46 Not Out

“46 Not Out” is the light-hearted autobiography of R.C. Robertson-Glasgow, a Scottish-born cricketer and celebrated cricket writer nicknamed “Crusoe.”

Published in 1948 (this is a 1954 book club edition), it chronicles his life from a challenging childhood in Edinburgh, through his education at Charterhouse and Oxford, to his first-class cricket career as a right-arm fast-medium bowler for Oxford University and Somerset (1920–1937), where he took 464 wickets at an average of 25.77. The memoir highlights his humorous style, strong opinions, prejudices, and wit, making it enchanting and accessible even for non-cricketers, while touching on the origins of his nickname and his transition to journalism.