Paul Edwards

When Warwickshire kept their title triumph strictly professional

Acknowledgement without revelry seems to have been what Tom Dollery's class of '51 preferred

18-Jun-2020•Paul Edwards

The forgotten 'Australian-Lancastrian' who ranks among the greats

Ted McDonald gave up his Test career to cut a swathe through county cricket in the 1920s

16-Jun-2020•Paul Edwards

Gillette Cup took Sussex captain's fancy - and delivered a maiden trophy

New competition appealed to Ted Dexter, whose raffish unorthodoxy reflected the atmosphere in Brighton on a lively Saturday evening

11-Jun-2020•Paul Edwards

New Zealand's Oxford Don

Martin Donnelly's brief Test career was interrupted by World War II but he shone nevertheless

09-Jun-2020•Paul Edwards

Surridge's Surrey claim the hat-trick during dominant 1950s

Surrey's insatiable drive to win was never more apparent than in the wet summer of 1954

04-Jun-2020•Paul Edwards

Four golden summers of Richardson's double-whirl

After almost 15 years in the game, Alan Richardson found a late-career peak at Worcestershire

02-Jun-2020•Paul Edwards

Tom Graveney's abundant autumn inspires back-to-back Worcestershire titles

With Basil D'Oliveira also to the fore, the 1965 season came down to a grand finale

28-May-2020•Paul Edwards

The Bodyline dissenter and India's Tiger prince

The eighth and ninth Nawabs of Pataudi made significant contributions to the game

26-May-2020•Paul Edwards

Lever, McEwan and the rise of the Essex boys

Under Keith Fletcher's canny captaincy, Essex defied their reputation as a small club

21-May-2020•Paul Edwards

The umpire who set new standards and changed perceptions

Frank Chester lost an arm and a playing career but found fame as an official

19-May-2020•Paul Edwards

Shackleton, the straight man; Ingleby-Mackenzie, the gambler

How a pair of contrasting characters proved integral to Hampshire's maiden Championship triumph

15-May-2020•Paul Edwards

'When it came to sheer beauty, McCabe was on his own'

He played in the shadow of Bradman but Stan McCabe had a sparkle few could match

12-May-2020•Paul Edwards

A day for hymns and arias... Remembering Glamorgan's 1948 Championship success

With the completion of an innings victory over Hampshire at Bournemouth, Glamorgan took the pennant to Wales

07-May-2020•Paul Edwards

VVS Laxman: 'An outstanding player, and an outstanding person'

VVS Laxman left a mark of class during his two spells at Lancashire, none more so than on a tricky pitch at Blackpool

05-May-2020•Paul Edwards

The greatest Championship finish of all? When Lord's leapt and Taunton wept

The conclusion of the 2016 County Championship will be forever etched in the memories of those who followed it

30-Apr-2020•Paul Edwards

Anti-establishment fighter whose statistics defy belief

Charlie Parker was a giant of county game who took 3278 first-class wickets - but only once played for England

28-Apr-2020•Paul Edwards

Hutton, Compton and the resumption of county cricket in 1946

We look back to the summer of 1946 and the return of the County Championship after a seven-year absence

23-Apr-2020•Paul Edwards

'He had this knack, you thought you were going to get a wicket every ball'

Paul Edwards profiles Lancashire's Ian Folley, who came agonisingly close to an England cap before the yips overcame him

21-Apr-2020•Paul Edwards

When Laxman led the charge of the Lancs Brigade

In the first of a series on classic county matches, we go back to Lancashire's 2007 title chase at The Oval

18-Apr-2020•Paul Edwards

'Palairet had style. It stood out a mile'

In the first of a new series, Paul Edwards takes us back to the Golden Age and an unmistakable Somerset stylist

16-Apr-2020•Paul Edwards

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