Heathfield Harman Stephenson - Papers [M855], 1861-1890

M 855

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432560

Microfilm : M 855

microfilm reel 35 mm

Captain of the first English cricket team to visit Australia in 1861. Arrived in Melbourne on 24 Dec. 1861 on the Great Britain and played matches in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania, losing only two out of fifteen matches

1) Memorandum of agreement of Sept. 1861 regarding the 1861-62 cricket tour of Australia. 2) Photograph, Dec. 1861, of the English team in Melbourne. 3) Addresses by the Queenscliff, Melbourne and Castlemaine Cricket Clubs to the visiting team. 4) Printed items: the Cabinet. A repository of facts, figures and fancies relating to the voyage of the "Great Britain" S.S. from Liverpool to Melbourne, with eleven of All England, and other distinguished passengers, (1862); Brodie, J.C., The Victorian Cricketers Guide (1861); England v Australia at the wicket. A complete record of all cricket matches played between English and Australian elevens (1887); Montgomery, H.H., Old Cricket and Cricketers (1890)

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 146, p.70
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M855
Microfilm copy of originals held in private ownership
Descriptive list available (2 p.)