CRICKET 1887: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME.

VOLUME VI, NOS 140-169 INCLUSIVE. COMPLETE WITH TITLE-PAGE AND INDEX.
London, 1887.
4to. 476pp. Profusely illustrated. Rebound in cloth.
Sixth year of publication. The first periodical to deal exclusively with cricket. Founded in 1882 by C.W. Alcock, Cricket, A Weekly Record of the Game was published from 1882 until 1913. In 1914 a final volume was published, edited by A.C. MacLaren, renamed: The World of Cricket. Altham, History of Cricket, 1926, page 383: 'An almost inexhaustible mine of historical information, and a complete contemporary record.' Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906: 'Cricket enjoys the distinction of being the only paper in the world solely devoted to the game.' Padwick, 1183.
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