Scrapbook containing engravings of scenes of cricket matches, engraved and photographic portraits of cricketers, scenes of school cricket matches, reproductions of paintings of cricket matches and portraits of cricket matches, cartoons and caricatures, original handwritten letters, scorecards of matches, menus for celebratory dinners, original artworks from students at Woburn Park School and a resident from Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum.
Page 1: Title Page: Cricket Life 1905. Sketch of 3 people playing cricket. Hand-drawn sketch of an old-style cricket match. Coloured engraving of W.G. Grace taking guard. Cut-out of a batsman holding a bat in front of him. Cut-out of silhouette of a batsman putting gloves on. Coloured engraving of a country cricket match.
Page 2: ‘The Laws of the Noble Game of Cricket as Revised by the Club at St. Mary-le-bone.’ List of the Laws of Cricket with coloured oval engraving of a cricket match.
Page 3: ‘New Laws of the Game of Cricket.’ List of the Laws of Cricket with additional instructions for players, with coloured engraving of a cricket match.
Page 4: ‘Cricket.’ Coloured engraving of a cricket match in progress in a field lined with oak trees. Players wear white shirts and breeches. Early features of the game include curved bats, two stump wicket and a scorers using a notching stick. By Francis Hayman.
Page 5: Engraving of a cricket match in progress in a field lined with oak trees. Players wear white shirts and breeches. Early features of the game include curved bats, two stump wicket and a scorers using a notching stick. By Francis Hayman. [Uncoloured version of engraving on previous page.]
Page 6: ‘A View from the Green in Richmond, Surrey taken from the terrace in the Royal Gardens.’ Line engraving of Richmond Surrey, view of the Green, taken from the terrace in the Royal Gardens. A game of cricket is in progress on the green. Title is translated into French. Original artwork by Heckel. Line engraving by G. Grignon, coloured in body colour. Published by Robert Sayer Fleet Street c.1752.
Page 7: ‘Palais Belle Isle, 1777’ Engraving of a town with harbour in centre of the image, buildings to the right and fields to the left were what looks like a cricket match is being played, fortifications and sea in distance, man with telescope in foreground.
Page 8: ‘Rugby School as it Appeared in the Year 1809.’ Aquatint of a cricket match being played on playing fields of Rugby School, with school buildings in background, congregation of schoolboys in foreground. Drawn, etched and published by E. Pretty, aquatinted by R. Reeve, June 1811.
Page 9: Top: Coloured engraving of a cricket match on Primrose Hill in 1831, surrounded by rolling hills and trees. Bottom: ‘The Cricket Match.’ Coloured engraving of a country cricket match, players wear yellow jackets and either yellow or black top hats, 2 tents in background with spectators. By J. Pollard, published by Dean and Munday, 1 September 1824.
Page 10: Copy of a painting of a cricket match taking place outside Copenhagen House, 1846. Trees border the house as 2 horses watch on.
Page 11: Engraving of a cricket match between Kent and All England, a cricket match takes place in the middle distance, in the foreground spectator’s stand and sit, taking part in conversations, some drink alcohol and there are horse drawn carriages, hills in distance. Caption: 'To the President and Members of the Beverley and East Kent Cricket Club. This Print, representing the Match played at Cambridge on Monday August 4th 1845, between Kent and All England.’
Page 12: ‘Surrey Cricket Ground’ Engraving of a cricket match at the Oval in 1848, buildings on opposite side of the ground and spectators stand around edge of playing area, Drawn and engraved by C. Rosenberg.
Page 13: Engraving of schoolboys playing cricket in the grounds of Fulham Park School, school buildings in background surrounded by high trees, 1813.
Page 14: Engraving of schoolboys playing cricket in the grounds of Park-hart-House Academy in Orpington, Kent, school buildings with trees in background. Drawn by S. Dilke, engraved by L. Hafsell.
Page 15: Engraving of a cricket match in Chichester, spectators to the left and right in foreground, a batsman talks to a couple, Chichester Cathedral and other buildings with trees in background, ‘To the subscribers of the Priory Park, This View of the City of Chichester, is most respectfully Dedicated by their humble Servant the Artist.’ Published September 1852.
Page 16: Top: Engraving of schoolboys playing in the grounds of Wesley College in Sheffield, including a cricket match, 2 schoolmasters walk in foreground, trees to left and right, large neo-classical building in background, 1852. Bottom: Coloured engraving of schoolboys playing cricket in the grounds of Castlebar Park School in Ealing, Middlesex, school buildings in background, trees in the grounds.
Page 17: Engraving of a cricket match being played in the grounds of Stanstead Park in Sussex, large country mansion in background with tent filled with people in front of it, 1874.
