Books by Alan Hill

Winner of the Cricket Society Literary Award, this vivid biography charts the life of one of the all-time cricketing greats.

Brian Close was the wonder boy of English cricket. Alan Hill has talked to Close himself, his friends and family, colleagues and critics in the creation of this account of this most controversial personality in English cricket's recent history.

Bill Edrich was regarded as one of the exciting cricket discoveries of his generation. Playing for Middlesex at county level, Edrich surged onto the England scene in 1938 when he scored 1,000 runs. This book relates the story behind this achievement and distils the measure of Edrich's courage as a cricketer.