ROLAND HILL ("RIP")

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ROLAND HILL ("RIP")
1st Test Match Old Trafford, Manchester, May 27 & 28, 1912. Australia v. South Africa
seven pen and ink vignettes on one sheet, each captioned, with further caption: "The Springboks died quietly by an innings and 88 runs," 216 x 279mm. (8½ x 11in.), window-mounted.

Lot Essay

The vignettes, each taking the form of a visual pun, feature Whitty and Shwarz, Matthews who "performed the hat trick," "Taylor caught at the wicket," Jennings letting the ball "slip through his hands," Faulkner who "knocked up a fine century," and an anthropomorphic embrace "between the bat and ball."

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