolmaster. From 1956 to 1968, he owned and ran Hydneye House, a prep school in East Sussex
.
Brodribb was a descendent of the Victorian actor Sir Henry Irving and a founder member of the Cricket Society
. His best known work in cricket is Next Man In which "took cricket's Laws, and re-examined them all with an eye to their quirks, oddities and exceptions". Among his other famous works are Hit for Six, a compendium of the big-hitters in cricket, and The Croucher, a biography of the early twentieth century cricketer Gilbert Jessop
.
Later in his career, he took an interest in archaeology and was awarded a doctorate in 1985 for his thesis on Roman building materials. His 'Roman brick and tile' is an important work on the subject. He took a particular interest in the Classis Britannica
iron-working site at Beauport Park
.
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Arthur Gerald Norcott Brodribb (21 May 1915 – died 7 October 1999) was a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
historian and archaeologist.
Born in St Leonards-on-Sea
St Leonards-on-Sea
St Leonards-on-Sea is part of Hastings, East Sussex, England, lying immediately to the west of the centre. The original part of the settlement was laid out in the early 19th century as a new town: a place of elegant houses designed for the well-off; it also included a central public garden, a...
, Brodribb graduated from Oxford, where his tutor had been C.S. Lewis, and became a schoolmaster. From 1956 to 1968, he owned and ran Hydneye House, a prep school in East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
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Brodribb was a descendent of the Victorian actor Sir Henry Irving and a founder member of the Cricket Society
The Cricket Society
The Cricket Society is a charitable organisation founded in 1945 as the Society of Cricket Statisticians at Great Scotland Yard, London. It has grown steadily to be the largest body of its kind in the cricket world...
. His best known work in cricket is Next Man In which "took cricket's Laws, and re-examined them all with an eye to their quirks, oddities and exceptions". Among his other famous works are Hit for Six, a compendium of the big-hitters in cricket, and The Croucher, a biography of the early twentieth century cricketer Gilbert Jessop
Gilbert Jessop
Gilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known, he was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898.Relations...
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Later in his career, he took an interest in archaeology and was awarded a doctorate in 1985 for his thesis on Roman building materials. His 'Roman brick and tile' is an important work on the subject. He took a particular interest in the Classis Britannica
Classis Britannica
The Classis Britannica was a provincial naval fleet of the navy of ancient Rome. Its purpose was to control the English Channel and the waters around the Roman province of Britannia...
iron-working site at Beauport Park
Beauport Park
Beauport Park is a house near Hastings, East Sussex, England. It is located at the western end of the ridge of hills sheltering Hastings from the north and east.-Early history:...
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Major works on cricket
- English Game (anthology) (1948)
- Cricket in Fiction (1950)
- All Round the Wicket
- Next Man In (1952)
- The Book of Cricket Verse (1953)
- A Yankee Looks at Cricket
- Hit for Six (1960)
- The Art of Nicholas Felix
- Cricket at Hastings (1989)
- The Lost Art: A History of Under-arm Bowling (1997)
Biographies
- Felix on the BatNicholas WanostrochtNicholas "Felix" Wanostrocht was a noted English amateur cricketer....
- The CroucherGilbert JessopGilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known, he was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898.Relations...
(1974) - Maurice TateMaurice TateMaurice William Tate was a Sussex and England cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period...