Full title: [Collection of scrapbooks, newspaper cuttings, photographs, and ephemera from the Davis Sporting Collection No. 2]

Author/creator: Davis, J. C. (John Corbett), 1870-1941.

Date: [1855-1940].

Call Numbers: DAVIS SPORTING COLLECTION NO. 2

Record Identifier: 74VKdxaeKzAl

Language: English

Formats: Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs

Contents: 53 v. in 6 boxes : ill., ports., Cricket 13-1: Black and white photograph of men's cricket team -- Cricket 13-2: clippings on bodyline bowling, and Harold Larwood, 1933 -- Cricket 13-3, 13-4, 13-5: clippings of results of the Australian team in England, ca. 1886-1905 -- Cricket 13-6: clippings of mainly New South Wales versus Victoria and intercolonial matches, 1856-1914 -- Cricket 13-7: clippings on Australian club and first class cricket, 1923-1930 -- Cricket 13-8: diary of 1904 containing many loose clippings, particularly on the M.C.C. Australian tour -- Cricket 13-9: local premiership, first grade, second grade, etc. matches, 1896-1921 -- Cricket 13-10: heavily annotated copy of 'At the Wickets: New South Wales versus Victoria', by Harry W. Hedley, with clippings throughout, includes photograph of Hedley, 1888-1934 -- Cricket 13-11: South African visit to Australia, local premierships grade and shire; West Indies versus various teams; M.C.C. team in India, 1931-1938 -- Cricket 13-12: Victorian Cricketers, matches against the M.C.C ; against Yorkshire; against Surrey; against Lancashire, 1888-1938 -- Cricket 13-13: 'Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Year Book 1916' used as scrapbook, with clippings on Victorian cricketers, including history, and obituaries; and cricket during and after the war,1878-1918 -- Cricket 15-1: scrapbook of intercolonial cricket, historic and early Australian matches, profiles of cricketers, many articles by Spofforth, 1878-1911 -- Cricket 15-2: profiles and obituaries of members of Australian team, and players including Joe Darling, W.P. Mcelhone, T.R. Mckibbin; includes program, letters, and a photograph, 1894-1940 -- Cricket 15-3: district and local matches for Australian states, 1894-1897 -- Cricket 15-4: scrapbook mainly of clippings of 'Cricket Notes' by 'Not Out'; mainly Australian/Intercolonial matches, 1880-1930 -- Cricket 15-5: letter to 'Not Out' from C.S. Hobbs, former Government printer of South Australia, and published clipping of letter, 1919 -- Cricket 15-6: clippings on bowlers and bowling methods (e.g. fast bowling, googly bowling), 1910-1932 -- Cricket 15-7: letters to 'Not Out' and J.C. Davis from Cecil Lowther, Snr (who wrote as 'Bannerman') and related clippings, 1934-1937 -- Cricket 15-8: manuscript and printed profiles on players including Lewis G. Abrams, Charles Boxshall, Laurence McMahon, and W.P. McElhone; letter to J.C. Davis regarding a portrait of C. G. Macartney, 1908-1924 -- Cricket 15-9: clippings, photograph, and correspondence and greeting cards of J.C. Davis and G.A. Street, 1924-1940 -- Cricket 15A-1: clippings on the Australian Eleven and matches against England, 1893 -- Cricket 16-1: cricket season, 1892-1893 -- Cricket 16-2: clippings and letters concerning 'cricket crisis' (suspension of N.S.W. players), 1906-1907 -- Cricket 16-3: clippings of portraits of Australian and English cricket players, and some profiles, ca. 1880-1910 -- Cricket 16-4: clippings and photographs of Australian and English teams, and cricket grounds, 1862-1921 -- Cricket 16-5: season, including district, interstate, and M.C.C. team, 1934-1935 -- Cricket 17-1: 'West Indies Cricket Guide 1928: book of records', by F.S. Ashley-Cooper, with clippings on West Indies matches, 1928-1930 -- Cricket 17-2: interstate and high school matches, 1930-1938 -- Cricket 17-3: clippings in 'The cumulative cricket scoring book', including Australian versus England, and imperial matches, 1926 -- Cricket 17-4: West Indies tests, 1928-1939 -- Cricket 17-5: South African, Indian, English, Australian, and New Zealand teams, 1935-1937 -- Cricket 17-6: cricket records, ca. 1893-1919 -- Cricket 17-7: cricket matches, and player obituaries, 1899-1900 -- Cricket 17-8: mainly interstate matches, 1894-1911 -- Cricket 17-9: English XI, mainly M.C.C., 1903-1904 -- Cricket 18-1: English teams in New Zealand, ca. 1902-1907 -- Cricket 18-2: book of scores, club and representative matches, and Australian cricket annual, 1898-1899 -- Cricket 18-3: England versus Australia, ca. 1899-1938 -- Cricket 18A-1: clippings on cricket and social events including concerts and balls, and on deaths and marriages, 1855-1906 -- Cricket 18A-2: cricket 'gossip' and matches, mainly English and Australian teams, 1866-1892 -- Cricket 18A-3: English cricket team in Australia, 1903 -- Cricket 18A-4: clipping on cricket news and disputes, 1888-1906 -- Cricket 18A-5: cricket matches, mainly interstate, and photographs of players, 1904-1930 -- Cricket 19-1: clippings, portraits, obituaries, and biographies of cricket players, 1900-1939 -- Cricket 19-2: ephemera including invitations and programs, and photographs, ca. 1912-1913 -- Cricket 19-3: Australian and English teams, 1929-1934 -- Cricket 19-4: clippings and notes on players and matches, 1906-1935 -- Cricket 19-5: extract from 'The Winning Post', 18 May 1912 -- Cricket 19-6: Australian and international matches and players, results, correspondence, biographical details, 1889-1940 -- Cricket 19-7: clippings, correspondence, and photographs of cricket players, ca. 1890-1936 -- Cricket 19-8: clippings, correspondence, and photographs, ca. 1890-1940.

Publishers: [1855-1940]

Notes: Title supplied by cataloguer.

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MMS ID: 991020096789702626