Page 18: Engraving of a cricket match taking place in WestBuckland, Dover, a cricket match takes place in middle distance with spectators as men, women and child spectators converse in foreground, Dove Castle in distance, by Burgess, 1840.
Page 19: Engraved portrait of Daniel King, he stands by a wicket and holds a cricket bat by his side, he is wearing trousers, jacket and top hat, mansion in background, 1835.
Page 20: Engraved portrait of Richard Letby, he stands by a wicket and holds a cricket bat by his side, he is wearing trousers, jacket and a cravat, York with the Minster in background, ‘The Portrait of Mr. Richard Letby. As dedicated by permission to the Honourable R.B. Lawley and the members of York Cricket Club.’
Page 21: Engraving of a portrait of William Davies, he sits at a round table writing in a book with alcohol on the table, cricket bats on the floor, from a painting by Thomas Henwood, engraved by M & N Hanhart.
Page 22: 4 coloured lithographs by C. Hunt and published by W.H. Mason on 16 May 1841. Top-left: Tomas Box wearing cream shirt and trousers with blue bow-tie and top hat, crouching behind stumps, trees and mansion in background, text states born February 7th 1809 at Ardingly, Sussex. Bottom-left: Fuller Pilch wearing cream shirt and trousers with braces and a top hat, taking guard in front of stumps, trees and building in background, text states born March 17th 1803, at Horningtoft, Norfolk. Top-right: James Cobbett wearing a cream jacket and trousers with lilac cravat and top hat, holding a ball in both hands, trees and countryside in background, text states born January 12th 1804, at Frimley, Surrey. Bottom-right: William Lillywhite wearing a cream shirt and trousers, black cravat and top hat, holding ball in right hand, windmill and buildings in background, text states born June 13th 1792 at Goodwood, Sussex. Centre: Lithograph of W.H. Caldecourt, The Umpire, he is wearing black trousers, coat and cravat, he is holding a top hat in both hands, locate at Lord’s with Tennis Building in background, Drawn and engraved by John C. Anderson, printed by Hullmandel & Walton.
Page 23: ‘Cricket Match for a Sovereign!’ Political cartoon of a fielder getting hit in the eye by a ball from a batsman, ‘”He has caught a Peeler, Johnny.”’ Engraved by W. Kohler, published by W. Soffe.
Page 24: Top: Engraving of a cricket match featuring political figures: 1) Duke of Wellington, 2) Sir Robert Peel, 3) Lord Morpeth, 4) Sir W. Follett, 5) [?] 6) Lord John Russell, 7) Lord Stanley, 8) Sir James Graham, 9) O’Connell. H.B. Sketch No. 3. Bottom: Cartoon of politicians playing cricket as 2 fielders fight for a cricket ball, ‘”Stop it! Stop it!” “Why the outs are running in each others way?” “Aye, and the Inns are so Devilish cool at it” “Long stop or short stop, you don’t put me out Joseph”’
Page 25: ‘His First Innings; or, Facing a Strong Team.’ Junius, 18 June 1873. Cartoon of Britannia bowling to Ottoman batsman with a German fielding (possibly Bismark) and a wicket-keeper with a crown.
Page 26: Engraving of a portrait of a young boy, he is wearing a white shirt and waistcoat and resting a cricket bat on his shoulder, designed and engraved by T. Caugain and published by Ed. Orme, 18 January 1809.
Page 27: Black and white engraving of the painting ‘Captain of the Eleven’. A boy takes guard in front of a wicket in a garden.
Page 28: Advertisement poster for a cricket match between gentlemen of the Copenhagen and Islington Union Clubs, at Oxford Arms Cricket Field, Islington on 27 August 1849.
Page 29: Advertisement poster for a cricket match between Islington Albion Club against The next Twenty-Two at Garratt’s cricket Ground on 10 September 1845.
Page 30: Letter from Dunedin Cricket Club to the Captain of All-England Cricket Team inviting them to visit Dunedin, 28 January 1864.
Page 31: Memorandum of Understand between James Lillywhite, Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury (the employees) and George Ulyett, John Selby, Willie Bates, R.G. Barlow, Edmund Peate, Ephraim Lockwood, Richard Pilling, William Midwinter and Thomas Emmett the professional cricketers) for the creation of a team of English cricketers to play in America, Australia and New Zealand and anywhere else on tour, 9 August 1881.
Page 32: A letter from a Mr. Blomberg to ‘His Royal Highness’ [likely Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany] lamenting his highnesses accident in a cricket match and thanking him for the sending Franks for payment to his Latin teacher, 29 June 1776.
Page 33: Scores of Edwin and William Napper taken from Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, with detailed explanation and brief biography by V.E. Walker.
