Edward Wentworth Dillon - Vanity Fair Cricket Print

Title: 'The Champion County'

Date: September 13th 1913

Description: The rarest of all the Vanity Fair cricket prints. Published just before the demise of the magazine. Very scarce.

Edward Wentworth Dillon. Kent 1900-1923, by OWL. Men of the Day 2339.

'Kent's yearly bid for the County Championship dates from Mr. Dillon's acceptance of the captaincy in 1909. In that year and in 1909, Kent were champions. In 1911 they were second in the list, and in 1912, third. This year they are the champions once again.

Mr. Dillon began playing cricket for Kent in 1900, when he was still at Rugby. He was in the Oxford Elevens of 1901 and 1902. His university career, like that of many other great men, was abbreviated' ....

Condition: Very Good. Slight cropping to bottom margin as shown. Very scarce.

Image size: 370 x 210mm
14.5 x 8.25" approx.

£2495.00

Order No. 7243a

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Edward Wentworth Dillon original Vanity Fair cricket print dated 1913 - Kent County Cricket Club