Note from Forty Years of 'Spy'

Among the cricketers I first caricatured F. R. Spofforth — the demon bowler — followed by W. G. Grace and C. B. Fry, whom I portrayed as a runner. John Loraine Baldwin, the veteran cricketer, I introduced into the series in his self-propelling invalid chair; he was a very fine old man, and the founder of the "Zingari," and also of the Baldwin Club.

Philipson, the distinguished wicket-keeper, I induced to stand in his rooms at the Temple as though keeping wicket; and Ranjitsinhji I closely observed playing cricket at Brighton, after finding it very difficult to keep him up to the mark with his appointments. [Chaoter X, "The Church and the Varsities . . . ," 231]

Bibliography

Ward, Leslie ['Spy']. F. R. Spofforth (Demon Bowler), 1878. Forty Years of 'Spy'. London: Chatto and Windus, 1915. Facing p. 232.

Created 28 July 2023