Historic Cricket Pictures
A mix of rare, unusual, spectacular, personal, and historic pictures from the earliest days of cricket to modern times
- The 'England' side which played India, Bombay, December 13th-15th 1915 in aid of the Indian's Women's Branch of the War Fund. Over 40,000 attended the three-day game which England won by an innings. Lord Willington, the Crown Governor of Bombay, captained the England XI,.
- In the days before food courts and mass catering at grounds, spectators usually brought their own lunch, as was the case here during the 1926 Lord's Test
- Wally Hammond scrambles home during what was perhaps cricket's most ill-advised comeback, Gloucestershire v Somerset, Bristol, August 4th 1951. Here is an article I wrote for Cricinfo about what happened - bit.ly/4a5sKQQ
- Cricket goes on at Southampton's Millbrook Recreation Ground in 1950. In the background RMS Queen Elizabeth I stands in the King George V dry docks for her overhaul
- Roddy Wilson (left), Warwk v Leicester, Edgbaston, August 9th 1970. Wilson, who had childhood polio, had one season on the first-class panel in 1978 but was a regular on the Minor County circuit. He gave up umpiring as his hands were being affected by constantly putting weight on his arm crutches.
- Geoff Boycott poses with a groundsman and donkey ahead of the 3rd Test between Pakistan v England at Karachi in January 1978. It was the first time Boycott captained England, taking over from Mike Brearley who broke his arm in the tour match preceding the Test. The game was drawn (Patrick Eagar)
- An unplayable ball ... Greg Blewett is bowled by a shooter from Curtly Ambrose for a first-ball duck, Australia v West Indies, 5th Test, Perth, February 3rd 1997. Unsurprisingly the game did not go into a fourth day
- On January 31st 1976 41-year-old West Indies spinner Lance Gibbs broke Fred Trueman's record of 307 Test wickets in his 79th and final Test (and last first-class match). Gibbs finished with 309 wickets at 29.09 (Patrick Eagar)
