Object number
TN.2008.284
Title
England's Twelve Champion Cricketers
Date
1859-09-07 - 1859-09-07
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Production notes
Photographed on board ship, in Liverpool, on the morning of their departure for North America in 1859
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Size
46.5 x 50.5 cm
Description
Sepia group portrait. Twelve men on the deck of a sailing ship. Names listed. Rear row: Carpenter; Caffyn; Lockyer; Wisden; Stephenson; G. Parr; Grundy; Caesar; Hayward; Jackson. Front row: Diver; John Lillywhite
Display caption
George Parr’s team was the first to tour overseas, visiting Canada and the USA in
1859. The tour was organized by a Canadian-based Englishman, W.P. Pickering, who acquired sponsorship worth around £1,300. Each of the twelve players earned around £90 for the two month tour.
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