The Substitute: Tales from the Village Green, #2

By Michael White

Mewteth Seconds are one player short for the game that could decide which team goes up and which team goes down from Cornish League Seven East. Mewteth's captain has found a substitute player, but only if Trevor, the captain of Ramswell Seconds, agrees. The guy has a funny name, but what does it matter? He's never played cricket before ...

The Substitute is the second in Michael White's Tales from the Village Green series. A keen but extremely poor cricketer, Michael has a love for the game which he hopes is reflected in his stories about it.

The Substitute is a story of village cricket, albeit one with an unusual twist! As a result it's packed full of cricket terminology. If you don't know much about cricket then this story might not be for you. However, if you love village life then you may find it worth a read.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chris Ward
• Release date: Apr 8, 2014
• ISBN: 9781501400544

Michael White

Michael White is a pen name of Chris Ward, the acclaimed author of The Tube Riders science fiction trilogy. One of Chris's great loves as a schoolboy was village cricket, and he is currently the manager and specialist number nine batsman for the cricket club in Nagano, Japan, where he currently lives, a club which, at the time of writing, had approximately seven players.

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Tales from the Village Green #2:

The Substitute

Michael White

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Tales from the Village Green #2: The Substitute

Copyright © Michael White 2013

This story is a work of fiction and is a product of the author’s imagination.

All resemblances to actual locations or to persons living or dead are entirely coincidental.

All content Copyright © Michael White 2013

Cover image purchased from pond5.com 2013

Cover design Copyright © Michael White 2013

Also by Michael White

(collected stories #1 – #5)

Tales From the Village Green Collect Tales Volume 1

(short stories)

Never Give Up (Tales #1)

The Substitute (Tales #2)

The Twelfth Man (Tales #3)

Searching for W.G. (Tales #4)

Grandad’s Old Bat (Tales #5)

The Partnership (Tales #6)

The Substitute

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