Page 34: ‘The Reward of Cricket.’ Poster for 200 year anniversary match of the one witnessed by Samuel Pepys as noted in his diary, with the Pepys excerpt detailing his experience of a cricket match between lawyers and a village, with 2 sketches of a village cricketer and lawyers in their robes holding cricket bats with Westminster in the background, by F. Gale, 1873.
Page 35: ‘A London Paper having prophesised the downfall of English Sports owing to a reverse at Sydney, the British Lion who is keeper Southerton’s Inn “The Cricketers” at Mitcham plays a Single Wicket Match with the Australian Kangaroo on Mitcham Green.’ By Frederick Gale, for benefit of John Bowyer, 15 December 1876. Cartoon of animals playing cricket with wide variety of animals as spectators. With a poem underneath.
Page 36: ‘A London Paper having prophesised the downfall of English Sports owing to a reverse at Sydney, the British Lion who is keeper Southerton’s Inn “The Cricketers” at Mitcham plays a Single Wicket Match with the Australian Kangaroo on Mitcham Green.’ By Frederick Gale, for benefit of John Bowyer, 15 December 1876. Cartoon of animals playing cricket with wide variety of animals as spectators. With a poem underneath and an annotation. [Duplicate of cartoon on previous page.]
Page 37: Silk scorecard for Australia vs. Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present at United Services Ground, Portsmouth from 31 July to 2 August 1893, Australia reached a total of 843.
Page 38: Top: Silk scorecard for record score in First-class cricket for Yorkshire, scoring 887 against Warwickshire at Birmingham between the 7 and 9 May 1896. Bottom-left: Silk scorecard for match between Somerset and Lancashire with Lancashire scoring 801, 424 by A.C. MacLaren, at Taunton between 15 and 17 July 1895. Bottom-right: Silk scorecard between Somerset and Yorkshire with Somerset scoring 592, with record First-class partnership of 34 between C.H. Palairet and H.T. Howett, at Taunton between 25 and 27 August 1892.
Page 39: Top: Menu for annual dinner at Hampstead Cricket Club, with caricature of Fred Spofforth on the front, includes toasts and programme, at Hotel Cecil, 24 February 1903. Bottom-left: Silk scorecard for William Lillywhite’s farewell benefit match at Lord’s Cricket Ground between 25 and 27 June 1853, teams were Sussex and England. Bottom-right: Silk scorecard for Original English Ladies Cricketers between the Reds and Blues, at Preston Park Cricket Ground on 9 and 10 September 1890.
Page 40: Left and right: 10 Sketch portraits of women cricketers; batsman, bowlers and fielders and an umpire. Top-centre: Illustration of 3 people playing cricket. 2nd top: Illustration of 3 boys playing cricket, ‘Cricket’s the noblest game of all, That can be play’d with bat and ball.’ Juvenile Pastimes, 1825. 3rd top: Illustration of 3 people playing cricket, 1822. 4th top: Illustration of multiple cricket matches being played, ‘Five times are twenty-five, Fine peaches on a wall. Five times are thirty boys, Playing at bat and ball.’ The Multiplication Table, 1822. Bottom-centre: Illustration of a bowler bowling at a batsman, ‘Now Jerry Dimple got a wicket, Some balls he brought likewise, And since they all are playing cricket, Good care I would advise, For balls they fly so swift & strong, That without care you must be wrong,’ 1822.
Page 41: Top; Engraving of a country cricket match, taken from Laws of Cricket, 1785. 1st left: Sketch of a country cricket match. 2nd left: Sketch of a country cricket match, The Country Year Book by T. Miller, 1856. 2nd top: Cartoon of a children’s cricket match with a boy getting hit in the eye by a ball, 1833. 1st right: Sketch of a country cricket match. 2nd right: Sketch of a cricket match taking place by a large tree, The Cricketers Guide for Australia, 1858. 3rd top: Sketches of cricketers in a cricket match with bowler having released ball and drawing of 2 spectators, Illustrations for Landscape Scenery by W.H. Alken, 1821. Bottom: Sketch of a cricket match taking place in large open space, in foreground cricketers lay by a bare tree, Microcosm by W.H. Pyne, 1808.
Page 42: Top-left: Cartoon of wooden female cricketers. Top-centre: Reproduced photograph of ‘An Exact Representation of the Game of Cricket’. Middle-centre: Engraving of a country cricket match with 4 tents in the background. Bottom-centre: Engraving of a country cricket match as batsman is about to strikes the ball, 2 tents and spectators on far side of the ground, image is 2 halves stuck together. Right: Cartoon of a young batsman and a girl.
