Story Time 139 – Here comes the injured No. 11
The Final Word Cricket Podcast
00:00
The 1919 Wisdom of Cricket
The war ends in late 1918 and they decide to get a 1919 season happening. Sussex Field 36 players, which is still their most ever. They're so short that they ask Harold Hager what he's up to. He goes, all right, well, if you're short, I'll play. And they're playing against Somerset again. So basically like halfway through the first day when the fielders can't do this,. Harold Haywood comes out to bat in their first innings at number 11 but makes a duck. By the second day of the test, he's just sitting in the stands watching and someone else's sub-fielding for him. It hasn’t
Play episode from 12:10
Transcript
