Cricket

réf. 19231 — Dorset v. Devon cricket match. 22 and 23 August 1924. On one side of a 16 x 20 cm leaf torn from an album. In fair condition lightly aged. The signatures of the eleven Devon players in column along the left-hand edge and those of the Dorset players in a column along the right-hand edge. Details of the match and players are hard to find. Here is a tentative reading of the Devon signatures: 'F H Canok A R Strephardy W F Light S Blakeney K G E<> E. G. Trench J R Carter C R Russell <> G H H Sherlock E A S<>'. And a similarly-tentative reading of the Dorset signatures: 'E. C. Walby W Harrison W. J. Knight M. B. Elderton W. A. Jephson C. A. Cullen A. M. Harrison J S Cummins R. M. C. Ludwick S. I. Jephson J. H. Carter'. [ Dorset v. Devon cricket match. ] 22 and 23 August 1924 unknown