Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

Cricket scrapbooks 1880-1930s. Two large nicely presented scrapbook albums comprising an extensive collection of magazine and newspaper cuttings of cricket related articles. One with cuttings from Chambers’s Journal, The Kaleidoscope, Illustrated London News, Bailey’s Magazine, Country Life, Fry’s Magazine, The Strand, The Graphic etc. The majority cover the period 1880-1909 with some later newspaper cuttings from the 1930s. The other album is dedicated to cuttings from Baily’s Magazine for the period 1904-1913. Both albums include bookplates laid down of players including Sammy Woods, Gilbert Jessop, Plum Warner, George Bonnor, Lord Hawke, C.B. Fry, A.J. Webbe etc. Covers becoming detached on both albums, other odd minor faults, otherwise internally in good/ very good condition.