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The onset of World War I in 1914 brought an end to the "Golden Age" of English cricket. Surrey called off their last two matches without forfeiting their position at the top of the County Championship, which they thus won for the first time since 1899, and the County Championship was then suspended until the 1919 season. In Australia, the Sheffield Shield was contested in 1914–15 despite the ongoing war, but was then suspended until the 1919–20 season. No first-class cricket was played in South Africa from the close of the 1913–14 season until a series of matches against the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team in late 1919.

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  • The onset of World War I in 1914 brought an end to the "Golden Age" of English cricket. Surrey called off their last two matches without forfeiting their position at the top of the County Championship, which they thus won for the first time since 1899, and the County Championship was then suspended until the 1919 season. In Australia, the Sheffield Shield was contested in 1914–15 despite the ongoing war, but was then suspended until the 1919–20 season. No first-class cricket was played in South Africa from the close of the 1913–14 season until a series of matches against the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team in late 1919.
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  • The onset of World War I in 1914 brought an end to the "Golden Age" of English cricket. Surrey called off their last two matches without forfeiting their position at the top of the County Championship, which they thus won for the first time since 1899, and the County Championship was then suspended until the 1919 season. In Australia, the Sheffield Shield was contested in 1914–15 despite the ongoing war, but was then suspended until the 1919–20 season. No first-class cricket was played in South Africa from the close of the 1913–14 season until a series of matches against the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team in late 1919. At least 210 first-class cricketers are known to have joined the armed forces, of whom 34 were killed. The obituary sections of Wisden between 1915 and 1919 contained the names of hundreds of players and officials of all standards who died in the service of their country.
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