Percy Fender

Reference

NCC/1/4/1/12

Date:

1935

Level of description

item

Extent

1 cigarette card

Part of

Cricket, Tennis & Golf Celebrities (NCC/1/4/1)

Scope and Content

Cigarette card depicting a coloured illustrated head and shoulders portrait of Percy Fender. He is wearing a white shirt, sweater with double-striped brown trim and white cravat. Series No.12.

Biography on reverse reads: "P. G. H. Fender (Surrey) This well-known all-rounder first represented Sussex 1910-13, after which he played for Surrey, being Captain for ten years. Has scored over 1,000 runs in a season on nine occasions. Best all-round performance in one season - 1,427 runs and 178 wickets. Toured Australia and South Africa. Highest score 185 v. Hampshire, at the Oval, 1922. Always a fast scorer. Fender hit up 113 in less than forty minutes against Northamptonshire in 1920."

Associations

Percy George Herbert Fender

Subject

cigarette cards

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English, 6574, , , , , , , , ,

Size

1 cigarette card

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