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Arthur Shrewsbury: circa 1890 original albumen photograph, laid…
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12-Nov-2020
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Arthur Shrewsbury: circa 1890 original albumen photograph, laid down on backing paper and titled in the lower margin. Overall 15 x 10.5 cm. Shrewsbury (1856 - 1903) was an English cricketer and rugby football administrator. He was widely rated as competing with W. G. Grace for the accolade of best batsman of the 1880s. An opening batsman, Shrewsbury played his cricket for Nottinghamshire County and played 23 Test matches for England, captaining them in 7 games, with a record of won 5, lost 2. He was the last professional to be England captain until Len Hutton was chosen in 1952. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1890. He also organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888. Shrewsbury topped the first-class batting averages seven times including in 1902, his final season. The following spring, incorrectly believing he had an incurable disease, he shot himself at his sister's home in Gedling, Nottinghamshire.
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