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WILLIAM FAIRFAX
The Cricketer's Guide for Australasia ... with Review of the Season, 1857-58
Mellbourne: W. Fairfax and Co., 1858. 8vo., 72p., woodcut portrait plate of George Marshall, field diagrams on pp. 70-72 (title and verso of final leaf lightly browned, advertisements if called for not bound in), modern green half calf, speckled edges.
Second year of issue under an altered title. Fairfax's account of the third intercolonial match, which was won by Victoria for the first time, comes first in this issue, and is then followed by the names of clubs and their members. Batting and bowling analyses precede the "Review of the Season", while the laws of cricket and instructions to players form the concluding part. RARE. NO COPY AT LORD'S. Allen 69; Padwick 3360.
The Cricketer's Guide for Australasia ... with Review of the Season, 1857-58
Mellbourne: W. Fairfax and Co., 1858. 8vo., 72p., woodcut portrait plate of George Marshall, field diagrams on pp. 70-72 (title and verso of final leaf lightly browned, advertisements if called for not bound in), modern green half calf, speckled edges.
Second year of issue under an altered title. Fairfax's account of the third intercolonial match, which was won by Victoria for the first time, comes first in this issue, and is then followed by the names of clubs and their members. Batting and bowling analyses precede the "Review of the Season", while the laws of cricket and instructions to players form the concluding part. RARE. NO COPY AT LORD'S. Allen 69; Padwick 3360.
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