Albert Knight Leicester Cricket Legend Old Worn Real Photo Postcard

NP162  Antique postcard circa 120 years ago publishing date of Albert Knight historic Leicester cricket player - please note this card is worn - it has two strong indents to the middle of the card and long, a darkening area to reverse - aged and also small corner places - I can only grade fair and I struggle to award this - But it is surely the earliest and possibly the only postcard published of Albert Knight of its kind.

From 1895 until 1912 he played for Leicestershire as batsman in a generally weak team. He represented England in three matches of the 190304 Ashes series against Australia, with a highest score of 70 not out at Sydney. He had had his most successful domestic season in 1903, scoring 1834 runs at an average of 45.85, ncluding his highest score of 229 not out against Worcestershire.His most important contribution to the game was a book, The Complete Cricketer, published in 1906. Sir Derek Birley, in his A Social History of English Cricket, described it as "a masterpiece of its kind, stuffed full of learned observations in weighty prose". Wisden called it "grandiose in style, containing much startling metaphor"