Mary Evans Colin Blythe - cricketer 10951898

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Picture No	10951898
Date	1917
Description	Colin Blythe - cricketer
Details	Colin Blythe (born 30 May 1879, Deptford –died 8 November 1917, Belgium), also known as Charlie Blythe, Kent and England left arm spinner who is regarded as one of the finest bowlers of the period between 1900 and 1914 – sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age" of cricket. Blythe joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Sergeant Blythe was serving with the 12th (S) Battalion when he was killed by random shell-fire on the railway between Pimmern and Forest Hall near Passchendaele on 8 November 1917. He is buried in the Oxford Road CWGC Cemetery in Belgium
Source	Unattributed photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 24 November 1917
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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