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The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast

Loosely defined as the twenty five years immediately preceding the outbreak of the First World War, the so called ‘Golden Age’ (1890—1914) saw some of the most legendary cricketers of all time: WG Grace, Victor Trumper, CB Fry, Monty Noble, Wilfred Rhodes, Warwick Armstrong, KS Ranjitsinhji, Hugh Trumble, Sydney Barnes, Archie MacLaren, Clem Hill, Gilbert Jessop and many, many more.Join me, Tom Ford, as each episode I invite a guest to discuss a player, series or event from the Golden Age, in an

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28:34

Gilbert Jessop – Part 3 – with Simon Wilde

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/09/03

In the third and final part to the episode dedicated to Gilbert Jessop’s legendary innings at the Oval against the Australians in 1902, author Simon Wilde discusses how he analysed the number of minutes Jessop spent at the wicket, his re-evaluation of the number of balls he faced, what Jessop achieved in the backend of his career, and whether he thinks Jessop’s great record deserves to be broken.DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the

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34:06

Gilbert Jessop – Part 2 – with Simon Wilde

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/25

In Part 2 of my chat with historian Simon Wilde, we discuss Gilbert Jessop's form leading into the famous Oval Test match of 1902, the affect rain had on the cricket that summer, the missing scorecards from the Oval Test, and whether Jessop was shortchanged in his innings because of an English cricket Law relating to boundaries. DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the podcast going. You can donate from a little as $5. Visit:

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39:25

Gilbert Jessop – Part 1 – with Simon Wilde

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/18

There is perhaps no English cricketer who encapsulates the spirit of The Golden Age more than Gilbert Jessop. A wildly talented all-round Amateur from Gloucestershire, whose great, improbable batting at The Oval during the Fifth Test match of the 1902 Ashes not only won the match, but established a mythical-like status for himself and the Age, which has only grown in reputation since. To this day, his match-winning century remains the quickest by an Englishman in Test cricket. In Part 1, writer

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33:08

Trumper's Final Tour – Part 2 – with Ric Sissons

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/12

In Part 2 of this episode dedicated to exploring Victor Trumper's final tour, historian Ric Sissons dissects the matches the Australians played, Trumper's legendary eighth-wicket partnership with Arthur Sims in which they hit 433 (Trumper knocked up 293 alone), and contemplates the legacy of the tour and its impact on New Zealand cricket before, during and after the First World War. DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the podcast

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44:05

Trumper's Final Tour – Part 1 – with Ric Sissons

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/05

Little did cricket audiences realise at the time, but when Victor Trumper set sail for New Zealand in the early months of 1914, he was undertaking his final cricket tour. Along with fellow veterans Monty Noble, Frank Laver and Warwick Armstrong, and with a group of promising young players, Trumper played a dozen or so matches against some of New Zealand's finest cricketers, including what turned out to be his final first-class innings. Historian Ric Sissons returns to the podcast following the

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27:42

Harry & Albert Trott – Part 3 – with Rick Smith

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/07/28

In this final chapter to the discussion on the Trott brothers, biographer Rick Smith and host Tom Ford discuss Albert's decline in form, Harry's release from the asylum, the brothers' respective statistics, and their separate, tragic deaths. DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the podcast going. You can donate from a little as $5. Visit: buymeacoffee.com/GoldenAgeOfCricketABOUT RICK SMITH: Rick Smith is a former A-Grade cricketer from

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33:56

Harry & Albert Trott – Part 2 – with Rick Smith

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/07/21

In Part 2 of this episode on the Trott brothers, Rick discusses Harry and Albert's falling out over team selection for the 1896 tour of England, Harry's captaincy style, Albert's relocation to Middlesex, his famous stroke over the members' pavilion at Lord's, and Harry's unfortunate time at Melbourne's Kew Lunatic Asylum.DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the podcast going. You can donate from a little as $5. Visit:

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34:28

Harry & Albert Trott – Part 1 – with Rick Smith

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/07/14

The triumphant and tragic stories of Harry and Albert Trott are definitely worth re-telling, and biographer Rick Smith joins the podcast in an attempt to do so. In Part 1 of this episode, Rick discusses Harry and Albert's ancestry, their early days of cricket, Harry's ascension to international fame and Albert's remarkable Test debut in Adelaide during the famous 1894-95 Ashes series. DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the podcast

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24:54

Was it really a Golden Age? – Part 2 – with Tim Wigmore

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/07/07

In this episode, cricket journalist Tim Wigmore joins the podcast to discuss whether the so-called 'Golden Age of Cricket' was exactly that. We talk about the speed of scoring, the evolution of bowling, sticky wickets, racism and whether the Golden Age was a missed opportunity for the globalisation of the sport. Tim Wigmore is a sports writer for the Daily Telegraph (UK), and has also written for The Economist and ESPNCricinfo. He is the author of Crickonomics and Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20

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38:09

Was it really a Golden Age? – Part 1 – with Tim Wigmore

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/06/30

In this episode, cricket journalist Tim Wigmore joins the podcast to discuss whether the so-called 'Golden Age of Cricket' was exactly that. With host Tom Ford, Tim examines the status of Test cricket prior to the First World War, the evolutions that occurred during that period, and the role technology played in popularising Test cricket. Tim Wigmore is a sports writer for the Daily Telegraph (UK), and has also written for The Economist and ESPNCricinfo. He is the author of Crickonomics and Cricket

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38:49

The 1912 Triangular Tournament – Part 2 – with...

