Cricket In The Second World War
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The Coming Storm
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Author : Nigel McCrery
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-07-30
The Coming Storm written by Nigel McCrery and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Cricket In The Second World War
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Author : John Broom
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2021-07-07
Cricket In The Second World War written by John Broom and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
As the civilised world fought for its very survival, Sir Home Gordon, writing in The Cricketer in September 1939, stated that ‘England has now started the grim Test Match with Germany’, the objective of which was to ‘win the Ashes of civilisation’. Despite the interruption of first-class and Test cricket in England, the game continued to be played and watched by hundreds of thousands of people engaged in military and civilian service. In workplaces, cricket clubs, and military establishments, as well as on the famous grounds of the country, players of all abilities kept the sporting flag flying to sustain morale. Matches raised vast sums for war charities whilst in the north and midlands, competitive League cricket continued, with many Test and county players being employed as weekend professionals by the clubs. Further afield the game continued in all the Test-playing nations and in further-flung outposts around the world. Troops stationed in Europe, Africa and the Far East seized on any opportunity to play cricket, often in the most unusual of circumstances. Luxurious sporting clubs in Egypt hosted matches that pitted English service teams against their Commonwealth counterparts. Luminaries such as Wally Hammond and Lindsay Hassett were cheered on by their uniformed countrymen. Inevitably there was a sombre side to cricket’s wartime account. From renowned Test stars such as Hedley Verity to the keen but modest club player, many cricketers paid the ultimate price for Allied victory. The Victory Tests of 1945 were played against a backdrop of relief and sorrow. Nevertheless, cricket would emerge intact into the post-war world in broadly the same format as 1939. The game had sustained its soul and played its part in the sad but necessary victory of the Grim Test.
The Final Innings
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Author : Christopher Sandford
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2019-07-16
The Final Innings written by Christopher Sandford and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-16 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The declaration of war against Germany on 3 September 1939 brought an end to the second (and as yet, final) Golden Age of English cricket. Over 200 first-class English players signed up to fight in that first year; 52 never came back. In many ways, the summer of 1939 was the end of innocence. Using unpublished letters, diaries and memoirs, Christopher Sandford recreates that last summer, looking at men like George Macaulay, who took a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket but was struck down while serving with the RAF in 1940; Maurice Turnbull, the England all-rounder who fell during the Normandy landings; and Hedley Verity, who still holds cricketing records, but who died in the invasion of Sicily. Few English cricket teams began their first post-war season without holding memorial ceremonies for the men they had lost: The Final Innings pays homage not only to these men, but to the lost innocence, heroism and human endurance of the age.
And Hitler Stopped Play
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Author : George Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Vanguard Press
Release Date : 2001
And Hitler Stopped Play written by George Cooper and has been published by Vanguard Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Cricket categories.
Field Of Shadows
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Author : Dan Waddell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-08
Field Of Shadows written by Dan Waddell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-08 with categories.
Adolf Hitler despised cricket, considering it un-German and decadent. And Berlin in 1937 was not a time to be going against the Fuhrer's wishes. But hot on the heels of the 1936 Olympics, an enterprising cricket fanatic of enormous bravery, Felix Menzel, somehow persuaded his Nazi leaders to invite an English team to play his motley band of part-timers. That team was the Gentlemen of Worcestershire, an ill-matched group of mavericks, minor nobility, ex-county cricketers, rich businessmen and callow schoolboys - led by former Worcestershire CC skipper Major Maurice Jewell. Despite the shadow cast by the cataclysmic conflict that was shortly to engulf them, Dan Waddell's detailed account of the Gentlemen of Worcestershire's 1937 Berlin tour is a story of triumph: of civility over barbarity, of passion over indifference and hope over despair.
The Cricket War
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Author : Gideon Haigh
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Release Date : 2007
The Cricket War written by Gideon Haigh and has been published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cricket categories.
In May 1977, the cricket world woke to discover that a 39-year-old businessman called Kerry Packer had signed thirty-five elite international players for his own televised World Series Cricket. The Cricket War, now published with a new introduction and afterword, is the definitive account of the split that changed the game on the field and on the screen. In helmets, under lights, with white balls and in coloured clothes, the outlaw armies of Ian Chappell, Tony Greig and Clive Lloyd fought a daily battle of survival. In boardrooms and courtrooms, Packer and cricket's rulers fought a bitter war of nerves. A compelling account of top-class sporting life, The Cricket War also gives a unique insight into the motives and methods of the tycoon who became Australia's richest man.
