1940 – Glamorgan had enjoyed the most recent elevation to first-class status of the seventeen sides which competed in the pre-war county championship. It is …

Derbyshire CCC had been one of the strongest counties in the pre-war years. Consecutive finishing positions of 2nd, 1st, 3rd, 5th and 9th attested to …

From the high point of winning the county championship in 1929, the years leading up to the war had seen Nottinghamshire struggle to compete with …

By 1939, English cricket was facing a polarisation of financial fortunes between the county and international game. Surrey, traditionally one of the strongest counties, was …

Middlesex CCC had had a successful if frustrating run up to the war. In five seasons they had finished 3rd once and 2nd on no …

Essex County Cricket Club had been making steady progress on the playing front during the 1930s. Consecutive pre-war county championship finishing positions of 9th, 9th, …

Yorkshire Country Cricket Club successfully bookended the Second World War, with championship victories in 1939 and 1946. On the surface it would seem that the …

Whilst the war denied the probable peak playing years of cricketers such as Len Hutton and Denis Compton, and took away the test twilights of …

For the ordinary soldier serving in North Africa during the war, their cricketing opportunities were usually restricted to makeshift pitches created on stony ground, with …

Despite the absence of the County Championship between 1940 and 1945, over the course of six English domestic wartime seasons cricket aficionados could still enjoy …