Spin Me A Spinner by Richie Benaud

Spin Me A Spinner

Behind the Scenes in the 1962/63 Test Series

by Richie Benaud

Hodder and Stoughton, 1963, [First Edition], black and white photographic plates, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners gift inscription on half title page, age toned pages, some foxing (see photographs)

“He is easily the most successful of modern spin bowlers, a brilliant middle order batsman, and preeminent among gully fieldsmen.  He is also Australia’s match-winning captain, and an imaginative, attacking leader.
But Benaud is more than just a successful cricketer.  He is a fully trained and qualified journalist, who has sought to climb the ladder in his profession via the tough everyday reporting school in his hometown of Sydney, and not through the back door, trading on his name.   Benaud is not ghostly figure, either on the field or off it.  He is as large as life, as his first book, Richie Benaud’s Way of Cricket, reveals – a book in the true spirit of the game, devoid of modern sensationalism and axe-grinding.”