CRICKET 1908: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME.

VOLUME XXVII, NOS 770-799 INCLUSIVE. COMPLETE WITH TITLE-PAGE AND INDEX.
London, 1908.
4to. Profusely illustrated. Rebound in cloth.
Twenty-seventh 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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