Product Description

Tony Collins is one of the world's foremost authorities on rugby - whether that be league or union.

In 1895 & All That... the two-times winner of the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History uncovers rugby's hidden past via a collection of writings that are as entertaining as they are enlightening. Read all about:
* The Greatest Player You've Never Heard Of
* Myth and Reality in the 1895 Rugby Split
* The Hidden History of Black Rugby League Players
* Rugby League and the Making of Australia
* The RL/Aussie Rules Merger of 1933
...and lots, lots more besides.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44112 in Books
• Published on: 2009-09-05
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

A book for "anoraks"
The cover says something about his writings being as "entertaining as they are enlightening". Not so! I don't like being defeated by book, so I diligently worked my way through through "1895 etc" and it really was hard work at times, overburdened with wordy explanations and, at the same time, somehow avoiding expansion on matters that really are interesting. The author obviously did his research and there are some chapters such as " The curious rise and fall of Leeds parish church" which are very good but, equally, others such as the "hidden history...." one are so dry that you would think they've come from the pens of different authors.All in all, too academic a text.