Library
The home library includes a wealth of sports related books, accumulated over time.
Basketball
Cricket
After Stumps Were Drawn
Jack Pollard
An anthology of the writings of Ray Robinson (1905 - 1982), Australian cricket reporter and writer
John Nyren's The Cricketers of my Time
Ashley Mote
The original 1832 text of the rules of cricket as written by John Nyren
Keith Miller | The Life of a Great All-Rounder
Steve Smith's Men
Geoff Lemon
Australian cricket captain Steve Smith's fall from grace following the 2018 Cape Town test vs. South Africa
Cycling
Football
New Zealand's World Cup |The Inside Story
John Adshead, Kevin Fallon & Armin Lindenberg
The story of NZ's 1982 Football World Cup campaign
Golf
Golf - A Course in Life
John Hanlon
A few things golf can teach us about life and business
Out of the Rough
Steve Williams & Michael Donaldson
Steve William's 2015 account of his years as caddy for Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Greg Norman and Raymond Floyd
The Greatest Game Ever Played | Vardon, Ouimet and the birth of modern golf
The story of the 1913 US Open played at Brookline, Massachusetts
Horse Racing
42 Days at the Races | A Punting Adventure
Helen Thomas
A Horse Called Mighty | The Might and Power Story
Helen Thomas
Another Great Decade of New Zealand Racing - 1980s
Jack Glengarry
At the Track | Brilliant images capturing 50 memorable years of racing
Bruce Postle
A Racegoers Handbook
Tony Arrold
Bart - My Life
Black Caviar | The horse of a lifetime
Blood Horses | Notes of a sportswriter's son
John Jeremiah Sullivan
All about the American "Triple Crown" with a focus on the 1973 Kentucky Derby won by Secretariat on his way to winning the Triple Crown
Bill Skelton Story (The)
Bill Skelton & Tony Hilton
Bob Skelton Story (The)
Dennis Ryan
Daylight Second | Phar Lap and Tommy Woodcock
Kelly Ana Morey
Dr Turf's Guide to Better Punting
John Rothfield
1987 textbook on racehorse betting strategies
Elements of Thoroughbred Racing | The mind and methods of the racing world
Joseph Keating
First Past the Post
Brian Phillips
Anthology of NZ racing stories
Fixed | Cheating, doping, rape and murder - the inside track on Australia's racing industry
Matthew Benns
From the Horse's Mouth - The Keith Haub Story
Mike Dillon
Give a Man a Horse | The remarkable story of Sir Patrick Hogan
Dianne Haworth
Grenville | The story of a great NZ jockey; Grenville Hughes
Jim Knight
Harry - the ride of my life | The Noel Harris Story
Wally O'Hearn
Life on the Racing Roller Coaster | The memoirs of an owner of (mostly) average racehorses
Antony Surace
Master (The) - A personal portrait of Bart Cummings
Melbourne Cup (The)
Maurice Cavanough & Meurig Davies
History of the Melbourne Cup up to 1971
Michelle Payne | Life as I Know It
Michelle Payne & John Harris
More Dark Secrets of the Turf
John White
1998 UK textbook on racehorse betting strategies
NZ Thoroughbred Racing Annual - 2024
Aidan Rodley
A recap of the 2024 racing season in NZ
NZ Thoroughbred Racing Annual - 2025
Aidan Rodley
A recap of the 2025 racing season in NZ
Phar Lap - The Untold Story
Graeme Putt & Pat McCord
Phar Lap Story (The)
Michael Wilkinson
Phar Lap (The Diary of)
Robert Baker
Pumper
Jim Cassidy & Andrew Webster
Top jockey, Jim Cassidy's recount of his career
Racing with Rising Fast
Leicester R Spring
Scientific Racegoing | Tested ways to win at the racetrack
Ira S Cohen Ph.D & George D Stephens Ph.D
1963 Australian edition of a USA book about different approaches to betting on racehorses
Tapestry of the Turf | The History of New Zealand Racing (to 1987)
John Costello & Pat Finnegan
Tears in the Wind |The Lance O'Sullivan Story
Dianne Haworth
The Australian & New Zealand Thoroughbred
Ross du Bourg
The Linda Jones Story
John Costello
The Midas Man - TJ | T (Tommy) J Smith biography
Kevin Perkins
Thoroughbreds are My Life
Glyn Tucker
Tulloch | The extraordinary life and times off a true champion
Ken Linnett
Two Over Three on Goodtime Sugar | The New Zealand TAB turns 50
David Grant
Wellington Racing Club | a Centennial History
Tony Hilton
Winning Horse Racing Formulae
David Duncan
Winning More
Don Scott
1988 textbook on betting strategies
Winning Spirit
Sheila Laxon - Autobiography
General
A Load of Old Balls | The QI History of Sport
James Harkin & Anna Ptaszynski
Origins of sports and sporting related matters
Rugby
Beaver
Stephen Donald & Scotty Stevenson
The biography of Stephen Donald, All Black
Straight Up - Ruby Tui
Ruby Tui
Who Beat the All Blacks
Alun Gibbard
Llanelli's victory over the 1972 All Blacks
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