Cricket's Rich Heritage by Jonty Winch

Cricket's Rich Heritage (Signed by the Author, in Dust Jacket)

A Photographically Rich History of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Cricket from 1890 to 1982, Signed by Its Author

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Cricket's Rich Heritage: A History of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Cricket 1890-1982
• Author: Jonty Winch
• Publisher: Books of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo
• Publication Date: 1983
• ISBN-10: 0869202561
• Edition Details: 1983 Books of Zimbabwe edition, Bulawayo. Signed by the author, Jonty Winch, on the title page.
• Binding: Publisher's dark green cloth with pale lettering to the front board, in a printed dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large quarto-format hardcover. Illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, including team photographs and portraits, and with tables of scores.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The dark green cloth boards carry the title and author in light lettering and are clean and square. The spine is straight with no lean.
• Interior: The pages are clean and bright, with no foxing or markings in the sections examined. The binding is tight. The back pastedown is clean and unmarked.
• Provenance: Signed in ink by the author, Jonty Winch, on the title page below the subtitle. No bookplates, stamps or other ownership marks.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The printed jacket has a green back and a cream front with a black-and-white cricket photograph. It is clean and fairly bright, with slight rubbing, a small tear or chip at the foot of the back panel and slight toning at the spine edges. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Cricket's Rich Heritage, published in Bulawayo in 1983, traces the history of cricket in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1890 to 1982. It follows the provincial and national sides season by season, with scores, players and a generous selection of photographs.

The book is a standard reference on its subject and has been cited in academic writing on Zimbabwean cricket, including in the Journal of Southern African Studies. For collectors of Africana and sporting history it records a game that was central to the social life of the region across nearly a century.

This copy is signed by the author on the title page and retains its original printed dust jacket.

Author Profile: Jonty Winch

Jonty Winch studied at De Montfort University and the University of Stellenbosch, and holds an MA with distinction and a PhD. He has worked in photography, journalism and education, and has written six books on southern African sporting history.

His other works include Cricket & Conquest (as co-author), Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971 (as co-editor, 2018), Cricket in Southern Africa: Two Hundred Years of Records and Achievements (2003) and, with Richard Parry, Too Black to Wear Whites (2021).

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