LORD HAWKE YORKS & ENGLAND TEST
CRICKET CAPTAIN 1896-1899 ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD
VERY GOOD ORIGINAL SEPIA TONE POSTCARD PUBLISHED BY WRENCH AS PART OF
THE CRICKET SERIES AS CARD NUMBER 2933 CIRCA 1903, POSTMARKED BATH 15TH
MAY 1907, DEPICTING LORD HAWKE IN FULL LENGTH STANDING POSE AT THE CREASE,
NICELY SIGNED IN INK TO THE LOWER CENTRAL CLEAR BORDER OF THE POSTCARD BY THE YORKSHIRE
& ENGLAND CAPTAIN LORD HAWKE. SOME SLIGHT AGE STAINING TO THE EXTREMITIES
OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION, PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED IMAGES ABOVE.
Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (16th
August 1860 – 10th October 1938), generally known as Lord Hawke, was an English amateur
cricketer active from 1881 to 1911 who played for Yorkshire and England. He
appeared in 633 first-class matches, including five Test matches for England
between 1896 & 1899 including four as captain (all of which were victories
against South Africa), He scored a total of 16,749 runs including 13 centuries, with
a highest score of 166 and held 209 catches. Hawke
was formally appointed Yorkshire club captain for the 1883 season, though he
was still at Cambridge, and held the post until 1910. He remains the most
successful county captain ever, Yorkshire winning the County
Championship a record eight times during his tenure.
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