Allahakbarries
Allahakbarries was an amateur
Barrie wrote a 40-page book on his team, Allahakbarries C.C., which was published privately in 1890 and in a revised version in 1899. It was reprinted in 1950 with a foreword by
Barrie's enthusiasm for the game eclipsed his talent for it; asked to describe his bowling, he replied that after delivering the ball he would go and sit on the turf at mid-off and wait for it to reach the other end which "it sometimes did". The team played for the love of the game, rather than the results it achieved, and Barrie was generous in his praise for his teammates and opposition alike. He praised one teammate's performance by observing that "You scored a good single in the first innings but were not so successful in the second" while he lauded the opposition's effort by pointing out how "You ran up a fine total of 14, and very nearly won". He instructed Bernard Partridge, an illustrator from
Peter Pan's First XI: The Extraordinary Story of J. M. Barrie's Cricket Team, written by Kevin Telfer, was published in 2011.[6][7]
References
- ^ Tim Masters (7 May 2010). "How Peter Pan's author invented celebrity cricket". BBC News. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ Chaney, Lisa, Hide-and-Seek with Angels - A Life of J. M. Barrie (London: Arrow Books, 2005)
- ^ Wodehouse: A Life
- ^ J.M. Barrie's Allahakbarries C.C., 1899. James Barrie Publishers. 1950.
- ISBN 0-00-218193-2.
- .
- ^ "Kevin Telfer - Author & Journalist". Retrieved 11 March 2013.
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