Henry Perkins & Edwin Diver. 1895. (Cricketers)

For Sale is a Full Page removed from "Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, 1895," showing a Portrait Photograph one on each side for the Following Cricketers.

1- Henry Perkins.
The Secretary of the First Club in the world, as the Marylebone Club is, both by its history and influence, occupies a position requiring a combination of qualities not very easy to find embodied in one person.  That the present occupant of that distinguished position, Mr. HENRY PERKINS, has upheld the traditions of the club worthily and with a keen appreciation of the best interests of the game will be universally admitted.  An excellent all-round Cricketer, as his record for Cambridge, the County as well as the University, in the fifties and early part of the sixties, will show, he has had the advantage of a long and practical knowledge of cricket in all its details.  In succeeding the late R. A. FITZGERALD, he had the advantage of following an administrator of exceptional ability.  That he has not suffered by the comparison the successful record of the club in his keeping and care is sufficient proof.

2- Edwin Diver.
A Nephew of a good old Cricketer, DIVER learned his cricket at Cambridge amongst surroundings singularly favourable for acquiring a real knowledge of the game.  His high scoring during a Mastership at a Wimbledon School brought him prominently before the notice of the Executive of the Surrey County Cricket Club.  First as an Amateur, and subsequently as a Professional, he did good service for that County for some four or five years.  Subsequently, after a short interval at Cambridge, he moved to Birmingham, with the view of a residential qualification for Warwickshire.  Though only played rarely this summer, the Warwickshire Eleven for two or three years found in him, too, a valuable all-round Cricketer.  A singularly graceful bat, he scored very freely, his wrist play in particular being very fine.  A good field, he has also been of use at times as a lob bowler.  In his day he was above the average of Association Football Players.

Condition is Very Good.