Horse & Hound isn’t merely a magazine for followers of, well, horses and hounds. All manner of sporting pursuits were covered in its pages, including the absorbing Ashes series of 1902.
‘In the annals of cricket, the present season will surely be marked with letters of red by virtue of the magnificent struggles for supremacy between England and Australia. One would have thought it indeed difficult to surpass in excitement the finish of the fourth game at Manchester where the Australian gained victory – and, alas! the rubber – by the extraordinary margin of three runs. There is little doubt, however, that for rousing and nerve-shaking incidents the concluding stages of the great game at the Kennington Oval this week fairly carried off the palm.”
The H&H correspondent detailed the Test match in full detail, including an incredible hundred by Gilbert Jessop and the final marshalling of the England tail to a one wicket victory by George Hirst in the famous, ‘We’ll get ‘em in singles!’ climax to the game. You can find it all here.
