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ARTHUR HAYGARTH

The Public School Matches. A Correct Account of All the Matches ... played between ... Eton, Harrow and Winchester, from 1803 to 1852 inclusive. London: F. Lillywhite, 1853. 12mo, iv, 76p. including final ad leaf. Later red half calf for R.S. Holmes by Speakman, Liverpool, gilt-lettered spine, original printed green wrappers preserved (rubbed). Provenance: Lewis Guy Phillips (ownership inscription, dated 'Christchurch 1853', on front blank) -- Robert Stratten Holmes (signature on title dated 'Liverpool 18.5.89'; pencil annotations on verso of front wrapper). FIRST of nine editions. Allen 80; Padwick 1348; and 3 other scorebooks of public school interest, including the ninth (1869) edition of the same work, and Padwick 1349, both Ford copies.

MUDGE, C.A. Inter-University Records. Full particulars of all competitions between Oxford and Cambridge 1827-1887. London: Wright and Co., 1887. 8vo. Contemporary blue half calf, gilt-lettered spine (extremities rubbed, modern library label on spine). Provenance: A. Geoyther (gift inscription, dated 12 June 1893, on front endpaper). Covers cricket on pp. 32-80. Also athletics, bicycling, billiards, chess, cross country, football, golf, lawn tennis, polo, racquets, rifle contest, rowing and [real] tennis. Padwick 1657. (5)

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