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WISDEN, John. Cricketers’ Almanack for 1875. London: John Wisden and Co., 1875. 8° (153 x 97mm). 214pp. (Some spotting, mainly affecting title, preliminaries and end leaves, without final advertisement leaf.) Early 20th-century brown cloth, spine titled in gilt, red speckled edges.
TWELFTH EDITION which took a small side step from cricket to include a page on ‘The American Base Ball Players in England … a finely-framed, powerful set of men' who impressed with their ‘splendid long-distance throwing and truly magnificent out-fielding’ (p. 207). In addition to the usual material, a short account is also given of ‘The Three English Twelves who have visited Australia’, the last being W.G. Grace's team in 1873-74. A GOOD SOUND COPY OF AN EDITION LONG RECOGNISED AS VERY RARE.
TWELFTH EDITION which took a small side step from cricket to include a page on ‘The American Base Ball Players in England … a finely-framed, powerful set of men' who impressed with their ‘splendid long-distance throwing and truly magnificent out-fielding’ (p. 207). In addition to the usual material, a short account is also given of ‘The Three English Twelves who have visited Australia’, the last being W.G. Grace's team in 1873-74. A GOOD SOUND COPY OF AN EDITION LONG RECOGNISED AS VERY RARE.
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