Find out how 59 year old Howard Lacy Mitcham CC Club Captain became the team manager for the Australian Imperial Forces cricket tour of England and Scotland in 1919. This tour marked the re-emergence of competitive cricket after the dark days of the War. Several of the AIF players went on to play Test cricket for Australia in the team that dominated Test cricket in the early 1920s.

In this biography Adrian Gault examines Lacy's life, how he arranged many matches on the Mitcham Cricket Green during the war years and how he came to involve Australian servicemen in his teams. It also covers Lacy's time in America and his involvement in the organisation of the New York Metropolitan cricket League.

2026 marks 110 years since the first Australian players took part in wartime cricket on Mitcham Green. It is time that Lacy's role is more widely recognised.

You can purchase a copy of this book on eBay All proceeds to Mitcham Cricket Club.