Dimming of the Day

LEICESTERSHIRE 1914 Standing (l to r): S.C.Packer (Secretary), W.Shipman, G.Geary, A.Skelding, W.E.Astill, H.Whitehead, T.E.Sidwell, S.Coe. Seated (l to r): J.H.King, A.T.Sharp, J.Shields, C.J.B.Wood (capt.), W.N.Riley, H.Wright, T.Burdett. [Leicestershire CCC] NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1914 Standing (l to r): W.East, W.Wells, C.N.Woolley, G.J.Thompson, W.A.Buswell, L Bullimer (scorer), F.I.Walden. Seated (l to r): A.D.Denton, W.H.Denton, S.G.Smith (capt.), J.S.Denton, R.A.Haywood This is the side which played Sussex at Hove on 30, 31 July and 1 August 1914. The Dentons are wearing their Wellingborough School blazers. [John Watson Collection]