Wodehouse At The Wicket: A Cricketing Anthology - Tapa dura

From his days at Dulwich, Wodehouse was a devoted cricketer, and cricket dominates his early writings: Jeeves himself was named after the Warwickshire all-rounder who, like Wodehouse, played at Lords. This delightful anthology of the best of Wodehouse's cricket writings extracts from novels and short stories, humourous pieces and poems -has been compiled by Murray Hedgecock, a Wodehouse admirer and life-long cricket fan, who also provides an introduction with much new information about Wodehouse's own cricket career.

Wodehouse was a devoted cricketer, and cricket dominates his early writings. This is an anthology of the best of Wodehouse's cricket writings, in the form of extracts from stories, humorous pieces and poems. The introduction provides information on the author's own cricket career.