F S Ashley-Cooper Scrapbook: Cricket in 1889-1896

Reference

SCR191

Date:

1889-02-27 - 1896

Level of description

item

Extent

1 notebook

Scope and Content

Newspaper cuttings and statistics compiled by F S Ashley-Cooper relating to cricket in 1889-1896. Includes scores of cricket matches played in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, reports on annual general meetings of MCC, Surrey and Yorkshire County Cricket Club, articles on a banquet held at Canterbury in W G Grace's honour in 1889, articles on a dispute between Lord Hawke and Yorkshire over the selection of G P Harrison for a match against Middlesex at Bradford in 1890, reports on the tour of India by Lord Hawke's XI in 1892-1893, copy of poem by J P Kingston published in 'Sportsman' entitled 'England and Australia', copy of song 'Australia v. Warwickshire' to commemorate the match between the two teams in May 1893, reports on the suicide of W Scotton, articles relating to an enquiry by the Australasian Cricket Council into the Australian tour of England in 1893, list of individual scores over 50 in minor games.

Associations

Frederick Samuel Ashley-Cooper
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club
Martin Bladen Hawke
William Henry Scotton
George Puckrin Harrison
William Gilbert Grace
Australasian Cricket Council

Subject

Lord Hawke's XI in India and Ceylon 1892-1893, Australia in England 1893

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 notebook

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