Origins
Cricket was sent around the world wherever British soldiers, sailors and settlers went in search of markets, territories and imperial conquests. It especially suited the spirit of the Victorian period - the motif par excellence of the colonising moment. Cricket was seen as a legacy no less than parliamentary democracy and the English language.
The earliest historical references to the game of cricket appear in the 1600s when rules began to be laid down . The first record of cricketers appearing outside of England refers to a match in Syria in 1676 between the English navy and a team of British residents, whilst the first international match was played between Eleven of England and Twenty-two of the USA played in New York in 1859.
Contents of online gallery
- Sir Don Bradman "The Don"
- Cricket Stamps of Australia
- A Cricket Heritage of Stamps
- Origins
- The Antipodean Cricketer
- Stamps
- Aboriginal Cricket Team, Victoria
- Soldiers playing cricket at Gallipoli
- Australian Cricket Pictormarks
- The Cricket Captain Postman
- Select Cricket Glossary
- Specialist Cricket Collectors