Cricket Life 1895

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FORD/TEMP3

Date:

1895-01-01 - 1895-12-31

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item

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1 scrapbook

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Alfred L Ford Scrapbooks (FORD)

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Scrapbook containing sketches and cartoons, drawings and engravings of cricket matches, original and reproduced tickets to matches and events and portraits of cricketers.

Page 1: Title Page: Drawings, 3 of bowlers including one of Spofforth) and 1 of a batsman, cartoon of looking at back of batsman leaning on bat stuck onto another drawing, 1 cartoon of a ball going through a fielders legs with him going “Where is it?”.

Page 2: Top: Admission ticket for benefit of John Lillywhite, a 3-day match between Gentlemen of England and Players of England, played at Brighton of 14th, 15th, and 16th of August 1871, above the ticket is replica photograph of Lillywhite. Bottom: Subscribers ticket for Royal Sussex Cricket Ground, Brighton for 1841, names are Mr Mostyn and General L. Langdon.

Page 3: Top: Original and copy of ticket for benefit of Richard Fillery, match between Sussex and Surrey on 16th, 17th and 18th 1880 at Hove, includes photograph and biography of Fillery (original is loose). Bottom: Copy of ticket for James Lillywhite’s benefit match between Gentlemen and Players of England, played at Brighton on 8th, 9th and 10th of August 1881.

Page 4: Top, bottom and loose, original and copy of admission ticket for Charlie Howard’s benefit match between Lord March’s Eleven and The Australians at Priory Park, Chichester on 28, 29, 30 June 1886, includes images of his career.

Page 5: Top: Copy of admission ticket of Alfred Mynn between 2 select elevens of all England, at Lords on 26th and 27th July 1847. Middle: Cartoon of players with exaggerated heads, wicket-keeper: ‘He’ll have you out to a certainty, batsman: ‘Bowl fair Sir’, fielder: Never saw a game of cricket better played’. Bottom, Reproduced image of Felix’ North of England XI, 1847.

Page 6: Top-centre: coloured engraving of Fuller Pilch. Surrounding Pilch are 6 images of wickets bats, legs and 2 crests including Hull & District Cricket Union. Bottom: Advert for return between match between Islington Proprietary School and 11 gentlemen of Wellesley House Club at Garratt’s Copenhagen Ground on 3rd July 1846.

Page 7: Top-centre: Invite for Free Foresters event at Willis’ Room in July 1876, shows image of a cricket white. Top left and right: engraved portraits of W.G. Grace and A.E. Stoddart, room 1895. Middle: Invite for Rev. W.K Riland Bedford for a dance a Willis’ Room, 27 June 1871. Bottom: Engraving of Eastbourne College, 1867.

Page 8: Top: “The Last of the Graces”, Death’s Doings, 1826, image of 3 skeletons standing on a flat tombstone. Bottom “The Cricketer”, Death’s Doings, 1826, a skeleton is bowling to a batsman with a winged humanoid creature as wicket-keeper, ‘His “Game of Life” like a summer’s day! But yet, in vain ‘gainst DEATH and TIME he tries, To stand his ground – they bear away the prize – And, foil’d at last, he yields his bat, and-dies!’.

Page 9: Top: Small image of a batsman in green. “2nd Top: “Match at Lord’s, “Play”” Drawing of a woman in fine dress with legs pads batting at the crease, a man with a monocle is at wicket-keeper. Middle 2: 2 engravings of scenic cricket matches. Bottom: Engraving of Eton College in background with a boy with a bat talking to 2 people in foreground, 1867.

Page 10: “Cricket Notes” Cartoon of a batsman being bowled, to either side are enlarged batsmen, one walking away from crease after being out and the other walking in to bat, sight screen in background has sign “Let’s join in the praise of the bat and the wicket” (old song). Bottom: Montage of 8 drawings each one numbered: 175: H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge after being out LBW (Herman Herkomer). No. 87: “W.G.” ordering the lines to be taken off the pitch (Briton Rivere). No. 178: “He never gets runs when I see him” (W.B. Frith). No. 921: A.N. Hornby, Captain of the Lancashire Eleven, being photographed (Hon. John Collier). No. 131: “How’s That? A man in Viking style costume (F. Dicksee). 190: H.R.H. the Prince of Wales kindly gives guard (A. Stuart Wortley). No. 470: Cornstalks, the Australians going home after a match (Francis W. Loring). No.211: Rolling the wicket and marking the crease (J.C. Hook). Cricket Field, 17 June 1893.

Page 11: Top: “Un Cricket”, Notes sur L’Angleterre by Taine, 1895, engraving of a scenic cricket match. Bottom: Larger copy of top image “Le Cricket”, Les Jeux de la Jeunesse, 1885. By Godefroy Durand. Around the 2 engravings are 8 cut-outs of cricket figures in action poses.

Page 12: Top and bottom: overhead sketch of a cricket match with 2 separate fielding layouts. Centre: dimensions of cricket pitch. 6 cut-outs of batsmen and bowlers in action poses. 3 small engraved drawings of bats leaning against stumps.

