From oil paintings of the founding fathers to the print caricature of the younger player, the Museum is pleased to host the collection of I Zingari memorabilia.
Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane
First president of Somerset County Cricket Club
Founder of I Zingari Cricket Club in 1845
Private Secretary to Lord Palmerston
Treasurer of the MCC
Played cricket for both Middlesex & Surrey
The Founding Fathers
I Zingari was founded in 1845 and is the oldest and perhaps the most famous of the ‘wandering’ cricket clubs (without a home ground), and is well known for its historically aristocratic membership and its colours of black, red and gold, symbolising the motto “Out of darkness, through fire, into light”.
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