The Oval - Test Match Cricket Since 1880 (Paperback)

THIS is the place where the first Test match on English soil took place and the Ashes were invented. win Tests against the Windies in the 1990s. (1930) and Don Bradman (1948). Test victory from the Australians in 1902. in 1880. Full scorecards and match reports for every game are brought alive by the words of those who played, watched and organised some of the greatest ever Tests. David Mortimer has talked to some of the many great players who played at The Oval - including Pat Pocock, Alec and Eric Bedser, Raman Subba Row - and begins his book with a history of this famous ground.