Page 13: Top: Engraving of a trophy, with the text ‘Challenge Cup, presented by London Daily Newspaper Cricket League, by the patronage of The Times Cricket Club, 1895’, Illustrate Sporting Dramatic News, 9 May 1890. Bottom: An ornate cup ‘Presented to Jams Lillywhite by the Sussex County Cricket Club’, Lillywhite Cricketers Companion, 1872. To either side of engravings are 6 cut-out cricketers in action poses.

Page 14: “Scoring Board, Sydney Cricket Ground”, Davis Australian Cricket Annual, 1896, engraving of the scoreboard with the text description. Bottom: Cartoon of animals playing, with panoramic image of the match including variety of animals in stands and a lion goes in to bat and is bowled by a bear, Cassell Magazine, May 1896.

Page 15: Top: Cartoon of batsman is hit in the face by a ball and fall on his stumps. Bottom: 2 batsmen holding their bats ready to walk out to pitch, both from Old England’s Annual, 1896.

Page 16: Top-centre: sketch of W.G. Grace playing a cut shot, Windsor Magazine, May 1896. Middle: Artist impression of Bexhill, 1895. Bottom: “Gold old Grace”, Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 5 October 1895, cartoon of W.G. Grace carrying a massive bag of cash with £100 on it.

Page 17: Top-centre: sketch of a batsman having just played a shot as he and wicket-keeper look in direction of ball, cricket field, 11 May 1895. Middle-centre: “The Young Cricketer” (from a sketch by the late W. Hunt) a child with serious face has bat back high ready to strike ball. Bottom-centre: Engraving of a cricket match played amongst buildings and trees, Boys Own Treasury. Around the images are 6 drawings (4 cut-outs) of cricketers in action shots, including W.G. Grace.

Page 18: Top-centre: reproduced image of scoreboard of match between in Carlton vs. University in Australia with Carlton setting record for single innings in Australia of 922 with J. Worrall scoring 417 alone, January 1896. Top left and right: pencilled photographs of a batsman and bowler. Bottom: Overhead plan of Sydney Cricket Ground, detailing stands and surrounding buildings with drawing of the pavilion, 1896.

Page 19: Left-top: Photograph of a cricket match being played in St. Moritz on snow, Black and White, 6 March 1897. Left-middle: Drawing based on a photograph of a cricketer catching a ball with one hand, Windsor Magazine, August 1897. Left-bottom: Engraving of a scenic cricket match in front of a church, Graphic, 13 August 1897. Centre: Drawing of a boy kitted up resting on his bat with one hand looking proud. Right-top: Photograph of a cricket match in Barbados with windmill in background, Sketch, 17 February 1897. Right-middle: Stylised sketch of painting of a fielder about to pick a ball up, Windsor Magazine, August 1897. Right-bottom: Engraving of match in front of Durham University, Graphic, 6 July 1889.

Page 20: Top: Engraving of village cricket ground being played in background whilst an elderly gentleman and lady approach village school, The Village School. Middle: “The Twelve at Montreal” Engraving of R.A. Fitzgerald’s XI in North America, Wickets in the West, 1873. Bottom: “A Disputed Point”, The British Messenger, August 1891, image of cricketers in discussion in a marquee.

Page 21: 3 Sketches of original England Women’s Cricket Team. Top: 5 women cricketers in group portrait with 2 holding bats. Middle: Batsman plays a forward defensive ‘Well Played’ Miss Moss (wicket-keeper), Miss Stanley (batting). Bottom: fielder removes bails as batsman makes crease “How is that, Umpire?”. All 3 from Queen, 14 June 1890.

Page 22: Top: Image of a cricket match, Badminton Library, 1888. Middle: Etching of a cricket match with buildings in background, Sporting Almanack, 1839. Bottom: Engraving of a scenic cricket match with marquees in background.

Page 23: Top: “Ancient Britons at Play” Cartoon of cavemen playing cricket, with rock for a ball, stick for a bat and tree for sumps. Middle: “Evolution of Cricket Dress” 8 images of cricket outfits with description below. Bottom: etching of the Bat and Ball Inn, Annals of Cricket by Read, 1896.

Page 24: 3 engravings of scenic cricket matches with 6 cut-outs of cricketers in action poses.

Page 25: Top: “Over”, Cricket Field, 27 July 185, drawing of a change ends during a match. Bottom: “Leicestershire at Lord’s”, Cricket Field, 11 May 1895, drawing of fielders relaxing during a drinks break, Grand Stand can be seen in background.

Page 26: 3 engravings of rural and scenic cricket matches.

Page 27: Top: A little boy is playing as wicket-keeper. Middle and bottom: separate of engravings of teams wearing spotted and striped shirts.

Page 28: “Navy and Army”, drawing of a batsman in navy clothing with wicket-keeper in army safari uniform. Drawing of sad looking clown holding bat and boots, Cricket Field, 14 July 1894. Bottom left and right: drawing of bowler delivery and fielder taking ball in hands, Cricket, Badminton Library. Top left and right: drawings a fast bowler with batsman about to play a shot. Top-centre: Batsman with bat on shoulder pointing in decorative floral border. Other images include small head portrait of W.G. Grace, a fielder about to take a catch, and small circular image of a cricket match.

