Cricket in the Second World War - The Grim Test

Cricket in the Second World War: The Grim Test



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English | 2021 | ISBN: ‎ 1526780178 | 290 pages | True PDF EPUB | 37.03 MB

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.