Being Geoffrey Boycott

A First and Second-Hand Account of 108 Caps

Geoffrey Boycott, Jon Hotten

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Fairfield Books
16 July 2023

Sports & outdoor recreation; Cricket

When the first lockdown came, finding himself without cricket for the first time in his

life, Geoffrey Boycott sat down and began to write a retrospective warts-and-all diary of each of his Test

match appearances. It is illuminating and unsparing, characterised by Boycott’s astonishing memory,

famous forthrightness and unvarnished, sometimes lacerating, honesty. That 100,000 word document

forms the basis for Being Geoffrey Boycott, a device that takes the reader inside Geoffrey’s head and back

through cricket history, presenting a unique portrait of the internal and external forces that compelled

him from a pit village in Yorkshire to the pinnacle of the world game.

Now 81 and still one of the most recognisable cricketers England has ever produced, Boycott has teamed

up with award-winning author Jon Hotten in this catalogue of his tumultuous time with the national

side. Dropped for scoring a slow double hundred, making himself unavailable to play for England for

several years, captain for eight seasons of a group of strong, stroppy and extremely talented players

at Yorkshire, bringing up his hundredth hundred at Headingley against the Old Enemy, seeing David

Gower and Ian Botham emerge as future greats, playing under Mike Brearley in the 1981 Ashes, in

this enlightening book Boycott reveals a host of never-before-heard details regarding his peers and his

playing days.

By: Geoffrey Boycott, Jon Hotten
Imprint: Fairfield Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781915237255
ISBN 10: 1915237254
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 16 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Geoffrey Boycott is undoubtedly one of England’s greatest ever batsmen. Playing 108 Test matches between 1964 and 1982, the hugely controversial opener scored a then record 8,114 runs at 47.72 – the highest completed average of any English player since 1970 – against some of the greatest bowlers the world has ever seen.