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Catalogue for the auction of items from the cricket collection of Chris Saunders

Held on Saturday 13th September 2025 at
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS

Lot 410
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £130
‘Craig - on the Cricket Champions of 1897’. Albert Craig. Published by The All England Athletic Publishing Co. 1st Edition, London 1898. Original decorative paper wrappers. 44pp history of Lancashire cricket and statistics of their performances since 1864, illustrations of Briggs and Watson. Lancashire were County Champions in 1897. Padwick 2256. Some age toning to wrappers, slight splitting to spine, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A nice copy. Scarce.

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