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Thomas ‘Tom’ Emmett. Yorkshire & England 1866-1888. Rare four page folding letter with excellent cricket content from Emmett to the collector, Charles Pratt Green, dated 21st November 1891 with original envelope. Emmett is replying to a request for one of his bats to add to Green’s collection. Emmett is sorry that he had recently given away ‘the only old bat I had... And when I tell you that I gave it to some school boys in the East End of London I know you will excuse me’. He goes on to describe the interest of a master at Rugby School who ‘fixes them a new bat every year which he buys from me’. He describes the bat he donated as ‘one that I had a right to be proud of’ listing matches and scores he had made that summer including ‘65 against the bowling of W. Collins & W. Robertson’ at Newbold Revel, ‘65 & 66 not out’ for W. Taylor’s XI at Watford. ‘In September for Tom Plumb’s benefit at Northampton against Sherwin’s Notts XI I got 43 not out against the bowling of W. Attewell & Sharpe the Surrey bowlers’. He refers to his contemporary Billy Bates (Yorkshire & England 1877-1887) being ‘engaged at Haslingdon in Lancashire & was doing nicely but I don’t think he will play for his County again’, and closes by saying he is busy at Rugby School ‘putting down some new turf & levelling in which I am taking an active part’. Nicely signed ‘T. Emmett’. Light horizontal fold, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent signed letter from the great Yorkshire and England player.