Rural sports, or, A cricket match extraordinary [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[not before 10 October 1811]eng"The scene is a sloping field. The batswomen are running hard, while one of the field leaps to attempt a high catch; the wicket-keeper crouches behind the wicket, hands on knees. The players have petticoats kilted above the knee, bare heads, necks, and arms; they wear flat slippers, mostly 'en cothurne'. All the fielders look or run towards the ball; one has fallen with great display of leg; another, running headlong, trips over a dog. Eleven are playing, including those batting. Two girls sit together on the ground, one cutting notches on a stick to record the runs. Others stand near, one with a young man's arm round her waist. Spectators stand round the field. In the middle distance is a marquee with a flag: 'Jolly Cricketers'. Here, fashionably dressed men are entertaining the players; a very fat woman drains a bowl of punch, another sits on a man's knee. A girl descends from a donkey. Behind is a fashionable tandem. The scene is rural except for a smoking lime-kiln."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.Later state; imprint has been completely burnished from plate.Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pubd. October 10th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 811.10.10.05.1+.Two lines of text below title: On Wednesday October 3rd, 1811, a singular cricket match took place at Balls Pond, Newington. The players on both sides were 22 women, 11 Hampshire against 11 Surrey. ...Plate numbered "96" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2.