Inventarnummer
M.2022.42
Titel
Gentlemen v Players, Lord's 1962
Datum
1962 - 1962-07-17
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Herstellungsgrund
Produced for cartoon in Daily Express 18th July 1962
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Ht x W: 39 x 32 cm
Beschreibung
Pen and ink cartoon with blue highlights. Depicts two male spectators in the foreground seated on a bench. View of the ground including the Pavilion with a large mushroom cloud in the background. Two tiny figures at the base bent over as if looking at a cion o the ground. Speech bubble 'I should say Trueman has lost the toss and the Gentlemen have decided to bat first on a plumb wicket'. Signed lower right. Newspaper clipping from Daily Express adhered to reverse, with date stamps.
Gentlemen v Players, Lord's 1962. Large amusing original pen and ink caricature/ cartoon artwork with blue highlights, by artist Roy Ullyett, depicting two spectators in the foreground looking up into the sky at a large, explosive mushroom cloud. The two captains, Fred Trueman and Ted Dexter, are visible on the pitch having just tossed for innings. One spectator is saying, 'I should say Trueman has lost the toss and the Gentlemen have decided to bat first on a plumb wicket'. Nicely signed in black ink by Ullyett. An excellent image, the artwork measures 12.5"x15.5". Laid down to the verso is a much reduced size original cutting of the cartoon, which was published in the Daily Express 18th July 1962. Very good condition
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer price: £140
Having won the toss, the Gentlemen made 323 (Sheppard 112) in their first innings, in reply the Players scored 260. In the second innings, Gentlemen declared at 172-5, Trueman having bowled 10 overs, six maidens, one wicket for eight runs. The Players ended at 207-3 and the match was drawn
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