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Where: Cork, Ireland
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Most Poole photographs have been carefully posed but this is a "live" cricket match in full swing. Some may feel that cricket it about as exciting and interesting as paint drying but for the enlightened it is a game of great skill and tactics and a wonderful way to pass a sunny day.
The general consensus is that this image was taken at the grounds of Cork County Cricket Club on the Mardyke in Cork city. Probably in the first decade or so of the 1900s-1950s range....
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Possibly after 1903 (pavillion). Likely first decade or so of range (spectator fashions)
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0429
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The general consensus is that this image was taken at the grounds of Cork County Cricket Club on the Mardyke in Cork city. Probably in the first decade or so of the 1900s-1950s range....
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Possibly after 1903 (pavillion). Likely first decade or so of range (spectator fashions)
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0429
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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DannyM8
Is it a Dog or a Duck??
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
10 runs, 4 wickets, so far . . . The hats and moustaches of the gents in the pavilion are looking 1905-ish.
Dr. Ilia
Wonderful capture 👏👏👏
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
"I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures." Oscar Wilde https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia/46143930792/
derangedlemur
It appears to be Mardyke CC, though it may be missing a house in the background.
Foxglove
dannym8, yes at the right end of the fence I think it is a small black dog, but being a BW print, it would be difficult to guesstimate the hue.
oaktree_brian_1976
oh cricket. Like our base ball game!
DannyM8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66151649@N02/ many people think life is a game, the English think Cricket is a game!
John Spooner
The non-striking batsman is wearing skeleton pads, whereas the wicket-keeper and the batsman on strike have the more modern style.
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Sometimes Flickr is fairly close. In 2013 via https://www.flickr.com/photos/yellowbookltd/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/yellowbookltd/8558595248/
John Spooner
Mardyke has been discussed before in our comments. It was where the London Clown Cricketers played in 1874
Niall McAuley
Built in 1903 according to the NIAH.
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No windows or frilly iron pigeon scarers yet; perhaps the pavilion is not yet complete? These 'Similar Items' are dated 28/7/1902 (a Monday) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591407 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591408 "...In 1903 the most famous cricketer of the Victorian era, W.G. Grace, played at the Mardyke for London County against Gentlemen of Ireland. ..." From - www.corkcountycricketclub.com/history/ Edit - "...Grace, then 54, got out for one in the first innings, and followed that up with a relatively poor 24 as the two sides played out an entertaining draw. Excusing his failings the great man proclaimed “How could anyone be expected to play cricket in such beautiful surroundings”, an alibi that’s hard to contest! ..." From - www.corkcountycricketclub.com/2014/08/15/celebrating-140-...
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Thanks all! Have updated the map, description, range, etc.