Over And Out

Albert Trott: The Man Who Cleared the Lord's Pavilion

Steve Neal

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785312878
• Year: 2017

Over and Out is the remarkable story of a neglected cricket hero. Good enough to play for Australia and England, Albert Trott cleared the Lord's pavilion with one huge hit. Over and Out celebrates his triumphs, from fame to broke and broken, from Melbourne to Middlesex. It is time for him to take up his rightful place in the history of the game.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Clearing the Great Pavilion – 31 July 1899
• How sweet it is to be free
• ‘He is an Australian and must therefore have a sport’
• A box called George Giffen, some warm moments and the arrival of Mr Stoddart’s XI
• Enter the outsider
• Decisive encounter
• The Prince of Jolimont and the reasons why
• ‘Oh yes, I am satisfied’
• Hard as nails
• ‘It’s a funny thing’
• ‘We know more about his tricks’
• The unknown devil
• ‘All he’s got to do is to keep his head’
• ‘How weak people are given strength and made into physical giants’
• His last bow
• Scenes from a life
• And when they are in their cups, they forget their love both to friends and brethren
• The great cricketer
• Selected sources
• Index
• Photographs