Wed 21 Oct, 5.15pm - David Frith Cricket Lecture - Press Release
An acclaimed Ashes historian will deliver the inaugural lecture at the University of Huddersfield's Cricket Research Centre.
David Frith, who has written numerous books on cricket history, will be talking about Yorkshire cricket and cricketers over the decades.
His books include Bodyline Autopsy, The Fast Men and Caught England, Bowled Australia, and he has also produced cricket videos and hosted cricket film evenings at the
National Film Theatre in London.
His Huddersfield lecture will be entitled, 'Yorkshire Cricketers I Have Known: From Wilfred Rhodes to Fred Trueman'.
'It's a massive coup to get David to come to Huddersfield,' said Centre coordinator Dr Peter Davies.
'He is an acknowledged authority on cricket history and we are looking forward very much to welcoming him to Yorkshire.'
Frith is based in Guildford, Surrey, and has also lived and worked in Australia. He was the founding editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly in 1979 and is a regular contributor to its successor, The Wisden Cricketer.
Dr Davies explained: 'We have some big names lined up for our quarterly guest lectures and David is a major figure in cricket history circles.'
The Cricket Research Centre was established this year by Dr Davies and colleagues at the University of Huddersfield.
It holds monthly seminars and an annual conference in addition to the quarterly guest lectures.
Dr Davies and colleagues Dr Rob Light, Duncan Stone and Dennis O'Keefe have all published on cricket history.
Contact Dr Davies on 01484 472405 or via p.j.davies@hud.ac.uk. The Centre's website is at http://www2.hud.ac.uk/mhm/history/research/cricket.
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