Headingley Ghosts

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"They shared three common threads - Yorkshire, cricket and tragedy…" Compiled by cricket writer Mick Pope, Headingley Ghosts is a dark collection of over 60 Yorkshire cricket tragedies, spanning more than 180 years of the game in the county. From the early Sheffield pioneers of the 1820s to the modern tragedy of David Bairstow, thisimmaculately researched and haunting book tells of what became of these ill-fated Yorkshire cricketers beyond the boundary. His sixth book, Mick Pope's Headingley Ghosts was nominated for The Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2014.