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‘Liverpool Cricket Club 1822 Score Book’. Original scorebook bound in apparently original marbled boards, blue leather spine with raised bands, gilt title to front. The scorebook comprises over 160 pages of scores for seasons 1822 and 1823, with records of individuals’ scores (‘Notches’), also a list of members and averages. The inside cover and front endpaper have the handwritten rules of the Club, which have been crudely scrubbed out in ink. Slipped in is a modern typed transcript of those rules. Additionally a transcript listing the matches played in 1822 is also included, with a three page handwritten letter from Don Ambrose who was a noted expert on Liverpool cricket, and who claims that some of the matches are the earliest recorded in the area. Ownership label laid down to inside front cover of G. Harold Culshaw of Oxford University. Ex A.E. Winder collection. Some age toning to pages, one page detached with breaking to page block. Wear to board and spine extremities, tape repairs to internal hinges, otherwise in good condition. A unique and early item.