Page 29: Bottom-left: Cartoon from Punch, Christmas 1894,’Village Cricketer (explaining to Pat that he is out – leg before wicket “Yes, yes; but yer mustn’t go stickin’ yer leg before yer wicket so that it stops the ball!” Pat (nursing his leg and dancing round) “Begorra thin, it’s myself ‘ll be after stickin’ it behoint me wickets next toime, and let thim sthop it!”. Bottom Centre: “A Passing Greeting” Judy Almanack, 1894, a boy with a bat greets a gentlemen in fine clothing and top hat. Bottom-right: “Adding Insult to Injury”, Fun, 4 June 1884, ‘chorus of young cricketers (to old gent, whose shin has acted as a “long stop” to a swift round-arm bowl) – “Thank you, Sir!”. Top-centre engraving of a batsman being carried and shoulders 2 people, outdoor games and recreations. Other images include engravings of a bower and batsman, 2 engravings of children playing cricket, small engraving of a batsman and wicket-keeper.

Page 30: Top-centre: wicket keeper stands behind stumps as ball goes through stumps. Centre: Engraving of a cricket match in front of trees and pavilion, Cassells Universal Portrait Gallery, 1894. Bottom: A kangaroo is talking to moustachioed batsman in front of Lord’s Pavilion “I say ‘old man’ who’s got those Ashes”, Lika Joko, 2 October 1894. Other images include cut-outs of stumps and a scoreboard, a man in an overcoat, a batsman being led somewhere by a figure, drawing of a cricket match and 2 drawings of cricketers playing forward defensive shots.

Page 31: Images of cricketers; Top 3: 3 batsman with Ranjitsinhji in centre and possibly Victor Trumper on the right. Middle left and right: an elderly cricketer with bat on left and ball on right, Windsor Magazine, May 1895. Centre: A women batsman at the crease, Penny Illustrated Paper, 22 June 1895. Bottom 3: caricatures of cricketers.

Page 32: Top-left: Drawing of an All England Batsman. Top-centre: Drawing of a wicket-keeper, batsman and bowler, The English Game of Cricket by Box, 1868. Top-right: drawing of a batsman with horizontal striped shirt. Bottom-left: “An Underhand Player” Cartoon of a Warwickshire bowler bowling underarm with ball smashing stumps, with Nottingham, Surrey and Kent batsmen going flying. Bottom-centre: A fielder is consulting with a batsman on condition of a ball, Sporting Sketches, 21 May 1894. Bottom-right “An All Round Player”, Scraps, 4 August 1894, a woman with parasol is talking to a rotund gentlemen with match being played in background.

Page 33: Top left and right; middle left and right: 4 sketches of wicket-keepers. Top-centre: caricature of a cricketer, Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 13 July 1895. Middle-centre: Sketch of an I Zingari batsman with badge and date 1845, Daily Graphic, 21 June 1895, with description of the badge. Bottom-centre: Drawing of a guitarist player sitting on giant Z for Zingari as part of advert for match vs. Gentlemen of England, Cricket Field, 29 June 1895. Bottom left and right: sketches of bowlers.

Page 34: Top-centre: Small ornate engraving of a cricket match, Boys Own Book, 1855. 2nd from top: sketch of wicket taking the ball as batsman misses, 3rd top: children playing wicket, Boy’s Own Book, 1828. 4th from top: engraving of rural cricket match with poem underneath, Boy’s Own Book, 1828. Engraving of a village cricket match with poem underneath as same as one above, Boys Own Book, 1855. To either side of centre are 10 sketches of batsmen.

Page 35: Top-centre: a black bunny strikes a ball. Middle-centre: A gentleman shields his head with a newspaper, Cricket Field, 31 August 1895. Bottom-centre: A gentleman uses a scorecard to shield half as face, Cricket Field, 3 August 1895. Bottom left and right: Sketches of batsman. Top left and right and middle left and right: Sketches of 3 batsmen and a bowler, also 2 small engravings of batsmen.

Page 36: Bottom-centre: W.G Grace and Ranjitsinhji are climbing ladders ‘Cricket Averages, A Play Clarism by the Daily Sketch from the Daily Graphic’, Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 24 August, 1895. Middle: Engraving of W.G. Grace standing in pavilion entranceway to playing area, 3 crests of bats against stumps for H.C. & A., P.S.C. and K.C.C., 2 other crests of bats against stumps in leaf reef, 2 crests for Preston Stragglers C.C., Brighton.

Page 37: Top: Engraving of village cricket match, Encyclopaedia of Sports. 2nd Top: “Cricketing on Parkers Piece” engraving of multiple cricket matches taking place on a green, 1854. “View of the Mary-le-Bone Club’s Cricket Ground, image of cricket being played at present Lord’s with Pavilion to the left and small crowd, 1843. Bottom: “Critics at Lord’s”, English Illustrated Magazine, July 1893. Batsman about to enter the Pavilion as gentlemen in top hats watch on.

Page 38: Surrey vs Derbyshire match report, Penny Illustrated Paper, 19 May 1894, showing sketches of events during the match, Bottom: Whit Monday at Lord’s at Sherwin’s Benefit – Middlesex vs. Somerset, Penny Illustrated Paper, 19 May 1894, showing sketches of events during the match. Top left and right: 2 small sketches of a batsman and fielder. Middle left and right: 2 small sketch of women batsmen.

