The Morning Post and Daily Advertiser, London: by P. Stuart, Friday, June 22, 1787 [no. 4467], folio, 4pp., listing the players and giving the scores in the "Grand Cricket Match, New Cricket Ground, Mary-le-Bone" for "One Thousand Guineas a side" and also including on the same page a 9-line advertisement for "Pawley's Cricket Bat" -- The World, London: by R. Bostock, Saturday, May 14, 1791 [no. 1363], folio, 4pp., announcing "A Grand Match" at Lord's on May 16 "between Nine Gentlemen of the Mary-le-Bone Club, with Beldam and Purchase, against Eleven of the County of Middlesex, for 500 Guineas a side," listing the teams, and stating "Admittance Three Pence," with an advertisement for Mendoza's Boxing School below. (2)

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The Morning Post and Daily Advertiser, London: by P. Stuart, Friday, June 22, 1787 [no. 4467], folio, 4pp., listing the players and giving the scores in the "Grand Cricket Match, New Cricket Ground, Mary-le-Bone" for "One Thousand Guineas a side" and also including on the same page a 9-line advertisement for "Pawley's Cricket Bat" -- The World, London: by R. Bostock, Saturday, May 14, 1791 [no. 1363], folio, 4pp., announcing "A Grand Match" at Lord's on May 16 "between Nine Gentlemen of the Mary-le-Bone Club, with Beldam and Purchase, against Eleven of the County of Middlesex, for 500 Guineas a side," listing the teams, and stating "Admittance Three Pence," with an advertisement for Mendoza's Boxing School below. (2)

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