Cotton, Cricket and Football is the story of Billy Cook, one of Lancashire’s most colourful sportsmen of the pre-war era. Billy played to win but most of all he played for money, when everyone earned it the hard way. A hard-tackling full-back, he made a bigger impact on the world-famous Lancashire League than any other player.
"There are a number of strands to Cook’s life that contribute to the story that Kaye has to tell...outside the mainstream of cricket literature Cotton, Cricket and Football works on every one of the many levels of the lives of Billy Cook and his contemporaries that it explores, and it is highly recommended."
"This is a very worthwhile book.. Besides Barnes, Cook played with other greats of the era, particularly Learie Constatine and Archie MacLaren, which encounters add considerably to the whole."