1914

Season 1914

''During the war, a new tenant farmer arrived and with no evident signs that the ground had been in use as a cricket pitch, promptly put it under the plough. When approached after the war in 1919 by an autocratic member by the name of Andrew Dick, demanding our pitch back, he refused point blank. It 	was not until 1928 that we were eventually allowed back, albeit for only 10 years. The farmer’s name by the way, was a certain Mr. Challoner – and they say lightning never strikes twice (see 1928)''

Extract from “Toft CC Jubilee Year 1926-1978” by John Howard

WW1 declared on the 4th August 1914 and ended on 11th November 1918

Compiler Jeff Tenner