Description

A4 in size with soft covers, Overshadowed, the New Zealand Services Cricket Team in England 1945 incorporates a brief survey of wartime cricket played by RNZAF and New Zealand Services teams in England throughout the period 1940 to 1944 and provides an account of 33 matches played by 1945 New Zealand Services team in England. The side contained several of New Zealand’’s big names from the past such as Stewie Dempster, Roger Blunt, Ted Badcock and Ken James, along with rising stars Martin Donnelly and Tom Pritchard. Pen portraits of players to represent the various New Zealand Services teams in England during World War Two are also featured in the book. It includes 118 pages with 25 b/w photographs, scorecards for all games and statistical tables. All copies are neatly  signed by the author.