Alan Clark

There But For The Grace Alan Clark

Moorland Cricket Club, somewhere in the north of England, probably west of the Pennines is very much the centre of village life and has been for well over a century. From the antics of the committee to the matches that bring the entire village together, this is the story of the club on and off the field, through two world wars and a century of change. But village cricket in Moorland is about far more than cricket. It's about relationships between people, teammates, opponents, friends, committee members, spectators, umpires and scorers, villagers. It's about the village pub and the church, the school, Farmer Swain's field and the little wood behind the ground. It contains all the humour and heart one would expect from village cricket but there is also heartbreak and tragedy concealed within these pages. And as for the great man himself? Take a Look Inside to judge for yourself whether W G Grace really taught the villagers of Moorland a true cricketing lesson!