Michael Colin Cowdrey. Kent & England, 1950-1976. Selection of ephemera relating to Cowdrey. Items include an early official scorecard for Clifton v Tonbridge, Lord's 29th-30th July 1946, England v West Indies, Lord's 1963, and Kent v Australians, Canterbury, 25th-7th June 1975. Sold with an artist proof of Cowdrey by Denise Dean 1995, 'M.C.C. The Autobiography of a Cricketer', Colin Cowdrey, London 1976, a Kent C.C.C. Annual 2001 etc. G/VG - cricket
Playing for Tonbridge School aged 15, Cowdrey scored 75 & 44, and had match bowling figures of 8-117, Tonbridge winning by 2 runs. In the 1975 tour match for Kent v Australia, Ian Chappell declared Australia's second innings at 140-3 setting Kent 354 to win. So confident was Chappell of an early victory that a coach was ordered to take the team to a dinner engagement in Southampton. Cowdrey however scored 151no to lead Kent to a four wicket win, the first time Kent had beaten Australia since 1899. Australia didn't reach Southampton until around midnight
Michael Colin Cowdrey. Kent & England, 1950-1976. Selection of ephemera relating to Cowdrey. Items include an early official scorecard for Clifton v Tonbridge, Lord's 29th-30th July 1946, England v West Indies, Lord's 1963, and Kent v Australians, Canterbury, 25th-7th June 1975. Sold with an artist proof of Cowdrey by Denise Dean 1995, 'M.C.C. The Autobiography of a Cricketer', Colin Cowdrey, London 1976, a Kent C.C.C. Annual 2001 etc. G/VG - cricket
Playing for Tonbridge School aged 15, Cowdrey scored 75 & 44, and had match bowling figures of 8-117, Tonbridge winning by 2 runs. In the 1975 tour match for Kent v Australia, Ian Chappell declared Australia's second innings at 140-3 setting Kent 354 to win. So confident was Chappell of an early victory that a coach was ordered to take the team to a dinner engagement in Southampton. Cowdrey however scored 151no to lead Kent to a four wicket win, the first time Kent had beaten Australia since 1899. Australia didn't reach Southampton until around midnight
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