Arthur Henri Poole - It's just not cricket!

It most certainly is Cricket and a fine body of men from the Emmett Club pose to record their membership and playing season. Cricket was a sport that was very widely played in Ireland and lived in harmony with the Gaa in the early days of the 20th century prior to Irish Independence. The dress of the players is interesting with the shirts and short ties. Were they short so that they would not get in the way of the arm actions in the game...Photographer: A. H. Poole..Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=A.H.+Poole&type=Author&sort=title&view=grid ) ..Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954...NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0877 ( vtls000590924 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )