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Herbert Farjeon
Mon, August 14 2017
Umpiring conundrums in cricket 10: How long can you run?
The Therecombe opening batsman waited as Little Smith ran in. Unfortunately, the wait was longer than he had anticipated, for little Smith was doing something the spectators had never seen before...
Fri, August 11 2017
Umpiring conundrums in cricket 9: Caught in afterlife?
Of all incidents (real or otherwise) mentioned in the series, this is almost certainly going to be the darkest. Thankfully, the situation is fictitious — though the brilliance of Herbert Farjeon has infused life into it with remarkable ease.
Thu, April 20 2017
J Jefferson Farjeon and his foreword for Herbert Farjeon’s Cricket Bag
J Jefferson Farjeon was one of the most prolific and underrated mystery writers of the golden age of detective fiction, who frequently dipped his pen in cricket while writing about murder and mayhem.