Cricket Crisis by J. D. McGlew

Cricket Crisis (1965 Tour Account by the Former Springbok Captain)

A Springbok Captain's Account of the 1964-65 M.C.C. Tour of South Africa, with an Introduction by Denis Compton

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Cricket Crisis: The M.C.C. visit to Southern Africa 1964-5
• Author: J. D. McGlew
• Editor: Introduction by Denis Compton
• Publisher: Howard Timmins, Cape Town
• Publication Date: 1965
• ISBN: None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)
• Binding: Publisher's green cloth boards with a lighter green cloth spine, issued in a photographic dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Octavo (8vo) hardcover, with photographic plates.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: The green cloth boards are clean and bright, with a lighter green cloth spine. The spine is blank, with a tiny gilt mark at the lower tip. Corners and edges are sound, with no visible damage.
• Interior: The text pages are toned cream, with no foxing or markings seen. The photographic plates are present. The page edges are tanned. The binding is tight.
• The Dust Jacket: Present, in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The green photographic jacket with orange lettering shows rubbing, scuffing and surface wear, most noticeably on the back panel. There are small nicks and short tears at the top edges and corners, edge wear at the spine head and some chipping at the head of the spine. The back flap carries the author biography.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in Cape Town in 1965 by Howard Timmins, Cricket Crisis: The M.C.C. Visit to Southern Africa 1964-5 is an account of the England tour of South Africa in the 1964-65 season. It is written by J. D. McGlew, a former South African Test captain, and carries an introduction by Denis Compton.

The book covers the Test matches, the players and the atmosphere surrounding the series, and is illustrated with photographic plates. It is a first-hand view from a man who had led his country on the field and then followed the game as a correspondent.

For collectors of cricket literature and South African sporting history, it is a useful record of a single tour, and it sits well alongside McGlew's other tour book, Six for Glory.

Author Profile: Jackie McGlew

Derrick John "Jackie" McGlew (1929-1998) played cricket for Natal and South Africa and captained his country in Tests. His first-class career spanned twenty seasons, and he averaged 42.06 in 34 Tests.

After retiring from play he worked as a cricket correspondent and wrote tour books, among them Cricket Crisis on the 1964-65 series against England and Six for Glory on the 1966-67 series against Australia. His earlier autobiography, Cricket for South Africa, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1961.

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