A 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. SELLING POINTS: . Powerful combination of Great War and Cricket/cricket players. . Interest in The Great War ever increasing. . Written by proved author/script writer . Successor/companion to the best-selling Into Touch (Rugby Players who perished in The Great War). . National/International appeal. 250 illustrations
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN-13
9781473827141
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214348852
Product Key Features
Book Title
Final Wicket
Author
Nigel Mccrery
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Genre
Sports
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nigel Mccrery
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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