• Title
  Cricket ground, Richmond, Victoria, 1855
• Creator
  J. B. (John Black) Henderson, 1827-1918
• Call number
  SSV2A/Rich/3
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1855
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  423680
• Physical Description
  1 watercolour - 14 x 20 cm.
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Titled at lower left
  Unsigned
  The watercolour shows fashionably dressed spectators who display little interest as a fieldsman desperately chases the ball to the boundry during a match at Richmond. Cricket began in Melbourne in 1838 with the formation of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Reference: 'Cricket in Australia: the Summer Game', Celbrating 100 years of the Mitchell Library. Edgecliff NSW : Focus Publishing, 2000, p.47.
  Digital order no:a128278
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  1855 -- handwritten in pencil
  "This sketch represents the first cricket match between Sydney and Melbourne played on the Richmond (Vic) ground in 1855. In the foreground are several notable persons of the period of whom the family of Commissary-General Coxsworthy may be specially mentioned. The band playing is that of the British regiment stationed in Victoria" -- handwritten in pencil by library officer
• Subject
  Adult Males
  Adult Females
  children
  
• Topic
  cricket grounds
  pavilions
  
• Place
  Richmond (Vic.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Sport in Australia - State Library of New South Wales (1 November, 1992 - 30 April, 1993)

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