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THE FIRST ELEVEN
Twelve Pieces of Cricketing Verse
and an
‘Extra’
Neville Denson
Neville Denson has lived in St.Bees since 1970. In his retirement he has written on a variety of topics and his work, in both prose and verse, has been widely-published in newspapers and magazines and on radio.
This book contains a collection of some of his verses on cricket.
 Most of the pieces have previously been published in a number of books, magazines etc. – including
The Cricketer,
Wisden Cricket Monthly,
the MCC Anthology of Cricket Verse
and many of Nico Craven’s books:
and Cricketing Compassion was read by Ronnie Corbett at a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, cricketer and former head boy at Eton, at St.Paul’s Cathedral.
A press review described the book as ‘witty, poignant and evocative…pure and enjoyable nostalgia’ and said that it ‘captured the essence of a more genteel but nevertheless wonderful age of great cricket’.
This extract is from Cricketing Compassion –
His bowling was atrocious
He couldn’t hit the sticks
He’d sixteen no-balls, fourteen wides
And none for ninety-six;
But everyone took pity on
This ageing man of spin,
And said that dropping him would be
A shame, a crime, a sin.
And this from Season’s End –
The sun’s low in the sky now,
Days early turn to nights,
The season soon will die now,
Tired men play out the rites…..
The price of the book is £2.50 plus 75p post and packing (plus 20p per additional copy) and all profits will go to West Cumbria Hospice at Home.
It is available from
Neville Denson
12, Abbotts Way,
St.Bees,
Cumbria,
CA270HD.
Any queries can be answered on 01946822367 or peneden@btinternet.com.
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