Denis Compton at Hastings
Cricketer Denis Compton acknowledges the crowd at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings. Playing for The South against Sir Pelham Warner's Eleven, Middlesex and England star batsman Compton brought his aggregate run total for the season to 3, 570, thus beating the long standing record of Tom Hayward, set in 1906. This was a fantastic summer for Compton, just a few days previously he had beaten Jack Hobbs record (set in 1925) of sixteen centuries in a season
Picture No
13731977
Media ID
45394980
Size
3393px x 6648px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Sphere 20 September 1947. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
Sep-47
