Steel Town Cricketers av Steve Young, Graham Robertson

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<p>In the early 1870s, all roads led to Motherwell. The town needed skilled labour for the iron works, and amongst the newcomers were a bunch of blokes from Shropshire and North Wales who wanted to play cricket. This was the start of Motherwell Cricket Club, founded by proper steelmen. </p><p>The book spans 150 years of club cricket. There are tales of ladies promenading the cricket field as smoke belched out factory chimneys; stories of crowds in their thousands watching Motherwell take on local rivals, Newmains and Bellshill; and memories of cricketing legends who graced Motherwell¿s delightful old Home Park ground, even a prime minister. </p><p>It recalls great games and great nights, the Cricket Dinners and Player of the Year Awards, and remarkable characters who devoted large parts of their lives to the club. </p><p>Motherwell is not a ¿big club¿ and hasn¿t enjoyed too much success, and that¿s the fascinating thing about its story - how it has survived against the odds when world