Page 38: Bottom-left: “Before” batsman hits ball into fielders stomach. Bottom-right: “After” batsman is run out. Top-centre: A kangaroo is a wicket-keeper, Universal Review, 15 August 1888. Centre-middle: “Dissatisfied” umpire, batsman and bowler are debating over stumps. Bottom-centre: small sketch of a cricket match, Cricket Field, 14 July 1894. Top left and right sketches of 2 batsmen, wicket-keeper and bowler.

Page 39: Top-right: Cartoon of W.G Grace hit in stomach with cricket ball marked ‘Australia’. Top-left: Grace remonstrates with a batsman. Bottom-right: W.G. Grace is plastered with many cricket balls, Bottom-left: A moustachioed batsman is pointing at a large glove on the ground, all four come from Funny Folks, 15 June 1878. Top-centre: “Extra Long Leg”, Funny Cuts, 19 May 1894, a fielder has very long legs. Middle: Silhouetted figures play cricket, G. Cruickshank Comic Almanack, 1837. Bottom: Cartoon of woman batsman hitting ball into chest of a fielder, Funny Cuts, 19 May 1894. Small engraving of a rural cricket match.

Page 40: Top-centre: Drawing of backs of 3 cricketers at 3 separate heights, Nuggets, 31 July 1897. Middle: Groundsmen with brushes and equipment rush to the pitch, Graphic, 19 July 1884. Bottom-centre: An Imagined coat of arms for Ranjitsinhji ‘Duke of Sussex’ with explanation underneath, Punch, 21 August1897. Bottom left: Batsman is hit in head with ball, Funny Cuts, 19 June 1897. Bottom-right a woman is bowling to a man “I Commenced to teach her cricket but she bowled me first ball, and when she went in to bat I couldn’t get her out for nuts” Scraps, 25 September 1897. 2 cartoons from scraps of cricketers talking to each other, 19 June 1897 and 18 September 1897. Top right and left: sketch of a batsman and tired looking fielder.

Page 41: “At the Practice Nets”, Badminton Magazine, May 1897, image of a net practice. Right: “Hat on Wicket, How’s That?”, Badminton Magazine, April 1897, artwork of a batsman’s hat falling on stumps. Top-centre: sketch of a fielder catching a ball. Middle-centre: sketch of a fielder catching a ball. Bottom centre: Drawing of a cricket ball perched on stumps in a glass jar.

Page 42: Photograph of Mordecai Sherwin keeping and sketch head portrait. Right: Photograph of Dick Pilling batting and sketch head portrait. Bottom-centre: Sketch of William Lillywhite, Illustrated London News, 22 July 1843. “Cricket at Marylebone 1770” Sketch of an 18th century game of cricket, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 22 August 1885. Top-left: Sketch of a caught and bowled, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 17 September 1887. Top-right: Sketch of a fielder close to catching a ball, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 17 September 1887. Top-centre: sketch of a batsman in a straw-boater. Top: Engraving of a bat leaning against stumps.

Page 43: Top: Sketch of a Chinese man with hands to catch a ball. Immediately underneath is a description of a forthcoming match between Lisbon and Oporto cricket clubs in Portugal, Punch, 7 June 1862. Bottom: “National Pride”, Sydney Bulletin, 15 August 1896, sketch of 2 people talking ‘Young Cockie: “Well Jimmie, I see the Australians have won the second test-match.” Jimmie: “My cripes, yes! Ole Thompson bene tell it countryman a’ mine Rangerasingera been make half de runs.” Left and right: 6 photographs of cricketers; 1 keeper, 1 fielder and 4 batsmen.

Page 44: Bottom left: sketch of a man pulling a roller with children sitting on top, Cricket Field 3 August 1895. Bottom-right: sketch of a horse pulling a roller, Graphic, 20 April 1895. Middle: Sketch of a fielder taking low one-handed catch, Penny Illustrated Paper, 22 June 1895. Top centre: 2 batsman having a debate with wicket-keeper, below: as part of same match batsman looks to play a drive, both from Sporting Sketches, 27 May 1895. Top left and right: etchings of a bowler and batsman. Right and left: 4 drawings of batsmen playing defensive strokes.

Page 45: “Ellen & George by Miss Mant”, 1832, engraving of a family playing cricket. Middle: “Today”, 24 April 1896, sketch of a woman bowling at a man. Bottom: An attractive woman in tight cricket clothing is holding a bat and perched on a giant red cricket ball. Left and right: cut-outs of 4 Wisden cricket bats.

Page 46: Top-left: sketch of 3 bowlers: Mold, Long Tom and Kortright. Top-right: sketch of 1 batsman and 2 fielders: Gunn, the Pudsey Giant and Long Tom. Bottom-left: sketch of 3 wicket-keepers: Jack Lilley, the McGregor, Storer. Bottom-right: 3 sketches of Ranjitsinhji fielding, batting and bowling; all by the same artist Rip. Bottom-centre: “A Young Hamlet” Punch, 8 November 1884, sketch of a young Hamlet as a cricketer, leaning on a bat wit skull at feet. Middle-centre: A child holding a cricket bat. Middle-centre: Rear-view of an underarm bowler, Snap Shots, 9 November 1895. Top: sketch of a fielder with large pop belly. Middle left and right, sketch head portraits of Robert Abel and T. Richardson, 17 August 1897.

