Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

To be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
6th, 7th, 8th & 9th August 2026

C.W. Alcock to probably E.B.V. Christian 1902. Single page handwritten letter from Alcock on Surrey C.C.C. letterhead, dated ‘February 21st 1902’. Alcock writes ‘Christian, More proofd, A.C. says he has not counted England v 22 of Surrey...etc’ . I presume this is in connection with the history of Surrey Cricket, which he co-wrote, this had chapters by Ashley-Cooper and was published in 1902. Signed with his initials ‘C.W.A.’. Good condition
Charles William Alcock served as Secretary of Surrey, 1872 to 1907. He arranged the first cricket Test Match to be played in England, England against Australia at the Kennington Oval in 1880. He also edited the Cricket newspaper for almost a quarter of a century, James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual from 1872 to 1900, and ‘Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds’ published in 1895’

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