When umpires’ association members in the armed forces corresponded with VFLUA Secretary Lindsay Lancaster during the Second World War, inevitably in their letter they made the point that, due to censorship restrictions, they were unable to give much detail about where they were and what they were doing militarily. In fact, one letter from Ken Creighton (B) must have crossed the line as a paragraph has been neatly cut out by the censor. What they could convey though was their general conditions, and more particularly, their umpiring experiences.
The whistle at war 1939-1945
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