Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket, credited to Richard Gorton Barlow, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket by Richard Gorton Barlow. Read in English by Phil Benson R. G. "Dick" Barlow was one of the most accomplished all-round cricketers of the late 19th Century. For many years he opened the batting with A. N. Hornby for Lancashire and England, often acting as a "stonewaller" who "carried his bat through the innings" while his teammates hit out for runs. He also excelled with the ball and delights in telling his readers how he dismissed his contemporary W. G. Grace more often than most. Barlow's 40 years in club, county, and test cricket are recounted with an attention to detail befitting a first class cricketer and umpire. Listeners who prefer their sports autobiographies to be more anecdotal than statistical might do well to start with the three chapters on Barlow's Australian tours with the England cricket team. Francis Thompson's 'At Lords' - a nostalgic tribute to Barlow and Hornby from a Manchester poet - is added as a coda to the book. (Summary by Phil Benson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket
• Author credits: Richard Gorton Barlow
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 7:06:49

Catalogue topics

• Lancashire
• cricket

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 3:25
2. 01 - My Autobiography — 18:48
3. 02 - My Autobiography continued — 36:32
4. 03 - My Autobiography continued — 23:07
5. 04 - My Autobiography continued — 34:41
6. 05 - My Autobiography concluded — 19:42
7. 06 - Umpiring Stories — 10:52
8. 07 - Personal Anecdotes — 37:35
9. 08 - Some Cricketing Curiosities — 5:41
10. 09 - The Author's Opinions on some Cricketers he has Met during the Last 40 Years — 19:34
11. 10 - The Author's Opinions on some Cricketers he has Met during the Last 40 Years continued — 22:34
12. 11 - Miscellaneous Opinions and Incidents — 28:44
13. 12 - Miscellaneous Opinions and Incidents continued — 33:23
14. 13 - My Three Australian Cricket Tours — 23:40
15. 14 - Second Tour — 27:14
16. 15 - Third Tour — 31:19
17. 16 - Hints to Umpires — 10:20
18. 17 - Captainship — 4:59
19. 18 - Hints to Young Cricketers — 26:46
20. 19 - Conclusion — 2:02
21. 20 - Cricket Miscellany — 4:44
22. 21 - At Lords by Francis Thompson — 1:07

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