Lives in Cricket No 21 - Walter Read

124 Acknowledgements Bridgeman Art Gallery and the executors of the estate of the late Hazel Radcliffe-Dolling for permission to reproduce the painting by G.H.Barrable and R.Ponsonby Staples. Jo Miller for her unfailing help in providing access to the facilities of the Surrey Cricket Library – as well as numerous cups of tea and several varieties of confectionery. Andy Packham, President, Reigate Priory Cricket Club for help with the early records of the club and permission to reproduce the portrait of Walter Read and the photograph of the 1894 W.W. Read’s XI v W.G.Grace’s XI match. Philip Paine for providing the photograph of Walter Read’s grave and permission to reproduce it. Mike and Neil Read for information on the family, permission to reproduce the photographs of the clock presented by the Surrey Club to Walter as a wedding present and the scroll commemorating the 1882/83 tour of Australia; and to Neil for the sample of his great grandfather’s handwriting and for kindly agreeing to write the Foreword. Neil Robinson, MCC Research Officer, for unearthing a rare copy of Read’s Short Hints on Cricket . Surrey County Cricket Club for permission to reproduce team photographs, extracts from Committee minutes and correspondence, the scorebook of the 1884 Test match at The Oval and the scorecard of Read’s triple-century against Oxford University. Roger Mann for his help with pictures. Ken Sutherland of the Redhill Centre for Local and Family History for his researches into the Read and Wells families. Peter Wynne-Thomas for access to his index of The Cricketer . My wife, Jennifer, for her diligent research, particularly into nineteenth century Reigate, and her assiduous checking of drafts