What is it about?
E W Hornung, the creator of the Raffles stories about a gentleman-burglar, was a keen cricketer. He saw games, and cricket especially, as a means of raising a martial spirit in the nation's youth in the years prior to the Great War.
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Why is it important?
The inculcation of this martial spirit was one ingredient that led to the declaration of war.
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An example of school sport being used for political ends.
Dr Malcolm Tozer
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This page is a summary of: Cricket, school and empire: E.W. Hornung and his Young Guard, The International Journal of the History of Sport, September 1989, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09523368908713686.
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