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Steve Neal

@thesteveneal.bsky.social

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Books. Cricket. Sometimes even books about cricket. Biographer of Albert Trott. ‘Over and Out - the man who cleared the Lord’s pavilion.’

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Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · 6d

Just finished and enjoyed biography of 1930s England and Northants opener Fred Bakewell Among the Bright Colours by Mick Pope. Interesting character - no bitterness about his truncated career. Well worth a read
@acscricket.bsky.social

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Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Aug 21

Surely this is a crop circle?

Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Apr 23

Makes you wonder about the quality of the soil…

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Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Feb 19

Good shot of some of the older stands at Lord's.

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · Feb 19

Lord's pictured on August 27th 1921 during the Championship decider between Middlesex and Surrey. As was the case 12 months earlier, Middlesex won and so secured the title, although they had to score 322 for 4 to do so after conceding a first-innings deficit of 137 #cricket

Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Jan 29

I remember it well. Smart thinking by Wes as he triumphantly clasped ball to uprooted stump.

Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Dec 17

Thank you for posting the image - Lucy Risdale was clearly an influential figure.

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Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Dec 17

Stanley Baldwin's love of cricket is covered in
@stephenbrenkley.bsky.social A Striking Summer How Cricket United a Divided Nation which I am currently enjoying

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · Dec 14

Last day researching @theulspeccoll.bsky.social today and found this fab 1885 photo of women cricketers inc Lucy Ridsdale, later Mrs Stanley Baldwin 🗃️

Black and white photo of group of 12 women in large mostly white dresses and hats, some holding cricket bats

Close up of one young woman with dark hair, a striped blouse, white skirt and boater hat, sitting

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Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Nov 27

⚽ You'll go far

Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · Nov 27

⚽ khephren thuram is a great player
⚽ also a nice lad
⚽ talked about the new juve under motta
⚽ bit on his dad, athletes and social change
⚽ some reflections on the incipient joy of football that doesn't really fit the bulletpoint format
⚽ am i doing this right

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Khéphren Thuram on father Lilian: ‘It’s a beautiful thing – listening to him makes me grow’

The Juventus midfielder talks to Jonathan Liew about his father’s activism, what Thierry Henry always told him and how Douglas Luiz views the challenge of facing Aston Villa

www.theguardian.com

Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Nov 25

It's mainly about Hobbs, the yardstick by which to measure Root's achievements. @thecricketer.bsky.social

Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Nov 25

Just down the road from me. Obligatory tractor in the background.

Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Nov 25

Joe Root :England's best since Hobbs. Nice article by Tim Wigmore in the latest edition of The Cricketer.

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Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Nov 13

The answer was Richard Hadlee.

Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · Nov 13

Graham Gooch was at his best yesterday in Bath at the West of England Cricket Society."Name me one player who batted better wearing a helmet? There is only one!"

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