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Harry Pearson

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Harry Pîason

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1961-01-01
Nationality
United Kingdom, England
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
journalist, author, sports writer
Active Years
1994-2023
Affiliations
The Guardian, When Saturday Comes

Awards

The Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year
2011
Work: Slipless in Settle
Organization: The Cricket Society
Result: winner
The Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year
2018
Work: Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine
Organization: The Cricket Society
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Far Corner: A Mazy Dribble through North-East Football

1994 sports nonfiction

A mazy dribble through North-East England's football culture, focusing on clubs and fans.

footballregional culturehumour

Slipless in Settle: A Slow Turn around Northern Cricket

2010 sports nonfiction

A humorous account of village cricket in northern England.

cricketnorthern Englandvillage sports

Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine

2017 biography

Biography of the marvellous life of cricketer Learie Constantine.

cricketbiographyracial issuesheroics

Bibliography

  • The Far Corner: A Mazy Dribble through North-East Football
  • North Country Fair: Travels among Racing Pigs and Giant Marrows
  • A Tall Man in a Low Land: Some Time among the Belgians
  • Around the World by Mouse
  • Achtung Schweinehund!: A Boy's Own Story of Imaginary Combat
  • Dribble!: The Unbelievable Football Encyclopaedia
  • Hound Dog Days: One Dog and His Man: A Story of North Country Life and Canine Contentment
  • Slipless in Settle: A Slow Turn around Northern Cricket
  • Conkers for Goalposts
  • Housekeepers, Shortlegs and Flemish String: Three Village Sports Clubs in Northumberland
  • The Trundlers: The Military Medium-Paced Story of Cricket's Most Invaluable Breed
  • Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine
  • The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling's Flemish Heartlands
  • The Farther Corner: A Sentimental Return to North-East Football
  • First of the Summer Wine
  • No Pie, No Priest: A Journey through the Folk Sports of Britain

Style & Themes

Literary Style
humorous stylewitty phrasingvivid sports descriptions
Recurring Motifs
northern Englandcricketfootballvillage sportssatire

Legacy

Renowned for humorous nonfiction on sports, especially football and cricket, winning the Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year twice. Highly praised in Wisden.

Quotes

  • an extremely funny writer who turns a phrase like a doosra
    Source: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (2011)
  • Constantine's actions on the cricket field, with crackle and fizz ... His descriptions of Connie's fielding heroics are a particular delight
    Source: Wisden (2018)

Trivia

  • Regular contributor to When Saturday Comes for 20 years
  • Weekly columnist for The Guardian