During the course of this romp through the playing fields of England's villages, we encounter and share the problems presented to Geoff, the team captain.
Horatio, a thirteen and a half stone Irish Wolfhound contributes to a notable defeat.
Elvis, the fast bowler, combining the effects of the two main influences on his life, Fred Trueman and Emmanuelle, succumbs to a magic potion concocted by the elders and alters history.
Two reviews:
"It is written with distinct style and comic sense, graphic enough to cause audible mirth"
Wisden Cricket Monthly.
"George Andrew has written a series of amusing pieces, rather as if a modern day Chaucer had turned his attention to Cricket"
The Cricketer International.