Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 486
Estimate: £120/160
Hammer: £550
‘Fielding in the Deep’. Original oil painting on canvas by Jack Russell featuring a cricket scene of a fielder wearing green cap down near the sightscreen with a house and trees to background. Signed by Russell to left hand corner. Attractively presented in gilt frame, overall 16.75”x13”. Title handwritten to the back of the canvas and signed by Russell, dating it 2010. Very good condition
Jack Russell, Gloucestershire & England 1981-2004, played in fifty four Test matches for England, now known for his abilities as an artist and as a cricket wicketkeeping coach.