EAST RIDING CRICKET SOCIETY

In 1877 James Douglas Logan , the 19-year-old son of a Borders railwayman, left Scotland for a new life in Australia. En route he landed in Cape Town - and there he stayed. In little more than a decade the entrepreneurial L ogan - like his friend and ally Ce cil Rhodes - amassed a huge fortune via the diamond fields and railways of his adopted country. But how could he achieve the social elevation he craved? The answer lay in the British Empire's favourite sport – cricket. In Empire, War & Cricket in South Africa , profu se ly illustrated wi th rare and unpublished photographs and documents , Dean Allen uncovers Logan's fascinating rags-to-riches story . Although hopeless at cricket , Logan played a vital role in developing the sport in South Africa, sponsori ng teams primarily as a means of personal advancement. Using Lord Hawke as his agent, he arranged some of the earliest international matches between England and South Africa - once having the c aptain and

Cricket, Nazis and Sid Waddell! Quite a combination! Don't miss award-winning novelist, journalist and author Dan Waddell tell the remarkable tale of Felix Menzel, Maurice Jewell and the 1937 English cricket tour of Hitler's Germany ( more ...) An exiled Yorkshireman, born in Pudsey, Dan's other cricket books include The Test Match Special Quiz Book and The Wit and Wisdom of Test Match Special . And in his memoir We Had Some Laughs:My Dad, the Darts and Me , recently longlisted for the world's richest sports book prize, the William Hill Sports Book of the Year , Dan describes growing up with his father Sid, TV's inimitable 'voice of darts'. Meet Dan Waddell and bag a signed copy - all titles available to buy on the night. Shop early for Xmas! Watch Dan here . Read more here . Coming up ... Dean Allen, YCCC 1st XI stars , John Abrahams, Angus Fraser , John Holder All welcome! Just £15 a year - join at any meeting / £5 - on door