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| C B Fry b1872 - d 1956 Neville Cardus considered C B Fry to be the greatest all rounder of his or any other generation. Fry was the perfect amateur who played games because he enjoyed them and not for financial gain. He captained Sussex and England at cricket, and also was in charge of HMS Mercury, then a boys' naval training school, near Petersfield, for many years and was given the honorary rank of captain in the RNR. Read more about Fry at this link or buy a book about him - see the Amazon advertisement below. |
| Lord Dalmeny died from blood poisoning in 1931, aged only 21. Formerly the Hon A R Primrose, he played for Eton and also once for Oxford and a few times for Middlesex. This rather poor quality postcard appears to show him at the Oval ! |
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| Lord Hawke b 1860 - d 1938 |
| Lionel Palairet b 1870 - d 1933 |
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| Clarrie Grimmett b 1891 - d 1980 |
| HTW "Wally" Hardinge b 1886 - d 1965 |
| I think that this is a postcard of the England XI at the 5th Test at the Oval in 1926. England won this match, and regained the Ashes. |
| A great old postcard of the 1930 Australian tourists. |
| George Cox Sr b 1873 - d 1949. |
| J T Tyldesley b 1873 - d 1930 |
| C W "Charlie" Walker b 1909 - d 1942. Wisden states that, although Walker toured England with the 1930 and 1938 Australians, he never appeared in a Test Match. He failed to return from a bombing mission over Germany in the autumn of 1942. |