Autograph request
Envelope sent by Bray to (Cigarette card featuring Cuthbert James Burnup) on 30th September 1901 requesting his autograph.
Cuthbert James Burnup (21 November 1875 5 April 1960), also known as Pinky Burnup, was an English amateur sportsman who played cricket and football around the turn of the 20th century. Burnup played once for the England football team but is more renowned for playing over 200 first-class cricket matches, mainly for Kent County Cricket Club. He was named as one of Wisden‘s Cricketers of the Year in 1903.
