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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 188 pages. A TINGLING CATCH is the first anthology of New Zealand cricket poems to be colle cted. This substantial volume traces the history of cricket poetry in New Zealan d from 1864 to 2009 spanning 145 years of New Zealand cricket. It brings togethe r verse and song by some of our best poets - past and present. From Samuel Butle r's classic description of the visiting All-England XI in 1864 to Arnold Wall's widely known First World War piece, 'A Time Will Come', to the 'underarm inciden t' of 1981 and more recent cricket poems that feature current members of the New Zealand team. A TINGLING CATCH is presented with notes by editor and cricket fo llower Mark Pirie and a foreword (a poem) by well-known cricket historian, forme r national selector and former President of NZ Cricket, Don Neely. It contains o ver 100 poems and songs and features a wide variety of forms and styles from rhy ming poetry to free verse and is sure to appeal to cricket lovers and poetry rea ders of all ages.…