Library
The home library includes a wealth of sports related books, accumulated over time (a long, long time).
Basketball
Cricket
After Stumps Were Drawn
Jack Pollard
An anthology of the writings of Ray Robinson (1905 - 1982), Australian cricket reporter and writer
Benaud - On Reflection
Dickie Bird - My Autobiography
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
Learie Constantine - Cricket Crackers
Anecdote, comment and criticism on todays (1950?) players, authorities and matches
My Dear Old Thing
Squeezing the Orange
Reminiscences of Henry Blofeld, cricket writer and commentator
Steve Smith's Men
Geoff Lemon
Australian cricket captain Steve Smith's fall from grace following the 2018 Cape Town test vs. South Africa
The Don
The definitive biography of Sir Donald Bradman 1908 - 2001
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
World Cup Fever
Simon Kuper
A review of the last nine FIFA World Cups leading into 2026
Golf
A Golfers Life - Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer & James Dodson
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 Williams' 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
Tiger Woods
Career up to 2018
Jeff Benedict & Armen Keteyian
Hockey
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
Kieran Read - Straight 8
Kieran Read & Scotty Stevenson
Mitch - The Real Story
John Mitchell and Gavin Rich
Peter Bush - a Life in Focus
Peter Bush with Paul Thomas
Biography of a renowned rugby photographer
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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