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Test Match Special - 50 Not Out

Test Match Special - 50 Not Out

The Official History of a National Sporting Treasure

by Peter Baxter
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/05/2007

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In 1957 a whole day's play of a Test Match was broadcast on BBC Radio for the first time with the slogan 'Don't miss a ball, we broadcast them all'.This book celebrates 50 years of Test Match Special with anecdotes, stories, reminiscences and champagne moments of five decades of cricket commentary. Sprinkled throughout are 'My First TMS match' articles by top-class writers and commentators such as Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Henry Blofeld, Bill Frindall, Simon Mann, Vic Marks, Mike Selvey and Angus Fraser.Edited by Peter Baxter, the organising brain behind TMS and the producer for 29 years, this is a comprehensive and celebratory account of this most respected and prestigious brand in cricket.
ISBN:
9780563539063
9780563539063
Category:
Cricket
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-05-2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
224
Dimensions (mm):
1x1x1mm
Weight:
1.01kg
Peter Baxter

Peter Baxter completed a full tour of operations as a flight engineer with Royal Air Force Bomber Command during the Second World War. Subsequently he took up Engineer Leader duties with a newly formed squadron, completing further operations over Germany.

After the war Peter married Joan and he worked for the family firm in Birmingham as the warehouse manager until his retirement. Peter and Joan had two sons, Andrew and Michael, who wrote the foreword to this book.

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