Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 28
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £85
‘Kent against All England played in the Artillery Ground, London 1746’. Albert Craig. ‘Cricket Rhymester’ c.1891. Double sided broadsheet with six lines of verse and the scorecards of two historic matches, Kent v All England ‘1746’ (actually 1744) and ‘Cricket Oddity. Single wicket match at Newenden, in Kent, October 5th 1825’. The poem reads, ‘Here’s to our rare old Summer sport/ Long may our Pastime last/ Long may we prize the tie that binds/ The present, with the past/ Lambert and Ward have passed away/ Kings Grace and Lohmann reign to-day’. Advertisement to verso for F.H. Ayres cricket equipment. The page measures 7”x8”. Horizontal fold, minor staining, otherwise in good condition.
According to Tony Laughton in his 2008 book on Craig ‘Captain of the Crowd’, this broadsheet was probably produced for the match Kent v Sussex at Gravesend, 27th- 28th June 1891. The All England match of 1744 is the first for which a full scorecard exists, and the other ‘Cricket Oddity’ features scores for a single wicket match in which both teams of five failed to score a single run in the match!