James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

P R E F A C . LAST year the ANNUALcompleted its quarter of a century , and has now turned the corner , passing the first stage towards its Jubilee . Agehas not withered nor custom staled its infinite variety , to judge bythe steady increase in the number of its supporters , not only in England, but in the outlying parts of the Empire and elsewhere . Tomaintain its high standard it is essential that the active support of all well wishers of the gameshould be secured to makethe book a complete epitome of the year's cricket . To this end we shall be glad to receive anyinformation likely to be of interest . Particulars m a y besent to the Editor, 4, NewingtonCauseway, London, S.E.