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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhiwfield, post: 190090, member: 924&quot;]As promised here are the cricket items I could not resist buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two things jumped out at me when I saw these.</p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly, the rare skeleton cricket pads that probably date to c1880/1890. I&#039;d like to think that a pair like this might have been worn by W G Grace but all photos of him seem to show the standard pads.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, the photo of two women cricketers, wearing culottes and hairnets, striding off the pitch. I think the clothes and hairstyles point to a date of the 1930s but would welcome your views</p><p><br /></p><p>One of these women appears to be Mrs Somerset (her name and Chelsea address are on the bag label). For no good reason I think she may be the female on the right and who looks just a bit like Vita Sackville-West or is it Nancy Mitford?</p><p><br /></p><p>It will be a pleasure to own these for a very short while, before they go off to a museum or private collector!</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, you may notice that the pads bear traces of Blanco, which has a fascinating history of its own.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/rhiwfield/001_zpspaqarn74.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/rhiwfield/005_zpstjzodx79.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/rhiwfield/002_zps841bcsxl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/rhiwfield/004_zpst8xsjf2a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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