Before 1914 it was beauty that counted in cricket - elegance of stroke — Bill Edrich
"Before 1914 it was beauty that counted in cricket - elegance of strokes, stylishness of bowling action, quixotry in captaincy. The gallant gesture was just as important as the mammoth score, the picturesque as the efficient."

Bill Edrich
Bill Edrich
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William John Edrich was a first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Norfolk and England.