Just lifting pictures from other sites and presenting them as your own is not really the done thing

WG Grace played his 870th and final first-class match in the season opener between Surrey and Gentlemen of England at The Oval starting on April 20th 1908. Grace, three months shy of his 60th birthday, captained the Gentlemen, scoring 15 and 25

The Oval pictured in late 1944 when it was set up as a internment camp but it never held prisoners. Nonetheless considerable damage was done to the grounds while stands suffered from nearby bombing. Requisitioned early in the war, it held anti-aircraft searchlights before being converted

Opener Walter Keeton is bowled first ball by Tyrell Johnson, England v WI, 3rd Test, Oval, August 19th 1939. Keeton had been recalled for his second (and final) Test five years after his debut. The following week he broke his hand and that was it for almost seven years

A shot from 1960 of cricket on the green at Bearsted in Kent where the game has been played for almost 300 years

Another lost outground ... Alexandra Meadows in Blackburn hosted four Lancashire Championship matches between 1932 and 1935. It was also the home ground of Blackburn Rovers between 1878 and 1881 and hosted one football international in 1881 when Wales beat England 1-0

A panoramic picture of The Oval during the 3rd and deciding England-Australia Test in August 1896. England won by 66 runs to take the three-match series 2-1. This was the latest Test for the old pavilion on the right of the picture

Yorkshire offspinner Geoff Cope winds up ... he played three Tests for England, all in Pakistan in 1977-78, but twice had to re-model his action after being suspended in 1972 and again in 1978. And he was denied a Test hat-trick on debut when Mike Brearley recalled a batsman.

Don Bradman waves to the crowd on the dock who had turned up to see the arrival of the Strathaird carrying the 1948 Australian tourists, Tilbury, April 16th 1948. Bradman, who arrived with a cold, scored 2428 runs at 89.92 in the summer

Albert Trott pictured in 1913 when he was a first-class umpire. An outstanding allrounder who played Test cricket for both England and Australia, in his later years Trott struggled with physical and mental illness and money worries. He shot himself in 1914 aged only 41

Eddie Barlow bowling in the 1st SA v Australia Test, Cape Town, January 27th 1970. The series was 29-year-old Barlow's last in Test cricket and he bowed out on top with 360 runs at 51.42 and 11 wickets at 23.36

Mike Gatting shows surprising agility to evade a bouncer from Bob Willis in Middlesex's County Championship match v Warwickshire in June 1978. Gatting's 42 was the best score for his side in the match as Willis took 6 for 44 and 11 for 83 overall

Derek Underwood fends off a bouncer, England v West Indies, 2nd Test, Lord's, June 18th 1976. A genuine tailender, Underwood was England's go-to nightwatchman for several years and despite almost no protection did the job with determination

The tea interval as it should be ... sandwiches on a platter and a waiter pouring a refreshing drink ... Denis Compton enjoys a rest during the South v South Africans match at Hastings, September 4th 1947. Soon after he reached his 17th hundred of the summer, breaking Jack Hobbs' record of 16.

One to bring back memories of those of a certain age ... the walkway under the old Grandstand at Lord's which was demolished in 1996, pictured in the 1980s. A complete jam on match days it had many quirky features and also included two bars and the printing office

Cricket at Southborough Green near Tunbridge Wells in Kent in 1934. The earliest recorded match on the ground took place on July 25th 1794

Hurstbourne Priors take on St Mary Bourne in a classic English scene from July 1931. The villages are in Hampshire. Both teams are still alive and well

Douglas Jardine on his way to 50, Surrey v Warwickshire, The Oval, 16th June 1933. Although only 32, Jardine's career was almost over. He only played four more matches for Surrey and retired after captaining England in India the following winter

There are few pictures of underarm (lob) bowling ... this is Geoffrey Kevill-Davies bowling to Ian Akers-Douglas in the nets at Eton in May 1928. Looking on is Eton coach George Hirst. Kevill-Davies never played for the Eton XI. Akers-Douglas played 60 first-class matches, mainly for Kent

One of my favourite cricket paintings is Lawrence Toynbee's 1953 'Cricket In The Parks, Oxford'. It's simplicity and old-world charm works for me

Cricket at Raby Castle, 1935. The game was first played there in 1751 (The Times)

The crowd gathers round the pavilion to acclaim the players after England's victory in the 5th Test at The Oval, August 19th 1953. The win gave Len Hutton (waving to the masses) and his side the series 1-0, regaining the Ashes after 19 years

Funfair equipment stored at The Oval in the winter of 1965-66. Surrey allowed the ground to be used for a variety of things in a bid to stay afloat. It hosted football in the winter, rock concerts in the early 1970s, and going back further staged international football and rugby and FA Cup finals

Greg Chappell hooks Imran Khan on his way to 121 in the 2nd Australia v Pakistan Test at the MCG, January 1st 1977. Australia won by 348 runs but in the next Test Imran took 12 for 165 as Pakistan won by 8 wickets to square the series

Harold Larwood seated at a desk in Sydney reading from the book On Tour with Bradman by Andy Flanagan which was released in late 1950. Larwood emigrated to Australia in May that year. "Australia offers my five daughters a better future," he said. "And I like the climate and the country much better."

There was a certain innocence about advertisements in the 1970s ...

London Transport produced some lovely posters over the years advertising transport to major sporting occasions. This one, by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, is for the Oval Test of 1939, the last Test to be played in England for almost seven years

Interval entertainment at major matches in England is usually limited to children playing game or the occasional marching band. At the 1907 Leeds Test against South Africa, a troupe of clowns went round the ground to amuse spectators ... one can only imagine some of the comments

The Oval during the deciding 5th Ashes Test, August 1930

Thank you. He only lived in Australia from 1852 to 1859 and played two first-class matches out there. He did write a book about his time there - "'Australia: Its Cricket Bat, Its Kangaroo, Its Farming, Fruit and Flowers". He died six days short of his 98th birthday