The Gillette Book of Cricket and Football is a classic mid-20th-century British sports annual, edited by Gordon Ross and published in 1963 at the height of Gillette’s long-running sponsorship of English cricket.
 
Produced in association with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Football Association, the book brings together authoritative essays, photographic features, and season reviews covering both cricket and association football. It reflects a period when major sporting institutions and commercial sponsors collaborated to produce high-quality illustrated volumes aimed at the general sporting public.
 
Cricket content focuses on Test and county cricket of the early 1960s, while the football sections capture the domestic English game during a formative decade leading up to England’s 1966 World Cup triumph.
 
The book is particularly notable for its period photography and its role as a charitable publication, with proceeds directed toward youth development in both sports.
 
This book has some water damage. Discounted sale on clearance.