LATE 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL

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LATE 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL
Oxfordshire Cricket Club
engraved admission ticket, inscribed "Tuesday Novr. 6th 1849. W. Lambert. W. [?]T. Lowndes ...," 115 x 76mm. (4½ x 3in.), mounted.
Provenance
John Arlott Collection.
Literature
The same ticket is reproduced as the frontispiece to Arlott and Cardus's The Noblest Game. William Lambert (1779-1851) "was regarded as one of the best all-round cricketers of his day and was an excellent single-wicket player. He was the first batsman to hit a century in both innings of an important match, scoring 107 and 157 for Sussex v. Epsom at Lord's in 1817 " (Who's Who of Cricketers pp. 591-92). The 1817 handbill for the game between 22 of Nottingham and 11 of All England (lot 118 in this catalogue) includes Lambert's name in the All England team.

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