A Victorian presentation cricket belt. in the form of a rounded square white silver plated buckle surmounted with a brass cricket bat and stumps below
£80 - £120
A Victorian presentation cricket belt. in the form of a rounded square white silver plated buckle surmounted with a brass cricket bat and stumps below which sits a laurel wreath, within the wreath, upon the silver plated ground are engraved the words PRESENTED TO W. ORRILL BY THE TRINITY C.C. FOR HIS SPLENDID BOWLING DURING SEASON 1886, the buckle is attached to a material belt (4.5cm. wide) measuring approximately 26 inches in circumference; sold with a copy of a newspaper cutting from the Leicester Chronicle & Leicester Mercury for Saturday 4th. December 1886; the lot also including an unidentified watercolour of a cricket match dated 1888 (3) The article is a report on the Cricket Supper held by Hinckley Trinity Cricket Club, and includes a mention of William P. Orrill (1866-1941) receiving the belt for the best bowling analysis of the season. Orrill was Secretary of the Club. One of the small fitting lugs is missing from the reverse.