An original first edition of The Ashes Thrown Away, E. M. Wellings’ detailed and critical account of the M.C.C. (Marylebone Cricket Club) tour of Australia in 1958–59. This tour, captained by Peter May, is remembered as one of England’s most disappointing Ashes campaigns, culminating in a decisive 4–0 defeat.
Wellings, a forthright cricket journalist and former player, provides an incisive critique of team selection, tactics, and morale, offering a rare contemporary perspective on England’s post-war cricket struggles.
This edition features green cloth boards with gilt lettering and stump motif to the spine, and an attractively illustrated dustcover showing a batsman bowled out within a red cricket ball vignette against a green field background.
One of Wellings’ most sought-after cricket titles.
The Ashes Thrown Away | The M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1958–59
The Ashes Thrown Away | The M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1958–59
Author: E. M. Wellings
Publisher: Dymock’s Book Arcade Ltd
Publication Place: Sydney, Australia
Publication Date: 1959
Edition: First Edition
Format: Hardcover with Dustcover
Pagination: 208 pagesDimensions: Approx. 22.0 cm × 14.5 cm × 2.3 cm
Condition: Dustcover: Good to very good. Bright cover art remains clear and vivid. Minor edge wear, rubbing to corners, and a few small chips to top and base of spine. Not price clipped. Boards: Very good. Green cloth boards are clean and bright, with only slight rubbing to edges. Gilt lettering to spine sharp and clear. Old book shop sticker to inside front board. Binding: Tight and secure. Pages: Clean throughout with mild toning to edges consistent with age. No inscriptions or foxing noted. Endpapers: Clean, minimal toning. Overall Condition: (Very Good) — a well-preserved copy with a bright dustcover and strong binding.
