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

To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
4th, 5th & 6th July 2025

Lot 834
Estimate: £40/60
Cambridge University 1865-1892. Three titles. ‘The Cambridge University General Almanack & Register for the Year 1865’. Published by Henry Wallis and E. Johnson, Cambridge. Printed by J. Webb of Cambridge. Original paper wrappers containing the laws and ‘register of all University Cricket Matches and averages for the preceding year’ from pages 205 to 236. Other sections on rowing, results, crews etc. Padwick 1624. Minor wear to spine, light creasing to front wrapper, otherwise in good/ very good condition. ‘The Cambridge University Cricket Calendar 1892 (the second year of issue)’. G.J. Gray. Cambridge 1892. Rebound in blue cloth, lacking original wrappers. Padwick 1625. Bookplate of B.J. Wakley to verso of title page. Loss to lower edge of title page, small wear to edge of first few pages, otherwise in generally good condition. ‘Cricket: Oxford v Cambridge from 1827 to 1876’. Published by John Wisden & Co., London 1877. Original blue boards with title to front cover. Padwick 1662. Covers detached with heavy wear and crude tape repair, lacking spine paper. Internally the title page has been rebound in to rear, with scorecard cuttings laid down to front and rear, and many others slipped in. A very tired copy.
The Cambridge University General Almanack & Register was published from 1853 to 1894. Only two volumes of ‘The Cambridge University Cricket Calendar’ were issued, in 1891 (covering 1890) and 1892 (covering 1891).

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