Final Wicket
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Author : Nigel McCrery
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-07-30
Final Wicket written by Nigel McCrery and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-30 with History categories.
While cricket remains a national game today, at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, it was THE national game. Cricketers were the sporting icons of their age, as footballers are today.When the call to arms was made in 1914 and the years of war that followed, it was answered in droves by young men including Test and First Class cricketers. The machine guns and gas of the Western Front and other theatres did not discriminate and many hundreds of these star performers perished alongside their lesser known comrades. The author has researched the lives and deaths of over 200 top class cricketers who made the ultimate sacrifice. He includes not just British players but those from the Empire. The enormity of the horror and wholesale loss of life during The Great War is well demonstrated by these moving biographies.
Legendary Cricket Of D Day
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Author : Michel de Trez
language : en
Publisher: D-Day Publishing
Release Date : 2005-01
Legendary Cricket Of D Day written by Michel de Trez and has been published by D-Day Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01 with History categories.
Since the end of WWII, stories and legends about the cricket's employment have grown and flowered, as such stories will. Many untruths were hawked by various media and other sources leading not only to deformation of history but also to an erroneous presentation of one of the most unwarlike and incongruous items of "battle gear" carried by the American parachutist !This booklet, profusely illustrated, based on historical facts, interviews of key personalities related to the introduction of the cricket within the airborne units, and vintage documents tries to dismiss the generally accepted ideas and report the true history of the legendary cricket of D-Day. Who initiated it all, where were the crickets produced, and who produced them? What type was official issue and which units used them? For the first time, these questions have now been answered.Included with the booklet is a reproduction cricket!
The Final Innings
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Author : Christopher Sandford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-16
The Final Innings written by Christopher Sandford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-16 with Biography categories.
The declaration of war on 3 September 1939 brought to an end a golden age of British cricket, the likes of which has never been repeated. At least 216 of 283 registered British first-class players joined up before the end of the year; fifty-two lost their lives. Here cricket stands as both a statistical and very human representation of the price paid in British blood as a whole. Final Innings will follow characters of unmatched modesty, charm and often endearing eccentricity in their private and public lives, right up to the moment of their deaths. Men such as Yorkshire and England bowler Hedley Verity and the luxuriously mustachioed Maurice Turnbull will be given voices via their diaries and letters, expertly narrated by acclaimed author Christopher Sandford, who will weave a very human tale of the abrupt transition from the world of Lord's and the Oval to that of air raids, Dunkirk, the Blitz and the horror that followed.
Bradman S War
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Author : Malcolm Knox
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2013-07-02
Bradman S War written by Malcolm Knox and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Hailed as one of the greatest cricket teams of all time, the 1948 'Invincibles' are the only Australians to complete an Ashes tour undefeated. Their crushing victories under Sir Donald Bradman's captaincy created history, even if the Don himself, on his final tour, was left stranded for ever with a Test batting average of 99.94 after his duck in the fifth Test. Yet the mixed feelings about the manner in which these feats were achieved are often forgotten. In his fascinating account of the legendary tour, Malcolm Knox exposes the rift between those players with experience of the horrors of active duty, epitomised by the fiery but sporting RAAF pilot Keith Miller, and those without, such as the invalid Bradman. Knox reveals unease among the fans, commentators and players - from both teams - about Bradman's resolute tactics, both on the field and in the pavilion. Bradman's ruthlessness, even against war-ravaged veterans at the county clubs, dashed hopes that the legacy of Bodyline would finally be laid to rest and the postwar game resume in a more congenial spirit. While Bradman's War celebrates the talents of the likes of Ray Lindwall, Sid Barnes, Lindsay Hassett, Bill Johnston, Arthur Morris and, of course, their incomparable captain, it also questions our appreciation of sporting entertainment when rivalries escalate - and competition verges on hostility. If the spoils are to the victor, what is there for lovers of the game?