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Watercolour, L Fleetwood-Smith

Robert Ingpen2002

Melbourne Cricket Club

Melbourne Cricket Club
Jolimont, Australia

Original Robert Ingpen watercolour depicting Victorian and Australian Test bowler, left-arm wrist-spinner, Leslie 'Chuck' Fleetwood-Smith. The image is included in a tapestry celebrating 150 years of performances and events on the MCG. In ten Tests (1935-38), Fleetwood-Smith took 42 wickets at an average of 37.38. In 1935/36 against England, he took 5/124 at the MCG, and 4/129 and 6/110 in Adelaide. By the end of his first class career, he had taken 597 wickets at 22.64 - including 184 wickets at the MCG.

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  • Title: Watercolour, L Fleetwood-Smith
  • Creator: Robert Ingpen
  • Date Created: 2002
  • Provenance: Melbourne Cricket Club Museum collection.
  • Medium: watercolour
Melbourne Cricket Club

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