Page 43: Top-left: Sketch of a batsman and wicket-keeper with fielders fielding close in. 2nd left: Engraving of a country cricket match with a very large tent to the left, Badminton Magazine, March 1900. 3rd left: Sketch of 2 batsmen about to run into each other. 4th left: Engraving of a country cricket match, with spectators in foreground, shaded blue. 5th left: Sketch of a batsman either walking to, or away from, the playing area. Bottom-left: Engraving of a country cricket match played amongst trees, The Half Holiday by Darton, 1850. Top-centre: Sketch of 2 batsmen about to run into each other. 2nd top: Engraving of the Beverley Arms, ‘Closely connected with the earlier history of the Canterbury Week.’ Daily Graphic, 8 August 1899. 3rd top: Sketch of a batsman walking away from a broken wicket. 4th top: 2 batsmen with old-fashioned curved bats walk side by side. 5th top: Sketch of a children playing cricket, using a 2-stump wicket, Sports of Childhood, 1813. 6th top: Sketch of children playing cricket, using a curved bat, The Book of Games, 1812. Bottom-centre: Sketch of children playing cricket, using 2-stump wickets and a curved bat, The Rose by M. Elliott. Top-right: Sketch of a batsman missing the ball and it just hits the wicket. 2nd right: Sketch of silhouettes playing and watching a cricket match. 3rd right: Sketch of a bowler running out a batsman. 4th right: Engraving of a country cricket match, with spectators in foreground [same as 4th left though shaded grey.] 5th right: Sketch of a cricketer running hold ball in the air. Bottom-right; Cartoon of cricketers playing a match in head-height grass, ‘A warning – what will happen one of these days if matches in Australia last for such a long time, the Australian.’ Cricket, 2 April 1900.
Page 44: ‘Famous English Cricketers – 1880’ The Boys Own Paper, engraved by Willatt and Grover. Coloured lithograph of famous cricketers in 1880, players wear a mixture of white and striped shirts with one wearing red with polka-dots, about half wear caps with some wearing cravats, some players either hold bats and balls, Players are; J. Selby, G. Ulyett, W.R. Gilbert, A.N. Hornby, A.P. Lucas, W. Oscroft, R. Daft, A.J. Webbe, E. Lockwood, F. Morley, J. Lillywhite, A. Shaw, Lord Harris, H. Jupp, W.G. Grace, G.F. Grace, A.G. Steel, E. Pooley, W. Bates, R. Pilling.
Page 45: Coloured illustration of a cricket match at Lord’s, fielder throws the ball to wicket-keeper as W.G. Grace runs to make the crease.
Page 46: Coloured illustration of a country cricket match, batsmen run between wickets, large crowd of standing spectators on other side of the playing area with trees behind.
Page 47: Coloured illustration of a country cricket match at Todmorden, bowler is mid-delivery, pavilion to the left, 6 spectators to the right, trees and hills in background.
Page 48: Coloured illustration of cricket matches taking place in Regents Park in 1893, one match takes place in immediate foreground with bowler mid-delivery, many people walking in the park and watching matches.
Page 49: ‘Cricket in 1890’ Book for All, 1890. Coloured illustration of the Original English Ladies Cricketers between the Reds and Blues, the reds are batting the bowler is mid-delivery, tent and spectators in background.
Page 50: ‘Clean Bowled’ by Tom Merry, St. Stephens Review, 14 May 1887. ‘Randy (loq) “How’s that Umpire?” W.E.G (Umpire) “Not out!” Cartoon of a batsman with ‘treason’ on his bat is cleaned bowled by a bowler with a copy of The Times for a body and clock for a head.
Page 51: ‘Not Out Yet’ St. Stephens Review, 6 July 1889. Cartoon of Robert Cecil taking guard in front of a wicket wearing a Union Flag cap, and William Gladstone is wicket-keeper wearing an Irish cap with a 3 leaf clover.
Page 52: Caricature of W.G. Grace getting bowled.
Page 53: Water colour of a country cricket scene by a patient from Colney Hatch Mental Asylum, the match takes place in open space bordered by trees, roller, tent and she to the left. Comes with letter from the patient/artist providing a description of the picture.
Page 54: Engraving of a scene of cricketers standing on the playing area of Lord’s Cricket Ground with the Pavilion in the background, underneath is a key to match the figures in the main image, 21 June 1870.
Page 55: ‘Canterbury Cricket Week, 1877’ Engraving of a scene of cricketers standing on playing area with multiple tents in the background, underneath is a key to match the figures in the main image.
Page 56: ‘Canterbury Cricket Week, 1891’ Engraving of a scene of cricketers standing on playing area with multiple tents in the background, underneath is a key to match the figures in the main image.
