Two 1878 editions of the rare The All England Cricket & football Journal and Athletic Review, for October and November, published by Martin Hurst, She
£250 - £350
Two 1878 editions of the rare The All England Cricket & football Journal and Athletic Review, for October and November, published by Martin Hurst, Sheffield, a short-lived journal, only 29 issues were published between April 1877 and August/September 1879, football coverage in the present lot includes fixtures for Notts v Sheffield, Glasgow Rangers v Clapham Rovers played at the Kennington Oval, Nottingham Forest v Glasgow Rangers, Partick v Blackburn Rovers, Queen's Park v Nottingham, Sheffield v London & London v Birmingham, and results for Birmingham, Stoke, Notts, Walsall, Forest and the F.A. Cup winning trio of Wanderers, Old Etonians and Clapham Rovers, also a report on a floodlit football match at Sheffield 14th November 1878 not illustrated