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GUIDE TO THE CRICKET GROUND

GUIDE TO THE CRICKET GROUND

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Useful handbook on all aspects of the game including batting, bowling, field placings, equipment, scoring, umpires, and match management.

Small 8vo. vii + 131pp. 9 illustrations, with facsimile scoring sheet present. Original red cloth, very lightly rubbed. Title in gilt lettering to upper board. A very good copy. [Padwick, 470] 

Date
1867
Publisher
London & Cambridge: Macmillan
Author
George H. SELKIRK

£60.00 (Code: 36637)

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