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C1876
The English Cricketers.
Artist:
Scarce colonial engraving of the visiting English cricket team 1876–77 tour of Australia and New Zealand that became known as the first Test cricket tour of Australia by the English cricket team. The English team is sometimes referred to as … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The English Cricketers.
Date:
C1876
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
225mm
x 167mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1876
Description:
Scarce colonial engraving of the visiting English cricket team 1876–77 tour of Australia and New Zealand that became known as the first Test cricket tour of Australia by the English cricket team.
The English team is sometimes referred to as James Lillywhite’s XI. In all, they played 23 matches but only three including the two Tests are recognised as first-class. The first match started at the Adelaide Oval on 16 November 1876 and the last at the same venue on 14 April 1877. There were fifteen matches in Australia and, between January and March, eight in New Zealand.
Jupp, Emmett, Hill, Armitage, Ullyett, Pooley, Southerton, Lillywhite, Shaw, Greenwood, Charlwood, Selby.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.
Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: Record ID 9910433893607636
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29d
Samuel Calvert (1828 - 1913)
Samuel Calvert (1828-1913) English painter and engraver who moved to Adelaide after his older brothers John and William migrated to South Australia in 1843. By 1850 Calvert had set up on his own account in King William Street then then moved to Melbourne as an engraver in 1853. He was a prolific and left a large body of work.
