Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Australia had already been at war for a month when the 1914-15 cricket season opened. At first, the war had only a limited impact on the daily lives of most Australians, other than those who had joined up early; it was a distant conflict, and few people thought ti would last for long. Except that a number of players were quick to enlist, cricket carried on more or less as though nothing had happened. There was a Sheffield Shield competition, and each Grade club sent out three teams every Saturday.
Australia had already been at war for a month when the 1914-15 cricket season opened. At first, the war had only a limited impact on the daily lives of most Australians, other than those who had joined up early; it was a distant conflict, and few people thought ti would last for long. Except that a number of players were quick to enlist, cricket carried on more or less as though nothing had happened. There was a Sheffield Shield competition, and each Grade club sent out three teams every Saturday.
Wests had finished fourth in the First Grade premiership in 1913-14, and at Christmas 1914, the club was standing fourth again, trailing North Sydney, Waverley and Gordon.
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