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Abbots, E. B. ‘Crash’ 230
Aberdare, Lord (Clarence Bruce) 33–4
Abrahams, Harold 34
Abyssinia
invasion of by Mussolini (1935) 34
Adlon Hotel (Berlin) 219–20
commandeering of by SS 220
destruction of by Russians 221
staying in by Worcestershire Gents during tour 103–5
Allen, Gubby 212
Anglo-German Fellowship 54, 100
Anton, C. S. (Charles) 21, 131, 133, 155, 160, 175, 204, 233
Ashley-Cooper, F. S.
Cricket Highways and Byways 43–5
Ashton, Gilbert 231–2
Auschwitz 205
Australia cricket team 8
Baldwin, Stanley 16
Barnt Green Cricket Club 145
Beddow, Reverend Frank Seaward 45, 46
Behnke, Bruno 222
Berkeley, Robert 14, 110–11
background 98–9
and cricket tour 132–3, 147, 152, 168
epilogue 234
interview on return home 184
and Second World War action 204
summary of tour for The Cricketer 184–5
Berlin Blockade (1948/9) 226–7
Berlin Cricket League 36, 45, 46–7, 229, 230
Berlin Tageblatt (newspaper) 124
Berlin Wall 230
Berlin XI 46, 188, 189
Berlin/Berliners 101–3, 105
Battle of (1933/44) 218
bombing of during the war 218, 219
chaos in post-war 226
Columbushaus 118–19
cricket scene after the war 227–30
division amongst the Allies 222, 226
and Hitler 101–3, 180n
and outbreak of war 197
persecution of Jews in 118
Russian march on and occupation of 219–22
Soviet grip on 226
Vaterland 116–18, 119, 219
and Worcestershire Gents’ cricket tour see Worcestershire Gents cricket tour
Zoological Gardens 221
Berliner Morgenpost 102, 176
Berliner Sportvereins 92
club 110
Berrows Worcestershire Journal 14, 37
Birley, Derek
A Social History of English Cricket 194
Bodyline series 36, 64, 87–8
Bowes, Bill 196, 199
Bowley, Fred 86, 87
Boycott, Geoffrey 6, 240
Bradman, Don 22, 62, 71, 89
Braun, Eva 220
Breithaupt, Franz 76–7
Breithaupt, Hans 189
Bristle, Christian 239
Britain, Rosemary 64–5
Brown, Freddie 196
Bryant, C. M. 65
BSV 92 club 114, 167, 187
ground of 110, 114, 188, 219
Budge, Don 30, 31, 32
Burgess, Guy 100
Burghley, Lord David 34
Burns, Tim 217
Byron, Lord 18–19
Cardus, Neville 55
Chamberlain, Neville 190, 191
Chesterton, George 16–17, 217
Civil Service Crusaders 67
Clajus, Hermann 159
Coldham, James 11, 15, 36, 45, 60, 61, 167, 241
German Cricket 8
Columbia concentration camp 143
Compton, Denis 196
Cramm, Gottfried von 31–2, 168
Crawford, Jack 30
Dalzel-Job, Patrick 215
Dartford CC 48
matches against United Berlin (1930/31) 65–7, 73, 136, 138–9
Dartsch, Bernard 155, 198, 222
Dartsch, Bruno 131, 155–6, 198, 222
Davis Cup
Germany v USA (1937) 30, 31–2
Dawson, Geoffrey 100
Deakins, Captain Bill 210, 211
Deeley, William 21, 144–5, 175, 200–1, 233–4
Dennis, Peter 66
Deutsche Cricket Club 46
Deutsche Fussball Bund (DFB) 141–2
Deutsche Fussball und Cricket Bund 44
Deutsche-Englische Gesellschaft 100
Drake, Alonzo 84
Ebbutts, Norman 96
Eton College first XI 18–19
Eton-Harrow match 18–19
Eton Ramblers 212
Farnes, Ken 196
Farrish, Major Linn 211–12
First World War 64, 84, 106
Fleming, Ian 213
Foley, Edward 15
Foley, H. T. H. 15, 234
Foley, Paul 15
Fowler, Richard 86
Frankfurt 227
Freeman, Meg 22
Fry, C. B. 54–5
Fußball-Megaphon, Das 100, 123, 137, 138, 157
Fußball-Woche, Die 38, 48, 65, 73, 123, 154, 185
German cricket 7, 42–7
effect of Second World War on 226
history of 42–9
