Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia

‘The Sportsman Almanac 1902. ‘The Sportsman’ is the Oldest, Largest and Leading Sporting Daily Paper’. Large original rare poster for 1902 season. Printed by Merritt & Hatcher, London. The colourful poster features to the top half of the poster a large printed panel with cameo images of various sizes of members of ‘Australian Tour 1901-02. Mr A.C. Maclaren’s English Eleven. Players featured include Maclaren, Ranjitsinghi, McGregor, Jephson, Lord Hawke, Barnes, J. Gunn, Quaife, Blythe, Hayward, Jones, Jessop, Braund etc with calender months printed to either side. To the lower half of the poster are ‘The Sportsman’s list of principal [horse] races in 1902’ with two cameo, one of the late George Lohmann (he died in December 1901) and leading jockey D. Maher. The poster printed in red, blue and black on a white background. The poster is framed and glazed and measures overall 19.5”x24.5”. Very light folds to poster and slight loss to the top right hand corner otherwise in very good condition for its age. An excellent piece of early ephemera with Ashes interest