Edging Towards Darkness: The story of the last timeless Test
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Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Bloomsbury Publishing, especially to Charlotte Atyeo and Holly Jarrald for all their hard work and patience, and to Ian Preece for his excellent copy-editing. Thanks to my agent, Charlie Viney, for his continued support and belief in this project. I am indebted to Roger Mann for helping me with a book for the third time by supplying photographs and information from his wonderful collection; as always, his positive thoughts were much appreciated. Thanks to David Studham and Trevor Ruddell at the MCG library for all their assistance, and for successfully tracking down one particularly elusive book for me; and to Roger Page and Charles Davis, also in Australia, for their valuable contributions. I am most grateful to Neil Robinson at Lord’s for providing me with a fascinating glimpse into Bill Ferguson’s scorebook of the 1938–39 tour. A special thanks also to my New Zealand family, particularly Jean Meyer for being the best host and office manager that a writer could wish for. Finally, all my thanks to Sharon, for everything. As ever, I could not have done it without you.
Index
Advisory County Cricket Committee, England here
Allen, ‘Gubby’ here, here
Ames, Les here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1935 South African tour of England here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here
1939 season here, here
Sabina Park Test match (1930) here
on timeless Tests here
apartheid here
Arlott, John here, here, here
Ashes: 1938 series here, here, here, here
Athlone Castle (steamship)
voyage home here, here
voyage out here, here, here, here
Australia
1938 Ashes series here, here, here, here
timeless Tests here, here
tour of South Africa here
Australian Board of Control here
and timeless Tests here
Bacher, Ali here, here
Bailey, Abe here
Balaskas, Xenophon
1935 South African tour of England here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here
googlies here
Barker, Ralph here, here
Barnes, Sydney here, here
Barnett, Charlie here
Bartlett, Hugh here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here
Batchelor, Denzil here, here
BBC outside broadcasts here, here
Birley, Derek here
Bosanquet, Bernard here
Bowes, Bill here, here, here
Bradman, Don here, here, here, here, here
1938 Ashes series here, here
and Hammond here
Briscoe, ‘Dooley’ here
Brown, Bill here
Bulawayo, Rhodesia here
Bull, Andy here
Cameron, ‘Jock’
1929 South African tour of England here
1935 South African tour of England here, here
death of here
Cardus, Neville here, here, here
on 1938 Ashes series here, here, here, here
criticism of timeless Tests here
cartoons here
Chamberlain, Neville here, here, here, here
Munich Agreement here
pledge to defend Poland here
reaction to Hitler here
Chapman, Percy here, here
Compton, Denis here, here
1938 Ashes series here
1939 season here
and football here
conscription here
Constantine, Learie here, here, here
Cotton, Henry here
County Championship, Hove (1939) here, here
Crisp, Bob here
Currie, Donald here
Currie Cup here, here, here
Czechoslovakia, invasion of here, here
Dalton, Eric here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here
1929 South African tour of England here
1935 South African tour of England here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here
Davies, Eric here, here, here
Day of the Covenant celebrations here
Depression (Great Slump) here
Dingaan’s Day celebrations here
Drake, Ted here
Duffus, Louis here, here, here, here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1935 Australian tour of South Africa here
1935 South African tour of England here, here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here
on English cricketers here, here, here, here
in Germany (1935) here
on South African cricket here, here
on South African cricketers here, here
on timeless Tests here
on wickets here
Durban: 3rd Test here
Durban: (timeless) Test here, here, here, here, here
day 1: here
day 2: here
day 3: here
day 4: here
day 5: here
day 6: here
day 7: here
day 8: here
day 9: here
day 10: here
records here, here
scorecard here
Dyson, A. H. here
Edrich, Bill here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1939 season here, here, here
eight-ball overs
England and here
Farnes and here
Mitchell and here
South Africa and here, here, here
Farnes, Ken here, here, here, here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1939 season here, here
death of here
eight-ball overs here
Gentlemen v Players here, here
on South African cricket here
Faulkner, Aubrey here
Ferguson, Bill here
Fingleton, Jack here, here
1935 Australian tour of South Africa here
1938 Ashes series here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here
on timeless Tests here
Fleetwood-Smith, ‘Chuck’ here
Foot, David here, here
football here, here, here
Frith, David here
Fry, C. B. here, here
Gage, Jack here, here, here
Gentlemen v Players here, here
Germany here
and Czechoslovakia here, here
Duffus in here
Nazi–Soviet Non-aggression Pact here
and Poland here, here, here
Gibb, Paul here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here
1939 season here
car incident here
Gillette Cup here
Gilligan, Arthur here
Goddard, Tom here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here
golf here
googlies here, here, here, here, here
Gordon, Norman here, here, here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here
Grand Combination Match, Melbourne (1877) here
Grant, Rolph here
Great Slump (Depression) here
Gregory, Ross here
Grieveson, Ronnie here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here
Grimmett, Clarrie here, here
Griqualand, South Africa here
Halliwell, E. A. here
Hammond, Walter here, here, here, here, here
