The Stories of Cricket's Finest Painting

Kent v Lancashire 1906

Jonathan Rice

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785315794
• Year: 2019

Kent v Lancashire 1906 is the story of a remarkable painting, commissioned at the height of cricket's golden age. Jonathan Rice tells the story of the match depicted, of the painting's creation and influence on sporting art. He traces the careers of the players portrayed, and contrasts the game in 1906 with cricket in Britain today.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Canterbury Cricket Week
• Chevallier Tayler and the Art of Cricket
• 1906
• The Match
• The Players
• What Happened Next
• Cricket Then and Now
• Bibliography
• Photos