Scrapbook containing engraved prints of portraits of crickets, aristocratic figures involved with cricket, reproductions of advertisements and posters for cricket matches, engravings of pictures of cricket matches and cricket grounds and scenic settings, satirical cartoons, cut-outs of cricketing figures and cricket vignettes,
Page 1: Title Page: Cricket Life 1895, 3 vignettes of balls and wickets, cut-outs of 3 bats from different time periods, engraved sketch of a cricket ball.
Page 2: Left: Engraving of head portrait of John, 4th Earl of Sandwich, 1791. Centre: Engraving of full-length portrait of John, 4th Earl of Sandwich, of a painting by Thomas Gainsborough. Right: Engraving of side-on head portrait of the ‘The Noble cricketer’ The Duke of Dorset.
Page 3: Top: Engraving of three quarter head portrait of Sir Horace Mann. Bottom: Engraving of portrait of the 3rd Duke of Dorset, from a painting by Thomas Gainsborough.
Page 4: Left: Engraving of side-on portrait of Lord Viscount Sackville, 1785. Centre: Engraving of side-on portrait of Sir William Draper by E. Bocquet after Thomas Gainsborough. Right: Engraving of head portrait of Lord Sheffield, 1784.
Page 5: Top: Engraving of side-on head portrait of the Prince of Wales (Prince Regent), 1783. Bottom: Engraving of side-on head portrait of John Earl of Sandwich, 1791.
Page 6: Top: Engraving of three-quarter portrait of Frederick Prince of Wales. Bottom: Engraving of portrait of George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville of a painting by Joshua Reynolds, with writing underneath by George Sackville which is hard to read.
Page 7: Engraving of portrait of John, 4th Earl of Darnley, after a painting by Thomas Phillips, drawn by J. Wright and engraved by H. Meyer. Published 18 June 1816.
Page 8: ‘Keeping the Wicket, Against All England’ Engraving of a woman in dress and hat taking guard in front of a wicket.
Page 9: ‘Tommy Marshal, A Veteran North Country Cricketer’ Graphic, 13 August 1876. Engraving of an elderly gentleman sitting, he is holding a bat in front of him. With description of his career underneath.
Page 10: Engraving of a portrait of the scorer William Davies, sitting at a table with scorebook, and a bottle and glass on it. Underneath is a genuine William Davies scorecard of a North vs. South match from 1839.
Page 11: Top: Engraving of three-quarter portrait of Lord Viscount Sackville. Bottom: Copy of a lithograph of full length portrait of James Cobbett, wearing trousers, jacket top hat and cravat, holding a ball in both hands and standing in a field. ‘Born Jany 12th 1804 at Frimley, Surrey. From drawing by J. Hendrie, lithographer was T. Black Asiatic.
Page 12: Top: Engraving of a young George Osbaldeston, with cricket bat tucked underarm and match taking place with crowd in background. Bottom: Engraving of a photographic portrait of an elderly George Osbaldeston with his signature underneath image. Photograph by John Watkins, engraved by Joseph Brown. Baily Magazine, 1861.
Page 13: Top: Engraving of a side-on sketch of a cricketer in a top hat playing a forward defensive shot. Bottom: Copy of advertisement of the Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society.
Page 14: Top-left: Engraving of a bowler bowling round-arm with a tent in background. Top-right: Engraving of a round-arm bowler, no background. (These two possibly from same original image). Bottom: 3 engravings of a batsman asking for his guard and playing two different shots.
Page 15: Newspaper advertisement by Church of England for cricket match at Lord’s Cricket Ground between Gentlemen and Eleven of All England on 18 June 1810.
Page 16: Item missing. Written in its place is removed to library, post boy (newspaper)
Page 17: Top: Copy of advertisement from William Lillywhite between Fives Court and West Brighton Cricket Club, 20th June 1843. Bottom: Copy of advertisement for William Lillywhite benefit match under the patronage of Marylebone and Sussex Cricket Clubs and High Constable of Brighton between Sussex and all England.
Page 18: Top: Printed score of match between Sussex and Kent at Royal Cricket Ground, Brighton Gardens on 26th and 27th June 1843. Bottom: Copy of end of first day score of a match between One Legged Greenwich Pensioners and One Armed Greenwich Pensioners in Brighton.
Page 19: Top: Copy of advertisement for match between Chalvington and at Brighton at Lillywhite’s Grounds, 1838. Bottom: Copy of advertisement for match between Kent and England at the Beverley Ground on 1 August 1842.
Page 20: Left: Copy of advertisement for a match between Eleven Youths of Lewes and Eleven of Brighton (all under 14) at William Lillywhite’s Ground on 5th September 1839. Right: Copy of advertisement for match between Sussex and Kent at Royal cricket Grounds, Brighton on 7th June 1841.
Page 21: Top: Copy of advertisement for a match between Brighton and Chalvington on 27th and 28th May 1839. Page 22: Copy of advertisement between Sussex and Marylebone at Royal cricket Ground, Brighton on 2nd August 1841.
