Australian Test Team 1921: Warren Bardsley's Blazer and Cap

Australian Test Team 1921: Warren Bardsley The Australian team blazer and baggy green cap issued to Bardlsey, opening batsman, as part of the team that toured England. Both items with E. C. Devereux, High St. Eton labels. Both completed in manuscript 'W. Bardlsey 1921' (faded on the hat label). Although intact, faded/sunned in places through poor display. An opening batsman, Bardsley played 41 Tests between 1909 and 1926 and over 200 games for NSW. He was 'Wisden's Cricketer of the Year' in 1910. A strong domestic season 1908-1909 - 748 runs from 9 innings at an average of 83.11 - led to his inclusion in the 1909 Australian Team tour to England for the Ashes. In the 5th Test at The Oval, London, Bardsley became the first test cricketer to score a century in both innings of a single test match. On the 1921 Tour, Bardsley was Australia's second most prolific run scorer. In 41 innings (in 30 matches) he amassed 2,005 runs at an average of 54.18 including 8 centuries and 4 not outs. Australia won the series having won the first 3 tests and drawing the last 2.