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'Close of Play'. Items from the cricket collection of Chris Saunders (#20) 13/09/2025 10:30 AM BST Closed

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Lot #19 19th Century cricket. A collection of 107 original newspapers covering the period 1802 to 1894, a time when cricket’s popularity was growing at home and overseas. The collection starts with twenty seven copies of the English Chronicle from 13th May to 30th September 1802, the first reporting a match between Eleven Gentlemen of Woolwich and Eleven Gentlemen of Bromley for 500 guineas. Most of the reports from 1802 relate to clubs in London and the suburbs, but also some from Brighton where the Pr

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  • 19th Century cricket. A collection of 107 original newspapers covering the period 1802 to 1894, a time when cricket’s popularity was growing at home and overseas. The collection starts with twenty seven copies of the English Chronicle from 13th May to 30t
  • 19th Century cricket. A collection of 107 original newspapers covering the period 1802 to 1894, a time when cricket’s popularity was growing at home and overseas. The collection starts with twenty seven copies of the English Chronicle from 13th May to 30t - 2
  • 19th Century cricket. A collection of 107 original newspapers covering the period 1802 to 1894, a time when cricket’s popularity was growing at home and overseas. The collection starts with twenty seven copies of the English Chronicle from 13th May to 30t - 3
  • 19th Century cricket. A collection of 107 original newspapers covering the period 1802 to 1894, a time when cricket’s popularity was growing at home and overseas. The collection starts with twenty seven copies of the English Chronicle from 13th May to 30t - 4
  • 19th Century cricket. A collection of 107 original newspapers covering the period 1802 to 1894, a time when cricket’s popularity was growing at home and overseas. The collection starts with twenty seven copies of the English Chronicle from 13th May to 30t - 5
  • 19th Century cricket. A collection of 107 original newspapers covering the period 1802 to 1894, a time when cricket’s popularity was growing at home and overseas. The collection starts with twenty seven copies of the English Chronicle from 13th May to 30t - 6