by Graham Gooch & Michael Down
photographs by Patrick Eagar
Boundary Books, 1993. Slightly in advance of reaching the 100th, I gave Graham the scorecards of all his centuries along with a casette recorder. He spent several months taking these with him around the world and recording his reminiscences of each innings which were then collected into this commemorative volume. Some of his stories were fascinating and then there was the odd occasion like "150 in 3 hours - sounds like a good knock - but I'm afraid I don't remember it at all, Michael". He was the most professional of people to work with and took this type of project very seriously. We produced two versions which together amounted to 333 books, for obvious reasons.
The book comprised a full history of Gooch's career, gave insight into his landmark innings and placed him clearly in perspective as one of the heaviest run-scorers in the history of the game.
"For Essex and England is a beautiully produced book, carefully and thoroughly compiled" - Chris Martin-Jenkins
"As with previous books by this publisher it is splendidly produced and a delight to handle" - ACSH
Deluxe Edition - numbers 101-333
Quarter bonded-leather, top edge gilt. Signed by Gooch and numbered.
