Armchair Cricket - BBC Guide to Cricket Commentaries

Something from left field! 

Here's the BBC's guide to commentary on English cricket.

Here's the author's note;

"The idea of writing Armchair Cricket came to us because of the number of letters which both Sound and Television commentators of the BBC receive from listeners and viewers. Most of these usually contain a request for an explanation of some law of the game, or for the meaning of an obscure cricketing term which the commentator has used. In addition, many people seem interested in the technique of commentary and anxious for more details of how the BBC operates from a cricket ground.

The book is not intended as a technical guide to the expert, nor as an elementary text book to those who know nothing at all about cricket. It is mainly for the people who have started to follow cricket through watching BBC Television or listening to Sound broadcasts, and who still have only a rudimentary knowledge of the game. We hope that they will keep the book by their armchairs and refer to it when the occasion arises.

We should like to thank all those who have helped in the preparation of this book, especially R. W. V. Robins and F. S. Lee, for lending their expert advice in reading through the proofs. We hope that their having done so will prevent us from being stumped or caught out!

BRIAN JOHNSTON

ROY WEBBER"

The book is available here via the Internet Archive.