The All-India Cricket Tourists 1911
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They are not going to set the Thames on fire ...' The All-India Cricket Tourists 1911
Gerry Wolstenholme
Published in 2012 by Red Rose Books (ISBN 9780957354029)
Original decorative card wrappers.
iv + 44 pages, illustrated.
Minor wear, no inscriptions, overall a very good copy.
Limited
UK post free only, please e-mail for overseas postage charges
They are not going to set the Thames on fire ...' The All-India Cricket Tourists 1911
Gerry Wolstenholme
Published in 2012 by Red Rose Books (ISBN 9780957354029)
Original decorative card wrappers.
iv + 44 pages, illustrated.
Minor wear, no inscriptions, overall a very good copy.
Limited edition of 100 copies, this being an unnumbered, out-of-series copy, signed by Gerry Wolstenholme.
'Organised cricket was relatively slow to develop on the Indian sub-continent but by 1886 a Parsees side was touring England., albeit winning only one of its 28 games. They toured again in 1888, this time winning eight of their matches, and these visits were followed by English sides touring India in 1889/90, 1892/93 and 1902/03. Thereafter there were two abortive attempts for an Indian side to tour England again but in 1910 plans were put in place for a full tour of an All-India side in 1911...'