Historic Cricket Pictures

Pilots and ground crew of No 609 (West Riding) Squadron play cricket in front of a Spitfire at RAF Biggin Hill, June 28th 1941

Again shows made with AI. To clarify this was not made with AI. It has been coloured which is a very different beast

Lord's pictured during the 2nd Test v Australia in 1921. By the time the Australians returned five years later the Grandstand had been replaced and the Nursey End seating completely rebuilt. Only the pavilion still remains. The small building on its left was the old professional changing rooms which is now a bar and offices (C)

Don Bradman on his was to 252*, Surrey v Australians, The Oval, May 24th 1930. It took his aggregate since arriving in England to 922 runs at 153.00. It was his first innings on a ground he played on 11 times and scored 1392 runs at 139.20 - this innings remained his highest score there

A lovely view of the second day of the 3rd Ashes Test at Old Trafford, 7th July 1934

Again this picture says "Made with AI" when it was not, it's lifted straight from a newspaper. Not quite sure how X decides on this ...

A boy from Leytonstone in Essex with Spot keeping wicket ... this photo appeared in the Daily Mirror on May 1st 1930

Children play cricket on the beach at Littlehampton in West Sussex in 1935

Spectators finding a free, if precarious, viewing point for the 1st Test between West Indies and Australia at Sabina Park, February 1973 (C)

@rcssmedasmith His main career was 1899 to 1920-21 after which time he only played six more Tests, including four on the 1929-30 Caribbean tour which was by no means a full-strength side

@PictureSporting So if he were to have started around 1988 and played 38 years he would have played something over 300 tests.

Wilfred Rhodes pictured by George Beldham in 1899. His debut season for Yorkshire in 1898 as a 20-year-old was sensational - he scored 557 runs at 17.40 and took 154 wickets at 14.60. His England debut came in June 1899, almost 31 years before he played the last of his 58 Tests (C)

Princess Elizabeth watches an indoor match between Lord's Taverners and Rest of the World at London's Grosvenor House, Bill Edrich playing a shot to leg. Over 1200 watched the game which raised money for the National Playing Fields Association, April 30th 1951. It was televised live on the BBC for 20 minutes from 10.20pm

The Ashes urn remained in the hands of Ivo Bligh (Lord Darnley) until his death in 1927. In 1926 it was lent to a Morning Post exhibition. Here Jack Hobbs, Andy Sandham, Willie Quaiffe, Andrew Ducat and Tiger Smith pose with the Ashes at The Oval

Another Australian tour underway at Worcester ... Don Bradman and Arthur Morris head out after lunch on day two to resume their second-wicket stand of 186, April 29th 1948. Both scored hundreds. In four tour matches at Worcester Bradman made 807 runs at  201.75

A lovely shot of Geoffrey Boycott playing with David Bairstow's son, Andrew, before going out to bat for Yorkshire against Hampshire at Portsmouth on August 6th 1978. Andrew played four matches for Derbyshire in 1995

Don Bradman plays on after a wild swing, bowled by Peter Jackson for 107, Worcestershire v Australians, April 28th 1948. For Bradman this was a relative failure given his previous three scores in the traditional tour opener had been 236 (1930), 206 (1934), and 258 (1938) but the consensus was that he had given away his wicket to let others have a bat. It was a good start to Jackson's benefit season as he took 6 for 135

A wonderful view of the opening day of the 3rd Ashes at Leeds on July 11th 1930 taken from the top of the pavilion

@stevegreen39 I think it's a little of both. Surrey's attack was lacking inspiration but the pitch was depressingly flat

@PictureSporting Great attendance but 22 wickets over 4 days, no real sense of jeopardy at any time. Casual scoring rates not forced by bowling. Surrey need either to rework pitches or get a fearsome bowling attack to match their batters.

A 21st century County Championship record crowd at The Oval for the just concluded match between Surrey and Essex - 15,544 over the four days. Good weather helped for sure but even so ... Friday was excellent and the pavilion was full