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Prospectus of the All-England and Australian Cricket Association. [No imprint: 1860]. 4º leaflet, 4pp., printed on blue paper.
The prospectus for a share subscription intended to promote the first tour to Australia. £2500 in capital was to be raised through the selling of 2500 shares at £1 each, the share allotment to take place on 25 January, 1861. The names of patrons and of the ‘provisional committee’ are given on the first page. The next explains that the Cricket Association was formed ‘for the purpose of raising a sufficient sum of money to bring out from England eleven cricketers to be chosen from the All England and United Elevens, to contend with the players of the Australian Colonies’. They will be ‘carefully selected, and will include the finest in the world.’ The third page contains an application form for shares, the final page is blank but for the word ‘prospectus’ penned in.
The prospectus for a share subscription intended to promote the first tour to Australia. £2500 in capital was to be raised through the selling of 2500 shares at £1 each, the share allotment to take place on 25 January, 1861. The names of patrons and of the ‘provisional committee’ are given on the first page. The next explains that the Cricket Association was formed ‘for the purpose of raising a sufficient sum of money to bring out from England eleven cricketers to be chosen from the All England and United Elevens, to contend with the players of the Australian Colonies’. They will be ‘carefully selected, and will include the finest in the world.’ The third page contains an application form for shares, the final page is blank but for the word ‘prospectus’ penned in.
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