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RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLAYING AT THE GAME OF CRICKET

RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLAYING AT THE GAME OF CRICKET

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Boxall was one of the finest professional cricketers of the late 18th century. This book was the very first instructional work on the game and is now one of the rarest of cricket books. It is here reproduced in facsimile with introduction and appendices by Diana Rait Kerr.

8vo. Illus. including fold-out diagram of fielding positions. Small bookplate sticker to front pastedown. Dust-wrapper, very good. No. 52 in a limited edition of 150 copies. 

Date
1981
Publisher
J.W. McKenzie
Author
Thomas BOXALL

£68.00 (Code: 72820)

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