John Fisher on Cricketer Richard Cheslyn

Sport in History Podcast

John Fisher retired from the University of Newcastle in 2004 (from the Department of Economics, since defunct). He has written and published extensively on aspects of English and Australian rural and veterinary history. His most recent previous article is on Richard Cheslyn's father in the Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society in 2020. Article Discussed: Fisher, John. "Cricket and social status in the early nineteenth century: the career of Richard Cheslyn 1797–1858." Sport in History (2021): 1-24. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17460263.2021.1973547