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Norman Yardley



Reference
NCC/2/79/1/18
Date:
1948
Level of description
file
Extent
1 trading card
Part of
Popular Cricketers (NCC/2/79/1)
Scope and Content
Trading card depicting a coloured illustrated caricature with oversized head of Norman Yardley batting. Series No.18.

Biography on reverse reads: "Norman W. D. Yardley Yorkshire. Right hand bat and medium paced right arm bowler.- An invaluable leader, captained England in the Tests last season against South Africans. Served as an officer in the Middle East during the war, Norman played much of his war-time cricket in Palestine. Was vice-captain to Wally Hammond in the last Test against Australia. Celebrated his first Test in England with a 99 at Trent Bridge."
Associations
Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley
Subject
trading cards
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 trading card
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