Tales from the Sports Field: The Best of Neil Marks

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This lively mix of sports stories from raconteur extraordinaire Neil Marks is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye. Tales from the Sports Field profiles some of Australia's best-loved sporting icons, such as Don Bradman, Adam Gilchrist, Tubby Allan and Phar Lap, and others less well known but just as important to the life of sport such as Bob Radford, CEO of NSW Cricket, and Jim Marsh, a bookmaker of the old school. In these days of commercial gain it's easy to forget the true values of Australian sport. In this engaging, funny and heart-warming collection, Neil Marks brings to life a spirit many thought lost.

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Neil Marks is a former NSW cricketer whose love of all sports is legendary. He is a NSW selector and manager on interstate tours and has known most of the leading figures in Australian sport over the past forty-five years. Neil Marks has written four other books.