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

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 popular today, at the beginning of the 20th 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 W...