Full title: [Collection of newspaper cuttings, photographs, correspondence and ephemera relating mainly to cricket and cricketers, from the Davis Sporting Collection No. 2]

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

Date: [1858-1916]..

Call Numbers: DAVIS SPORTING COLLECTION NO. 2

Record Identifier: 74VKqXOL7xdg

Language: English

Formats: Clippings, Photographs

Contents: 17 v. in 7 boxes : ill., ports., col. map., Cricket 81: Handwritten scorecards of Sydney grade cricket matches, 1908-1909 -- Cricket 82: Clippings, photographs, and statistics from "the Referee" and other publications on Sydney grade and interstate cricket, housed in reused volume of carbon copies of orders for hats and clothing, 1912-1919. Photographs include action shots from the test match at Lord's: England vs South Africa, the cricket match of the year: England vs Australia at Lord's, H.G.G vs Australians at Lords, Warwickshire county cricket team practicing for the forthcoming season, the Sydney Grammar School First Eleven; Photographs of notable players such as Spooner, Wolley, Macartney, Hanson, Minnett, Gregory, Brown, Mayne, Llewellyn, Fry, Hobbs, "Tiger" Smith, Foster, Taylor, J.W. Hearn, Kelleway -- Cricket 83: Clippings, handwritten notes and scores on Sydney grade cricket and English county cricket matches, 1895-1908 -- Cricket 84: Large bound volume containing ephemera such as dinner menus, postcards, committe meeting invitations, souvenir scoring cards, concert programmes, event invitations, match flyers, ticket stubs, fixture lists, calling cards, opera script, and correspondence and letters adressed to J.C. Davis. Volume also includes clippings on Australian, English, Indian and Fijian cricket and other sports; and images, action shots, photographs, caricatures and cartoons of notable players such as A. E. Stoddart, Gregory, G. Giffen, Darling, Peel, Lockwood, T. Warne, J. Worrall, M. A. Noble, Trott, "Ranji", and A. C. Maclaren, 1854-1904 -- Cricket 85: Clippings on South African, English, New Zealand, and Australian cricket; Aboriginal cricket players; cricket matches played at Hyde Park; notable player profiles such as Mr. W. W. Read, A. E. Stoddart, William Gunn, W. Brockwell, Archie Maclaren and others; publications such as "In the cricket field", and "the Referee", 1858-1904 -- Cricket 86-1: Notebook on motor vehicles: maintenance and fault finding; notebook contains a map titled "The Western front and the low countires" by Swain's Sydney, showing French and German fortified areas -- Cricket 86-2: Catalogue of Australian and English cricket literature; clippings and handwritten notes on Australian cricket; photograph of Sir G.H. Reid; postcard to J.C. Davis, 1906-1939 -- Cricket 86-3: Clippings and handwritten notes on Australian and English cricket and cricket statistics, 1909-1937 -- Cricket 86-4: Clippings and handwritten notes on cricket records, scores and statistics on cricket in Australia, 1900-1940 -- Cricket 86-5: Clippings on Australian cricket and "the catalogue of cricket literature" by Alfred D. Taylor, 1906-1928 -- Cricket 86-6: Blank notebook titled "Book catalogues: Boxing, swimming, billiards, athletics and football" -- Cricket 86-7: Scrapbook titled "Cricketers index" containing handwritten notes and clippings on cricket players and statistics, 1930-194- -- Cricket 87-1: Clippings on matches between England, Australia, South Africa; notable players such as Sir. Donald Bradman, Desmond Mullarky, Jack Ryder, F.T. Mann, Colin M'Innes, W.G. Grace, F. Martin; caricatures of Australian cricketers; clippings from publication "the Cricketer" and "the Referee", 1894-1949 -- Cricket 87-2: Clippings on cricket, rugby league, football, swimming and other sports in Australia, 1911-1938 -- Cricket 87-3: Caricatures and cartoons from cricketing publication "the Referee" by artists War and Bosey, 1916-1919 -- Cricket 87-4: Clippings of letters to the editor, match reports, gossip and news on Australian cricket, 1892-1895 -- Cricket 87-5: Clippings on Australian cricket, 1910-1938.

Publishers: [1858-1916].

Notes: Title supplied by cataloguer.

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MMS ID: 991020284389702626