Author:Bill Frindall
What is the highest number of runs a player has scored in Test matches without ever being dismissed?
Did P. G. Wodehouse name Bertie Wooster's valet, Jeeves, after a county cricketer?
Why is Ashley Giles known as the 'King of Spain'?
Who scored the 1,000th century in Test cricket?
No one knew and loved, cricket quite like Bill Frindall - his passion and his encyclopaedic knowledge of the game was evident as soon as he took over scoring for Test Match Special in 1966, a post he held until his death in 2009. In 2001, he began offering his cricket expertise through a column on the Test Match Special website, 'Ask Bearders'. Fans would write in with the most difficult and arcane questions possible, hoping to 'Stump the Bearded Wonder'. They never did.
Ask Bearders collects the best of the Q & As from Bill's popular column, offering cricket fans a one-stop compendium of the most challenging bits of history and statistics the game has to offer. It is a unique testament to the perfection Bill sought in his study of the game, and an essential book for any serious cricket fan
The doyen of cricket scorers
—— Angus Fraser , The IndependentThere are other very competent practitioners of the essential art of cricket scoring, but [Bill] was indubitably the most illustrious, indefatigable and industrious of them all
—— Christopher Martin Jenkins , The TimesSuperb ... a fantastic drama. The Grand Slam match was part of a political world ... This is what gave the occasion its power, its glory and its ultimate significance
—— The HeraldGripping ... Tom English has interviewed all the main protagonists to produce a richly textured picture of the build-up, the day itself and the aftermath
—— Independent5 stars. An epic tale of clashing personalities. The Grudge puts you right on the touchline as the English and Scottish teams go to war.
—— Simon Briggs , Daily TelegraphEnglish has written a marvellous book, in its way as gripping as that season and the match itself
—— Scottish Review of BooksA potentially award-winning book. It's a terrific bit of work, as engaging as the day itself was.
—— Mick Cleary , Daily TelegraphA remarkable and compulsive re-enactment over 235 pages of the day Scotland confounded all expectation to win
—— Paul AckfordA priceless read ... quite outstanding
—— Robert Kitson , The GuardianIf you haven't bought Tom English's book about the 1990 match - The Grudge - then do yourself a favour and get it now. It's terrific
—— Alex Massie , SpectatorTom English's excellent book, The Grudge, revisits an occasion when sport and politics and ancient rivalry came together
—— Chris Foy , Daily MailTrue tales: great stuff
—— Frank Keating , The GuardianShudderingly good ... English has a rare talent for getting to the core of a person
—— Rugby WorldThatcherite politics and rugby come crashing into contact in this rich and textured account
—— iThe perfect present for any rugby fan. It shows the goldfish-bowl aspect to life as a modern-day sporting legend and gives an insight into what it's like on the inside looking out
—— Irish IndependentWhether you are a rugby fan or not, this book is likely to please... This honest autobiography will provide an intriguing read for the Christmas period
—— South Tipp TodayCompelling reading
—— Richard Fitzpatrick , Irish Examiner
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