LILLYWHITE, (J.).

CRICKETERS' COMPANION FOR 1879. COMPILED AND EDITED BY JOHN LILLYWHITE.
London, published by John Lillywhite. 1879.
8vo. 204pp.+ publisher's advertisements. Original green printed wrappers. Spine chipped and worn.
Published annually between 1865 and 1885. With much information on important clubs, and many articles of historical and literary interest. Bowen, Cricket Quarterly, Vol. 1, 1963: 'Nowhere else can one obtain so much information about the doings of the important clubs.' Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, 1970, Page 280: '1865. John Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion (the Green Lillywhite) established and merged with the Red Lillywhite from 1886.' Padwick, 1088.
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