David Rayvern Allen interviewed by Michael Down Part 2

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/202

Date:

2014

Level of description

item

Extent

57 minutes 50 seconds

Part of

David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)

Scope and Content

1 CD, David Rayvern Allen, cricketer historian and writer, interviewed by Michael Down. The recording consists of 1 track.

[0:00-0:22] Rayvern Allen and Down test the equipment, [0:23-0-0:54] Introduction by Down, [0:55-1:25] Rayvern Allen talks about how many books he's written, [1:26-4:28] Rayvern Allen talks about writing A Catalogue of Cricket Catalogues, [4:29-7:35] Rayvern Allen talks about writing A Song for Cricket and his friendship with Sir Tim Rice, [7:36-10:51] Rayvern Allen talks about writing the biography of C Aubrey Smith, [10:52-17:13] Rayvern Allen talks about writing his book on Samuel Britcher and census on existing original copies, [17:14-24:08] Rayvern Allen talks about his books with and on John Arlott, [24:09-25:50] Rayvern Allen talks about writing anthologies including one on Punch, [25:51-28:38] Rayvern Allen talks about writing his history of cricket, [28:39-40:59] Rayvern Allen talks about writing with and his biography of Jim Swanton, [41:00-42:39] Rayvern Allen talks about his book on boxing, [42:40-47:07] Rayvern Allen talks about his biography on Tony Winder, [47:08-52:06] Rayvern Allen talks about his book on Jack Hobbs and The Masters Club, [52:07-53:57] Rayvern Allen talks about his book on London, [53:58-54:50] Rayvern Allen talks about plans for future books, [54:51-56:42] Rayvern Allen talks about The Guide to Early Literature of Cricket, [56:43-57:50] Rayvern Allen sumarises his cricket writing.

Associations

Michael Down
David Rayvern Allen
Leslie Thomas John Arlott
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
Sir Charles Aubrey-Smith
Samuel Britcher
Ernest William Swanton
Sir John Berry Hobbs

Subject

Cricket books, cricket writing, scorers, scoring, collectors

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

57 minutes 50 seconds

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