Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024

Lot 40
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £42
John Alfred ‘Jack’ Flavell. Worcestershire & England 1949-1967. Original two page handwritten letter, undated but late 1940s, from Flavell to Warwickshire C.C.C. Writing from army barracks in Oswestry, Flavell states that he has had an offer from Worcestershire to join their ground staff, ‘there[sic] terms are very good and... there is a good chance of getting straight into [their] County eleven... At the moment my chances of getting into your first eleven [as a fast bowler] are very remote’. He closes by stating he has not finally made a decision and will let them know in due course. Nicely signed ‘J. Flavell’. Staple holes to one corner, otherwise in good condition.
Flavell joined Worcestershire in 1949 and went on to make four Test appearances for England 1961-1964.

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