R A Fitzgerald's XI in North America, 1872

Reference

RAFG/5

Date:

1872 - 1875

Level of description

item

Extent

1 volume

Part of

R A Fitzgerald Scrapbooks (RAFG)

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, menu cards, telegrams, correspondence, invoices, photographs, scorecards relating to the tour by R A Fitzgerald's XI of North America in 1872. Includes reports of matches, advertisements for theatre performances of 'The Overland Route and a Glorious Farce' in Toronto attended by Fitzgerald's team, list of prices for cricket bats sold in Montreal, train timetables for the Northern Railway of Canada, ribbons acquired from Hamilton Cricket Club and Montreal Cricket Club, photographs of Philadelphia, copy of the song 'The Gentlemen Cricketers' Team' to commemorate Fitzgerald's team, letters from cricket clubs thanking Fitzgerald for sending them a copy of his book 'Wickets in the West', record of Fitzgerald's accounts for the 'Wickets in the West' book, scorecard for the match between the Canadian Eleven vs. 15 of MCC at Lord's in July 1873, a dead leaf acquired by Fitzgerald during the tour on route to Quebec from Boston, scorecard from the England vs. Canada match at Ottawa Cricket Club, pamphlet of rules for the Massachusetts Association of Cricket Clubs, copy of the song 'Hurrah! For Bat and Ball! by G Linneous Banks.

Associations

Robert Allan Fitzgerald
Ottawa Cricket Club
Hamilton Cricket Club
Montreal Cricket Club
Massachusetts Association of Cricket Clubs

Subject

R A Fitzgerald's XI in North America 1872, Canada in England 1873

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 volume

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