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R. Walker. Cricketer with no hands. An unusual single page letter, neatly handwritten in ink. ‘Written by Rd [Richard] Walker who lost both his hands at Burneside Paper Mill [Kendal] Aug 9th 1843. Signed ‘Rd. Walker, Sine Manibus [without hands]’. He continues ‘R.W. can play at cricket, is a very good batsman and can bowl very well, has occasionally partly shaved himself and has often mowed a swaith [sic] in rank with other mowers- and... View full lot details

W. Methven Brownlee. Biographer of W.G. Grace. Original three page letter handwritten in ink to ‘My Dear Green’, dated 15th August 1892 on ‘The Century Club, Bristol’ letterhead. Brownlee writes to say he cannot accept an invitation to meet and describes his plans to spend ‘a whole day Thursday travelling with W.G.’, but hopes to meet Green and ‘Padwick’ with Grace, and looks forward to ‘have a long chat with you both’. He refers to... View full lot details

E.W. Hornung. Two page handwritten letter in ink dated 4th March 1898. Writing from Rome to an unknown correspondent, Hornung is replying to a request to reproduce his work and states ‘It is my intention to republish “Kenyon’s Innings”... in a selection of my own short stories, that I fear it is impossible for me to consent to its reappearance elsewhere’. He continues with recommendations for ‘collecting the right kind of material for the projected... View full lot details

Henry (Harry) Luff. Two page original handwritten letter in ink from Luff to Charles Pratt Green, dated 29th January 1907. Written on official ‘John Wisden & Co.’ letterhead with attractive green circular emblem, Luff is pleased Green likes ‘the book [presumably the Wisden Almanack] as usual, they were all sold in 10 days & a lot of orders could not be executed’. He continues, ‘about 6 months ago I got a [18]75 from an old... View full lot details

Arthur E.R. Gilligan. Surrey, Sussex & England 1920-1932. Two page handwritten letter in ink from Gilligan to Jack Sokell with excellent cricket content. He talks of meeting up with Arthur Mailey ‘it will make the evening doubly glorious and memorable’. Also talks of watching the Australians at Hove ‘I honestly think England (unless our batting breaks down) should retain the Ashes’, and broadcasting with Alan McGilvary and Freddie Brown for the Australian Commercial Station for... View full lot details

Pelham Francis Warner. Middlesex, Oxford University & England 1894-1920. Two page handwritten letter from Warner, dated 10th April 1907, regarding his ability to sing or recite. ‘I have never sung a song in my life or recite, also I have five or six men staying in the house for the match next week I shall have to look after.’ Nicely signed in full ‘Pelham F. Warner’. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Douglas Robert Jardine. Surrey & England 1921-1933. Typed circular letter on ‘The Association of Cricket Umpires’ headed paper appealing to local newspapers to publicise the Association’s aim to improve the standard of umpiring and raise funds to do so. This copy addressed to the Sports Editor of the Liverpool Echo, dated 9th May 1955 and is signed by Jardine, President of the Association. Horizontal folds otherwise good condition.... View full lot details

Younis Ahmed Mohammad, Surrey, Worcestershire & Pakistan, 1961-1987. Single page handwritten letter to Jack Sokell, replying to messages of congratulations on his recent marriage. Signed in a rare earlier name ‘Mohd Younis’ and dated 1st May 1966. G/VG. Unusual.... View full lot details

Edward Mills Grace. Gloucestershire & England 1870-1896. Handwritten two page letter on Park House, Thornbury letterhead from Grace to his son Edgar Mervyn, dated 16th February 1910. Grace is informing Edward that he has contacted M.C.C. with regards to Edgar’s membership and mentions the physicality of playing later on. ‘I have written to Lacey Secretary of the M.C.C. to ask him about when you would likely to be elected a member of the M.C.C, I... View full lot details

Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone. President of Surrey C.C.C. One page handwritten letter to ‘Mr Humphreys’, dated 25th March 1899. Alverstone is replying to an invitation from the Saddlers’ Company, which he has to decline due to his commitments at the House of Commons. Nicely signed ‘Richard Webster’. Light folds otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John Bayley. Hampshire, Middlesex, Surrey, M.C.C. and England. One page handwritten letter from Bayley turning down a request for him to stand as a member of the District Committee of George Lyall Esq. Nicely signed by Bayley and dated 9th February 1833. Bayley was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1850. He was mainly associated with Surrey and was a member of the county team when Surrey County Cricket Club... View full lot details

Charles William Alcock, Secretary Surrey C.C.C. 1872-1907. Nice single page lettercard handwritten in ink and addressed to Mr. C.P. (Charles Pratt) Green, Beresford House, Great Malvern, dated 16th April 1892. Writing from Richmond in Surrey, Alcock comments that ‘Daft’s reminiscences have made their first appearance’, possibly referring to the recent publication of the ‘opening instalment... Monday last’ of Richard Daft’s ‘Kings of Cricket’. He wonders who might be circulating them, ‘but suppose there will be... View full lot details

