Manny Martindale and Derek Sealy walk off at the end of the drawn Oval Test on August 22, 1939

This would rank in my top five cricket photos. Manny Martindale and Derek Sealy walk off at the end of the drawn Oval Test on August 22nd, 1939. There is something poignant in the lengthening shadows as this was to be the last Test for seven and a half years. The start of WW2 was less than a fortnight away and the West Indies tourists canceled the rest of their tour and returned home, Neither Martindale nor Sealy played Test cricket again, and this was Martindale's final first-class match.