The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast

Archie MacLaren – Part 2 – with Giles Wilcock

July 20, 2026·32 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In Part 2, Giles Wilcock and Tom Ford discuss various aspects of Archie MacLaren's personality and cricket career, including his style as a batsman, his relationship with professional cricketers, his attributes as a captain, and his association with Pelham Warner and C.B. Fry. 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/GoldenAgeOfCricket [http://buymeacoffee.com/GoldenAgeOfCricket] ABOUT GILES WILCOCK: From Yorkshire, Giles has been writing on and off for around 12 years now. He started the Old Ebor blog [https://oldebor.wordpress.com/] (now on Substack [https://oldebor77.substack.com/]) seven years ago, but had written a few things before that too. He has written three books — a biography of George Macaulay, a history of the Original English Lady Cricketers and a non-cricket book about an 1832 murder — with a fourth in the works. CREDITS: Presenter & Producer: Tom Ford All music used in podcast comes from the University of California Santa Barbara's remarkable collection of wax cylinder's from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which are free to download and use. You can donate to the upkeep of these recordings via their website.

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