RAWDON CRICKET CLUB 1946 GRAND CONCERT PROGRAMME - HEDLEY VERITY MEMORIAL PAVILION FUND

Original souvenir programme for a concert held at the Town Hall, Yeadon, on June 2nd 1946. It was organised by Rawdon Cricket Club with the aim of raising money for the Hedley Verity Memorial Pavilion Fund. Verity played his early cricket for Rawdon C.C., which was where the Yorkshire scouts first spotted his potential. Verity was killed in action in Italy in 1943, aged 38.

The concert was hosted by Wilfred Pickles. This programme came from the collection of Verity's family and was sold as part of this collection at auction in August 2026.

21 x 13cm. 8pp. Lightly rubbed and marked with splitting to lower spine and cover now loose from lower staple. Good condition. Very rare.

Date

1946

£90.00 (Code: 104368)

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