Page 57: Top: ‘A Mammoth Willow’ Reproduced photograph gentlemen pose by a giant willow tree which has just been felled. Bottom: The 5 gentlemen pose by a large pile of cricket logs of multiple sizes. With explanation of the tree detailing its length as 101 feet long, weight 11 tons and produced 1,179 cricket bats, it was planted in 1835 and felled on 19 April 1888.
Page 58: Top-left: Reproduced photograph of the cricket match, with a large crowd and spectators in background, The Captain, August 1899. Top-centre: Reproduced photographic group portrait of All England Eleven in 1862, the team are wearing cricket whites and stand in front of a window. Top-right: Reproduced photograph of a cricket match at Germantown Club, Philadelphia, the pavilion is in the background, Windsor Magazine, February 1899. Middle-centre: Engraving of ‘Grand Female Cricket Match between Surrey and Hampshire women played for 500 guineas at Newington Green, Middlesex, 2 October 1811’ 2 batsmen run between wickets as fielders look at the ball in the air, underneath are list of players for each team. Bottom-centre: Engraving of Cambridge Town and Cambridge University cricket teams, standing side by side, 1847.
Page 59: Top: Engraving of boys playing cricket in the grounds in front of Charterhouse School, with school buildings in background, drawn and engraved by J. Storer, Select Views, of London and its environs. Middle: ‘Representation of the Noble Game of Cricket, as played in the Celestial Cricket Field near White Conduit House, 1787.’ Engraving of a cricket match, spectators in foreground, building in background and hills in distance. Bottom: Engraving of boys playing cricket in front of Harrow School, with a school building and church in background, 1792.
Page 60: Top: Engraving of the Surrey XI, Illustrated London News, 31 August 1861. Players white, striped and cheque shirts, some wear jackets and some wear caps, 3 hold bats and 1 holds a ball. Players are; W. Mortlock, T. Lockyer, H.H. Stephenson, W. Caffyn, G. Griffith, E. Dowson, F.P. Miller, C.G. Lane, F. Burbidge, Julius Caesar, T. Sewell. Bottom: Engraving of the square in front of Charterhouse School, a cricket match is taking place, some other children play whilst others talk to adults and school masters, school buildings in background, Illustrated London News, 1 March 1862.
Page 61: ‘A Championship Afternoon at Littlecombe-Bupple’ Queen, 23 June 1894. Cartoon of a children’s cricket match, some children chase cows, others argue and one has a wash from a water pump, a band to the right.
Page 62: Reproduction of a page of a scorer’s book of a match between Somerset and Yorkshire at Taunton in 1892, the page includes the record opening stand of 346 between H.T. Hewett and L.C.H. Palairet. Middle: Reproduced photographic film strip of a bowler bowling naked. Bottom-left: Reproduced photograph of a batsman playing a shot. Bottom-centre: Reproduction of a poster advertising a match between Kent and England at the Beverley Ground on 1 August 1842, with team lists. Bottom-right: Reproduced photograph of a bowler mid-delivery.
Page 63: Top-left: Reproduced photograph of a cricketer holding his hands out about to catch a ball. Middle-left: Reproduced photographic portrait of Bobby Abel, he is wearing cricket whites and standing by a wicket holding a cricket bat, 1899. Bottom-left: Reproduced photographic portrait of D. Gregory and H.H. Stephenson, Gregory sits on a chair and holds a cricket ball, whilst Stephenson stands behind him and holds a bat by his side. Top-centre: Engraving of a batsman taking guard, he is wearing trousers, a jacket and top hat. 2nd top: Caricature of a cricketer wearing a stovepipe at and smoking a long pipe, rests both hands on top of bat handle in front of him. 3rd top: Reproduced photographic portrait of G. Dean in umpires clothing, 1899. Bottom-centre: A biography of Tom Lockyer with a photographic portrait in the centre, wearing cricket whites and pads, standing by a bannister. Top-right: Reproduced photograph of a cricketer holding a ball in front of him. Middle-right: Reproduced photograph of Billy Gunn taking guard at the crease, he is wearing cricket whites and a striped cap, 1899. Bottom-right: Reproduced photographic portrait of H.H. Stephenson wearing a spotted shirt and cravat, holding a bat by his side.
Page 64: 9 stage cartoon of a woman being selected to play in a cricket match with a mixture of men and women on both teams and she struggles badly, Lady’s Pictorial, 10 August, 1891.
Page 65: Engraving of a group portrait of notable cricketers with a key underneath to match the players in main image, Graphic, 11 August 1883.
Page 66: ‘A Country Cricket-Match, Sussex’ Engraving from original picture by John R. Reid, Graphic, 12 July 1879. Engraving of a scene of spectators of a cricket match, some sit a table and eat and drink in conversation, to the left a cricketer plays with lady’s scarf and a girl takes some food from a hamper, a child and dog hide under the table.
