Cricket 1906

20 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 22, 1906. THE CATALOGUE OF CRICKET L ITERATURE . By A l f r e d D. T a y l o r . (Continuedfrom page 16.) Basingstoke Cricket Club. Scores, etc., of matches played in 1877. 6d. J. Jacob, Basingstoke. [Curiously enough this 12-page pamphlet is un­ known to the members of the club, while a com­ munication to the printer brought the following reply: “ I am very sorry I cannot assist you, but I do not know of any such book. I have looked up the files and cannot discover any entry of ever having printed such a book.”] “ Bat.” (See Box, Charles). Bat y . Ball. (See Lester, J. H.) Bat, Ball and Wheel. A weekly journal, chiefly devoted to cricket. Existed only one year, the first number appearing on May 5th, 1899. Id. Sportsman Office, London. [On its demise, the editor wrote m e: “ It is, alas, too true that Bat, Ball and Wheel is stopped, not that the support was disheartening, though 1thought it would be better (it would have been as it was better known), but partly from other reasons which I cannot explain to you.” It is now impossible to obtain this valuable record, and a complete volume is probably worth at least one guinea.] Bat of the Victorian Era. A treatise on bat making. G. G. Bussey, London. Gratis. Three issues. 1897. Bath andDistrict Cricketers’ Companion. Id. Fletcher and Speight, Bury, 1891. Batting, Bowling and Fielding. (See Grace, W. G.) Batting, Bowling andWicket-keeping. (See Barlow, R. G.) “ Bawl” for American Cricket, A. (See Wister, Jones.) Baxter’s Second Innings. (See Drummond, Henry.) Bayly (A. Eric). (See Chronicles of a Country Cricket Club.) Bayly (Capt. W.). The Cricket Chronicle for the Reason 1863. A. H. Baily, London, 1864. [Contains full scores of minor as well as important matches, and is worth 7s. 6d.] Bedford (Mrs. Chas.). What Came of Wear­ ing a Free Forester’ s Ribbon. Is. Lich­ field. N.D Bedford (W. K. R.). (See Free Foresters.) Beeston (R. D.). St. Ivo and the Ashes. A correct, true and particular history of the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s crusade in Aus­ tralia. Illustrated by M. C. B. Massie. Is. Australian Press Agency, Melbourne, 1883. S ’his amusing book is now difficult to procure, er in England or Australia, and is worth about twelve or fifteen shillings.] Beeton’ s Cricket Book. (See Wood, Frede­ rick.) Beldam (G. W.). (See Tayler, Chevallier.) Beldam (G. W.). (See Great Batsmen.) Bennett (Norman). Oar Cricket Match. Dedicated to J. E. K. Studd. John P. Grey, Cambridge. [This little book, now out of print, is not valued above a few shillings.] Benson (E. F.) (See Cricket of Abel, Hirst and Shrewsbury.) Bentley (Henry). A correct account of all the cricket matches which have been played from 1786 to 1822. T. Traveller, London. 1823. [A glaring defect of Bentley’s book is the fact that its pages are unnumbered, and consequently great difficulty is experienced in knowing whether the edition is complete or not. Including title page the book should consist of 384pages. Two supplementary editions were published ; the first giving full scores of all matches played in 1823, and the second the same for the seasons 1824-25. These books, although very scarce, are still t- be met with occasionally. The first volume is worth a couple of guineas, and the supplementary issues probably a guinea each.] Betham (J. I>.) Oxford and Cambridge Cricket Scores and Biographies, 1827- 1904. 6s. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamil­ ton, Kent & Co., London. 1905. Bettesworth (W. A.) A Royal Road to Cricket. With 24 illustrations by the author. Is. Iliffe and Son, London. N.D. [This book has been unobtainable for some years.] Bettesworth (W. A.) The Walkers of Southgate. Nineteen illustrations. 15s. Methuen and Co., London. 1900. Bibliography of Cricket. (See Gaston, Alfred J.) Biddle’s, Mr., Cricket Match. Illustrated. Is. Simpkins, Marshall & Co., London. 1884. Biers and Fairfax. (See Australasia.) Billingham (Sidney). The Australian Team in England. Id. Toler Bros., London. 1899. Billingham (Sidney), The Sun Cricket Handbook. Id. Sun Office, London. 1901. Birmingham Daily Gazette Cricket Guide. (See Midland Counties.) Birkenhead. (See Liverpool.) Black Hats v. White Hats. (See Cobley, Fred.) Bleackley (Horace). More Tales of the Stumps. Illustratedby “ Rip’’ andArthur Rackham. 3s. 6d. Ward, Lock and Co., London. 1902. Bleackley (Horace). Tales of the Stumps. Illustrated by “ Rip ” and Lucien Davis. 3s. 6d. Ward, Lock and Co., London. 1901. Bligh (Hon. Arthur). Crotchets and Foibles, Stories of Cricket, etc. 3s. 6d. J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1903. Blues and their Battles, The. Scores of all Cricket Matches played between Oxford and Cambridge, 1827-1892. Is. Wright and Co.,1London. 1893. Bohemians’ Cricket Club Annual, 1877-8. Australia. Private circulation. Boldspilklub (Den Kjobenhavnske). Haand- bog i Cricket og Langbold. C. C. Lose’s Forlag, Thieles Boytrykkeri, 1866. [This book, probably the only one of its kind printed in Danish, is very rare, and valued at 12s.] Bolland (William). Cricket Notes. With a practical chapter by W. Clarke. Tre- lawney Saunders, London. 