Mr A E R Gilligan's XI v Hon L H Tennyson's XI

Reference

TD/232/1

Date:

1925-09-09

Level of description

item

Extent

1 postcard

Part of

Halksworth Wheeler (TD/232)

Scope and Content

Postcard depicting a black and white photographic group portrait of Mr A E R Gilligan's XI vs. Hon L H Tennyson's XI, twenty-two players and two umpires are positioned in two rows. All players are wearing cricket whites, twelve wear MCC touring blazers with St. George and dragon crest on breast pocket and striped trim, one wears a Surrey blazer with initials and ostrich feather crest on breast pocket, one wears a Gloucestershire blazer with coat of arms on breast pocket, one wears a Warwickshire blazer with bear crest on breast pocket and striped trim, three wear different three-coloured striped blazers, one wears a dark blazer with thin light stripes, one wears a plain dark blazer. Four wear MCC tour caps with St. George and dragon crest on the front, one wears an England home cap with three lions crest on the front, one wears a Warwickshire cap with bear crest on the front, one wears a Sussex cap with martlet crest on the front, one wears a Gloucestershire cap with crest on the front, two wear Royal Air Force caps with crest on the front, one wears a possible Army cap with winged crest on the front. At least nine wear a variety of v-neck cableknit sweaters with striped trim, eleven wear cravats. The two umpires wear suits and hold white overcoats, one wears a flat cap and one wears a brimmed hat. Situated in front of a fence with with trees behind and spectators standing in background.

Postcard is unused.

Associations

Gerald Edward Livock
Herbert Alan Peach
John Lindsay Bryan
Robert Richard Relf
Maurice William Tate
Alfred Herbert Harold Gilligan
Arthur Percy Francis Chapman
Alexander Stuart Kennedy
Walter Reginald Hammond
Edward Henry Bowley
Thomas Ormsby Jameson
Henry Howell
Charles Philip Mead
George William Stephens
Sir John Berry Hobbs
The Hon Frederick Somerset Gough Calthorpe
Lionel Hallam Tennyson
Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan
Herbert Strudwick
Andrew Sandham
Charles Warrington Leonard Parker
William Wilfrid Whysall

Subject

Postcards, blazer, sweater, cravat, Folkestone, Kent, England

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 postcard

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