The most sought-after caps are the ones so worn and faded from sun and sweat that the red is drained to pink. And any cap stitched with the name and date of an exceptionally difficult regatta ...

Auction house Bonhams described the cap, external as "sun faded and worn", with "some insect damage" and "some loss to (the) edge of (the) peak". The cap, a rare piece of cricketing history ...