A print which celebrates cricket and music.

‘Dreadlock Holiday’ (10CC) is the lyrical reference to what has to be the all time cricket in my opion, though Paul Kelly’s song about Donald Bradman playing at the MCG is equally as moving.

Set in a large 16 Line (67mm) Egyptian or Slab Serif typeface (wooden type made by Day & Collins London) to closely reseble the Play Bill typeface n the Wisden Almanac (aka the Cricketer’s Bible). The show of the end grain wood on the ‘L’ of Love is quite remarkable.

The cricket bat block has amazing detail and dates to around 1900. Marked ‘Intercolonial Driver’ with manufacturer F Dark & Sons. Interestingly, James Dark (and his family) held the lease on the Lords cricket ground for approximately 30 years, before selling his interests to the MCC in 1864. The plate of the cricket ball is of interest also, marked with ‘A Special’ by Wisdens, London WC2.

My cricket career ended abruptly at age 5 after an unfortunate wicket keeping incident resulting in a lovely shiner to my left eye.