Page 67: Engraving of a women’s a cricket match, a fielder takes a high one-handed catch on the boundary, as a group of women spectators sit and watch right on edge of playing area, Illustrated London News, 14 September 1889.
Page 68: Engraving of a cricket match played by the Original English Ladies Cricketers, a batsman holds bat in the air about to strike the ball as wicket-keeper and fielders watch on, pavilion and spectators in background, Illustrated London News, 24 May 1890.
Page 69: Top-left: Sketch of a batsman takin guard. Top-centre: Sketch of a batsman losing balance and hit on the pad as wicket-keeper appeals, Sporting and Dramatic News, 15 June 1901. Top-right: Sketch of a batsman walking holding bat at his side. Bottom: Engraving of a female batsman, she is wearing a striped shirt, cravat and cap, she is holding a bat in both hands, by George Lambert, Sporting Dramatic News, 25 July 1901.
Page 70: Top-left; reproduced photograph of a batsman walking away from the playing area. Top-centre: Reproduced photograph of a cricket match taking plat at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, pavilion and spectators on opposite side of the ground, large mansion and hill in background, 1901. Top-right: Reproduced photograph of a batsman standing at edge of playing area. Bottom: Reproduced photographic portrait of a boy taking guard in front of a makeshift wicket, Sporting and Dramatic News, 15 June 1901.
Page 71: Top-left: Sketch of a fielder wearing a yellow shirt and trousers picking up a ball off the ground. Middle-left: Caricature of a bowler mid-delivery. Bottom-left: Caricature of W.G. Grace crying ‘” T’isnt fair; there’s Billy Murdoch got more than I did.”’ Top-centre: ‘Amateur v. Professional’ Sphinx, 20 August 1896. Cartoon of W.G. Grace sitting on ‘Amateur?’ Moon with pile of money as ‘Professional’ George Lohmann holds out empty pockets, ‘Lohmann (loq): “Hadn’t we better exchange belts, Dr.?”’ Bottom-centre: Colourised photograph of men and women taking perambulation at Lord’s Cricket Ground, with Grand Stand and clock tower in background, Cricket of Today and Yesterday, 1902. Top-right: Sketch of a fielder wearing a yellow shirt and trousers falling back and taking one handed catch. Middle-right: Caricature of a glum looking batsman in striped blazer and cap, by Sol. Bottom-right: Caricature of Archie Maclaren placing a giant candle extinguisher over a cricketer ‘Mac puts the extinguisher on poor Surrey.’
Page 72: Left and right: 4 caricatures of cricketers by Sol, Sun Comic, 1901. Top-centre: ‘The Defeat of Yorkshire.’ Athletic News, 22 July 1901. Cartoon of Sammy Woods washing Lord Hawke in a bath of cider, ‘Sammy:- “Better be drowned in Somerset coder than Lancashire beer, it is more smoothing.”’ Bottom: ‘”Next Please!”’ The Star, 1 June 1901. Cartoon of a Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire player pulling roller which has gone over a Surrey and a Lancashire player whom are squashed flat.
Page 73: Top-left: Engraving of a country cricket match [possibly a version of Cricket in Battersea Fields.] Top-centre: A newspaper article with photograph and description of a match between Sussex and Australians where after delivery 1 bail ended up resting on top of the middle-stump. Middle: ‘A Glimpse in the Future.’ Cartoon of a very elderly batsman and wicket keeper with cobwebs coming from them, ‘The ‘Varsity Match’ July, 2, 2004.- The marvel of the century still continues. Mr. K-g-n has been bating since 1904 and has not yet been dismissed. His score up to going to press is 7 runs. He gave one chance towards the end of last century.’ Bottom: ‘Retired Hurt!’ Cartoon of a badly injured batsman hobbling off, his bat reads ‘cobdenism’ his pads ‘scientific tariff’ and another bat ‘tariff reform’ the batsman as a Union Flat cap and plays against cricketers of USA and Germany ‘Joe to John Bull: “You can’t expect to win if you play with an old-fashioned bat, and without pads and gloves. It was all very well sixty years ago; but you had better now put on these pads and use an up-to-date bat.”’ Top-right: Top-left: Engraving of a country cricket match [possibly a version of Cricket in Battersea Fields.]
