![BRITCHER, Samuel. A Complete list of all the Grand Matches of Cricket that have been played in the year 1801. London: printed by W. Calvert, [1801]. 8° (190 x 106mm). 43,[1]pp. (Some browning, more particularly to page edges, slight paper flaw to B2). Modern red morocco, spine gilt, uncut. Provenance (as given by David Rayvern Allen): J.W. Goldman – Epworth – E.K. Brown – C.S. Cheshire – acquired by Roger Hancock from J.W. McKenzie in 1991.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10766_0051_000(britcher_samuel_a_complete_list_of_all_the_grand_matches_of_cricket_th120142).jpg?w=1)
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BRITCHER, Samuel. A Complete list of all the Grand Matches of Cricket that have been played in the year 1801. London: printed by W. Calvert, [1801]. 8° (190 x 106mm). 43,[1]pp. (Some browning, more particularly to page edges, slight paper flaw to B2). Modern red morocco, spine gilt, uncut. Provenance (as given by David Rayvern Allen): J.W. Goldman – Epworth – E.K. Brown – C.S. Cheshire – acquired by Roger Hancock from J.W. McKenzie in 1991.
TWELFTH YEAR OF ISSUE. ONE OF ONLY FOUR COPIES RECORDED by Allen. As with the 1800 issue, Lord’s holds one copy formerly part of the famous A.L. Ford collection, the John Rylands Library holds a second (donated by Dr. W. Brockbank), again leaving only one other known copy in private hands. In Britcher’s mind it is clearly the betting that made matches exciting. He gives the scores of 31 matches played in the year 1801 for wagers of between 100 and 1000 guineas. One game was of four and another of five a side, the latter being between William Barton and Thomas Lord at Lord’s for 100 guineas. Barton lost by an innings and 32 runs, and we are told that the odds were ‘Two to one on Mr. Lord at the starting’. However, Barton was far from being a bad batsman. In the match between England and Surrey played for 1000 guineas, he makes the highest scores of 56 and 27, leading England to victory by 52 runs, despite odds of ‘Eleven to ten on Surry [sic] at starting’. ‘The Laws of Cricket as revised by the Cricket-Club, at Marybone, 1801’ and ‘A Song on the Game of Cricket’, repeated from the previous edition, fill out the volume. AN ISSUE OF GREAT INTEREST AND RARITY, UNCUT. Allen 9; Allen, Britcher’s Scores pp.108-112; Padwick 869.
TWELFTH YEAR OF ISSUE. ONE OF ONLY FOUR COPIES RECORDED by Allen. As with the 1800 issue, Lord’s holds one copy formerly part of the famous A.L. Ford collection, the John Rylands Library holds a second (donated by Dr. W. Brockbank), again leaving only one other known copy in private hands. In Britcher’s mind it is clearly the betting that made matches exciting. He gives the scores of 31 matches played in the year 1801 for wagers of between 100 and 1000 guineas. One game was of four and another of five a side, the latter being between William Barton and Thomas Lord at Lord’s for 100 guineas. Barton lost by an innings and 32 runs, and we are told that the odds were ‘Two to one on Mr. Lord at the starting’. However, Barton was far from being a bad batsman. In the match between England and Surrey played for 1000 guineas, he makes the highest scores of 56 and 27, leading England to victory by 52 runs, despite odds of ‘Eleven to ten on Surry [sic] at starting’. ‘The Laws of Cricket as revised by the Cricket-Club, at Marybone, 1801’ and ‘A Song on the Game of Cricket’, repeated from the previous edition, fill out the volume. AN ISSUE OF GREAT INTEREST AND RARITY, UNCUT. Allen 9; Allen, Britcher’s Scores pp.108-112; Padwick 869.
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