Andrew Sandham, Surrey & England 1911-1937. Two page letter handwritten in ink from Sandham. Written on ‘Sandham, Strudwick & Brooke’ official letterhead, dated 3rd July 1934, Sandham is replying to a request for autographs, ‘I don’t make a habit of doing this, but I’ve a very soft corner in my heart for Cape Town’. He thanks the correspondent for the suggestion that he should play against the Australians ‘but my Test days are finished’, but... View full lot details

Brian Johnston. Broadcaster and cricket commentator. Three handwritten letters from Johnston in the early 1990s, two to Mick Pope, the other to Jack Sokell, both of the Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society. The letters relate to requests for tributes, one to Johnston’s former broadcasting colleague, Trevor Bailey, another to ‘Godders’ (Godfrey Evans), and the third regarding Joe Lister (Yorkshire & Worcestershire 1954-1959). All signed by Johnston. Good condition.... View full lot details

Walter Reginald ‘Wally’ Hammond. Gloucestershire & England 1920-1951. Three page handwritten letter dated ‘Sunday’ and envelope postmarked 21st September 1925 from Hammond to his girlfriend ‘Kitty’ (Miss C.E. Hall) in Folkestone, written from his mothers house in Portsmouth. In a somewhat risque personal letter, Hammond is ‘very sorry and disappointed’ at not being able to visit her in Folkestone and expresses his jealousy of her attending ‘shows, dinners and dances’, and suggests a visit the... View full lot details

Verdun John Scott. Auckland & New Zealand 1937-1952. New Zealand tour to England 1949. Single page handwritten letter dated ‘Aug 25 [1949]’ with original envelope from Scott to a Miss Freda Williams in Liverpool. Writing on The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool headed notepaper, Scott is replying to an admirer, following a ‘good game at Aigburth’ and credit’s his teams fine fielding to ‘the outfield, which was like a billiard table’. He gives his height ‘6 ft... View full lot details

Test and County cricketers signed letters 1980s/1990s. Seven letters each signed by the correspondent replying to requests for signed photographs. Signatures are Doug Insole (9 Tests 1950-1975), Ian Thomson (England 5 Tests 1964 & 1965), Geoff Cope (3 Tests 1977/78), Richard Blakey (2 Tests 1992/93), Colin Metson (Middlesex & Glamorgan 1981-1997), Brian Downing (cricket administrator), and David Munden (sports photographer). Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Earl of Dalkeith, 7th Duke of Buccleuch. Single page handwritten letter to ‘[Teddy?] Wynyard, dated ‘8 June 31[?]’. Dalkeith writes to say that due to his workload and parliamentary duties he ‘cannot play in either of your matches. I rang up Lucas and he is very glad to play’. Nicely signed ‘Dalkeith’. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia v England 1988. ‘Benson & Hedges Bicentennial Test and One Day International’. Official souvenir programme published by ‘Playbill Sport’. Signed to the front cover by fifteen members of the England touring party. Players’ signatures include Gatting (Captain), Broad, French, DeFreitas, Athey, Emburey, Richards, Fairbrother, Robinson, Moxon etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Surrey County Cricket Club. Dinner to the West Indian Cricket Team 1928’. Scarce official menu for the Dinner held at Kennington Oval on the 12th May 1928. The Chairman- G.H. Longman, President of the Surrey County Cricket Club. The menu with titles to front, with raised gold Surrey emblem, menu and toast list to centre pages and scene of play at Kennington Oval to rear cover. The rear cover of the menu has been... View full lot details

‘The Surrey County Cricket Club. Dinner to the Australian Cricket Team 1930’. Scarce official menu for the Dinner held at Skinners’ Hall on the 26th May 1930. The Chairman H.D.G. Leveson-Gower. The menu with titles to front and raised gold Surrey emblem, menu and toast list to centre pages and scene of play at Kennington Oval to rear cover. The menu front cover has a small original pencil drawing/ image of a lady from the... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1934. Official menu for the ‘Complimentary Dinner to the Australian Team’ held on 14th May 1934 at Lord’s Hotel during the M.C.C. v Australians tour match. The decorative front cover with borders in M.C.C. colours and printed illustrations of the M.C.C. emblem and Ashes urn surrounded by cherubs, printed title to centre. Below it two hands shaking are depicted above a ship, and an angel. Menu and toast list to centre... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1938. Rare official menu for the Luncheon given to the Australian cricketers on arriving back home in Australia from England. The Luncheon held at the Adelaide Oval on the 29th October 1938. Attractive covers with touring party and menu to inside pages. Loosely inserted into the menu is an official autograph sheet for the Australian touring party to England 1938, fully signed by all seventeen members of the team. Signatures are... View full lot details

Australia 1948. Large official 8pp menu with decorative card wrappers for the ‘Dinner in honour of the Australian Cricket Team “The 1948 Invincibles”’ held at the Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne, 28th December 1998. The menu signed to centre pages by eight of the 1948 Australian team. Signatures are Bill Brown, Ron Hamence, Sam Loxton, Neil Harvey, Doug Ring, Bill Johnston, Arthur Morris and Ernie Toshack. Slipped in is an original admission ticket for the event. Very... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1948. Original folding Luncheon menu to The Australian Cricket Team given by the British Sportsman’s Club, held at the Savoy Hotel, London on 20th April 1948. Illustrated cover by Tom Webster with Kangaroo and M.C.C. cricketer. The menu signed to rear cover in ink by six of the Australian team, Don Bradman, Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Colin McCool, Doug Ring and Bill Brown. Ten other signatures including Morris Tate, Ian Peebles... View full lot details

