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← Sporting Memorabilia 12th May 2009

An Eton College XI illuminated cricket scorecard commemorating the matches v Winchester and Harrow Schools in 1876, the Winchester match at Winchester

Hammer Price:
£110
Estimated Price:

£120 - £150

An Eton College XI illuminated cricket scorecard commemorating the matches v Winchester and Harrow Schools in 1876, the Winchester match at Winchester, the Harrow match at Lords The Winchester line-up includes Montague John Druitt who was Sir Melville Macnaghten's number one suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders. After Druitt was discovered drowned in the River Thames on 31st December 1888, no further murders were committed by the Ripper. Other cricketers listed in the line ups include the Hon. Ivo Bligh, Walter Forbes, Herbert Whitfield, John Studd, Lindsay Bury, Charles Foley, Gerald Portal, Walter Thornton, John Eyre, Sidney Wilson, George Grundy, Henry Meek, Lewis Jarvis, Stephen Charles and Alexander Stewart.