on 3-day Tests here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1928–29 MCC tour of Australia here
1930–31 MCC tour of South Africa here
1935 South African tour of England here
1938 Ashes series here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1939 season here, here, here
1939 West Indies Test series here, here
1939–40 MCC India tour party here
on attitude of pro-German Afrikaners here
and Bradman here
captaincy of England XI: here, here, here, here
and Gentlemen/Players here, here
on outward voyage of Athlone Castle here
and timeless Tests here, here, here
tour form here
Hardstaff, Joe here
Headley, George here, here, here
Henty, Corporal here
Hill, Alan here, here, here, here, here
Hillbrow, Johannesburg here
Hitler, Adolf here, here, here
Hobbs, Jack here, here, here, here, here
Hoggard, Matthew here
Holmes, Jack here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here
Howat, Gerald here, here, here, here, here, here
on racial segregation here
Hutton, Len here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here
1938 Ashes series here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1939 season here
1939 West Indies Test series here, here
Hutton, Richard here
India here
1939–40 MCC tour party here
International Cricket Council (ICC) here, here
Jardine, Douglas here, here, here
Johannesburg
1st Test here
4th Test here
Hillbrow here
Transvaal match here
Kilburn, J. M. here
Kimberley, South Africa here, here
Kortright, Charles here
Langton, ‘Chud’ here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here
1935 South African tour of England here,
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here
death of here
Larwood, Harold here, here
Lawton, Tommy here
Leeds Test (1938) here
Legge, Geoffrey here
Leyland, Maurice here, here, here
Lord’s here, here, here, here
1932 Varsity match here
1935: 2nd Test here, here, here, here, here, here
1939: 1st Test here, here, here
Gentlemen v Players here, here
one-day cricket here
Lorgat, Haroon here
Lyttelton, Mrs Robert here
Macaulay, George here
McCabe, Stan here
McCormick, Ernie here
McGlew, Jackie here, here, here
Malan, Daniel F. here
Maloney, B. C. here
Marshall, Howard here
Martin, ‘Bosser’ here
Mason, Jack here
Mason, Ronald here, here, here
Matthews, Stanley here
MCC
1906 tour of South Africa here
1922 tour of South Africa here
1930–31 tour of South Africa here
1936–37 tour of Australia here
1938 Australian tour of England here
1938–39 tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here: see also Durban (timeless) Test
1938–40 India tour party here
1948–49 tour of South Africa here
Melford, Michael here
Melville, Alan here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here, here
Miller, Max here
Mitchell, Bruce here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here
1929 South African tour of England here
1935 South African tour of England here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Mitchell, Tommy here
Natal here
National Service here
Nazi–Soviet Non-aggression Pact here
Ness-Harvey, Sybil here
Netherlands here
New Zealand here, here, here
Newlands, Cape Town: 2nd Test here, here
Newson, ‘Bob’ here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here
North Eastern Transvaal, Pretoria here
Nourse, ‘Dave’ here, here
Nourse, Dudley here, here, here, here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1935 Australian tour of South Africa here
1935 South African tour of England here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here
Nuffield, Lord here
Nuffield Schools Week here
Nupen, ‘Buster’ here
one-day cricket here
Orange Free State, south Africa here
O’Reilly, ‘Tiger’ here, here
1938 Ashes series here, here, here, here
Owen-Smith, Harold ‘Tuppy’ here
Pathé newsreel here
Paynter, Eddie here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1939 season here
on racial segregation here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here
1939 season here, here
Perry, Fred here
Poland here, here, here
Pollock, Graeme here
Pollock, Shaun here
Pollock, William here, here, here, here
on 5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
on 1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here, here
1939 season diary here, here
on timeless Tests here
Port Elizabeth
1889 Test match here
Eastern Province match here
Preston, Norman here
Pretoria here, here, here
racial segregation here
Rennoldson, Tom here, here
Rhodesia XI: here
Robertson-Glasgow, R. C. here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here, here
1935 South African tour of England here
1939 season here, here
Robins, R. W. V. here
Robins, Vic here
Robinson, Ray here
Round, Dorothy here
Rowan, Eric here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here, here, here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here, here
rugby here
Russell, ‘Jack’ here
Sabina Park Test match (1930) here
Salisbury, Rhodesia here
Sandham, Andy here, here
Schwarz, Reggie here
Second World War
cricketing fatalities here
Farnes, Ken here
Langton, ‘Chud’ here
preparations for here
Verity, Hedley here
Shankly, Bill here
Smith, C. Aubrey here
Smuts, Jan here
South Africa
1889 Test against England here
1906 MCC tour here
1922 MCC tour here
1929 tour of England here
1935 tour of England here
1938–39 team here, here: see also Durban (timeless) Test
cricket in here, here, here
Nuffield Schools Week here
Nuffield’s donation to here
racial segregation here
South African Board of Control here
abandonment of timeless Test here, here, here
Sutcliffe, Herbert here, here, here, here
Swanton, E. W. here, here, here, here, here, here
5th (timeless) Test, Durban here
1938–39 MCC tour of South Africa here
South African cricket here
timeless Tests here, here
Tate, Maurice here, here
Taylor, Herbie here
tennis here
Thurlow, David here, here
timeless Tests here, here, here
abandonment of here, here, here
Australia and here, here, here