War, Peace And Cricket

‘It was an idea that began over a few drinks in a pub’ is an overused phrase and often one employed with artistic licence. In the case of ‘The Last Match’, though, it was literally true. When co-conspirator, Kit Monkman and I met in a York hostelry about eighteen months ago, I regaled him with the story of Hedley Verity and the last game in the 1939 cricket season – a story I first became aware of years ago through a cricket history book given to me by my Dad.I had been trying to find ways of getting the story...
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