'Close of Play'

The Tournament Chronicle’ 1884-1885 [South Africa]. Printed and published by Charles Cox of the Port Elizabeth Advertiser Office. Individual issues one to nine, all published, covering the period Monday 23rd December 1884 to Friday 2nd January 1885 with full description and scores of all the matches in the Christmas Tournament held in Port Elizabeth. Excellent vignette of a cricket scene to each title page of the Chronicle. Bound together in red boards, spine worn with old tape marks, minor breaking to internal hinges otherwise in good condition, label of the Advertiser Office to inside front board. Modern slip case. Signature of ownership of ‘W.J. Shapter, Port Elizabeth’ to the inside of the front board. Probably the W. Shapter who played for Port Elizabeth against the English touring teams in 1889 and 1892. A very scarce item