1851. [Not by any means rare. Worth six or seven shillings.] Bone (D.D.) Fifty Years Reminiscences of Scottish Cricket. Illustrated. Aird and Coghill, Glasgow. 1898. Book of Cricket, The. (See Fry, C. B.) Boston Cricket Club. Members only. Boston. 1809. [Of value on -account of its antiquity, but of no real interest.] Bowen (C. P.) English Cricketers in the West Indies. R. Slade Lucas’s XI. Herald Office, Barbados. 1895. [This book is somewhat difficult to obtain in England, but probably easily met with in Barbados. Worth from six to eight shillings.] Bowen (E. E.) Willow the King. Harrow School Song. Music by John Farmer. Dedicated to the Hon. R. Grimston and the Hon. F. Ponsonby. Duke and Son, Penshurst. Gratis. Box (Charles). The Cricketers’ Manual. Is. Joseph Myers and Co., London. There were eight editions of this little book, the first appearing in 1848 and the eighth in 1851. [The first edition being somewhat rare, is prob­ ably worth half-a-guinea; the other editions from 5s. to 7s. 6d. a copy ] Box (Charles). The English Game of Cricket. Comprising a digest of its Origin, Character, History and Progress; to­ gether with an exposition of its laws and languages. Illustrated. Field Office, London. [One of the finest books ever published in connec- nection with the game. May still be obtained for half-a-guinea from Horace Cox, publisher, London. Box (Charles). The Theory and Practice of Cricket. From its origin to the present time. Is. and 2s. 6d. Frederick Warne & Co., London. Two editions. 1868. [Copies may occasionally be met with at second­ hand bookstalls. Value 8s.] Boxall (T.) Rules and Instructions for play­ ing at the Game of Cricket, as practised by the most eminent players. To which is subjoined the Laws and Regulations of cricketters (sic). Folding plate repre­ senting a game in progress. Harrild & Billing, London. [This book, perhaps the most rare and coveted of the very few contributions to the literature of cricket in the early days, and certainly the first practical treatise on the game, is probably worth its weight in gold. The exact date of the first edition is somewhat difficult to define. It has been given by different authorities as 1790, 1800 and 1803, but the last date appears the most probable, and seeing that the paper on which this edition was printed is water­ marked “ 1801,” it is impossible for the book to have appeared before that year. Moreover, Boxall did not participate in great matches until 1780, and his statement in the preface that he had then been before the public 14 years supplies further evidence that the first edition appeared in 1803; while the law's given in the book were revised by the Maryle- bone Club in 1800. The second edition is dated 1804 and was printed by E. Billing, Harrild having apparently retired from the business in the mean­ time. It is evidently a later edition than the un­ dated copy, several alterations having been made to improve the diction of the previous issue, though to a casual observer the two publications appear identical. It is difficult to fix a market price for such a rare item, the book being worth just as much as it will fetch. The second edition would probably realise two or three guineas under the hammer, but the first edition, with its valuable engraving, in good condition and in original bindings, is priceless. A well-known collector has placed it on record that he was oijce fortunate enough to secure two Boxalls and four Lambert G'tides for one shilling, but the days of such bargains are over. No bookseller worthy of the name would allow such priceless gems to escape his notice nowadays.] Boyle and Scott’s Australian Cricketers’ Guide. Annual. Five issues, 1879- 1880 to 1883-1884. Melbourne. [As with most Australian annuals a complete set of the above is exceedingly difficult to procure. Honestly worth three guineas.] Boys of England Cricket Guide. Id. Lon­ don. Several issues. N.D. Bradford Cricketers’ Journal. Illustrated. Weekly. Existed four numbers, April 27th, 1877, to May 19th, 1877. Brad­ ford. 2d. [I have never yet heard of the fortunate possessor of the four issues, and probably there is not a set in existence. A Sheffield publication referring to the demise of the journal, published the following “ In Memoriam ” : Died on the 19th May, the Bradford Cricketers9 Journal, aged four weeks. Short was the little stranger’s stay, 11came but as a guest; It lived four weeks, and then it died, And laid it down to rest. We believe we are correct in attributing its decease to a defective circulation. From its birth it was decidedly weak and ailing, and we thought it would not live very long; although we did not expect to hear of its death quite so soon. Whom the gods love die young.] Brain (J. H.) The Evening Express for May 23rd, 1903, was devoted almost entirely to cricket, and was edited by J. H. Brain. Briggs (John), Life of. (See Turner, Her­ bert.) Brighton Cricket Club, 1849-1850. Com­ piled by G. W. King. Cohen, Brighton. 1851. [This volume contains the scores of the above club during the first two years of its existence. It would not fetch more than a few shillings.] Bringing BacktheAshes. (See “ Looker-on.” ) Briscoe (Walt.) (See Chronicles of a Country Cricket Club.)