Preliminaries
13 of the team departed from Barbados aboard RMS "Trent" on 22 May arriving in Southampton on 4 June via Cherbourg. Bancroft and Cameron were already in England. Mr Mallet met the team at Southampton.
In England the team stayed initially at the Manchester Hotel, Aldergate Street, London. The team practised at Lord's and played a number of preliminary matches, some arranged by WG Grace.
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