Lives in Cricket No 22 - Jack Mercer

120 and for much of each long night – the Glamorgan players shared a myriad of tales about their happy days under their gallant captain. A few tears were no doubt shared in the St Helen’s pavilion and the pubs adjacent to the ground, but overall it was a cathartic experience for Jack – at a ground which held such good memories for him – as he was also able to dwell again, briefly, on his good fortune some thirty years before on the Somme and how, unlike the Glamorgan captain, he had been able to return home and continue his life in cricket. For King and Country, again