Lives in Cricket No 22 - Jack Mercer

145 Jewell, M.F.S. 23 Jones, D.A. 110 Jones, E.Closs 106 , 107, 111 , 114 Jones, Watkin E. 115 Jones, William E. 111 Judge, P.F. 114 , 115 Jupp, V.W.C. 24, 91 Karachi, India 49 Kennedy, A.S. 97 Kent C.C.C. 23, 24, 94, 987, 101, 105, 107, 113, 133 Kidderminster, Chester Road ground 58 Kilner, Norman 45, 71, 86 Kilner, Roy 48 King, J.H. 122 Kingston, Jamaica 11, 67, 69, 126 Kingston, Melbourne Park 68 Kingston, Sabina Park 68 Kingston-by-Sea, Sussex 13, 14 , 15 Kitchener, Field Marshal Earl 17 Kitchener, Lord (calypsonian) 127 Lamb, A.J. 131 Lancashire C.C.C. 24, 29, 30, 36, 37, 38, 39, 47, 57, 61, 63, 75, 80, 83, 85, 90, 93, 94, 96, 108, 127 Lancashire league cricket 38, 40, 93, 97, 116, 122, 123 Langridge, James 62, 74, 119 Larwood, Harold 73, 91, 92 Lavis, George 78, 82, 93, 95, 98, 102, 106 , 108, 109, 119 Laws, Roger 133 Lee, F.S. 118 Lee, J.W. 97 Leicester, Aylestone Road ground 34, 37, 39, 43, 86, 98 Leicestershire C.C.C. 34, 37, 39, 43, 86, 98 Leicester Magic Circle 67 Lester, E.I. 132 Leveson Gower, Sir H.D.G. 29, 57, 64, 65, 66 Lewis, Claude 133 Leyland, Morris 50, 54, 63, 111 Leyton, County Ground 45-46 Lille, France 16, 17 Liverpool, Aigburth Ground 16, 118 Livingston, Leonard 123 Llandudno, The Oval 32, 41, 42 , 70 Llanelli C.C. 36 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire 43, 94, 100 Llanelli, Stradey Park 93, 96, 108 Longchamp Racecourse, Paris 49 Lord’s Cricket Ground 44, 49, 63, 83, 85, 93, 96, 118, 123, 127, 128, 133 Loughborough, College Ground 74 Lyttelton, Hon C.J . see Cobham, tenth Viscount Madras, India 52, 53 Maesteg, Glamorgan 113 Magic Circle 10, 94, 129 Maidstone, Mote Park 113 Mailey, A.A. 46 Maindy Barracks, Cardiff 110 Makepeace, J.W.H. 36, 38 Mallalieu, A.E. 42 Malpas C.C., Newport 103 Manning, J.S. 125 Marseilles, France 49 Martin, S.H. 98 Matthews, A.D.G. 108, 109, 113, 115 Mauretania, R.M.S. 67 Mayer, J.H. 45 MCC 49, 56, 63, 65, 79, 108, 127 MCC Advisory Committee 32 MCC touring sides 49, 51, 52, 52 , 53, 54, 55, 56, 65, 66, 75, 88, 91, 103 McCabe, S.J. 83 Melbourne (Vic), Australia 25 Melbourne C.C., Kingston 69 Mercer, Donald Wallace (brother) 13, 14 , 101 Mercer, Frank Grey (brother) 13, 14 , 87 Mercer, Gordon Walter (brother) 13, 101 Mercer, Gwenda Marie (sister) 13, 14 Mercer, John approached by league clubs 38, 40, 93, 97, 116, 119 Army pension 11 Army service in First World War 12, 16-19 Army service in Second World War 117-119 ‘asleep’ in scorebox 117-119 ballerina, ‘smitten’ by 15-16 benefit season 7, 103-106 big-game shooting 55 birth 13 bowling methods 8. 30, 39, 44, 61, 63, 71, 73, 80, 82, 85, 90, 91, 96, 97, 98, 105, 106 campaign medals 11, 32 capped by Glamorgan 36, 38 ‘Cautious Caroline’ shot 10 childhood and education 7, 13, 14, 14 , 15 coaches at Cardiff 11, 121 coaches at Northampton 121-125, 122 , 124 coaches in Jamaica 124, 124 , 126, 128 cricket in Second World War 117-120 deafness 17-18 death 135 dress 10 family background 7, 13-16 Index