Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 15
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £55
‘Frank Worrell of Barbados 1924-1967’. Order of Thanksgiving for Worrell held at Westminster Abbey on 7th April 1967 with official ticket for admission to the Choir for the service. Also an Order of Service for the memorial service held for Worrell, ‘Sometime professional Radcliffe Cricket Club’, at Radclife Parish Church, 9th April 1967. Very good condition. Sold with a mono studio photograph of Worrell, head and shoulders, wearing graduation robes. 6.25”x8.25”, photographer unknown. Light creasing, otherwise in good condition. Qty 4.
Worrell was the first cricketer to be honoured with a memorial service in Westminster Abbey. He graduated from Manchester University with a B.A. degree in 1959.