FIRST CLASS CRICKET 1923 -- A Hambledon cricket bat with commemorative white metal plaque inscribed: "R. C. C. Presented to Mr C. W. P. Dyson by Mr Alec Bowell for Best Batting Average 1923", the face signed by the Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Sussex, Lancashire and Essex elevens, 10 members of Middlesex, 12 members of Glamorgan, and 5 first class players, the reverse by 16 members of the Hampshire side, the Kent eleven, 12 members of the Gloucestershire, Oxford University, Somerset, Yorkshire and West Indies teams and 13 members of the Surrey side, altogether 197 signatures (some fading to signatures).

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FIRST CLASS CRICKET 1923 -- A Hambledon cricket bat with commemorative white metal plaque inscribed: "R. C. C. Presented to Mr C. W. P. Dyson by Mr Alec Bowell for Best Batting Average 1923", the face signed by the Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Sussex, Lancashire and Essex elevens, 10 members of Middlesex, 12 members of Glamorgan, and 5 first class players, the reverse by 16 members of the Hampshire side, the Kent eleven, 12 members of the Gloucestershire, Oxford University, Somerset, Yorkshire and West Indies teams and 13 members of the Surrey side, altogether 197 signatures (some fading to signatures).

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Alec Bowell (1880-1957) played for Hampshire between 1902 and 1927, and signed the bat as a member of that team.

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