Though best known for his books about rugby union (The Rugby Clubs of England) and golf (The Story of Ladies’ Golf and A Century of Knott End Golf), Malcolm Crane is a lifelong racing enthusiast, whose passion has reached new heights as the co-owner of White Rhino, a racehorse that triumphed at the Cheltenham Festival in March 2024. Crane from Little Thornton, is a member of the syndicate that owns White Rhino, entered in the Pertemps Network Final Handicap.
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At which Manchester club did the mass murdering doctor Harold Shipman sometimes provide medical assistance? Which former Conservative party leader found that the closest he would get to number 10 was playing fly-half for Birmingham Solihull? Which Wiltshire rugby club played an important role in the formation of Glasgow Rangers football club? All these questions and more are answered in this fascinating book by former Rugby World correspondent Malcolm Crane. Including more than 400 photographs and images and with in excess of 500 clubs profiled. The Rugby Clubs of England tells the story of a sport riddled with eccentric characters, constantly beset by mind-boggling administrative incompetence, and gloriously reflecting the changing social and political landscape.
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A detailed account of the development of women’s golf. It chronicles the fact that it was a woman who invented the game as we know it and traces the growth of both the professional and amateur game. It includes a “who’s who” of golfing heroines and looks at the development of equipment and fashion.
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Very nicely produced and lavishly illustrated throughout with black and white and colour photographic plates. A very well written centenary history. In original attractive white pictorial paper covered boards.
Text source: The Gazette'swebsite
