Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Shuter captained Surrey between 1880-1893 and was appointed Secretary to the county club in 1919, unfortunately dying before he had completed a year in office. He first led Surrey to the County Championship in 1887. They then came first in 1888, tied with Lancashire and Nottinghamshire in 1889, and won again in 1890, 1891 and 1892. Shuter was a batsman and chiefly an off-side player. He played one Test at The Oval in August 1888 against the Australians making 28 in England’s only innings. Alcock also served as Secretary at Surrey C.C.C. 1872-1907, and arranged the first cricket Test Match to be played in England, England against Australia at the Kennington Oval in 1880. He edited the ‘Cricket’ newspaper for almost a quarter of a century, and James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual from 1872 to 1900. Alcock was also involved in the organisation of the first England international football match against Scotland in 1870, and proposed the introduction of the F.A. Challenge Cup, which first took place in 1872, played at The Oval, Alcock himself captaining the winning Wanderers side.