TWO GENTLEMEN OF WARWICKSHIRE.

Mr. F. B. Foster (Captain of the Warwickshire XI., who have just won the Cricket Championship) “Tell Kent form me she hath lost.” – II. Henry VI., iv. 10

William Shakespeare: “Warwick, thou art worthy!” -- III, Henry VI., iv. 6.

§ Frank Rowbotham Foster (31 January 1889 – 3 May 1958) was a Warwickshire and England cricketing all-rounder whose career was cut short by an accident during World War I. Nonetheless, his achievements during the early 1910s are sufficient to rank him as one of cricket's finest all-round players.

Illustrator: F. H. Townsend, from British Punch humor/satire magazine, September 6, 1911, disbound from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Size 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Condition: excellent-- bright and clean, no handling wear, lays flat for easy framing, backside with unrelated text with some show-though on the facing side.

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