The Genius: Victor Trumper, the Story of the Most Talented Batsman in History
by Renato Carini (Publicious, 2019)
Carini’s arguments are mathematically involved and not always coherently expressed. Some of the statistical analysis is circular. Nonetheless an exhaustively researched and thought-provoking attempt to tally Trumper’s mediocre-looking batting figures with the romantic legend that many modern pundits dismiss as factually unsupportable.