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Lord's Cricket Ground



Date:
1934
Object Number:
M.2021.1
Creator
Gilbert Bayes
Material
stone
Object name
bas-relief
Object category
sculptures

Description

A procession of thirteen sportsmen and women, depicting tennis players, golfers, cricketers, swimmers, oarsmen and footballers. In the centre a cricketer holds The Ashes Urn while another kneels at his feet. Located at the entrance to Lords Cricket. Inscribed (after Sir Henry Newboult) at the upper level PLAY UP PLAY UP AND PLAY THE GAME. Inscribed along base PRESENTED TO St MARYLEBONE BY ALDERMAN DAVID ISAACS 1934. GILBERT BAYES 1934. The relief was inserted on this corner following a widening of the roadway in 1934; the corner was remodelled and a new setting formed in 1995-96.