Description
Coloured lithograph, drawn on stone by Gill, printed by Allan & Wigley. Cricket match in progress on open parkland. Spectators encircling the action. Eucalyptus tress and Sydney Harbour in the background.
Title ' Grand National Cricket Match played in the outer Domain Sydney' January 1857. XI os NSW v XI of Victoria NSW and Victoria teams listed, Dedication from J Fowles to the Two Elevens. Names of teams on border
Display caption
Grand National Cricket Match between New South Wales and Victoria in progress on The Domain, Sydney. Spectators in Victorian dress line the uneven cricket pitch surrounded by botanical parkland fringed with eucalyptus trees. Sydney Harbour is visible in the background left.
This scene commemorates the 1857 match in which New South Wales won by 66 runs.