Perhaps best remembered today as the swashbuckling, aggressive batsmen of the 1920s, Charlie Macartney's rise to the Australian Test team occurred well within the period of the so-called Golden Age. He was one of a handful of international cricketers who transcended the First World War, playing for his country both before 1914 and after 1918.
Biographer Peter Lloyd—who was a previous guest on the Podcast in discussion about Monty Noble—sheds light on Macartney's early career, his cricketing pedigree and his battle with mental health.