War to the Knife
The book tells the story of two test match series: England vs West Indies in 1933 and West Indies vs England in 1935. The England team was one of the best to ever play the game. Their side including: Herbert Sutcliffe, Wally Hammond Harold Larwood and captained by Douglas Jardine had just battered Australia by 4:1 in the infamous bodyline series.Australians though regarded the bodyline series as a travesty: what was supposed to be a gentle game for gentlemen had been turned into a struggle for dominance characterised by violence, intimidation and injury.The West Indian team, made up of from the populations of Britain's scattered possessions…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-83859-977-5
- EAN: 9781838599775
- Produktnummer: 35589122
- Verlag: Troubador Publishing Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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