Page 22: Top left: Copy of advertisement of match between Leeds Club and Dartford Club at Dartford Brent on 6th August 1832. Top right: Reproduction of a frontispiece to ‘The Public School matches and those we meet there by a Wykehamist’ 1853, with drawings of scenic cricket matches around the text. Bottom: Image of what looks to be a piece of porcelain with an image of scenic cricket matches with the china containing 1 big hole and many small ones, titled ‘Cricket at Datchet.
Page 23: Reproduction of score between All England and Thirty-three of the County of Norfolk at Swaffham Race Ground on 17th July 1797.
Page 24: Top: Reproduction of advertisement for match between MCC and Ground and Sussex at Royal Cricket Ground, Brighton Gardens on 14th August 1843. Bottom: Reproduction of advertisement for match between MCC and County of Sussex at Royal Cricket Ground, Brighton on 13th and 14th August 1838.
Page 25: Reproduction of newspaper advertisement by Church of England for cricket match at Lord’s Cricket Ground between Gentlemen and Eleven of All England on 18 June 1810. [Same advertisement as on page 15.]
Page 26: Reproduction of Rules, Articles and Regulations of the Henfield Cricket Club, Established May 3rd 1837. Page also includes 2 small images of scenic cricket matches and, 2 small images of batsmen with old, curved bats.
Page 27: Top: Engraving of a scenic cricket match of a cricket match at a ground, the batsman is about to hit the ball, tents and buildings are the opposite side of the ground. Bottom: Scorelist advertisement of a match between Gentlemen of Winchester and Gentlemen of Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 2nd and 3rd August 1843.
Page 28: Top: Reproduction of the poem, Cricket: 'Sing Muse the Man, Whose Well-Knit Frame has Stood' Poem illustrated with floral design framing text. Inset cricket scene with figures of Death and Father Time. Bottom: Engraving of a scenic cricket match as bowler about to bowl a delivery.
Page 29: Tinted engraving of 3 young gentlemen, 1 holds hat and a sword as other 2 holding cricket bats pick what look like coins out of the hat.
Page 30: 9 Cut-outs of cricketing figures including batsmen, bowlers, fielders and a pair squabbling by a wicket.
Page 31: Cut-outs of 7 cricketing figures including 2 batsmen and 5 fielders.
Page 32: Cut-out of a tent containing a table with food with cricketers sat on benches out in front and 4 large cut-outs at the bottom of the page.
Page 33: Coloured print of ‘Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger’ Two female figures. Miss Wicket, wearing white, leans on a curved bat with a ball and two stump wicket nearby. Miss Trigger, wearing black, holds a gun and four dead birds and is followed by three dogs. She steps on a piece of paper that reads "effeminacy".
Page 34: Top: ‘In the Days When we Went Cricketing A Long Time Ago’ Reproduction of a poster with 3 head portraits of elderly gentlemen intertwined with branches with the text “With a real marrow-bone chorus! MCC……………….. As sung at “Lord’s,” Respectfully dedicated to the “Squire” the “Captain” and Budd the flower of batsmen by theirs obediently, F.B. Bottom: Coloured print of a cricket match with players as caricatures, wicket-keeper says “He’ll have you out certainly” Batsman asks to “Bowl fair Sir” and Umpire states “Never saw a game of cricket better played.”
Page 35: ‘The Cricket Players of Europe’. Tinted comic print satirising the royal houses of Europe playing a cricket match with each figure making a comment and rhyming verse underneath image, by Matthias Darly.
Page 36: Left and right: 2 cut-outs of same silhouette of a batsman with bat on shoulder, one of them has outlines drawn on. Middle-top: Small engraved print of a young batsman raising his bat in the air to other batsman, Youthful Sports, 1801. Middle-centre: Engraved print of young boys playing a cricket match. Middle-bottom: ‘The Play at Cricket’ engraved print of 3 people playing cricket, a 2 stump wicket is used.
Page 37: Engraved print of a young gentleman holding a bat and a ball talking to an army officer in full uniform with a dog standing by the youth. Trees and bushes border either side.
Page 38: Left: ‘The Ladies Cricket Club, 1785’ Red tinted full length portrait of a lady in full dress holding a curved bat standing in front of 2 stump wicket. Right: ‘Oxfordshire Cricket Club, 1787’ Red tinted full length portrait of a male batsman holding a bat by his side and standing in front of 3 stump wicket.
Page 39: Top: Engraved print of children playing cricket in a garden with one girl sat on a chair. Bottom: Reproduction of print of Rugby School ‘The School Buildings From the Close, 1809’ With a cricket match taking place on the playing fields.
Page 40: ‘A Cricket Match Sussex vs. Kent’ Coloured print of a cricket match between Sussex and Kent at Brighton, a church and white buildings surround the ground with hills in the distance, comes with key to identify players in the match and crowd. From a painting by J. Jarvis and engraved by G. Reeves.
Page 41: ‘Cricket at Lord’s in 1822’ Coloured lithograph of a cricket match at Lord’s, the match is taking place in background with tents, spectators and trees around the boundary, in the foreground a mixture of ladies and gentlemen gossip and watch the match.
