First of the Summer Wine av Harry Pearson

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<B>The remarkable story of three Yorkshire cricketers from the Golden Age - George Hirst, Wilfred Rhodes and Schofield Haigh - who transformed their county's fortunes, inspired a generation of cricketers and left a unique legacy on the game.</B><BR/><BR/> Between them, <B>Hirst, Rhodes and Haigh</B> scored over 77,000 runs and took almost 9000 wickets in a combined 2500 appearances, helping Yorkshire to seven <B>County Championship </B>triumphs. The records they set will never be beaten, yet the three men - known throughout England as The Triumvirate - were born in two small villages just outside Huddersfield, in <B><I>Last of the Summer Wine</I> country</B>. Hirst pioneered and perfected the art of swing and seam bowling, Rhodes took more first-class wickets than anyone else in history, while the genial Haigh's achievements as a bowler at Yorkshire have been surpassed only by his two close friends; their influence would extend far beyond England, as they all went to India to