Cricket Felix

Reference

FORD/TEMP10

Date:

1850-01-01 - 1858-12-31

Level of description

item

Extent

1 scrapbook

Part of

Alfred L Ford Scrapbooks (FORD)

Scope and Content

Scrapbook containing reproductions of paintings by Nicholas Felix. These include self-portraits, cricket matches and scenic scenes involving cricketers.

Page 1: Shield crest with cricket symbol in each corner, with batsman on top, “We Nigh, Why Die? Why Sigh?” on ribbon underneath.

Page 2: Print of an engraving of a self-portrait by Nicholas Felix, 1859.

Page 3: Print of an engraving of a self-portrait by Nicholas Felix, different style to one on page 2.

Page 4: 2 prints of different engravings of a self-portrait Nicholas Felix, 1849. In both he wearing coat, bow tie and a hat.

Page 5: Top: ‘Hereford 22’ Hereford, 25 September 1851. Print of a picture taking place on a large green with a tent on far side, playing area surrounded by trees and Hereford Cathedral in background. Bottom: ‘Hampshire 20’ Itchen, Southampton, 6 October 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match with buildings to the left and trees to the right, crowd stand along boundary on opposite side.

Page 6: Top: ‘Surrey 14’ Oval, 12 June 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match the Oval, spectators are positioned around the Oval, buildings and trees located on far side of the ground. Bottom: ‘Banbury 22’ Banbury, 16 June 1851. Print of a rural cricket match, backs of spectators in foreground, 2 tents on far side of playing area, trees surround the ground and rolling hills in distance.

Page 7: Top: ‘Glasgow 22’ Binning Park, Glasgow, 18 September 1851. Print of a picture of a rural cricket match, tents with spectators to the left, building on opposite side of the ground, trees surround the playing area. Bottom: ‘Birmingham 22’ Birmingham, 22 September 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match taking place to the right, a hut and tents to the left, crowd sit by boundary rope, buildings in the background.

Page 8: Top: ‘Bradford and District 20’ Bradford, 8 September 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match in an urban area, spectators stand around boundary, houses and mills in background. Bottom: ‘Scotland 18 with 4 Others’ Edinburgh, 15 September 1851. Print of a cricket match, some spectators are sat on benches whilst others stand, a bridge is to the left and what could be Holyrood Palace in background.

Page 9: Top: ‘Huddersfield and Dalton 20’ Huddersfield, 4 September 1851. Print of a picture of cricket match taking place on a hillside, 1 gentlemen stands against boundary, whilst 4 others stand and sit by a flagpole, a stand on opposite side of ground, rolling hills going into distance. Bottom: ‘Newburgh Park and District 22’ Newburgh Park, 11 September 1851. Print of a cricket match in middle distance, large crowd stand around the boundary, tents to the left, large tree to the right, hills in background.

Page 10: Top: ‘Trentham 22’ Trentham Park, 25 August 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match taking place in the grounds of a country mansion in background, nestled amongst trees. Middle: ‘Ilkeston and District 22’ Ilkeston, 28 August 1851. Print of a cricket match, tents and spectators to the left and large trees to the right. Bottom: ‘Sheffield 15’ Sheffield, 1 September 1851. Print of a cricket match, chimneys on hills in background producing smoke, buildings to the immediate right.

Page 11: ‘Huntingdonshire 22’ Huntingdon, 14 August 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match with a crowd surrounding the whole of the boundary, buildings on opposite side of the playing area with a handful of trees. Bottom: ‘Dorsetshire 18’ Sherborne, 18 August 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match with tents and trees on opposite side of the ground amongst trees, hills in far distance.

Page 12: ‘Sleaford and District 22’ Sleaford, 26 June 1851. Print of a rural cricket match, crowd in foreground to the left, 2 buildings positioned on boundary edge, trees in background. Bottom: ‘Newark and District 22’ Newark, 7 August 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match taking place in large open space, trees surround the playing area with tents positioned on far boundary.

Page 13: Top: ‘Wisbeach and District 22’ Wisbeach, 2 June 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match, spectators circle around boundary, tents located opposite side of ground, church and another large building in background. Bottom: ‘Oxfordshire 16’ Oxford, 6 June 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match, spectators circle around boundary, trees in background.

Page 14: Top: ‘MCC and Metropolitan Clubs 15’ Lord’s, 5 May 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match at Lord’s, edge of original tennis building is to the immediate left, the tavern further along to the left and pavilion in the background, the ground is bordered by trees. Bottom: ‘St. Ives Huntingdonshire 22’ St. Ives, 8 May 1851. Print of a picture of a rural cricket match, a large tent and smaller one located on opposite of ground, building immediately next to large tent, ground is bordered by trees.

Page 15: Top: ‘Leeds and District 22’ Hunslet, 8 September 1852. Print of a picture of a cricket match taking place in an urban landscape with mills and chimneys producing smoke in background. Bottom: ‘Kelso 22’ 20 September 1852. Print of a picture of a cricket match taking place in front of a large neo-classical building with hill to the right.

Page 16: Top: ‘Northamptonshire 22’ Northampton Racecourse, 12 August 1852. Print of a picture match taking place in a large fielder, the playing area is bordered by a fence, with tents around the edge, trees in the distance. Bottom: ‘Herefordshire 22’ Hereford, 26 August 1852. Print of a scenic cricket match, 2 tents are located on far side of ground as is a rustic building, trees in the background.