Don Bradman. Official menu for ‘A Luncheon and Presentation to Don Bradman’. Savoy Hotel, London. September 20th 1948. Folding menu for the Luncheon given by ‘The People’ newspaper. The menu with gold tassel, title to front cover and colour ‘Australia 1948’ emblem above. The inside front cover with menu, list of speakers and details of the presentation of an antique silver replica of the Warwick Vase to Bradman. Very nicely signed in ink by eight... View full lot details

‘The War of the Roses 1849-1949. A Dinner to mark the Centenary of Yorkshire- Lancashire County Cricket Matches’. Eight page brochure produced to accompany the menu for the dinner held at the Grand Hotel, Sheffield, 7th October 1949. The front cover with printed titles and central emblem of a cricket bat with entwined red and white roses to front, white ribbon tie. Internal pages with printed pencil sketches of notable players and historical notes. Very... View full lot details

Surrey v New Zealand 1949. Official folding menu for the ‘Dinner to the New Zealand Cricket Team’ given by Surrey C.C.C. at Armourers’ Hall, 11th May 1949. The front cover with raised silver Surrey emblem and printed titles, menu and toast list to inside. Signed to the front by eight attendees, including six in ink of Barton, Squire, Holmes of Surrey, Hadlee and Sutcliffe of New Zealand, and the Earl of Rosebery, also Wallace and... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. A selection of ephemera including a handwritten and signed letter from Len Hutton dated 1951, official menu and invitation card for the ‘Tribute Dinner to Geoffrey Boycott’, Leeds 23rd October 1977, on his reaching one hundred centuries, the invitation signed in ink to the verso by Boycott and Michael Parkinson. Boycott tribute dinner menu at Sheffield 15th October 1974, and a Testimonial Fund dinner at Hemsworth 17th February 1974, both unsigned. Sold with... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1953. Two official menus for luncheons for the Australian touring team. One, given by the Institute of Journalists London District held at the Dorchester Hotel, London 21st April 1953, is signed in ink to the rear cover by ten attendees, Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Lyndsay Hassett, Jack Hill, Bill Johnson, Richie Benaud, Ian Craig, Alan Davidson, Gil Langley of Australia and Denis Compton of England. File holes not affecting the signatures.... View full lot details

‘Surrey County Cricket Club Championship Dinner’ 1955. Official menu for the Dinner held at The Grosvenor House, Park Lane on the 1st December 1955. The menu with raised silver Club emblem of the Prince of Wales feathers and titles to front cover, inside pages with Toast List and Menu and photographs of the first and second XI teams. Page with Surrey emblem signed in ink by twelve members of the Surrey team loosely mounted to... View full lot details

Australia tour to South Africa 1957/58. Official folding card issued on board the Shaw Savill Line Q.S.M.V. ‘Dominion Monarch’ at Cape Town. The front cover with colour illustration of a vase of flowers. The inside front cover with printed title, ‘Australian Cricket Team South African Tour 1957-58 Autographs’ with the printed names of the Australian touring party, fully signed in ink by all sixteen listed players. Signatures are Craig (Captain), Harvey, Benaud, Burge, Burke, Davidson,... View full lot details

South African tour of Australia 1964. Official Australian Board of Control invitation and dinner menu in honour of the South African cricket team held on 1st January 1964 at The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, during the second Test match. The menu signed to the rear autograph page by nineteen guests including South Africans P. Pollock, Partridge, D. Pithey, Farrer, and Australians Connolly, Martin, Redpath, Veivers, McKenzie etc. The invitation issued to ‘Mr. A. Connolly’ and signed... View full lot details

Surrey County Cricket Club. Dinner to the Indian Team 1967. Official menu for the Dinner held at The Surrey Tavern on the 1st June 1967. The menu with raised silver club emblem of the Prince of Wales feathers and titles to front cover, inside pages with Toast List and Menu, speakers included Mickey Stewart, The Nawab of Pataudi etc. Signed to rear cover by Mickey Stewart. VG... View full lot details

Frank Edward Woolley. Kent & England 1906-1938. Large rare official folding menu for the dinner ‘in honour of Frank Woolley held at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney’, by the Sydney Morning Herald and The Kent Sportsmen’s Tour, 12th February 1971. The menu with cartoons to the front and inside front cover by Tony Rafty. Signed to rear page by fourteen attendees. Signatures include Frank Woolley, Neil Harvey, Bill O’Reilly, Colin Cowdrey, Jack Fingleton, Derek Underwood, Harold... View full lot details

