The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two

The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two
ISBN-10
1526706970
ISBN-13
9781526706973
Series
The Coming Storm
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
344
Language
English
Published
2017-07-30
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Author
Nigel McCrery

Description

The outbreak of the Second World War came towards the closing stages of the 1939 cricket season. Hitler permitted us almost to complete an exceptionally interesting season, Sir Home Gordon, wrote in the Cricketer magazine, When shall we see the stumps pitched again?As the West Indies touring team canceled their last five matches and sailed home before the U-boat threat developed, the treasures at Lords, including the Ashes, were sent to a secret location for safekeeping. The Marylebone Cricket Club cancelled its tour to India - England played under the MCC banner then.During the ensuing conflict twelve test cricketers (five English, two South Africans, one Australian and one New Zealander) perished together with 130 first class players. In this superbly researched sequel to Final Wicket, covering cricketing fatalities during The Great War, this book reveals each mans career details, including cricketing statistics, and the circumstances of death. There is also a brief history of the game during the War. Arguably the period between the two world wars was the golden age of cricket, and this book honors those who made it so only to die serving their countries in a different way.

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