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Bat of Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley, circa 1890



Date:
1890 - 1900
Object Number:
M.53.8
Creator
Shaw & Shrewsbury (bat maker)
Production notes
Face: Shaw &/ Shrewsbury. Sports Co Ltd/ Makers/ Nottingham/ England (x2) Treble Spring (x2) Trade Mark/ Registered (with crest depicting a kangaroo and an emu supporting a cricket bat) Britain's Best Reverse: Arthur Shrewsbury (facsimile signature) Autograph/ Specially Selected. Toe: quartered and segmented circle stamped on toe.
Material
wood
Size
Height: 88.3 cm Weight: ??
Object name
bat
Object category
sports equipment - cricket

Description

Spliced cane treble-sprung twined handle. Straight blade, indistinct swell. Maker's marks to blade. Multiple signatures on face and reverse of 19th and 20th century cricketers including Hon. Ivo Bligh, Lord Harris, England and Australian cricketers.

Display caption

Autographed on back by Bligh and numerous cricketers from the 19th and 20th centuries, including A.P.F Chapman and H. Larwood. Some, if not all signatures are repeated on face and back.
Association:
Ivo Bligh (owner) 1890 - 1900
Sir John Berry Hobbs (autograph) 1890 - 1900
Arthur Alfred Mailey (autograph) 1890 - 1900
Harold Larwood (autograph) 1890 - 1900