Page 74: Top: ‘The Cricketing Records of the Victorious Australians at a Glance’ Daily Mail, 29 Jun 1899. 3 different graphs showing scores of the Australian Cricket Team. Left: 13 scoreboards showing cumulative scores for Australia with batsman innings, ends at 4413 with Syd Gregory scoring 169. Centre: Wickets illustrating the averages of Australian batsman. Right: Cricket balls illustrating wickets taken by Australian bowlers. Bottom-left: Scorecard for a cricket match between Hampshire and Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on 29 and 30 June 1843. Middle-centre: ‘Woburn v. Oatlands Park, May 19th 1883 (foreshortened by rain) In Memoriam’ Sketch of a figure with an umbrella in heavy rain. Bottom-centre: Scorecard for Sussex vs. the Aboriginals, at Brighton on 8 and 9 August 1868. Bottom-right: Scorecard for match between All England and Nottingham Club for 1000 guineas on 23 June 1817.
Page 75: Top: Engraving of ‘Ladies at Cricket’ which is a cricket match played by the Countess of Derby and other ladies. 2nd top: Engraving of ‘Gentlemen v. Players at Lord’s (“Before the Match”)’ Gentlemen sit on benches in front of the Pavilion and stand on edge of playing area. 3rd top: Engraving of ‘Gentlemen v. Players at Lord’s “Players in the Field”’ Cricketers in their whites, stand by the wicket. Bottom: Engraving of ‘Gentlemen v. Players at Lord’s (“Stumps Drawn”)’ Gentlemen sit on benches in front of the Pavilion with some figures standing at edge of playing area. All 4 come from Cricket of Today and Yesterday, 1902.
Page 76: Description of cricket played at Stoneyhurst College with reproduction of 2 photographs; 1) A schoolboy with spoon bat taking guard in front of a stone wicket wearing traditional clothing, 2) A match is played at the college in 1893. Stoneyhurst College Centenary Record, 1894.
Page 77: Top: Menu for Hampstead Cricket Club’s Annual Diner at the Trocadero Restaurant on 7 Match 1901. Bottom: Menu for Hampstead Cricket Club’s Annual Diner at the Trocadero Restaurant on 25 February 1902.
Page 78: Comedic scorecard for Dan Leno’s cricket Team against Sir Thomas Dewar’s Cricket Team, at the Oval on 10 September 1902, for the benefit of Music Hall Benevolent Funds, Licensed Victuallers Asylum and Cricketers Fund. Bottom: Comedy poem for ‘Ye Battel of Middlesex versus Lancashire, foughten at Old Trafford, between 14h, 15h and 16th, 1892.
Page 79: ‘1848 to 1898’ Daily Chronicle, 18 July 188. Large sketch of W.G. Grace holding a bat and standing in front of a wicket looking menacing.
Page 80: Top-left: Engraving of a painting of a male fielder taking a low catch of a female batsman, original by Lucien Davis, Willow the King by J.C. Snaith, 1901. Top-centre: Engraving of a painted portrait of W.G. Grace, he is wearing a suit and sitting in a chair, The Captain, May 1899. Top-right: Engraving of a painting of a country match with a batsman playing a forward defensive shot, original by Lucien Davis, Willow the King b J.C. Snaith, 1901. Bottom: Reproduce photographic group portrait of a cricket team of Hemsley’s, players are wearing whites and a variety of headwear, 1901.
Page 81: Top-left: Engraved print of W. Mortlock, he is wearing cricket whites and holding a bat by his right side and cap in left hand, 1860. Top-centre: Advertisement for a cricket match at Lord’s Cricket Ground between MCC and Hommerton and Middlesex Clubs, for five hundred guineas a side, with team lists, played on 16 and 17 May 1808. Top-right: Reproduced photographic portrait of Edgar Willsher, he is wearing cricket whites and holding a cricket ball, 1860. Middle: Engraving of a cricket match being played on the playing fields of Burlington House School in Fulham, school buildings in background, schoolboys and adults in foreground. Bottom: Cartoon of children playing cricket inside a house as a batsman breaks a glass case containing an ornate vase, Young Troublesome or Master Jacky’s Holidays by J. Leech.
Page 82: ‘Cricket-The Pride of the Village’ Punch, 29 August 1863. Cartoon of 3 village cricketers one of whom is badly injured, ‘”Good Match, old Fellow!” “Oh yes; Awfully jolly!” “What did you do?” “I’ad a Hover of Jackson; the first ball ‘it me on the ‘and, the second ‘ad e on the knee; the third was in my eye; and the fourth bowled me out!” With watercolour painting of the cartoon.
Page 83: Top: A painting of Rabbits playing cricket. Bottom: Cartoon of cats playing a cricket match, by Louis Wain, Fun and Frolic, 1902.
Page 84: Top: Engraving of a figure chiselling names of departed Woburn Park School XI into an altar. On the altar is a batsman in knight’s armour a lion and winged figures. Bottom: Drawing of a boy and schoolmaster holding up a frame, stuck onto which is a scorecard for a Masters vs. School match Woburn Park School for 1880, with a one penny stamp.
