b'1358Cricket Broadside. CRICKET. On Wednesday, the 30th August, 1809, will be played, in the Roe Buck Field, Maidstone, a Game of Cricket, H. Russell, Esq. & Mr T. Bowyer, against Mr John Amos & Mr T. Savell, for Twenty Guineas, the wickets to be pitched at twelve oclock. A good ordinary at two oclock, by J. Shore, [Maidstone:] from the Press of J. Blake, [1809], letterpress broadside on wove paper with engraved oval vignette of a cricket match in progress (with two sets of three wickets with bales on top), several mostly closed tears and somewhat frayed along right margin, with no loss of text, 220 x 140 mm, modern gilt frame, glazed. $1,2001,50059591861-62 The First English Tour, the England Eleven Photographed Previous to Their Departure For Australia, albumen paper photograph by McLean, Melhuish & Co. Photographers, 26, Haymarket S.W., with players including H.H. Stephenson (Captain of Surrey), Hearne, Caffyn & Lawrence, overall 8 x 7.5 cm. Framed & glazed, overall 40 x 40cm.The image is of the England team prior to their departure from Liverpool to Australia on Isambard Kingdom Brunels steam ship the S.S. Great Britain, which departed on 20th October 1861 and arrived in Australia on December 24th. The first match between a team from England and one from Australia took place at the M.C.G. on New Years Day, 1862. Somewhere between 15 and 25 thousand spectators turned up on a very hot day to watch the historic encounter. The English tour had been sponsored by Melbourne hoteliers, Felix Spiers and Christopher Pond. Spiers & Pond had decided to attract a team of leading cricketers to Australia having noted the success of the 1859 tour to North America. They despatched their representative in England, Mr Mallam, to Birmingham in September 1861 to watch the North v South game at Villa Park. During the game, Mr Mallam met the cricketers at the nearby Hen & Chicken Hotel to make a business proposal of 150 per man plus expenses to tour Australia. 12 players accepted including captain H.H.Stephenson. They played 12 matches winning 6 and losing 2 with 4 drawn. The team arrived back in England on 12th May 1862.This first tour greatly promoted the development of Australian cricket. Charles Lawrence remained in Sydney as a professional coach with the Albert Cricket Club. He captained New South Wales in intercolonial matches and captain-coached the Aboriginal cricket team that completed the first cricket tour of England in 1868. After the 1863/64 tour, Billy Caffyn also stayed on in Australia, first as a professional with the Melbourne Cricket Club, and then with the Warwick Club in Sydney. . $2,0002,500'