{"id":4835,"date":"2025-06-05T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/?page_id=4835"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:29:39","slug":"political-cartoons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/political-cartoons\/","title":{"rendered":"Political cartoons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4835?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/political-cartoons\/#1741_%E2%80%93_Cricket_players_of_Europe_%E2%80%93_Matthew_Darly\" >1741 &#8211; Cricket players of Europe &#8211; Matthew Darly<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/political-cartoons\/#1784_%E2%80%93_The_Grand_Cricket_Match\" >1784 &#8211; The Grand Cricket Match<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/political-cartoons\/#1799_%E2%80%93_Bowl_Fair_Sir_%E2%80%93_George_Woodward\" >1799 &#8211; Bowl Fair Sir &#8211; George Woodward<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1741_%E2%80%93_Cricket_players_of_Europe_%E2%80%93_Matthew_Darly\"><\/span>1741 &#8211; Cricket players of Europe &#8211; Matthew Darly<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cricket-players-of-Europe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cricket-players-of-Europe.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cricket-players-of-Europe-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caricature satirising European Royal families; each character has a speech bubble. There are rhyming verses below the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazing stuff, it shows that the imagery of cricket was already widely recognised. Hockey stick bats are on the ground, the later curved bat in play &#8211; why, I wonder&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1784_%E2%80%93_The_Grand_Cricket_Match\"><\/span>1784 &#8211; The Grand Cricket Match<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dorset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dorset.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3596 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dorset.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dorset-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dorset-768x488.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The Duke of Dorset is batting. The Duke had been appointed as Ambassador to the French Court and was rumoured to be a lover of Marie Antoinette. The cartoon shows him facing the comments of the French.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1799_%E2%80%93_Bowl_Fair_Sir_%E2%80%93_George_Woodward\"><\/span>1799 &#8211; Bowl Fair Sir &#8211; George Woodward<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bowl-fair-sir.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bowl-fair-sir.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bowl-fair-sir.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bowl-fair-sir-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bowl-fair-sir-768x348.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>There is an earlier scene to this cartoon which I do not have. I understand that there are two men in conversation &#8211; one says, &#8216;Well, Mordecai, how have you gone on upon change today!&#8217; The other replies, &#8216;A very bad day&#8217;s work indeed \u2013 nothing to do!&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cricket scene features the modern three wickets but the archaic style of curved bat. The wicket keeper, as you can see, is saying &#8216;He&#8217;ll have you out to a certainty&#8217;. Blatant sledging I&#8217;m afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note the large, if somewhat uniform, crowd. Perhaps they are all related.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1741 &#8211; Cricket players of Europe &#8211; Matthew Darly Caricature satirising European Royal families; each character has a speech bubble. There are rhyming verses below the image. Amazing stuff, it shows that the imagery of cricket was already widely recognised. Hockey stick bats are on the ground, the later curved bat in play &#8211; why, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4835","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PdOpLv-1fZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4842,"href":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4835\/revisions\/4842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}