|In Affectionate Remembrance |
|of |
|E N G L I S H C R I C K E T, |
|which died at the Oval |
|on |
|29th A U G U S T, 1882, |
|Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances |
|R.I.P. |
|N.B. - The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. |
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|Reginald Shirley Watkinshaw Brooks was the individual responsible for this "obituary". He was the eldest son of Shirley Brooks, a former |
|Editor of Punch. Reginald's mother was one Emily Watkinshaw. She was in turn the daughter of one Dr William Bannatyre Watkinshaw of Naparima|
|in Trinidad. Although a Creole Emil ...