Cricket's Last Post: When Hobbs met Barnes in the Bradford League

FROM THE ARCHIVE: While war raged the Bradford League became an unlikely sanctuary for players such as Hobbs, Barnes and Woolley. They attracted huge crowds but not everyone was happy

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