Page 47: Illustration of 2 cricketers wrestling, Badminton Magazine, September 1897. Right: Illustration of a batsman rolling up his sleeves showing tattoos on his arm, Badminton Magazine, September 1897. Bottom-centre: Cartoon of a cricketer leaving a ground with a head-bandage, Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 10 July 1897. Middle-centre: Cartoon of 2 cricketers in conversation, Funny Wonder, 20 March 1897. Top: Cartoon of a batsmen taking big swing at a ball and gets bowled.

Page 48: Top-centre: 3 cricketers in front of a marquee talking, Graphic, 3 September 1887. Bottom-centre: “Pink and Cornflower”, Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 10 July 1897, cartoon from back of stand looking at backs of spectators in top hats, Lord’s Grand Stand can be seen in background. Top-left: sketch of a fielder missing the ball for a catch, Evening News, 18 May 1897. Top-right: Sketch of a batsman with a shadow of W.G. Grace, Evening News, 13 May 1897. Bottom-left: sketch of a batsman. Bottom-right: cartoon of a bowler, Big Budget, 24 July 1897. Middle left and right: 2 engravings of village cricket matches. Middle left and right: 2 small sketches of batsmen.

Page 49: Top-centre: sketch of a female bowler and umpire, Illustrated London News, 5 June 1897. Top-left: cartoon of a cricket match, Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 17 July 1897. Top-right: cartoon of women playing cricket, Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 29 May 1897. Middle-left: sketch of wicket-keeper removing bails, Boys Own Paper, September 1897. Middle-right: 3 stage sketch of a ball hitting a fielder in the face, World’s Comic, 23 June 1897. Bottom: Account by Evening News of a sale conducted W.W. Read of the effects of the Surrey Tavern, 10 September 1897.

Page 50: Centre: “Some Attitudes in Cricket”, Boys Own Paper, September 1897, comic sketches of batsmen and fielders in action poses, by T.E. Donnison. Top-left: Sketch of a cricket match, Graphic, 14 August 1897. Top-right: Illustration of a village cricket match. Bottom-left: Sketches of “A.J”, “The Coroner”, Monkey Hornby, “Arthur” and “Walla Walla” and bottom-right: The Guvnor, Jessop, Johnny Briggs, Brown and Little “W.G.” Quaife, both by Rip.

Page 51: 1) Coloured engraving of W.G. Grace. 2) “A Good Hit” sketch of a batsman about to hit a ball at chest height. 3) Caricature of a batsman. 4) Illustration of a toddler with a cricket bat. 5) Sketch of a batsman and bowler in conversation. 6) Cartoon of a rugby player with a rugby ball for a head and a figure made out of cricket bat, stumps, keeper gloves and ball, rugby figure goes “Tut! Tut! My friend, don’t be so conceited; My turn will come again before long!”. 7) In each corner is a sketch of an elderly batsmen in action poses.

Page 52: Top-centre: Sketch of an elderly batsman. Top-left: Cut-out sketch of batsman with bat tucked under his arm. Top-right: Cut-out sketch of W.G. Grace with bat behind his head. Centre: Sketch of a batsman takin guard. Bottom-centre: Sketch of a bowler holding ball in the air. Bottom-left: Cut-out sketch of batsman with bat behind his head. Bottom-right: Cut-out of a batsman in whites and blazer with bat in right hand.

Page 53: Top-centre: Drawing of Melbourne Cricket Ground Grand Stand, 1888. Top-left: Sketch of bowler at point of delivery. Top-right: Sketch of batsman at crease. Bottom-centre: Sketch of scenic cricket match. Bottom-left: Sketch of batsman about to play a drive. Bottom-right: Sketch of wicket-keeper.

Page 54: Top: “Young Colts”, 1892, illustration of children playing cricket in a village lane. Middle: “Youthful Aspirants”, Cricket – Badminton Library, 1888, illustration of children playing cricket in a park as adults watch on. Bottom: “Mill Hill School”, 1849, Illustration of a cricket match being played on field in front of the school.

Page 55: Top: Sketch of a cricket match, Cricketers’ Herald, 8 November 1887. Middle: “The Noble Cricket Game of Cricket” (1785) by John Wallis, Strand Magazine, September 1895, engraving of a rural cricket match (originally painting for Laws of Cricket established at the Star and Garter on Pall Mall. Bottom: Political satirical sketch of a cricket match ‘“How’s that!” Another wicket down in the Liberal innings, Daily Graphic, 18 May 1895.

Page 56: Top-centre: Small comic sketch of a batsman. 2nd top: crossed bats with hat on. 3rd top: Vignette of bats, stumps and clothing. 4th top: Image of underarm bowler and batsman facing each other. 5th top: Vignette of bats, stumps and clothing. 6th top: very rough pencil sketch of batsman and bowler. Bottom: Rough sketch of batsman being bowled. Bottom-left: A Cupid flies over a man and woman (who is holding a bat) with a bat wrapped in a ribbon, bottom-right: stumps hit by ball, above is Cupid and above him is 2 women, both of these sketches from Arbroath Cricket Club, Bazaar Album, 1889. Middle-left cut out of a figure in Tudor-style clothing holding a ball. Middle-right: Cut-out caricature of a cricketer. Top right and left: Small sketches of a bowler and batsman.