promotion of by Menzel 77–8, 189, 190, 191, 198–9
tour of England by United Berlin team (1930) 61–72
tours of England by cricket teams 61–2
under the Nazis 7, 11, 50–1, 74, 75–6
visiting of Germany by British cricket teams 45–6, 48
German cricketers
killed in action during the war 222
Germany
football in 44, 197
foreign workers brought in during war 198
see also Second World War Gestapo 118, 140
Gezira Club (Cairo) 208
Gilbert, Humphrey 87
Gittins, Brian 232
Goebbels, Joseph 51–2, 169, 197, 205, 219
Gordon, Sir Home 38, 194
Gruhn, Paul 133
Gutsmuths, Christoph Friedrich
Games and Exercises 42–3
Harris, Vice Air Marshal Arthur 218
Hassett, Lindsay 209
Henderson, George 61, 63
Henderson, Neville 128
Henkel, Henner 30, 168
Hesse-Lichtenberger, Ulrich 30–1, 44
Heydrich, Reinhard 143
Higgins, Harry 87
Hiller, Kurt 118–19
Hilton, Christopher
How Hitler Hijacked World Sport 30
Himmler, Heinrich 77
Hinchcliffe, Roger 234
Hirst, George 19
Hitler, Adolf 9–10, 96, 185
admiration of by some English MPs 53
‘Beer Hall Putsch’ (1923) 9
and Berlin 101–2, 180n
cultural war against the Jews 140
dislike of cricket 9–11
invasion of Czechoslovakia and Poland 190, 191
meeting with Fry 55
Mein Kampf 165
movie buff 148
and Olympics 51–2
and sport 75
Hitler myth 74–5
Hoare, Oliver 34
Hoare, Samuel 34
Hobbs, Jack 71–2
Hölderlin, Friedrich 165
Hotel Adlon (Berlin) see Adlon Hotel
House of German Sport 238
Howard’s XI 69, 72
Hugill, Tony 217
Huntington-Whiteley, Herbert 16, 240
and cricket tour 132, 145, 146–7, 155
involvement with Operation Jubilee 213–14
killed in action 216–17
leading of 30 Commando unit 213–15
and Operation Overlord 215–16
and Second World War action 212–16
Huntington-Whiteley, Hugo 16–17
Huntington-Whiteley, Captain Sir Maurice 16
Huntington-Whiteley, Miles 16, 18
Huntington-Whiteley, Pamela (née Baldwin) 16
Huntington-Whiteley, H. O.
‘Peter’ 17, 18, 19
Huntington-Whiteley, Rosie 13–14, 15–16
Hustan, Franz 66, 198, 228, 236
Hutton, Len 229
Indian Legion 199n
Jardine, Douglas 87
Jewell, Arthur (brother) 86
Jewell, Elsie (née Taylor) 83, 85, 90
Jewell, Major Maurice 14, 17, 19, 22, 25, 37, 38, 82–8, 240
after the war 231
background and cricketing career 82–9, 91, 111
century scored on German tour 168–9, 174
in charge of local Home Guard in Second World War 199
and cricket tour 101, 114–15, 129–31, 132, 166–7, 168–9, 170, 177
death 231–2
fundraising for Worcestershire 90–1
personal life 83, 85
speech at farewell dinner 178
Jewell, Young Maurice (son) 14, 17, 19–20, 90, 203, 231, 234
Jews
exclusion of from German sport by Nazis 141–2
and Kristallnacht 190, 191
persecution and extermination of by Nazis 140–1, 142, 158, 190–1, 204–5
Jordan, Francis 61
Joyce, William (Lord Haw Haw) 197
Keating, Frank
Another Bloody Day in Paradise 6
Kershaw, Ian 52, 74–5
Kipling, Rudyard 16
Kircher, Rudolf 48
Kirloskar, W. 69
Knight, Donald 210, 211
Ladwig, Alfred 62, 70, 137, 139, 155, 198, 230, 236
Langemarck, Battle of (1914) 165
Lehmann, Fritz 166
Lehmann, Kuno 137, 166, 170, 184, 198, 222
Leicester Cricket Club 45–6, 60
Leveson-Gower, H. D. G. 71
Lloyd George, David 54
Lloyd’s of London (film) 147–8
Locker-Lampson, Oliver 9–10
Lockett, Aaron 153, 154
Long, Luz 33
Lord’s
Tschammer und Osten’s visit to 35–6
