CRICKET 1913: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME.

VOLUME II. (NEW SERIES) NOS. 31-60. COMPLETE WITH TITLE-PAGE AND INDEX.
London, 1913.
4to. 736pp. Illustrated. Rebound in cloth.
Thirty-second and final year of publication under this title. The first periodical to deal exclusively with cricket. The first periodical to deal exclusively with cricket. Founded in 1882 by C.W. Alcock, Cricket, A Weekly Record of the Game was published weekly 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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