Page 85: Top: Watercolour of horses with riders riding across a field with hills going off into the distance, 1878. Bottom: Drawing of a cricket match being played in heavy rain, Nadder Valley Club, Crouch’s Down, Salisbury, 1879.
Page 86: Top-left: Cartoon of an angry young batsman walking and holding his chin. Bottom-left: Cartoon of a figure with a cricket bat for a body and cricket ball for a head, Sporting and Dramatic News, 29 July 1882. Centre: Scorecard of Woburn Park School vs. The Naval College in 1881, border contains of hand drawn sketches of cricketers in action, Woburn Park School, 1881. Top-right: Cartoon of a schoolboy batsman stumbling into his wicket. Bottom-right: Sketch of a fielder standing straight-still, Sporting and Dramatic News, 29 July 1882.
Page 87: Top-left: Sketch of a schoolboy batsman with a bat tucked under his arm and holding a piece of paper, Tales of Charlton School, 1892. 2nd left: Sketch of a wicket-keeper running out a batsman. 3rd left: Sketch of a wicket-keeper stumping a batsman. Top-centre: Hand drawn drawing of a batsman talking to figures on a bench, with text underneath, Woburn Park School, 1882. Middle-centre: Hand drawn picture of a fielder bending low to get a cricket ball, Woburn Park School, 1884. Bottom: Cut-outs of cartoon cricket figures representing a match between Woburn and Esher C.C. in 1883, with a batsman having a photograph of a person for a head, with description of the match, Woburn Park School, 1883. Top-right: Sketch of a schoolboy cricketer holding stumps and a cricket ball, Tales of Charlton School, 1892. 2nd right: Sketch of a fielder taking a catch off a batsman. 3rd right: Sketch of a batsman hitting a ball past a wicket-keeper.
Page 88: Top: Watercolour picture of black natives playing a cricket match and getting up to antics. 2nd top: Watercolour picture of a dog holding a bag in its mouth and standing by 2 schoolboy cricketers, 1881. 3rd top: Watercolour picture of 2 frogs, added between them is a stuck on cartoon of a batsman dropping a bat from a fast ball, 1884. 4th top: Hand drawn picture of a schoolboy batsman and fielder with tent and scoreboard in background, 1884. Bottom: Hand drawn picture of schoolboy’s playing a cricket match as batsman about to strike the ball, 184. All pictures come from Woburn Park School.
Page 89: Top-left: Top-left: Engraving of an elderly batsman looking behind himself. 2nd left: Sketch of a fielder bending low to pick up a ball. 3rd left: Sketch of a fielder failing to stop a ball. Top-centre: Watercolour picture of Brien standing outside a luncheon room, ‘The Marylebone man, who said it was “all skittles, d—d skittles, begor!”’ Woburn Park School, 1883. Bottom-centre: Reproduced photograph of a handkerchief depicting The Grand Jubilee Match at Lord’s Cricket Ground in 1837. Top-right: Engraving of an elderly batsman taking guard. 2nd right: Sketch of a bowler at point of release. 3rd right: Sketch of a batsman bending over resting head on top of bat handle.
Page 90: Top-left: Sketch of a school boy wicket-keeper standing by a wicket. Top-centre: Scorecard and report of a cricket match between Woburn Park School and The Emeriti in 1881. Top-right: Cartoon of a wicket-keeper smoking. Bottom: ‘The Philosophy of Cricket’ Fun, 17 August 1872. Montage of comic scenes of a cricket match including a broken bat, a batsman batting with his wooden leg, a female spectator getting her hat knocked off and a batsman getting hit in the face by a cricket ball.
Page 91: Obituary of John Lillywhite, John Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers, 1875. Bottom: Reproduced photograph of the grave of John Willes, with obituary underneath, J. Lillywhite Cricketers Companion, 1871.
Page 92: Left and right: 2r reproduced photographs of the grave of William Lillywhite at Highgate Cemetery, 1893. Centre: Reproduced photograph of the grave of Fuller Pilch in Canterbury, 1893.
Page 93: Top: Reproduced photographic group portrait of a team of Kotzes from South Africa who won the Berge Cricket Trophy, with article on the cricket team. 2nd top: Engraving of a cricket match taking place on a green, with spectators and houses in background. 3rd top: Sketch of young boys playing cricket, using a curved bats and 2-stump wickets. 4th top: Cartoon of a dog putting a book on a shelf with ‘Finis’ on a wall. Bottom: Cartoon of a boy with a long scarf with words ‘That’s the end of it.’