The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast
Episodes
Short Leg – Who was Bert Folkard? – Part 2
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the concluding episode on Bert Folkard (1878–1937), Tom is joined by co-authors Pat Rodgers and Peter Lloyd who discuss his style as both a batsm...
Short Leg – Who was Bert Folkard? – Part 1
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom is joined by co-authors Pat Rodgers and Peter Lloyd who have just published a gem of a biography on Bert Folkard (1878–1937), a...
Gilbert Jessop – Part 3 – with Simon Wilde
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Gilbert Jessop – Part 2 – with Simon Wilde
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Gilbert Jessop – Part 1 – with Simon Wilde
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Trumper's Final Tour – Part 2 – with Ric Sissons
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of this episode dedicated to exploring Victor Trumper's final tour, historian Ric Sissons dissects the matches the Australians played, Trump...
Trumper's Final Tour – Part 1 – with Ric Sissons
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Harry & Albert Trott – Part 3 – with Rick Smith
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 relea...
Harry & Albert Trott – Part 2 – with Rick Smith
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Harry & Albert Trott – Part 1 – with Rick Smith
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Was it really a Golden Age? – Part 2 – with Tim Wigmore
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Was it really a Golden Age? – Part 1 – with Tim Wigmore
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The 1912 Triangular Tournament – Part 2 – with Patrick Ferriday
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of this episode dedicated to the 1912 Triangular Tournament between England, Australia and South Africa, historian Patrick Ferriday shares h...
The 1912 Triangular Tournament – Part 1 – with Patrick Ferriday
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 1912 Triangular Test Tournament (featuring England, Australia and South Africa) was the first (and last) of its kind. The pet project of South Afr...
W. G. Grace – Part 3 – with Richard Tomlinson
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
W. G. Grace – Part 2 – with Richard Tomlinson
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
W. G. Grace – Part 1 – with Richard Tomlinson
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Charlie Macartney – Part 2 – with Peter Lloyd
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Charlie Macartney – Part 1 – with Peter Lloyd
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Perhaps best remembered today as the swashbuckling, aggressive batsmen of the 1920s, Charlie Macartney's rise to the Australian Test team occurred wel...
Short Leg – Clem Hill's 188 v England at the MCG in 1897/98 – Part 2
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 whi...
Short Leg – Clem Hill's 188 v England at the MCG in 1897/98 – Part 1
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Sydney Barnes – Part 2 – with Andy Searle
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 191...
Sydney Barnes – Part 1 – with Andy Searle
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Of all the cricketers who played during the so-called Golden Age, none incite the intrigue in fans today quite like Sydney Francis Barnes. He was a ta...
Billy Murdoch – Part 2 – with Richard Cashman & Ric Sissons
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of this episode on Australian cricket legend Billy Murdoch, Tom and Murdoch's biographers, Richard Cashman and Ric Sissons, discuss his capt...
Billy Murdoch – Part 1 – with Richard Cashman & Ric Sissons
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Murdoch was a colossus of Australian cricket in the 19th century. He captained Australia in its first victory on English soil giving rise to the...
Short Leg – 1st Test of 1894/95 at the SCG, Australia v England – Part 2
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Short Leg' is Part 2 of Tom looking back on the famous 1st Test at the SCG of 1894, in which Australia hosted Andrew Stoddart's Engla...
Short Leg – 1st Test of 1894/95 at the SCG, Australia v England – Part 1
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Short Leg' – a new series of short episodes re-living the great matches, innings or moments of the Golden Age – discusses the fam...
'Tibby' Cotter – Part 2 – with Max Bonnell
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2, Max discusses Tibby's prowess as a batsman, his involvement in the infamous 'Big Six' dispute of 1912, his career as a stretcher bearer in ...
'Tibby' Cotter – Part 1 – with Max Bonnell
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If cricket fans know one thing about Albert 'Tibby' Cotter, it's likely to be that he was the only Australian Test cricketer to have died in combat du...
'Ranji' – Part 2 – with Simon Wilde
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of my chat with The Sunday Times cricket correspondent, Simon Wilde, we discuss Ranjitsinhji's batting style and how he changed the...
'Ranji' – Part 1 – with Simon Wilde
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cricket correspondent for The Sunday Times, Simon Wilde, joins the podcast to discuss the life and career of the so-called 'Father of Indian Cricket' ...
Warwick Armstrong – Part 2 – with Gideon Haigh
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gideon Haigh joins host Tom Ford in discussing the life and career of Australian cricket giant Warwick Armstrong. In Part 2, they dissect Warwick's Te...
Warwick Armstrong – Part 1 – with Gideon Haigh
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Leading cricket writer Gideon Haigh joins the podcast. When it comes to giants of Australian cricket, there are few who stand larger than Warwick Arms...
C. B. Fry – Part 2 – with Iain Wilton
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are few cricketers from the Golden Age who remain such an enigma as C. B. Fry. Captain of the England cricket team, footballer, world-record lon...
C. B. Fry – Part 1 – with Iain Wilton
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are few cricketers from the Golden Age who remain such an enigma as C. B. Fry. Captain of the England cricket team, footballer, world-record lon...
Wilfred Rhodes – Part 2 – with Patrick Ferriday
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of our discussion on the life and career of cricket colossus Wilfred Rhodes (1877–1973). This episode dissects his transition from bowler to ...
Wilfred Rhodes – Part 1 – with Patrick Ferriday
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Records are made to be broken, but in all likelihood, those belonging to Wilfred Rhodes (1877–1973) will stand for eternity. His 4204 wickets across...
Monty Noble – Part 2 – with Peter Lloyd
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To mark his sesquicentenary (28 January 2023), we release Part 2 of this episode on the life and career of Montague Alfred Noble (1873–1940), middle...
Monty Noble – Part 1 – with Peter Lloyd
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To mark his 150th birthday (28 January 2023), we launch the podcast with a double episode on the life and career of Montague Alfred Noble (1873–1940...
Trailer
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to ‘The Golden Age of Cricket’, a podcast which explores one of the most fascinating eras in the history of the game. Loosely defined as t...