Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
21st, 22nd & 23rd March 2025
Lot 407
Estimate: £70/100
Derbyshire C.C.C. 1906. Early original sepia photograph of the Derbyshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire in front of a pavilion. The photograph measures approx. 12”x10”, mounted, framed and glazed with handprinted title and players’ names to mount. Overall 24”x19.5”. Players are Wright (Captain), Buckston, Ashcroft, Hunter, Needham, Humphries, Ollivierre, Morton, Warren, Bestwick and Cadman. Photographer unknown. Very good condition.
Charles Ollivierre originally played first-class cricket for Trinidad and was a member of the first West Indies tour to England in 1900. He qualified to play first-class cricket for Derbyshire 1901-1907, so becoming the first black cricketer to play county cricket.