Page 57: Top-centre: Small engraving of an early rural village, as 2 figures hold bats and a boy rolls a hoop. 2nd top: Print of stumps being surrounded by nets. 3rd top: “Cricket Players” Engraving of a village cricket match, Boys Own Library. Bottom: “Not at Home” by Frank Paton, sketch of a batsman being run-out. Left and right: sketch portraits of 2 bearded batsmen. Top-right left and right: small sketches of a batsman in a straw boater.

Page 58: In each corner is a coloured illustration of stages of a cricket match. Centre: 6 vignettes of bats, stumps and balls.

Page 59: Top: “The Bat and Ball”, 1894, a boy and girl batsmen run between wickets. Middle: Sketch of W.G. Grace in suit with removed top hat and wipes handkerchief as cricketers and crowd gaze at him, The World, 27 November 1884. Bottom: Sketch of a match at Lord’s Cricket Ground with Grand Stand on the left, The World, 27 November 1884. Middle-left: Symbol for Littlehampton Cricket Club. Middle-right: Vignette of bats, stumps and ball.

Page 60: Top-centre: Drawing of a Lillywhite cricket ball. 2nd top: Drawing of a Lillywhite leg pad. 3rd top: drawing of a leg pad, stumps and a bat. 4th to: Drawing of Lillywhite nets. Bottom: Bats, pad, stumps and gloves in a pile. Left and right: 6 sketches of an elderly batsman playing different shots.

Page 61: Top-centre: Etching of a cricket match inside a decorative cricket themed border. 2nd top: Sketch of a bowler bowling at a batsman. 3rd top: drawing of a boy batsman in rags, with a border of silhouetted cricket figures by Rip. 4th top: Small, coloured engraving of a scenic cricket match. Bottom: ”Cricket curio from West Africa”, Strand Magazine, November 1897, illustration of a decorative African belt with description belt. Middle-right: The King of Game”, Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 26 June 1897, a figure with cricket bad for body, stumps for arms and legs, ball for head and bails for hair. Middle left: 2 figures in costume (1 a clown) holding bats. Page also includes various small images of batsman, stumps and bats.

Page 62: Top-left: “From the Pavilion” A batsman is walking looking proud and putting gloves on, top-right: “To the Pavilion” Batsman trudges off looking deflated and carrying a duck, both images from How’s That by Furniss, 1895. Middle-left: W.G Grace walks away from pitch after being out. Middle-right: Sketch of a large bearded bowler bowling round-arm. Bottom Centre: “The Misfortune of Sport”, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 18 October 1879, a batsman clutches his leg. Bottom left and right: 4 cut-outs of 3 bowlers a batsman. Top-centre: Small engraving of batsman taking guard. 2nd top: Sketch of bearded figure in cricket clothing. 3rd top: A large batsman is about to slog a ball, Punch, 14 September 1895.

Page 63: Top-centre: “A man of much decision”, World’s Comic, 15 January 1896, rear view of a figure with umpire sign on his back. 2nd top: Drawing of a man in long overcoat (possibly an umpire) sanding by stumps with a giant W by him. 3rd top: Sketch of a wicket-keeper appealing an LBW. Bottom: “The actor and the cricketer”, Judy, 12 August 1896, figures identified as Hare and Key are in conversation. Left and right: 6 sketches of which 4 are bowlers in action, a wicket-keeper about to take a catch and a fielder in catching pose.

Page 64: Top-centre: A batsman is carrying a bag over his bat, Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 29 August 1896. 2nd top: Sketch of a tall and bony fielder “A corn stalk in the field”, How’s That by Furniss, 1895. 3rd top: A batsman is taking a drink during a drink’s break. Bottom: A suited man is running “Craig (the poet) informs he spectators which side won the toss”. Top-left: bats man with bat above head having played a stroke. Top-right. Batsman with bat behind head having played a stroke. Bottom-right: a bowler in run-up. Bottom-left: A Bowler in delivery action.

Page 65: Top left and top right: Top view sketches of K.J.K, W.G., J.B., Abe, Townsend and Shrewsbury by Rip for Evening News Cricket Annual, 1898. 2nd left: A batsman is run out, lying on the floor. 3rd left: A batsman tries to make crease. 4th left: Batsman is walking in a gap through crowd. 2nd right: Batsman looks happy having made crease in time. 3rd right: A fielder runs about to catch a ball. 4th right: A fielder attempting a catch trips over boundary rope, Judy, 17 August 1892. Bottom: Red engraving of a Duke cricket ball. Centre: 4 sketches of batsmen and 1 of a kangaroo in leg pad, belt and cap holding a bat.

