Kent Club, 1842. Grand Cricket Match Kent against England, on the Beverley Ground, adjoining the cavalry barracks, Canterbury, on Monday, August 1, 1842, and the following days

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Kent Club, 1842. Grand Cricket Match Kent against England, on the Beverley Ground, adjoining the cavalry barracks, Canterbury, on Monday, August 1, 1842, and the following days
printed broadsheet announcing the match, listing the players, and noting "the military band will be in attendance," 315 x 258mm. (12½ x 10in.), window-mounted.

Lot Essay

Kent: W. de C. Baker, F. Fagge, N. Felix, A. Mynn, C. G. Whitaker, Adams, Dorrinton, Hillier, Martingale, Pilch, Wenman. England: Hon. F. Ponsonby, G. Langdon, C. G. Taylor, Barker, Box, Fenner, Good, Guy, Hawkins, Lillywhite, Redgate, Sewell.

Laid down, two tears, one affecting text, cropped at upper margin; with old catalogue description pasted on describing this as "bill of the first match of the famous Canterbury Week, 1842, Kent v. England."

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