Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

H.H. Stephenson’s tour of Australia 1861/62. ‘International Cricket Match. New South Wales v All England, played at the Domain, Sydney on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 29th, 30th and 31st, and February 1st 1862. The All England Eleven introduced into the Colonies by Messrs Spiers & Pond’. Very early original silk scorecard for the match played in 1862 between New South Wales (22 players) and the All England XI. Printed by the Caxton Printing Office of George Street, Sydney. The scorecard on silk with colour printing in blue and red, has the title to top border with the scores and details below and is bordered with advertisements including ‘M. McMahon’s Cricketing Depot of George Street’, ‘C. Bovis, Bootmakers, Zingari and other boots for Cricket...’ etc. Delicate silk borders to extremities, with some wear and loss. The scorecard is loosely held to backing board and has some staining and age toning, plus heavy wear with some loss to right hand side and to lower border of the silk. Lesser amounts of wear and small holes to other parts of the silk. Overall in reasonably good condition for its scarcity and age. The scorecard itself measures approximately 11”x9.5”. An extremely rare scorecard from this seminal cricket match on the first tour of Australia.