
Chandu Sarwate and Shute Banerjee resume their last-wicket stand, Surrey v Indians, The Oval May 1946© Getty Images

His majesty King George VI attended the match between Surrey and a team of Old England on the-of the celebration of the Surrey centenary at the Oval. The King is enjoying a laugh with Percy Fender, Maurice Tate, Patsy Hendren and Frank Woolley, The Oval, May 23, 1946© Wisden

The Old England team which played Surrey at The Oval on May 23, 1946: back row-Jack Hobbs (umpire), Errol Holmes, Maurice Allom, Maurice Tate, Ted Brooks, Andrew Sandham, Herbert Strudwick (umpire); seated - Patsy Hendren, Douglas Jardine, Percy Fender (captain), Herbert Sutcliffe, Frank Woolley; front - Donald Knight, `Tich' Freeman© The Cricketer International