‘Victorian Cricket Association Dinner and Inaugural Presentation of the Jack Ryder Medal’. Official menu for the Dinner held in the M.C.C. Dining Room, Melbourne, on the 14th March 1973. The menu signed to front cover by nineteen Test players including O’Reilly, Johnson, O’Brien, G. Chappell, Tyson, Freeman, Ring, Hawke, Tyson, Darling, Redpath, Mallett, Inverarity, Harvey, Mallett, Favell etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Autographed selection. Centenary Test 1977. Sheet of paper signed by over thirty England players including Compton, Larwood, Wardle, Paynter, Ikin, Parfitt, Watson, Barnett, Voce, Cowdrey, Loader, Hardstaff, Yardley, F.R. Brown, Insole, Tyson etc. Slight fading to odd signature. Plus an official menu for the ‘Celebration Dinner’ held at the City Hall, Leeds, 14th November 1977, to celebrated Geoff Boycott achieving the landmark of scoring 100 first class centuries. Signed to the front cover by Boycott... View full lot details

Geoff Boycott. England & Yorkshire. Official menu for the dinner to celebrate Boycott attaining one hundred centuries in first class cricket, held at City Hall, Leeds, 14th November 1977. The menu with decorative covers, very nicely signed in ink by Boycott to front cover. The centre pages with diagrammatic representation of Boycott’s centuries. Ex Boycott collection. Very good condition. Sold with two original newspapers, one, The Yorkshire Evening published prior to the century with full... View full lot details

Australia v England ‘Centenary Test’ 1977. Official menu for the Dinner given by the Australian Cricket Board to celebrate the Centenary of Test Cricket between Australia and England. The Dinner was held at The Melbourne Hilton Hotel on 14th March 1977. Signed to the inside front cover by ten England Test cricketers. Signatures include Mike Smith, Ted Dexter, Mike Brearley, Alec Bedser, Raman Subba Row, John Murray, Graham Gooch, Doug Insole, Peter Richardson etc. Very... View full lot details

Australia v England ‘Centenary Test’ 1977. Official menu for the Dinner given by the Australian Cricket Board to celebrate the Centenary of Test Cricket between Australia and England. The Dinner was held at The Melbourne Hilton Hotel on March 14th 1977. Signed to the two rear inside pages by thirty seven former cricketers and guests. Signatures include Don Bradman, Harold Larwood, Keith Miller, Gubby Allen, Bob Wyatt, Jack Ryder, Eddie Paynter, Jack Badcock, Bill Voce,... View full lot details

England tour of Australia 1978/79. Official menu for the Dinner in honour of the England touring team held on 25th January 1979 at the Kooyonga Golf Club, Lockleys, South Australia. Signed to inside pages by England and Australian test players plus guests. Twenty two signatures in ink include Don Bradman, Alan Davidson (signed twice), Carlson, Yallop, Yardley, Darling, Border, Botham, Barrington, Brearley, Willis, Lever, Boycott, Old, Gower etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Don Bradman. South Australian Cricket Umpires’ Association. ‘District Cricketer of the Year Dinner and presentation of The Bradman Medal and Coca-Cola Team Awards for Season 1979-80’. Official folding programme/ menu for the Dinner held at The Sportsmans Association on the 19th March 1980. Past winners, going back to 1958/59, printed to lower border of inside pages. Signed in ink to front cover by Don Bradman. Crease to lower border of menu, file holes to lower... View full lot details

Don Bradman. ‘Kensington [Adelaide] Cricket Club Premiership Dinner’. Official folding menu for the dinner held 13th May 1983. Signed in ink to the centre Toast List page by Bradman and three other attendees. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia. Signed menus 1982 and 1985. Official folding menu for the ‘Dinner in honour of Members of the England Cricket Team’ held at the Melbourne Hilton Hotel, 4th December 1982. Signed in ink to the front by Ian Johnson and Dav Whatmore, and to the inside front cover by seven further members of the Victoria team for the tour match v. England. Signatures are Ray Bright, Dean Jones, Rod McCurdy, Geoff Richardson, Mick Taylor, Graham... View full lot details

Don Bradman. Australian Cricket Society Adelaide Branch menus 1985-1987. Three official menus for annual dinners held on 11th October 1985 (8th Annual Dinner), 17th October 1986 (9th) and 20th November 1987 (10th). All three menus signed by Bradman, the 1985 and 1986 to back page, the 1987 to front. The 1985 additionally signed to back by Fred Bennett (Australian Cricket Board chairman). Very good condition.... View full lot details

Don Bradman. ‘Australian Cricket Society South Australia Eleventh Annual Dinner’ 1988. Official menu for the Dinner held at the Sturt Football Club, Unley on the 14th October 1988. Signed to front cover by Bradman and to inside page by President, Chris Harte. Sold with an official menu for the South Australian Cricket Umpires’ Association Dinner held at the Adelaide Oval, 15th March 1989, signed to the front by Bradman, and a selection of Bradman ephemera... View full lot details

Australia. ‘Friends of Cricket Luncheon’. Official folding menu for the luncheon held at Parliament House, Sydney, 13th January 1987. The inside fully signed in ink by all twenty two listed Test cricketers and other celebrities in attendance. Cricketers’ signatures include Ken Archer, Alec Bedser, Neil Harvey, Doug Insole, Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Bill O’Reilly, John Warr etc. Others include Brian Johnston, Robin Marlar, Alan McGilvray, Michael Parkinson etc. Also signed to the front... View full lot details

