Veteran Cricketers Photographs

In June of 1927, Bishop Wilton threw out a challenge in the Yorkshire and Hull Times "to play any eleven from any village in England not exceeding 1000 population, the total ages of the team not to be under 850 years".

A range of pre-publicity and match photos survive. Click on the first one below to see more photos and to learn more about what happened. The second one is something of a mystery ......

Bishop Wilton's Veteran Cricketers 1927

The Veteran Cricketers with Ladies of the Village