'Play Up, Play Up and Play the Game', 1934 (stone)

"Relief sculpture. 1934 by Gilbert Bayes, RA. Portland stone. A bas-relief procession of thirteen sportsmen and women, depicting tennis players, golfers, cricketers, swimmers, oarsmen and footballers. Inscribed (after Sir Henry Newboult) at the upper level PLAY UP PLAY UP AND PLAY THE GAME. A reference to a cricket match and how the same fortitude is needed in battle no matter how bad the odds may be against you. The relief was inserted on this corner following a widening of the roadway in 1934; the corner was remodelled and a new setting formed in 1995-96. two metres high by five metres long.