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David Woodhouse

@cricketknow.bsky.social
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Author of Who Only Cricket Know. Occasional musings on the history and literature of the game. who-only-cricket-know.uk

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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
With some irony, in a piece about the accuracy or otherwise of Cardus, I have made a slip in saying an essay in Good Days correctly noted Hendren was born in Brentford - Cardus had it right that it was Turnham Green (Patsy later played football for Brentford)
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good to see the repositioned statue of Byron unveiled in Hyde Park - thanks to he current Lord Byron, Astrid Traherne, the late Geoffrey Bond and everyone else involved in the project
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Cheltenham Festival, one of the richest perennials in cricket, richened further by a great book day organised by Stephen Chalke and Chris Coley
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Was in Salzburg for other reasons but took a detour to pass the Hotel Stein where Neville Cardus stayed when writing for the Manchester Guardian on the Festival, and to have an iced coffee in the Cafe Bazar where he breakfasted
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
My bit in this issue was on three of the famous praise songs in cricket literature
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
“By the time we reach the Ardoyne, / Greenidge has his century” - my bit in WCM this month looks at Old Trafford 76 through the prism of a poem
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A pleasure to talk to Max Bonnell last week at the @thecricketsociety.bsky.social MCC BOTY ceremony about his wonderful shortlisted book on leg spinner Charles “Father” Marriott - congrats to the winner @rwhitehead2.bsky.social and the four other shortlisted authors Marks, Wigmore, Wilde and Wilson
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
A day full of tension - even for the neutral - yesterday in what remains the best domestic red ball competition - despite all sabotage attempts
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Enjoying a re-read of Barclays World of Cricket for the next WCM column on 50 Books: here is an extract from Benny Green’s essay on ‘Some Cricket Eccentrics’
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Popped in last week to the free @senatehouselib.bsky.social exhibition In The Grip of Change: a great little collection of written and oral history paying tribute to Caribbean pioneers, including two familiar to all cricket lovers. Recommended for anyone at a loose end in London - closes 12 April
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David Woodhouse @cricketknow.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I’m currently trying to tell something of The Story of Cricket in 50 Books for Wisden Cricket Monthly and will occasionally post some supplementary material here @wisdencricket.bsky.social
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