A classic mid-century instructional guide from the Young Sportsman Series, this concise volume captures the fundamentals of fast bowling through the perspective of professional cricketer J. J. Warr, who represented Middlesex and England.
Produced in an era when coaching literature was far less commercialised, the book provides:
- Practical insights into pace bowling technique
- Training philosophy from a first-class cricketer
- A period snapshot of cricket coaching methods in the 1950s
Its accessible format and photographic cover design make it particularly appealing to collectors of vintage sporting instruction manuals.
Includes a number of illustrative drawings by Calton Younger.
Pace Bowling (1959) – J.J. Warr | Young Sportsman Series | First Edition Cricket
Title: Pace Bowling (The Young Sportsman Series)
Author: J. J. Warr
Publisher: Phoenix House Ltd (Phoenix Sports Books imprint)
Place of Publication: London, England
Year: 1959
Edition: First EditionCategory: Cricket / Coaching / Instructional
Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Binding: Green cloth boards; title in red to spine
Pagination: 59 pagesCondition:
Price-clipped dust jacket with light foxing to inner panels. Minor tanning and foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards clean and well-preserved. Pages otherwise clean with no tears. Binding tight. A very good+ to very good copy overall.









