Reuters’ Century of Great British Sport

by Mike Newlin (Author), Mike Newlin (Author), Tim Collings (Contributor)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $4.19

  The most enduring moments and most famous personalities from 100 years of British sport are extracted from the archives of Reuters -- the world's No.1 news and sport agency -- and brought to life in this new book. CB Fry, Joe Davis, Stanley Matthews, Fred Trueman, George Best, Willie John McBride, Ian Botham...the British sporting stars of the 20th Century are many and varied. So too are the momentous events that have captured the public's imagination during that time -- the White Horse Cup Final, England's 1966 triumph, Bannister's four-minute mile, and the 1974 British Lions. All of these examples and many more are contained in Reuters' Century of Great British Sport. No broadcasting medium has covered the pivotal moments in British sport over the last 100 years more comprehensively than Reuters, and for this book their considerable archives have been plundered to produce a unique perspective on a century of sporting achievement across a range of fields including football, cricket, rugby, snooker, boxing, golf, tennis and motor racing. Following a discursive 1,000-word introduction from Reuters' sports editor, Steve Parry, the accurate and concise narrative plots the trail chronologically, decade by decade. Much of the text is contained within sidebars which are written from the angle of one person's perception of a particular event, while anything of extreme importance is contained within a trademark Reuters newsflash. This is a concise, stylish and keenly-priced summation of a century of sporting achievement which will appeal to all sports fans of whatever age or level of knowledge.