A presentation to the England cricketer Bill Copson from his captain G.O. Allen and team manager Captain Rupert Howard on the 1936-37 MCC Tour of Aust

A presentation to the England cricketer Bill Copson from his captain G.O. Allen and team manager Captain Rupert Howard on the 1936-37 MCC Tour of Australia, in the form of a glass-bottomed pewter one pint pewter tankard inscribed ''THE EMPIRE BUILDER'', BILL COPSON, FROM GRATEFUL ''SKIPPER'' AND MANAGER, AUSTRALIA 1936-37 This keepsake was probably partly inspired by the fact that Copson did not play in any of the five Test Matches during the defeated Ashes series, and was seldom employed in other matches - although partly due to the fact that Copson was carrying an injury.