Our cricketers past & present - part II.

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Type: Booklets
Place: Holland; London, England
Materials: Cardboard, Paper
Collection: Australian Cricket Tour 1896 collection
Accession number: 2003.0074.0002

Description

Booklet titled 'Our cricketers past & present', part II. The booklet has a peach-coloured cover slightly stained around the edges, held with a single staple in the spine. The cover is printed in dark green "PART II. ONE PENNY. COPYRIGHT. / 24 PERMANENT / PHOTOGRAPHS / CABINET-SIZE / and / HANDY / NOTES / OUR CRICKETERS / PAST & PRESENT / PUBLISHED / by / A.D. JONES & Co., / Bensons Chambers, / LUDGATE HILL, / LONDON. / JOHN HEYWOOD, / Sole Agent for London, Manchester, / Liverpool, Leeds and Bristol. / PRINTED IN HOLLAND / COMPLETE IN 6 PARTS, CONTAINING 144 PHOTOS." The interior pages are white paper printed in black, featuring photographs of cricketers.

About the collection

This collection consists of two booklets produced during the 1896 Ashes Test in England. Our Cricketers Past and Present is a pocket sized booklet with 24 photographs of English cricket players both past and present. A.D. Jones published a series of six booklet of which 3 issues, II, V, VI are in this collection. The Australians in England 1896 was published by Athletics News. The booklet is a complete guide of the Australian tour in England. A portrait of team captain, G. Trott is on the front cover with a photograph of the entire team on the inside cover. The 1896 Australian Cricket Team was the ninth team to tour England, playing for the Ashes as well as other English sides over a five month period. Before returning to Australia, the team also toured the United States and New Zealand, playing 11 matches. The highly successful tour gave Australia even greater respectability as a cricketing nation. The small pocket sized booklets were published during the time of the tour. The 'Australians in England' booklet is a complete guide of the tour allowing Australians to read about the games. The booklet 'Our Cricketers' would have been produced to gain support for the English side.

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