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M.2017.37
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England Test Cap of Sir Pelham Warner, circa 1910
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length: 20 cm
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Navy blue, England Test, Melton wool English style cap. Narrow peak across brim, possibly later than WW1. Motif: Direct, Bullion work on front panel. Three lions and crown to front. Lining: cream silk. Name tag and maker’s label.
Middlesex & England 1894-1929.
Pelham 'Plum' Francis Warner, Middlesex & England 1894-1929. England navy blue cloth Test cap with raised embroidered and wire emblem of the three lions and crown to front. The cap, with smaller peak, typical of a pre first world war cap, by H. Ludlam & Co of Albermarle Street, London, with name P.F. Warner' handwritten to label. Heavy wear to front of inner lining otherwise in good condition. An early and rare cap worn by the "Grand Old Man" of English cricket, as he was affectionately known.
Estimate: £600/900
Hammer price: £550
Warner played first-class cricket for Oxford University, Middlesex and England. He played 15 Test matches, captaining in 10 of them, with a record of won 4, lost 6. He succeeded in regaining The Ashes in 1903-04 however he was less successful when he captained England on the tour of South Africa in 1905-06, suffering a resounding 1-4 defeat, the first time England had lost to South Africa in a Test match. He was also to have captained England on the 1911-12 tour of Australia, but fell ill. He was unable to play in any of the Tests, with Johnny Douglas taking over the captaincy. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1904 and also in 1921, making him one of only two to have received the honour twice, the other is Jack Hobbs). The second award marked his retirement as a county player after the 1920 season, in which he captained Middlesex to the County Championship title. In the mid 1920s he was Chairman of Selectors, tour manager on the infamous Bodyline tour of Australia in 1932-33. He was the chairman of the England Test selectors for several years in the 1930s. He later became President of the Marylebone Cricket Club. He was knighted for his services to cricket in 1937. He wrote extensively on cricket. He detailed his Ashes Tests and a history of Lord's Cricket Ground. He founded The Cricketer magazine. He was cricket correspondent of the Morning Post from 1921 to 1933, and subsequently of the Daily Telegraph. He died in 1963 at the age of 89 years.
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