Page 66: Top-left: A boy batsman. 2nd left: Side on view of a batsman at a crease. 3rd left: A bespectacled gentleman is stumped, Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green. Bottom-left: A batsman defends a ball. Top-centre: Vignette of bats, stumps and balls. 2nd centre: stumps in front of a net. 3rd centre: a figure with stumps for bod, bats for arms, pads for legs, gloves for hands and ball for head, Moonshine, 16 March 1895. Bottom-centre: 2 cricketers watch a dog, Cricket Field, 2 March 1895. Top-right: A boy plays a defensive shot. 2nd right: 3 youths play in nets. 3rd right: A bespectacled batsman takes his guard, Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green. Bottom-right: A young batsman plays a defensive shot.

Page 67: Top left: An old man is surrounded by a bat, stumps, balls and pads, Comic Cuts, 16 July 1898. 2nd left: Sketch side-on view of batsman and wicket-keeper. 3rd left: “W.C. Grac the Grate Kriketer, Funny Folks, 1897, a caricature of W.G. Grace. Bottom-left: Sketch of a cricket match. Top-centre: Caricature of Key. 2nd centre: A batsman is hit on knee roll. 3rd centre: Sketch of a batsman named Arthur hitting a ball. Bottom-centre: A fielder jumps, narrowly missing a cricket ball. Top-right: A batsman is hit in stomach by ball and goes into stumps, Scraps, 9 July 1898. 2nd right: A batsman gets his bat stuck between his legs. 3rd right: A batsman raises his bat above his head. Bottom-right: Sketch of cricket team walking off a boat.

Page 68: Top-centre: Drawing of a batsman riding a horse ‘The white horse of Kent (Mason up) wins in a common Kenter, and now wot price Batt for the Derby? – Winkle’, Evening News, 24 May 1898. Middle-centre: “Men of the Time” ‘Pater (to his son who has been out cricketing) “Well my boy, did you have a good game/” Boy “No; very shy. The other side brought an awfully raw team into the field, and we were disappointed of four of our men!”’, Sydney Bulletin, 22 January 1898. Bottom-centre: “Out – On Strike”, Evening News, 8 August 1896, 2 batsmen and 3 bowlers walking in straight line from smallest to tallest. Left and right: 6 sketches of cricketers: 3 batsmen, 2 bowlers and 1 fielder.

Page 69: Top-left: “A Stout Defence”, Cricket Field, 9 June 194, a large batsman is running between wickets. Bottom-left: “A Long Scorer” Cricket Field, 2 August 1893, a very tall batsman takes guard. Top-centre: “Anybody’s Catch”, Cricket Field, 14 July 1894, 4 fielders stand underneath a ball. Middle-centre: Children’s cricket game, a fielder runs off, Miss Mitford’s Our Village, 1893. Bottom-centre: Group of children cricketers argue, Miss Mitford’s Our Village, 1893. Top-right: A batsman is bowled ‘who would have thought it’. Bottom-right: A fielder is preparing to catch a ball ‘an outfielder’.

Page 70: Top-middle: “Bob the Bellman”, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 16 August 1879, sketch of a man ringing a bell. 2nd from top: Sketch of cricket being played in a rainstorm, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 5 May 1877. 3rd top: Figures representing football and cricket pass by as cricket figure points to sign for first cricket match of the summer at Lord’s, Illustrate Sporting & Dramatic News, 19 April 1879. Bottom: Sketch of a cricket match as batsman goes into middle, 21 June 1879. Top left and right: 3 sketches of batsmen at the crease and a fielder stops ball with foot.

Page 71: Top-left: A batsman with a high backlift prepares to strike a ball. Left-middle: Caricature of a batsman getting hit in the head by a ball with “Dr” on it, Judy, 5 May 1869. Bottom-left: Verdant Green is hit on backside by a ball, Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green. Top-centre: 2 bats and a ball in acres which says ‘England’s Delight’. “2nd top: Drawing of a batsman’s glove. Middle-centre: Respective sketches of a batsman and bowler. 4th top: 3 stumps, each one a different height. Bottom-centre: Sketch of a wicket-keeper. Top-right: Sketch of a wicket-keeper. Middle-right: A cricketer carrying a ball with wild flowing hair. Bottom-right: “A Long Stop”, Hood’s Own, a ball is impaled on a fielder’s pointy nose.

Page 72: Top-left: A figure with bat for body and head is in am and arm with a female tennis player, Judy, 28 August 1889. Left-middle: A batsman has bat raised behind head. Bottom-left: Jolly looking batsman. Centre top 3: Photographs of circus figures playing cricket in comical poses, Harmsworth Magazine, October 1889. Sketch of a cricket match in process ‘Puzzle, find the Umpire’. Top-right: Sketch of batsman bowled middle-stump. Middle-right: Caricature of a batsman. Bottom-right: Batsman hit in the face by ball.

Page 73: Top-left: Fielder chases ball in outfield, Judy, 9 August 1893. 2nd top: Sketch of batsman standing at crease. 3rd top: 3 fielders sitting on ground, 2 June 1894. Bottom-left: Batsman swings bat back for flamboyant stroke. Top-middle: “Going Through the Innings” Cricket Field, 2 June 1894, a batsman walks through giant letters spelling innings. Middle-centre: A cat bats in front of a giant piece of Cheshire Cheese with mouse hiding behind it, Cricket Field, 18 August, 1894. Bottom-centre: “Eton and Harrow” Pall Mall Budget, 19 July 1894, 2 schoolboys in uniform share cigarettes and drink. Top-right: Sketch of batsman taking a run. 2nd right: Sketch of batsman standing in opening to a marquee. 3rd right: Sketch of batsman being hit on leg by ball, Daily Graphic, 14 May 1893. Bottom-right: Sketch of a batsman trying to avoid a ball by his head, Cricket Field, 5 August 1893.