Australia. ‘The Hoover Bicentennial Test Ball’ 1988. Two official programme/ menus for the Ball held at the North Sydney Oval on the 27th January 1988. One, issued to the cricket collector Ronald Waters with his name hand printed to the front cover, is signed to the ‘Autographs’ page by twenty one attendees including a handwritten dedication to Waters signed by Norm O’Neill. Other signatures include Brian Booth, R. Marsh, R. Simpson, Cowdrey, Willis, Merv Hughes,... View full lot details

Kenneth Shuttleworth. Lancashire, Leicestershire & England 1964-1980. ‘Centenary of South African Test Cricket 1889-1989’. Official menu for ‘The Centenary Banquet held on the 13th March 1989. Signed to inside pages by the ‘International Wanderers’ and South African teams who played three matches in South Africa in March of that year. Twenty five signatures including Procter, McKenzie, G. Pollock, Hylton Ackerman, Denys Hobson, Pithey, van der Bijl, Mallett, Cosier, Liard, Fletcher, Woolmer, McKenzie, Amiss, Edrich, Gifford... View full lot details

Australia. ‘Benson & Hedges Bicentennial Test Match Dinner 1988’. Official programme/ menu for the Dinner held at The Roundhouse, University of N.S.W., Sydney on the 2nd February 1988. The programme/dinner menu signed to the ‘Autographs’ page by twenty three current and former players including Don Bradman, May, Insole, Warr, Fairbrother, Dexter, Dilley, Edrich, M.J.K. Smith, DeFreitas, Moxon, Lush etc. Also two signatures to the Australian ‘Living Legends’ pen pictures of Rod Marsh and Greg Chappell,... View full lot details

Neil Hawke, Australia. Official menu for the ‘Neil Hawke Testimonial Dinner’ held at the Adelaide Hilton, 31st August 1990, signed to the inside Menu page by fifteen Australian Test cricketers. Signatures are Hawke, Don Bradman, Bob Simpson, Graeme Wood, Eric Freeman, Doug Walters, Dennis Lillee, Greg Chappell, Murray Bennett, Brian Booth, Rod Marsh, Richie Benaud, Terry Jenner, Kerry O’Keefe and Ray Bright. Sold with an official menu for the ‘Australian Cricket Society South Australia Twelfth... View full lot details

Australia. ‘Cricket Friends and Legends of Cricket’. Official menu for the Luncheon held at Parliament House, Sydney on the 3rd January 1991. Signed to the rear ‘Autographs’ page by twenty three guests and Test players. Signatures include Martin Donnelly, Godfrey Evans, Neil Harvey, Ray Lindwall, Bill O’Reilly, Rod Marsh, Sam Loxton, Alec Bedser, Norm O’Neill, Peter O’Reilly, Mike Gatting, Doug Insole, Alan Davidson, Brian Booth etc. Sold with an official invitation for the Luncheon issued... View full lot details

England tour to Australia 1990/91. Official programme for the one-day tour match, Prime Minister’s XI v England, played at Manuka Oval, Melbourne, 4th December 1990. Signed to the rear ‘Autographs’ cover by fifteen Australians, the majority of whom played for the Prime Minister’s XI. Signatures are Border, Robertson, Bayliss, Veletta, Lindwall, McPhee, Tucker, McDermott, McNamee, Scuderi, Reiffel and Bevan. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1930. Rare official folding tour itinerary for the Australian tour of England 1930. The front cover with decoration in gold and green with Australian emblem and partial ribbon tie. ‘Australian Board of Control for International Cricket’ and ‘17th Australian XI. English Tour 1930’ below emblem. To inside pages details of the Australian team and list of matches to be played on the tour. Nicely and fully signed to back cover in... View full lot details

Australia 1934. Official ‘Australia’s 18th Cricket Tour of England 1934’ souvenir brochure for the tour. Compiled and edited by A.W. Simpson. The brochure lists the members of the touring party, list of fixtures and biographies with pen picture of each of the members of the touring Australian team. The pen pictures have been individually and very nicely signed in black ink by the player featured. Fully signed by all sixteen playing members of the... View full lot details

Australia tour of England 1938. Official ‘Australian XI English Tour 1938 Orient Line R.M.S. “Orontes”’ brochure. The front cover features an Ashes urn emblem, printed title and Australian green and gold colours. The brochure lists the members of the touring party, list of fixtures and biographies with pen picture of each of the members of the touring Australian team. The pen pictures have been individually signed in ink by the player featured. Fully signed with... View full lot details

Australia 1938. Official ‘Australian Cricket Tour 1938. 19th Visit to England’ souvenir brochure for the tour. Edited by A.W. Simpson. The brochure lists the members of the touring party, list of fixtures and biographies with pen picture of each of the members of the touring Australian team. The pen pictures have been individually signed in ink by the player featured. Fully signed by all sixteen playing members of the party. Signatures are Bradman (Captain),... View full lot details

