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Lot 177
Estimate: £140/180
Colin Blythe. Kent & England 1899-1914. Excellent studio portrait of Blythe taken on the M.C.C. tour of Australia in 1907/08. Blythe is pictured wearing suit and tie. The photograph nicely signed in black ink by Blythe ‘yours truly’ to the image. The photograph measures 5”x7.5”. The photograph appears to have been laid down in the past, so card and adhesive marks to verso, rough irregular edge to the photograph otherwise in good condition.
A rare studio portrait of the player from the tour. Formerly from the cricket collection of Sydney Francis Barnes, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, England & Wales 1894-1930. A rarer signature due to an early death
A rare studio portrait of the player from the tour. Formerly from the cricket collection of Sydney Francis Barnes, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, England & Wales 1894-1930. A rarer signature due to an early death
Colin Blythe played 381 first class matches for Kent and in 19 Test matches for England. He appeared in first class cricket for fifteen seasons and in fourteen season captured over 100 wickets. He took 2,503 wickets in first class cricket at an average of 16.81 and his best bowling performance was 10 wickets for 30 runs v Northamptonshire in 1907. Blythe was killed in action in Passchendaele, Belgium in November 1917