FORMER England and Lancashire cricketer Eddie Paynter (1901-79), seen here in a 1930s Boys’ Magazine ZAT Card series, played for Keighley from 1940 to 1948 and again in 1954.

He came here as “one of the all-time greats” of the game.

Playing for Lancashire in 1937, he had scored 322 against Sussex and 266 against Essex.

His Test career, cut prematurely short with the outbreak of war, had taken him to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the West Indies and India, gaining a runs average of 63.69.

During the notorious ‘bodyline’ tour in 1932, he had left a sick-bed to help win a match. In the 1938 Tests against Australia, his average was 101.75.

Keighley was not disappointed. During 19 innings in the 1940 season, he scored 1,070 runs and broke records for the highest Bradford League aggregate and the highest Keighley aggregate since the cricket club’s formation in 1848.

He scored four centuries, and his 150 not out against Lightcliffe was a record for the Lawkholme ground.

The photograph has been supplied by Chris Lunn, of Skipton.