‘Australian XI Coronation Tour 1953’. Official Australian Board of Control folding programme and itinerary for the tour to England. Decorative cover with green and gold colours and Australian emblem. To inside pages is the programme of matches to be played on the tour and the back cover is an autograph card with names of the touring Australians listed. Nicely signed by sixteen members of the touring party in ink. Signatures are Hassett (Captain), Morris, Archer,... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1953. ‘Caricatures of the Australian XI. English Tour 1953’. Arthur Mailey. Sydney 1953. Original decorative wrappers. Twelve page tour souvenir with eleven pages of caricatures of all eighteen members of the Australian touring party to England 1953. Fully signed in ink to the pages (one laid down) by all touring party members. Signatures are Hassett (Captain), Miller, Morris, Tallon, McDonald, Harvey, Ring, Hole, Craig, Langley, Johnston, Benaud, Hill, Archer, Davidson, de... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1953. ‘Cricketers from Australia’. Tour official tour souvenir edited by Peter West. Published by Playfair. Fully signed to pen pictures in blue ink by all seventeen playing members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Hassett (Captain), Morris, Archer, Benaud, Craig, Davidson, de Courcy, Harvey, Hill, Hole, Johnston, Langley, Lindwall, McDonald, Miller, Ring and Tallon. Some minor wear to cover extremities otherwise in good condition. Sold with a further brochure for... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1953. Official Australian Board of Control programme and itinerary for the tour to England. Decorative cover with green and gold colours and Australian emblem in gold. To inside pages are the programme of matches to be played on the tour and the back cover is an autograph card with names of the touring Australians listed, nicely signed by all members of the touring party in ink. Seventeen signatures of Hassett (Captain),... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1956. Official P&O souvenir tour programme for the 1956 tour. The programme with fixtures, travel details and pen pictures and biography of all members of the Australian team to pages. Signed to pen pictures by all seventeen playing members of the team. Signatures are Johnson (Captain), Miller, Archer, Benaud, Burge, Burke, Craig, Crawford, Davidson, Harvey, Langley, Lindwall, Mackay, Maddocks, McDonald, Rutherford and Wilson. Also signed by the Manager W.J. Dowling. The... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1956. ‘Cricketers from Australia’. Official souvenir tour brochure edited by Gordon Ross, published by Playfair. Fully signed in ink to the pen pictures by all eighteen members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Johnson (Captain), Miller, Archer, Benaud, Burke, Burge, Craig, Crawford, Davidson, Harvey, Langley, Lindwall, Mackay, Maddocks, McDonald, Rutherford, Wilson and Dowling (Manager). Ownership name in ink to front wrapper. Rusting to staples, some wear to wrappers, light vertical... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1956. Official P&O souvenir tour programme for the England v Australia Tests of 1956. The programme with fixtures, travel details and pen pictures and biography of all members of the Australian team to pages. Signed to pen pictures by all sixteen members of the team plus the Manager W.J. Dowling. Signatures include Johnson (Captain), Miller, Archer, Benaud, Burge, Burke, Craig, Davidson, Lindwall, Mackay, Harvey, McDonald etc. The centre page image of... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1961. Official Australian Board of Control folding programme and itinerary for the tour to England. Decorative cover in green and gold with Australian emblem. To inside pages is the programme of matches to be played on the tour and the back cover is an autograph card with names of the touring Australians listed. Nicely signed by all seventeen members of the touring party in ink. Signatures include Benaud, Harvey, Booth, Davidson,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1964. ‘The 1964 Australians’. Official Playfair tour brochure edited by Gordon Ross. Signed to the pen pictures by sixteen members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Simpson (Captain), Booth, Burge, Connolly, Corling, Cowper, Grout, Hawke, Jarman, Lawry, Martin, McKenzie, Potter, Redpath, Sellers and Veivers. Lacking the signatures of O’Neill. Front wrapper cleanly detached, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia. ‘100 Years of Victorian Cricket 1895-1995’. Official programme for the ‘Centenary Dinner’ given by the Victorian Cricket Association, held on 1st November 1995. The programmes comprises lists of all Victorian First-class players and statistics. Signed to the rear ‘Autographs’ page by forty former and current players. Signatures include Bill Lawry, Ian Johnson, Dean Jones, Sam Loxton, Doug Ring, Ian Redpath, Bill Johnston, Keith Stackpole, Len Maddocks, Ian Meckiff, George Tribe, Alan Connolly, Geoff Tamblyn,... View full lot details

Centenary Test. England v Australia 1980. Official invitation card to ‘The England- Australia Centenary Match [dinner] to Honour the Occasion’ held at the Hotel Russell, London, 21st August 1980, this being E.L. McCormick’s invitation. Signed to the front by twenty one former and current Australia and England Test players. Signatures include Australians Ernie McCormick, Arthur Chipperfield, Laurie Mayne, Neil Harvey, Ken Archer, Mick Malone, Alan Davidson, Ross Edwards, Grahame Thomas, Arthur Morris, Lindsay Hassett, Greg... View full lot details