Page 74: Top-centre: A young girl holds a bat that’s almost as high as her, Devon and Exeter Gazette, 14 June 1895. 2nd top: Stick figures playing cricket, 11 May 1895. 3rd top: “Cricket in Phoenix Park, Dublin” Flying Visits by H. Furniss, 1892, sketch of children in rags playing cricket. Bottom-centre: “Saturday Afternoon at Wormwood Scrubs Station”, Cricket Field, 18 May 1895. Left and right: 8 cut-outs of cricketer of batsmen and fielders.

Page 75: Top-left: W.G. Grace is asleep in a chair dreaming of cricket images with mini bat figures on his chair. Top-right: Grace in nightclothes appears from behind door with a candle, Crickety Cricket by Moffat, 1898. Top-centre: 2 The Cricket at Lord’s”, Windsor Magazine, May 1898, A cricket is batting at Lord’s with Pavilion background. Bottom-left: Sketch of match at Blackheath, Sporting & Dramatic News, 10 August 1889. Bottom-right: Sketch of cricket match at Hastings, Sporting & Dramatic News, 20 September 1890. Bottom-centre: “All the Rage”, Scraps, 3 February 1898, ‘Yes, madam, we must keep up with the times. This is our new cricket chair’, chair has stumps for a back and bats for legs.

Page 76: Top-centre: “Two ways of looking at the result of an appeal for “run out.””, Cricket, 5 May 1898, a batsman and wicket-keeper stand by broken stumps look in direction of umpire. 2nd top: “The Vegetarian”, 22 December 1898, drawing of a dog standing by stumps with pads on front legs, scarf and cap. 3rd top: Sketch of a fielder about to take a catch as players watch on. Bottom: Sketch of 2 batsman talking. In each corner are caricatures of R. Abel, T. Richardson, W.G. Grace and K.S. Ranjitsinhji from Ally Sloper. Left and right: 6 small sketches of batsmen in action shots.

Page 77: “Preparing for action” from Revised Proof of Cricket Filed (1st Edn) by Pycroft, sketch showing correct position to take guard, with text underneath. Bottom: “Bats-Old Style and the New” 8 drawings of different cricket bats with descriptions underneath. Left: Sketch of batsman about strike ball high in the air. Right: Sketch of batsman playing a forward defensive shot. Top: Rough sketch of a cricket match. Top: Rough sketch of a rural cricket match.

Page 78: Top: “Evolution of the Wicket”: 10 drawings of wickets though the ages with descriptions underneath. Middle: “Evolution of the Bat” 9 drawings of cricket bats through the ages with names underneath. Bottom: “Evolution of the Ball” 7 drawings of cricket balls including a stone and piece of wood, with names underneath. All 3 from Annals of Cricket by Read, 1896.

Page 79: Top: “Evolution of the Blade” Photograph of 8 pieces of wood lined up against a log showing construction from log to finished cricket bat. 2nd top: Illustration of a cricket bat having undergone a compression test, with description. 3rd top: “The bat in process of manufacture” Illustration of construction of a cricket bat in 7 stages from a piece of wood, The Bat of the Victorian Era by Bussey, 1897. Bottom: “Some Famous Bats” Illustrations of 6 Wisden cricket bats with descriptions underneath, Pearson Magazine, May 1897.

Page 80: “The Pavilion of the Surrey Count Cricket Club at Kennington Oval” Illustration of the Oval Pavilion with brief description underneath, 1867. “The New Pavilion at Lord’s Ground” Illustration of 1860’s Lord’s Pavilion with detailed description underneath, 1865. Bottom: Illustration of Northern Athletic Co.’s store rooms, for storing and seasoning cricket bats (6,000 bat storage), 1895.

Page 81: 9 drawings of Wisden cricket bats, with texts on the bats.
Page 82: 8 drawings of Wisden cricket bats, with texts on the bats, 1896.
Page 83: 6 coloured illustrations of Wisden cricket bats, with texts on the bats, War Relics, 1895.
Page 84: 6 coloured illustrations of Wisden cricket bats, with texts on the bats, War Relics, 1895.
Page 85: Left and right: 12 caricatures of cricketers, Sun Comic, 1901. Top Centre: Sketch of batsman holding bat and ball with stumps knocked over. 2nd top: Sketch of batsman being bowled. 3rd top: “The Captain” Sketch of a cat batting and being hit in the head by a stump after being bowled, August 1901. Bottom: Cartoon of batsman playing a ball into a top hat, Evening News Cricket Annual, 1901.

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John Lillywhite
Richard Fillery
James Lillywhite
Charlie Howard
Alfred Mynn
Free Foresters Cricket Club
Albert Neilson Hornby
William Gilbert Grace
Ally Sloper
I Zingari
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
Mordecai Sherwin
Richard Pilling
William Lillywhite
Albert Craig
Roland Pretty Hill

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