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WISDEN, John (1826-1884). The Cricketer's Almanack for the Year 1867. London: John Wisden, 1867.
Fourth edition. A good, clean copy, without wrappers. W.H. Crockford of Greenwich is acknowledged as printer on the title verso. The sudden emergence of W.G. Grace as a genius with the bat is made clear in a statistical table of ‘Scorers of 1000 (or more) runs in 1866' (p. 152). This shows the young cricketer at the top with a total of 2168 runs scored in 33 matches, and a highest score of 224 not out. This was in only his second season of top flight cricket. After him follow C.F. Buller and Henry Jupp with 1647 and 1605 runs a piece. There is no equivalent table for bowlers of prowess, though Wisden suggests that any bowler might benefit from his ‘Patent Catapulta,’ a bowling machine pictured on the final page, and marking the first use of any illustration in the almanack.
Octavo (147 x 92mm). [4], 159, [1]pp. Wood-engraved advertisement. (Piece torn from left-hand margin of title). Later brown cloth, lettered in gilt (upper joints lightly rubbed, lettering tarnished).
Fourth edition. A good, clean copy, without wrappers. W.H. Crockford of Greenwich is acknowledged as printer on the title verso. The sudden emergence of W.G. Grace as a genius with the bat is made clear in a statistical table of ‘Scorers of 1000 (or more) runs in 1866' (p. 152). This shows the young cricketer at the top with a total of 2168 runs scored in 33 matches, and a highest score of 224 not out. This was in only his second season of top flight cricket. After him follow C.F. Buller and Henry Jupp with 1647 and 1605 runs a piece. There is no equivalent table for bowlers of prowess, though Wisden suggests that any bowler might benefit from his ‘Patent Catapulta,’ a bowling machine pictured on the final page, and marking the first use of any illustration in the almanack.
Octavo (147 x 92mm). [4], 159, [1]pp. Wood-engraved advertisement. (Piece torn from left-hand margin of title). Later brown cloth, lettered in gilt (upper joints lightly rubbed, lettering tarnished).
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