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Team photograph Pakistan and the West Indies, Lahore 1959



Date:
1959
Object Number:
AX.2016.7.114
Material
paper
Size
HT X W: 37.4 X 21.2 cm
Object name
photograph
Object category
picture

Description

Black and white photograph. Both Teams are lined up outside the Lahore Gymkhana cricket pavilion for a photograph. The West Indies Team are wearing matching blazers with crests. Gary Sobers is far right front row. Imtiaz Ahmed is third from the left on the front row. Fazal Mahomood is in the middle of the front row, turning to talk to the man to the right of him. Hanif Mohammad is far left on the middle row next to a man in military uniform. F C M Alexander is in the middle of the front row, 5 in from the right. Wes Hall is in the middle of the back row. Lance Gibbs is 4 from the right in the middle row. A band is visible to the left of them and a man raising one arm.

Display caption

President of Pakistan, Mr Ayub Khan, photographed with Pakistan and the visiting West Indies cricket team, during the Third Test Match, played at Lawrence Garden, Lahore, in 1959. The President is flanked by team captains, F.C.M. Alexander and Fazal Mahmood.
Association:
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (subject)
Ayub Khan (subject)
Franz Copeland Murray Alexander (subject)
Sir Wesley Winfield Hall (subject)
Lancelot Richard Gibbs (subject)
Fazal Mahmood (subject)
Imtiaz Ahmed (subject)
Hanif Mohammad (subject)
Pakistan Cricket Team (subject)
West Indies Cricket Team (subject)