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Arthur William Carr. Nottinghamshire & England 1910-1934. Sherborne School XI 1909. Early and excellent original mono plain back carte de visite photograph of the Sherborne team, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire and blazers. Players listed to back are Sweet (Captain), Vincent, Smith, Carey, Mason, Read, Tayler, [Chester-]Master, Terry, Cronshaw and Carr. Also featured in the centre back row is Tom Bowley (Surrey 1885-1891) who was cricket coach and head groundsman at Sherborne 1894-1910. Notable among the players are Arthur Carr who captained England in six Test matches 1926-1929. The photograph by W.M. Chaffin of Sherborne. The card with gilt edges measures 4”x2.5”. Very good condition.