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Lancashire c.1930. A large tablecloth comprising thirty four beautifully embroidered signatures in white thread of Test and County cricketers. The tablecloth appears to have been signed by the players then embroidered. To the central portion of the tablecloth each individual signature is contained within ruled pencil borders, with three signatures to the corners. Lancashire players’ signatures include Peter Eckersley (Captain 1929-1935), Johnny Tyldesley, Harry Makepeace, Cec Parkin, Archie Maclaren, Syd Barnes and George Duckworth, also members of the 1929 South African Test team, Jim Christy, Jack Siedle, Jimmy Blanckenberg, Denijs Morkel, Cyril Vincent, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Bruce Mitchell, Sandy Bell, Jacobus Duminy, Jock Cameron and Eric Dalton. Other cricketers include Patsy Hendren (Middlesex), Arthur Carr, Fred Barratt (Nottinghamshire), Maurice Leyland, Herbert Sutcliffe (Yorkshire), George Geary (Leicestershire), Eric Bowley (Sussex), Tich Freeman, Frank Woolley (Kent), Bob Wyatt (Warwickshire), Andy Sandham (Surrey), also Neville Cardus (writer) etc. Approx. 26”x56”. Some staining, otherwise in good condition.