The volume here contains the text for 'History of Cricket in Perth from 1812 to 1894' by William Sievwright. It gives a history of cricket in the area (largely surrounding the Perth Cricket Club), analyses of matches played, information about the cricketers and statistics.

The first 128 pages of the volume are printed, while pages 129-413 are manuscript. It is thought that the author ran out of funds to complete the printing of the book, so completed the work in his own hand. This is one of four known copies, although there are variations between the four volumes.

Portraits of cricketers R Bencraft, W Humphreys, F S Jackson, A C McLaren, Arthur Mold, W Newham, Robert Peel, Henry Pickett, A D Pougher and A P Wickham and the 1876 Perthshire Eleven have been bound into the volume.

The portraits mostly originated in the 1896 pamphlet series 'Our Cricketers Past and Present', except the image of the 1876 Perthshire team. This image was also used as the frontispiece of 'Historical Sketch of Perth Cricket Club' by Sievwright (published in 1880), so it is possible that Sievwright used spare copies to insert into these volumes.