W.G. Grace. 'Banquet held on Monday, June 24th 1895 at the Victoria Rooms, Clifton to Mr W.G. Grace in celebration of his One Hundredth Century, completed on Gloucestershire County Ground in match Somersetshire v Gloucestershire, on Friday May 17th 1895'. Original three page folding card menu for the Banquet, the cover with excellent pictorial colour decoration showing crossed bats, ball and stumps, titles to centre and to lower border an image of a cricket match in progress with Grace batting with '100' on the scoreboard. To inside pages menu, toast list, wine list, poem by E.B.V. Christian to Grace, portrait of Grace and list of hundreds. Speeches included The Duke of Beaufort, E.M. Grace, E.G. Clarke etc. The menu has split at folds which have unfortunately been taped, some staining and soiling to menu otherwise in good condition. A rare item of Grace memorabilia - cricket
Grace completed his one hundreth century by making his highest first class score of 288 v Somerset in the game The following five menus are thought to have belonged to a member of the 1934 Australian touring party to England. It is not known whom.
W.G. Grace. 'Banquet held on Monday, June 24th 1895 at the Victoria Rooms, Clifton to Mr W.G. Grace in celebration of his One Hundredth Century, completed on Gloucestershire County Ground in match Somersetshire v Gloucestershire, on Friday May 17th 1895'. Original three page folding card menu for the Banquet, the cover with excellent pictorial colour decoration showing crossed bats, ball and stumps, titles to centre and to lower border an image of a cricket match in progress with Grace batting with '100' on the scoreboard. To inside pages menu, toast list, wine list, poem by E.B.V. Christian to Grace, portrait of Grace and list of hundreds. Speeches included The Duke of Beaufort, E.M. Grace, E.G. Clarke etc. The menu has split at folds which have unfortunately been taped, some staining and soiling to menu otherwise in good condition. A rare item of Grace memorabilia - cricket
Grace completed his one hundreth century by making his highest first class score of 288 v Somerset in the game The following five menus are thought to have belonged to a member of the 1934 Australian touring party to England. It is not known whom.
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