Days in the Sun

by Neville Cardus

263 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1924

About the author

Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus CBE (3 April 1888 – 28 February 1975) was an English writer and critic, best known for his writing on music and cricket. For many years, he wrote for The Manchester Guardian. He was untrained in music, and his style of criticism was subjective, romantic and personal, in contrast with his critical contemporary Ernest Newman. Before becoming a cricket writer, he had been a cricket coach at a boys' school. His writing about the game was innovative, turning what had previously been in general a purely factual form into vivid description and criticism.

Reviews

[Lachlan MacCorquodale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting to see how the style of writing has changed in 100 years. It’s funny that a few themes in Cardus’ pieces are still used today e.g. pitches are much better than they were. The battle in the 1920s between entertainment and playing to win is an interesting one, as it is not present in modern day cricket or sport for that matter

[Brad Hoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I learned little about the rules of cricket, the author helped me taste the pleasure of the game. My favorite articles were those in which Mr. Cardus described schoolboys playing crude versions of the sport: "The First Match" and "Thoughts in the Rain".