The Great Ones & Other Writings

Introduction byHarry Edgar
PublisherScratching Shed Publishing Ltd
First Published byPelham Books Ltd., County Press
Afterword byTony Waring
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
This Edition Published2010
Pages / Font317 pages / Warnock Pro Semi Bold and Palatino
ISBN 13978-0956478726
ChaptersThe Great Ones (First published in 1969) Original Frontispiece 1. Harold Wagstaff & Billy Batten 2. Gus Risman & Bev 3. Lionel Cooper 4. Alex Murphy & Jonty Parkin 5. Lewis Jones 6. Eric Ashton 7. Victor Hey & Other Stand-Off Halves 8. Neil Fox & Ernest Ward 9. Jim Sullivan 10. Tom van Vollenhoven & Eric Harris 11. Mick Sullivan & Allan Edwards 12. Billy Boston & Brian Bevan 13. Allan Prescott & Arthur Clues 14. Joe Egan 15. Vinty Karalius, Derek Turner & John Whiteley 16. Final Words England To Australia And New Zealand (First published in 1947) Original foreword by John Wilson Out Of The Wilderness Chapters I to XVII Records of Tours Assorted Journalism by Eddie Waring (1948 and 1974) London Or The North? Victory For The North! Now Or Never! "Land Of My Father's" Disappoints A Roar Or A Whisper The Trials Of A Television Commentator Afterword by Tony Waring
NotesAn anthology compiled by Harry Edgar of Eddie Waring's 1969 book "The Great Ones, the 1946 tour diary of the "Indomitables" Great Britain Rugby League side which toured Australia & New Zealand, and some writings originally published in the Rugby League Review and the John Player Rugby League Handbook 1973-4. Eddie Waring was recognized as the voice of Rugby League for over a quarter of a century as the chief commentator on BBC TV.
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