Jeremy Lonsdale has written eight books on cricket history, including three on the inter-war period. An Unusual Celebrity: The Many Cricketing Lives of Bill Bowes (published by Pitch) was shortlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award 2024, and long-listed for The Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year Award. Jeremy received the JM Kilburn Cricket Writer of the Year Award 2024 from the Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society.

"It is in many ways a shame that Ian Peebles did not take the opportunity circumstances gave him to write the definitive biography of Hendren, but Lonsdale has certainly got as close to producing that as we will now get. The book also contains an excellent statistical appendix, including in relation to Hendren’s football career, an index and an unexpectedly large number of unfamiliar photographs. Patsy Hendren: A Different Kind of English Hero is highly recommended."

Jeremy Lonsdale has written eight books on cricket history, including three on the inter-war period. An Unusual Celebrity: The Many Cricketing Lives of Bill Bowes (published by Pitch) was shortlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award 2024, and long-listed for The Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year Award. Jeremy received the JM Kilburn Cricket Writer of the Year Award 2024 from the Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society.

"It is in many ways a shame that Ian Peebles did not take the opportunity circumstances gave him to write the definitive biography of Hendren, but Lonsdale has certainly got as close to producing that as we will now get. The book also contains an excellent statistical appendix, including in relation to Hendren’s football career, an index and an unexpectedly large number of unfamiliar photographs. Patsy Hendren: A Different Kind of English Hero is highly recommended."