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Montague Druitt
Fri, September 18 2015
A cricket murder XI: From victim to coroner to undertaker
Cricket is, for some reason, accepted as the gentleman’s sport, despite being marred by corruption, match-fixing, and much worse...
Thu, August 27 2015
The death of Montague John Druitt — the cricketer suspected of being Jack the Ripper
December 1, 1888. Most probably the day on which Montague John Druitt, an opening bowler of considerable talent, drowned himself in the Thames. With his death the infamous Whitechapel murders also came to an end. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and death of a cricketer who was suspected of being Jack the Ripper. London,...
Mon, April 21 2014
Cricket XIs: Cricketers who got into trouble with the law
Cricket has had its fair share of miscreants, scoundrels, cheats over the years.