Mackie, Phil 12, 13, 167
Maclean, Fitzroy 209–10, 211
Malitz, Bruno 141
Mallinson, Michael 15, 21, 161, 234
Marlborough College first XI team 20, 21
Maus, Egon 137–8, 146, 154–5, 155, 198, 222
MCC 35–6, 63, 70–1, 91–2, 186, 186–7, 194
Mengden, Guido von 141–2
Menzel, Felix 60–2, 73, 223, 236, 240–1
appearance 74
attempts to increase cricket’s popularity 77–8, 189, 190, 191, 198–9
background and cricketing career 60–2
influence of and reasons for 76–7
meeting of Hobbs 71–2
moves to Frankfurt after the war 227
mystery of what happened to him 241
photo of 73–4
plays in United Berlin team’s tour of England 66, 67, 68–9, 70
promotion of international cricket tournament idea 186–7
and Somerset Wanderers’ tour (1938) 196
and Worcestershire Gents cricket tour/bowling figures 105–6, 137, 144, 146, 155, 168, 170, 177
Menzel, Guido 62, 65, 73, 147, 154, 175, 189–90, 191, 198, 223
Mesecke, Willi 131, 198, 222
Ministry of Sport 161
Morkel, Denys 69, 70
National Fitness Council 33
Nazi Ministry of Sport 37
Nazis 165
control of all aspects of German civil life 74–5
control of press 102
cricket under 7, 11, 50–1, 74, 75–6
exclusion of Jews from German sport 141–2
legalizing of sabre-duelling 49–50
persecution and extermination of Jews 140–1, 142, 158, 190–1, 204–5
transformation of sport 50
Niemoller, Martin 96–7
Night of the Long Knives (1934) 31
Nord-Express 97–100, 179
Norman, Montague 100
Nykobing Falster team (Denmark) 191
Old Boys of Copenhagen 189–90
Old Hill Cricket Club 153–4
Olympiastadion (Berlin) 161, 165–6, 238–9
Olympic Games (1936) 51–3, 115, 142
Orwell, George
‘Raffles and Miss Blandish’ 6–7
Owens, Jesse 33, 52, 53, 96
Palairet, Richard 63–4
Pardon, Sydney 85
Parkdale 68–9
Parnemann, Gustav 137, 146, 154–5, 198, 222, 228
Perks, Reg 200
Philby, Kim 100
Pitcher, Len 186, 233
Planck, Karl 44
Poelchau, Harald 50–1
Ponsonby, Cecil 89
Portal, Lord Charles 33, 34
Prince Baudouin (ship) 97, 201–2
Prittie, Terence 197
Queensberry, 9th Marquess of 12
Rankin, Nicholas
Ian Fleming’s Commandos 213–14
Red Army 218–19
Reich’s Labour Service Camp 157
Reichssportblatt 174, 176
Ribar, Lola 210, 211
Ribbentrop, Joachim von 55
Richie, Alexandra
Faust’s Metropolis: A History of Berlin 221
Rietz, Kurt 138, 198, 222, 228–9, 230, 235–6
Robertson, Jack 196
Robinson, Henry 24–5
Robinson, Peter 21, 23–6, 96, 147, 160–1, 240
and cricket tour 96, 97–8, 104–5, 122, 143, 145–6, 152, 155
death 234–5
epilogue 234–5
and Second World War action 202–3
Rommel, General Erwin 207
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 53
Root, Fred 87–8
Rothwell, Bruce 229
sabre-duelling 49–50
Sanssouc i Palace 157–9
Schenkendorfplatz 165, 166, 187, 238–40
Schmidt, Arthur 67, 73, 73–4, 138–40, 142, 175–6, 179, 205–6, 240
Schneider, Georg 139
Schwiete, Rolf 235
Second World War
Army vs RAF cricket matches 196
Battle of Berlin 218
cricket during 194–7
Dunkirk (1940) 201
and North Africa 207–9
Operation Crusader 209
Operation Jubilee 213–14
Operation Overlord (D-Day) 202, 215–16
outbreak of 191, 194
professional cricketers killed during 195–6
Tito mission in Yugoslavia 209–11
Shakespeare, William 86
Shaw, Geoffrey 216
Shirer, William 197
Simpson, John 8–9
Smith, Cyril 15, 21, 99, 122, 143, 144, 148, 152, 160, 166, 179, 233
Smith, Jim 35
Snow, C. P.