Gilbert Roche Andrews ‘Gil’ Langley. South Australia & Australia 1946-1957. Official invitation card issued to Langley to attend a reception at the Whitbread’s Brewery, London, 3rd September 1980. The card is nicely signed in ink by fourteen former Australian Test cricketers. Signatures are David Hookes, Jim de Courcy, Ashley Mallett, Greg Chappell, Rex Sellers, Ron Hamence, John Watkins, Grahame Corling, Eric Freeman, Neil Hawke, Jeff Hammond, Brian Taber, Gary Gilmore and Rick McCosker. Very good... View full lot details

‘1980 Centenary Test Plate’. Official flyer/ order form produced for the issue of a Centenary Plate by Coalport. The folding flyer with title and artist’s impression of the plate to front, inside with description and order form, to the back a reproduction of the scorecard of the first Test match, England v, Australia in 1880. Signed in ink to the front page by sixteen former Australian Test players. Signatures include Ernie Toshack, Bill Lawry, Ernie... View full lot details

Benson & Hedges World Cup, Australia 1992. Official ticket ‘To Celebrate Cricket’s Greatest International Event’ World Cup Banquet held at The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Melbourne, 24th March 1992. The folding ticket in the form of a cricket bat is signed to the inside by twelve members of the West Indies World Cup team. Signatures are Richie Richardson, Curtley Ambrose, Phil Simmons, Winston Benjamin, Gus Logie, David Williams, Carl Hooper, Patrick Patterson, Brian Lara, Desmond... View full lot details

Andrew Ducat. Surrey & England 1906-1931. Short single page note handwritten in ink from Ducat, dated 18th May 1934, replying to a request for a signature. Very nicely signed by Ducat. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Godfrey Evans. Kent & England 1939-1967. Nine original elaborate Christmas cards sent to Evans from Sir Paul Getty, each signed by Getty and/or his wife. Sold with an original order of service booklet for Getty’s Memorial Mass held at Westminster Cathedral, 9th September 2003 with official invitation issued to Evans’ wife, Mary. Also a collection of modern newspaper extracts and cuttings from the estate of Evans. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Harold James Butler. Nottinghamshire & England 1933-1954. Butler’s Benefit 1950. Official folding card titled to front ‘This is Harold Butler’s Benefit Year’, with tribute by Denis Compton and Butler’s Record in Championship matches to centre. The rear ‘Autographs’ page is nicely signed in ink by nine Nottinghamshire players, Sime (Captain), Keeton, Butler, Simpson, Stocks, Winrow, Meads, Poole and Harvey. Good condition.... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1950s. Colour printed photocard depicting Jim Laker, Alec Bedser, Peter May and Tony Lock in cricket attire on the pitch at The Oval. Signed in ink to the image by all four players. 8”x9.25”. Some wear to edges, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Vijaysingh Madhavji Merchant. Hindus, Bombay & India 1929-1952. Christmas card originally to John Arlott c.1950s. The card with colour depiction of the Cricket Club of India pavilion to the front, with blue ribbon tie. Nicely signed in red ink, ‘from Mr. & Mrs. Vijay Merchant’. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. Early official plain postcard with printed header for the Club’s offices in Aberdeen. Neatly handwritten message in ink from W. Kendall Burnett, Hon. Sec., dated 14th May 1888, addressed to the Secretary of Arbroath United Cricket Club. Burnett writes to enquire ‘at what hour you will commence play on Saturday 26th inst and at what hour you would desire luncheon’. Very nicely signed by Burnett. Horizontal fold, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Old England v Surrey, May 23, 1946’. Official Mitcham Cricket Club handbook for 1946, nicely signed in ink to the front cover by the majority of the two teams who played at The Oval. Surrey signatures include Bennett, Gregory, Barling, Squires, Parker, Watts, McIntyre, Mobey, Whittaker, A. Bedser, E. Bedser etc. ‘Old England’ signatures include Fender, Holmes, Sandham, Allom, Freeman, Sutcliffe, Tate, Jardine etc. It is likely that the handbook was signed by the players... View full lot details

‘The Centenary Test’. Australia v England 1977. A copy of the official brochure by Frank Tyson published by the Australian Cricket Board. Sold with two signed copy photographs, one of Derek Randall who was man of the match, the other by Rodney Marsh, and three others unsigned. Good condition. Qty 6.... View full lot details

‘England Test Cricketers. The Complete Record from 1877’. An extensive collection of almost five hundred signatures very nicely presented in six binders organised alphabetically. Each binder comprises signatures, the majority in ink on pieces, laid down with biographical extracts of each player taken from Bill Frindall’s book of the same title (originally published in 1989), with additional collectors’ cards, printed images, cigarette cards, letters, commemorative covers etc. Some signatures are duplicated. Five of the binders... View full lot details

Australia. ‘Who’s Who of Test Cricketers’. An extensive collection of over 230 signatures very nicely presented in four binders organised alphabetically. Each binder comprises signatures, the majority in ink on pieces, laid down with biographical extracts of each player taken from Christopher Martin-Jenkins’ book of the same title (originally published in 1983), with additional album pages, cigarette cards, photographs, commemorative covers, match ticket, cuttings etc. The odd signature duplicated. Binder ‘A-F’ comprises 67 signatures, earlier... View full lot details