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/05/19

In Part 2 of this episode dedicated to the 1912 Triangular Tournament between England, Australia and South Africa, historian Patrick Ferriday shares his thoughts on the strengths of each team, the factors for the tournament's failure, and whether such a series would work in the twenty-first century. ABOUT PATRICK FERRIDAY:Born in London, he lived for many years in West Berlin but returned to England to work as a racing commentator in the early nineties. Since 2011 he’s written four books and

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41:58

The 1912 Triangular Tournament – Part 1 – with...

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/05/12

The 1912 Triangular Test Tournament (featuring England, Australia and South Africa) was the first (and last) of its kind. The pet project of South African tycoon Abe Bailey (1864-1940), the tournament was hampered by a series of problems, including poor scheduling, absent star players and very, very wet weather. Posterity has always viewed the tournament as a failure, but was there anything to salvage? Returning guest Patrick Ferriday joins the podcast to discuss one of the more peculiar Test series

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43:29

W. G. Grace – Part 3 – with Richard Tomlinson

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/02/03

In this final installment of my chat with historian Richard Tomlinson, author of Amazing Grace - The Man Who Was W.G. (2015), we discuss Grace's love of sports outside of cricket, particularly lawn bowls and golf, his colossal statistics with both bat and ball, and his legacy today. ABOUT RICHARD TOMLINSON:Richard Tomlinson is a British historian and journalist whose biography of W.G. Grace was published in 2015 on the 100th anniversary of the great cricketer’s death. In Amazing Grace – The Man who

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46:13

W. G. Grace – Part 2 – with Richard Tomlinson

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/01/27

Part 2 of the episode dedicated to the latter stages of the life and career of the most famous cricketer of all time – W. G. Grace. In this episode, biographer Richard Tomlinson discusses Grace’s relationship with his cricket-playing daughter Bessie, his disastrous final Test match in 1899, and his move from the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club to the newly formed London County Cricket Club. ABOUT RICHARD TOMLINSON: Richard Tomlinson is a British historian and journalist whose biography of W.G

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44:22

W. G. Grace – Part 1 – with Richard Tomlinson

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/01/20

W. G. Grace, quite simply, was cricket in the 19th century. So large was the figure of Grace - both physically and figuratively - that he was known throughout the British Empire simply by his initials, W.G., and it’s believed at one point he was even more famous than Queen Victoria. With his large, domineering physique and his idiosyncratic beard, WG Grace dominated the sport of cricket like no one before or since - including Donald Bradman - and was central to transforming the sport from a

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40:04

Charlie Macartney – Part 2 – with Peter Lloyd

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/01/13

In Part 2 of this episode focusing on the rise of Australian batting legend Charlie Macartney, biographer Peter Lloyd—who was a previous guest on the Podcast in discussion about Monty Noble—explains Macartney's inconsistent form, his close relationship with Noble, and how his statistics compare to other Golden Agers, including Victor Trumper.DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the podcast going. You can donate from a little as $5

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51:48

Charlie Macartney – Part 1 – with Peter Lloyd

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2025/01/06

Perhaps best remembered today as the swashbuckling, aggressive batsmen of the 1920s, Charlie Macartney's rise to the Australian Test team occurred well within the period of the so-called Golden Age. He was one of a handful of international cricketers who transcended the First World War, playing for his country both before 1914 and after 1918. Biographer Peter Lloyd—who was a previous guest on the Podcast in discussion about Monty Noble—sheds light on Macartney's early career, his cricketing pedigree

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12:20

Short Leg – Clem Hill's 188 v England at the MCG in...

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2024/07/02

With Part 2 of this episode of 'Short Leg', Tom Ford concludes the re-telling of Clem Hill's famous innings at the MCG against England in 1898, in which he scored a match saving, series-winning score, with the help of off-spinner Hugh Trumble.DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the podcast going. You can donate from a little as $5. Visit: buymeacoffee.com/goldenageofcricketCREDITS:Presenter & Producer: Tom FordAll music used in

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25:15

Short Leg – Clem Hill's 188 v England at the MCG in...

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2024/07/02

This episode of 'Short Leg' – discusses one of the most famous and, arguably, greatest Test innings of the Golden Age. Not yet 21, Clem Hill rescued Australia from a monumental batting collapse on Day 1 of the Fourth Test in Melbourne of the 1897/98 Ashes series. Along with Hugh Trumble, the pair put on a record 7th wicket stand to turn the innings, match and series. DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the podcast going. You can donate

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42:12

Sydney Barnes – Part 2 – with Andy Searle

The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast ·

2024/05/03

In Part 2 of this chat with biographer Andy Searle, we discuss what Sydney Barnes did outside of cricket, his demolition of the Australians in the 1911-12 Ashes tour, his mind-boggling feats in South Africa in 1913-14, why he never played another Test after the First World War, and what his legacy is today. DONATE: You can buy Tom Ford a coffee! Every donation helps with production and inspires Tom to keep the podcast going. You can donate from a little as $5. Visit:

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