The Light and the Dark 138
Sobek, Hanne 139
Society for the Encouragement of Playing Ball 47
Somerset Wanderers tour (1938) 186–9, 233
Speer, Albert 102–3
Stalin, J. 226
Stourbridge Cricket Club 153–4
Strandbad Wannsee 159–60
Sturmer, Der 141
Sudeten crisis (1938) 190
Sussex CC 86
Tate, Maurice 84
Taylor, William 83, 85
Terry, Noel 20
Terry, Peter 19–21, 131, 152, 177, 203, 234
Thamer, Gerhard 22, 68, 122, 129, 131, 132, 137, 152, 167, 188, 198
30 Commando’s (later 30 Assault Unit) 213–16
Thorne, Brigadier General Andrew 33
Thurber, James 32
Times, The 47
Tito 209–10
Tomkinson, Geoffrey 15, 22, 113, 125–7, 144, 168, 180, 200, 232–3, 240
Trott, Albert 60
Tschammer und Osten, Hans von 30–6, 56, 75, 77, 168, 178, 185, 217–18
Turngemeinde in Berlin (TiB) sport club 142–3
United Berlin team 61
match against Dartford on home soil (1931) 73
tour of England (1930) 61–73
Verity, Hedley 195–6
Viktoria 89 cricket team 229
Volkische Beobachter 124–5, 136
Walters, Guy
Berlin Games 51
Wannsee 159
Wannsee Conference (1942) 205
Warner, Sir Pelham 35, 36–7, 90, 91–2
Wavell, General Archibald 208
Weatherly, Frederic 189
Welch, Dick 186
Whetherly, Robin Evelyn 23, 240
awarded Military Cross 208
background and cricketing career 112–13
and cricket tour 111–12, 132–3
killed in action 211–12
and Second World War action in North Africa 206–9
serves with Special Operations Executive 209
and Tito mission in Yugoslavia 209–11
Whetherly, Lt Col William Stobart 112
Williams, Dickie 14–15, 133, 144, 147, 152–3, 154, 166, 170, 204, 234
Wilson, Martin 42
Wisden 195, 196
Wolz, Hans 100
Worcester Evening News 184
Worcestershire CC 12, 86–7, 231
Jewell’s fundraising for 90–1
Worcestershire Gents 12, 82, 91, 232
formation and history 12–13
involvement in Second World War 199–217
members 12
overseas tours 17, 82
today 12–13
Worcestershire Gents cricket tour (1937)
arrival in Berlin and welcome 100–1
attendance 176
dinner to honour 177–8
final match 165–77
first match 122–33, 136
and German press 123–5, 174–5
German salute at beginning of match 127–8
hitting of younger player by Thamer for dropping catches incident 167–8, 178–9
lunch with Berlin players and first meeting with 105–6
organization of 36–8
practice session 110–11
presence of photographer on the field 129–30
rest days and sightseeing 116–18, 119, 157–8, 179
return home 180
Schmidt as umpire 139, 142
scorecards 130n
second match 136–49
spying of Worcester Gents during 160
staying at Hotel Adlon 103–5
summary of tour by Berkeley 184
team members 14–22
third match 152–7
unease felt at atmosphere in Nazi Germany 164, 169
Xandry, Dr Georg 178
Yorkshire Gentlemen 234