Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War

by Nigel McCrery

The national sport of Cricket saw many of its top players sacrifice their lives and become heroes as they enlisted in World War I.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473827140
• ISBN13: 9781473827141
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 400 Pages