Page 17: Top: ‘Hungerford Park 22’ Hungerford Park, 26 July 1852. Print of a picture of a cricket match taking place in a country park, playing area is surrounded by trees. Middle: ‘Lansdown Club 22’ Bath, 8 August 1852. Print of a picture of Bath Cricket Ground with tents around edge of ground, and Bath as a backdrop. Bottom: ‘Beverley 22’ Westwood Beverley, 9 August 1952. Print of a picture of a cricket match with spectators standing all around boundary edge and windmills in the background and church in the distance.

Page 18: Top ‘Gemmit Sub Pondere Cymba Sutilis et Multum Acceipt Rimosa Paludem’ Spalding to Wisbeach, 1 June 1851. Print of a picture of a horse-drawn carriage with a cricket team on it. Bottom: ‘Lost at Night on Holbeach Manor’ 1852. Print of a picture of a horse drawn carriage travelling across the countryside, approaching a signpost with W. Hillyer, J. Caesar and W. Caffyn climbing on it.

Page 19: Top: ‘Sussex 16’ Priory Park, Chichester, 8 June 1852. Print of a picture of a cricket match taking place with Chichester including the cathedral as a backdrop. Middle: ‘Ipswich 22’ Ipswich, 10 June 1852. Print of a picture of a cricket match with 5 tents spaced around the boundary and trees in the background. ‘Godalming and District 16’ Broadwater, Godalming, 21 June 1852. Print of a picture of a scenic cricket match with tents surrounding the ground and river to the right.

Page 20: Top: ‘Preston 22’ Preston, 20 May 1852. Print of a picture of a cricket match in an urban landscape, with viaduct to the left and mills and chimneys producing smoke in the background. Middle: ‘Liverpool Olympus Club 22’ Prince’s Park, Liverpool, 24 May 1852. Print of a picture of a scenic cricket match with flagpole on far side of ground and crowd standing around the boundary. Bottom: ‘Manchester Broughton Club 22’ Broughton, 27 May 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match with Tudor style buildings on far side of ground with a flagpole.

Page 21: ‘The Castle of O’ Trant O. Print of a picture of W. Trant holding a ball up in the air, with description of single wicket match between Trant and Wisden underneath with score of England vs. Devonshire in the preceding match, with a further more detailed description of the single wicket match.

Page 22: Top: ‘Stockton on Tees 22, 15 Only to Field’ Stockton on Tees, 15 May 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match, fenced boundary in foreground, ground is bordered by houses and mills in the background. Bottom: ‘Northumberland 22’ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 19 May 1851, Print of a picture of a cricket match with 2 tents and ornate pavilion far side of the ground, ground is bordered by trees.

Page 23: Top: ‘Thirsk and District 22’ Thirsk, 22 May 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match from boundary edge, a fielder stand right on boundary, tents and trees on far side of the ground. Bottom: ‘Manchester Broughton Club 22’ Old Broughton, 29 May 1851. Print of a picture of a cricket match, wooden structure to the left, tent on far side of the ground, handful of builds border the ground with large flagpole.

Page 24: ‘Magnum Spectaculum Uterque’ 1852. Print of a picture of a gentlemen lifting up a sign with spectacles on as a figure holding a cricket bat watches on.

Page 25: Top: ‘Alfred the Great ‘A. Mynn]’ Blisworth Station, 1852. Print of a picture of a gentlemen waving a train at a train station as a figure behind him pushes a trolley. Bottom: ‘In Full Swing, Dr. C. Sleaford’ 1852 ‘Saepe Pater Dixit. Studium Quid Inutile Tentas?’ Print of a picture of a batsman swinging at a cricket ball tied to a tree with a rope with a cricket bat and standing by a wicket.

Page 26: ‘Scene at Newark, an Uncomfortable Fable at a Table’ Print of a picture of Alfred Mynn, Thomas Box, and a stranger sat at a table, with a stranger, with the stranger, a country spectator at a match, is teaching pointing at what looks like a fireplace with a cane. With a story of the scene written underneath.

Page 27: ‘Devonshire 19 with 3 Others’ Teinbridge, 29 September 1851. Print of a picture of a scenic cricket match with a tent and more permanent structure on far side of the ground’ ground is bordered by trees and hills in the distance.

Page 28: ‘Billycock Pitman [J. Inskip] A Puzzling the Englanders. The Young Man who Never Lifted His Bat from the Block’ Gainsborough, 15 December 1852. Print of a picture of an elderly gentleman standing at the crease, the ball hits his bat but he hasn’t moved. Tents and spectators far side of the ground, ground is bordered by trees, hills in distance. Small rhyme underneath.

Associations

Nicholas Wanostrocht
William Trant
William Richard Hillyer
Julius Caesar
William Caffyn
Alfred Mynn
Thomas Box

Subject

19th century cricket, 19th century cricketers, Southampton, Hampshire, England, Hereford, Herefordshire, Oval, London, England, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, Glasgow, Scotland, Birmingham, England, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, Edinburgh, Scotland, Newburgh Park, Oulston, Yorkshire, England, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Huntingdon, England, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, Sherborne, Dorset, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, Oxford, England, Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, Leeds, England, Northampton, England, Hungerford, Berkshire, Beverley, Yorkshire, England, Chichester, Sussex, England, Preston, England, Liverpool, England, Manchester, Lancashire, England, Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham, England, Newcastle, England, Thirsk, England, Teinbridge, Devon, England, Godalming, Surrey, England

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 scrapbook

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