John William Sharpe. & Robert Pearson Carpenter. 1895. (Cricketers).

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

1- John William Sharpe.
Though he bowled with marked success for the Colts of Notts more than once, SHARPE never had a trial in the County Eleven.  Hopeless of getting a chance for Notts he secured an engagement at the Oval, with a view to a place in the Surrey Eleven in due time.  He had no sooner qualified than he was included in the Surrey Team and with the best results from the first.  For two years (1890 and 1891) he did really fine service for Surrey, and in the latter had the best bowling average.  He went out to Australia with Lord SHEFFIELD'S Eleven, but like several other fast bowlers fared badly on the easy wickets out there.  Only meeting with small success on his return, he dropped out of the Surrey Eleven to find a place in that of Notts, though only in a few matches.  Since then he has not figured in first-class cricket.  A fast bowler with a particularly easy delivery, he made the ball come back a lot occasionally, and on his day was remarkably effective.  With a neat style he was also a very useful bat, and in the field was mostly seen to advantage.

2- Robert Pearson Carpenter.
In the early sixties, CARPENTER and HAYWARD represented, in different styles, some of the very best batting of the day.  HAYWARD'S free and graceful methods were hardly less effective than the painstaking deliberation of ROBERT CARPENTER.  The County of Cambridge at that time had the distinction of claiming three of the finest contemporary Cricketers of the period in HAYWARD, CARPENTER, and TARRANT.  Of the three, CARPENTER had the longer career.  For many years he was in the forefront of Cricketers taking part in all the representative matches.  A batsman with remarkable defence, he played every kind of bowling with the same care and was always very difficult to get out.  He was in addition an excellent field.  For the last ten or fifteen years he has umpired in County Cricket, and in many of the representative matches with distinct credit.

Condition is Very Good.