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Margaret Hughes Quotes

1919–2005 England

Margaret Patricia Hughes (1 October 1919 – 30 January 2005) was a sportswriter. Her first book, All On A Summer's Day (1953), was described by Neville Cardus in his foreword to the book as "the first book on first-class cricket not written by a man".

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A great cricketer must be an artist and express himself in his strokes.

All On A Summer's Day (1953)

I have been treated as a freak, rather like the fat lady at the circus.

Now the Englishmen suddenly came to life. Four runs later Harvey received a beast of a ball from Tyson which spat up at him and splashed off his bat to Cowdrey, 104 for 4.

The Long Hop (1955)

As we at all times criticise the Premier for his management of home affairs, call Mr Butler a fool for his Budget, find fault with Beecham's conducting, or Gielgud's performance, can we not, sometimes, say that our cricketers are not quite so brilliant as usual?

The Long Hop (1955)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Margaret Hughes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.