Pakistan. ‘Who’s Who of Test Cricketers’. An extensive collection of seventy five signatures very nicely presented in one binder. The majority of signatures are in ink on pieces, laid down with biographical extracts of each player taken from Christopher Martin-Jenkins’ book of the same title (originally published in 1983) and other sources, with others signed to ‘Pakistan Test Player’ white cards, cuttings, album pages, the odd match ticket etc. The odd signature duplicated. Earlier signatures... View full lot details

India. ‘Who’s Who of Test Cricketers’. An extensive collection of almost one hundred signatures very nicely presented in one binder. The majority of signatures are in ink on pieces, laid down with biographical extracts of each player taken from Christopher Martin-Jenkins’ book of the same title (originally published in 1983) and other sources, with others signed to ‘India Test Player’ white cards, and additional collectors’ cards, cuttings, album pages etc. The odd signature duplicated. Earlier... View full lot details

India. Three early signatures of Indian Test cricketers. Ladhabhai Nakum Amar Singh (7 Tests 1932-1936), holder of India Test cap no. 1, signature in pencil on piece. C.K. Nayudu (7 Tests 1932-1936), India’s first Test captain, signature in ink on piece laid down to slightly larger white card. Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (3 Tests 1936), second Indian Test captain, signed in ink on small card. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

India 1930s-1960s. Ten early signatures of Indian Test and first-class cricketers signed to small cards or to piece, some laid down to white card. Signatures include Mushtaq Ali, M.J. Gopalan, Vijay Merchant, Shute Banerjee, Gulabrai Ramchand, Syed Mohammad Hussain, Yajurvindra Singh, Joginder Singh etc. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

India 1950s onwards. Fifteen signatures of Indian Test cricketers signed to white cards, ‘India Test Player’ cards etc. Signatures are Ajit Agarkar, Wasim Jaffer, Ashish Nehra, Murali Kartik, Mohammad Shami, Ravi Shastri, Sanjay Manjrekar, Narenda Hirwani, Dilip Doshi, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Javagal Srinath, Ajit Wadekar, Rusi Surti & Polly Umrigar (signed together), and a one rupee banknote signed by Anil Kumble. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

India Test cricketers’ signatures 1980s onwards. Seventeen signatures, two on white ‘India Test Player’ cards, the rest on colour photographs and the odd cutting. Signatures include Manoj Prabkahar, V.V.S. Laxman, Gautam Ghambir, Javagal Srinath, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dharwan, Murali Kartik, Suresh Raina, Ravinder Jadeja, Varun Aaron, Amit Mishra, Cheteshwar Pujara etc. Sold with three unsigned ‘National Card Centre Bombay’ postcards of Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja. Good/ very good condition. Qty 20.... View full lot details

Geoff Boycott. Official M.C.C. ‘Honorary Life Member’ card/ booklet for 2006 issued to Boycott. The small booklet in red leather with gilt titles to front. Signed in black ink to the membership label to inside rear cover, opposite the official photocard. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Geoff Boycott. England & Yorkshire. Official mono photograph of the M.C.C. tour of Australia & New Zealand 1970/71. The photograph by, Frank Boase of Malvern, S.A., is laid down to the photographers mount with title and players names to upper and lower borders. The photograph signed to the verso by Boycott. Sold with five circular posters with red cricket ball image used to promote Boycott’s book ‘Boycott On Cricket’ 1990, each signed by Boycott. From... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs, Surrey & England 1905-1934. ‘Minutes of the Third Annual General Meeting of Jack Hobbs Limited’ 24th January 1923. Single page typed minutes listing those present including Hobbs, adoption of audited accounts, agreement of Directors’ Fees, and the reappointment of company auditors. Nicely signed in black ink by Jack Hobbs (Chairman), Douglas Brown (Manager), and Andrew Kempton (Company Secretary), being the three Directors of the company. Sold with a similar signed sheet... View full lot details

Leicestershire Ladies C.C. 1930-1951. ‘Historic Ladies Matches’. A nicely presented file comprising original handwritten reports, letters, newspaper cuttings, handbill, scorecard etc. plus facsimile copies of autographs, photographs and further cuttings, all relating to the formation and development of Leicester Ladies C.C. from 1930 to 1951. Contents include an original single page report handwritten in ink by S.C. Packer, former Secretary of Leicestershire C.C.C., titled ‘Womens Cricket Then and Now’, from a meeting for the formation... View full lot details

Test and County signatures 1930s-1990s. A large selection of approx. one hundred and ninety signatures on press and magazine cuttings, pages, photographs, snips etc., the majority individually signed, some multi-signed. England Test and County signatures include F. Woolley, C. Washbrook, J. Hardstaff, W. Andrews, R. Jefferson, A. Bedser, J. Hampshire, Len Hutton, J. Arnold, L. Fishlock, W. Edrich, G. Evans, R. Cottam, T. Cartwright, G. