The Final Innings: The Cricketers of Summer 1939

by Christopher Sandford

Book Overview

Joint winner of the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year 2020 award

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Using unpublished letters, diaries and memoirs, Christopher Sandford...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075099469X
• ISBN13: 9780750994699
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 336 Pages