Late 19th Century Yorkshire Cricket Traditional Reproduction Print

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Classic Vanity Fair colour plate by 'Spy' aka Sir Leslie Ward subject, 'Yorkshire Cricket' published Sept 24 1892

Print Sz: … Read more Classic Vanity Fair colour plate by 'Spy' aka Sir Leslie Ward subject, 'Yorkshire Cricket' published Sept 24 1892

Print Sz: 13 1/2"H x 8"W

"Yorkshire Cricket" is a famous 1892 Vanity Fair colour lithograph caricature by Sir Leslie Ward, known by his pseudonym 'Spy'. It features a portrait of Lord Hawke, the captain of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club at the time

Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (16 August 1860 – 10 October 1938), generally known as Lord Hawke, was an English amateur cricketer active from 1881 to 1911 who played for Yorkshire and England. He was born in Willingham by Stow, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and died in Edinburgh. He appeared in 633 first-class matches, including five Test matches, as a righthanded batsman, scoring 16,749 runs with a highest score of 166 and held 209 catches. He scored 13 centuries and 69 half-centuries. See less