G. D. Martineau
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Gerald Durani Martineau was a prolific English
cricket
writer.
Martineau's notable works on cricket include Bat, ball, wicket and all, on the history of cricket implements; They Made Cricket (Museum Press, 1956); The valiant stumper, on the history of wicket-keeping
; and The field is full of shades. He contributed to E. W. Swanton
's World of Cricket and The Cricketer
.
Martineau was a captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment
and authored the History of the Royal Sussex Regiment (Moore & Tillyer, 1953).
His Wisden
obituary opines that his books "were not works of much original research" but, "pleasantly written, they were ideally calculated to arouse the interest of the novice and spur him on to try for himself the masterpieces". Martineau died in 1976 at the age of 79.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
writer.
Martineau's notable works on cricket include Bat, ball, wicket and all, on the history of cricket implements; They Made Cricket (Museum Press, 1956); The valiant stumper, on the history of wicket-keeping
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
; and The field is full of shades. He contributed to E. W. Swanton
E. W. Swanton
Ernest William Swanton CBE is chiefly known for being a cricket writer and commentator under his initials, E. W. Swanton. He worked as a sports journalist for The Daily Telegraph and as a broadcaster for BBC Radio for 30 years. He was a regular commentator on Test Match Special, easily recognised...
's World of Cricket and The Cricketer
The Cricketer
The Cricketer was an English cricket magazine published between 1921 and 2003 when it was merged with Wisden Cricket Monthly and relaunched as The Wisden Cricketer....
.
Martineau was a captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment
Royal Sussex Regiment
The Royal Sussex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed as part of the Childers reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot...
and authored the History of the Royal Sussex Regiment (Moore & Tillyer, 1953).
His Wisden
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom...
obituary opines that his books "were not works of much original research" but, "pleasantly written, they were ideally calculated to arouse the interest of the novice and spur him on to try for himself the masterpieces". Martineau died in 1976 at the age of 79.