Page 42: The Game at Cricket A Play’d in the Artillery Ground London’ Engraved print of a cricket match in progress with batsman in a cap the central figure. Holding a curved bat above the waist. Two stump wicket and scorer wearing a tricorner hat and red tail coat, trees to the left and hills in distance. New Universal Magazine, November 1752.
Page 43: Top: Smaller reproduction print of ‘Cricket at Lord’s, 1882’ on page 41. From Outdoor Games by Lyttleton, 1901. Bottom: ‘Broadwater Green near Werthing, Sussex Against All England’ Lithograph by Whittock & Goodman’s’ after a drawing by J.C.S. A cricket match is being played on a green with church and village buildings behind, spectators watch top the left with a tree to the right.
Page 44: Top: ‘An Old-Fashioned Match (From a Picture in the Possession of MCC). Reproduction print of a cricket match in action, large white building to the left and tent and spectators to the right. Middle: Reproduction print of a scenic cricket match as bowler is about to bowl, white ornate building to the left, tent and spectators on opposite of playing area, in foreground 2 spectators lay down on fronts to watch the match. Sporting Review, June 1843. Bottom: ‘A Country Cricket Match (From a Drawing in the Possession of Her Majesty the Queen’ Reproduction print of a scenic cricket match with the playing area surrounded by trees and rolling hills, a cluster of buildings to the left and tent to the right.
Page 45: Top: Blue tinted print of a scenic cricket match with playing area bordered by trees, tents and buildings in distance, in foreground gentlemen, ladies children and a dog watch the match. Middle: ‘University of London School, 1833’ Engraved print of dozens of school children fighting in many different groups, appears to have broken out after playing a cricket match, buildings of London to the right. Bottom: Engraved print of a village scene, to the right a cricket match is played with 2 stump wickets, in foreground to the left couples are dancing, village buildings including a church in the background, 1770.
Page 46: Top: Engraved print of a women’s cricket match using 2 stump wickets, they are wearing fancy and dresses and hats. With description underneath stating it’s between Countess of Derby and others at the Oaks in Surrey, Ladies and Gentleman’s Magazine, August 1777. Bottom: Black and white engraved print of ‘Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger with text underneath “Miss Trigger you see is an excellent shot, and forty five notches miss wicket just got from original picture by John Collett in possession of Carrington Bowles.”
Page 47: Top: Engraved print of Hall Place School, Bexley with cricket match taking place in front of it, 1806. Bottom: Engraved print of Keeping the Wicket Against All England’ Picture Magazine, September 1895.
Page 48: Top-left: Engraved print of Match being played at Northumberland Cricket Ground, with pavilion and a church in background. Top-centre: Engraved print of ‘Eleven and George’ by Miss Mant, 1832. 6 boys and girls play a cricket match with an older woman, white ornate building and trees in background. Top-right: ‘Dunsfold Green’ from History of Surrey by Brayley, 1802. Engraved print of a cricket match taking place in front of a large country house. Bottom: An early engraving of a cricket match taking place at Copenhagen Fields, fence to the right, tent and building and Union Jack in background.
Page 49: Top-left and top-right: Engravings of 2 batsmen looking to play aggressive strokes. Top-centre: Small engraving of a rural cricket match from Bell’s Life. 2nd top: Engraving of a cricket match between Pennenden Heath Society and West Kent at Pennenden Heath. 3rd top: Arms of the Shrewsbury with 3 lion heads and boys playing cricket match underneath the Arms. 4th Top: Reproduction print of a pre-18th century cricket match, ‘The Great I Play Cricket’, Picture Magazine, August 1894. Bottom: Small print of a pre-18th century cricket match, 1773. Bottom-left and right: Engravings of 2 batsmen playing aggressive strokes.
Page 50: Engraving of a cricket match being played at Irelands Royal Brighton Gardens, from a drawing by H. Jones and engraved by George Hunt. A cricket match takes place in walled gardens bordered by trees, with ornate pavilion to the left and botanical gardens behind it, a crowd watch from on top of a hill, a windmill in the distance.
Page 51: ‘Cricketing (Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, Match of the Gentleman & Players) Black and white print of a lithograph of a match at Lord’s. Pavilion is on far side of the ground with tennis court building to the left, spectators stand around the boundary, other buildings in the distance, am flat with moon and star in foreground, 1861.
Page 52: ‘Old White Conduit House, Islington’ Engraving of a picture of a cricket matching being played in front of Conduit House and other buildings, spectators are distracted by hot air balloon in the distance.
Page 53: 2 prints of an engraving of a dog chasing a cricket ball. The top one is smaller and titled ‘Drake, a Water Spaniel the Property of Lord Charles Kerr. The bottom, larger one has the handwritten text with it ‘In August 1813 Lord Kerr made a match between his servant J. Bridger with a dog and Mr. Cock with a Mr. Wetherall and it was played at Holt Pound Farnham’ with score, J. Bridger and dog won by 54 runs.
Page 54: Top: ‘A Pacific Game’ Drawing of a cricket match with players as stick figures with umpires beating grass skirts. Bottom: ‘Finis’ 2 jesters hold cricket bats one says “Gramercy, gramercy!” and other “And thanks and thanks!” Arbroath Cricket Club Bazaar.
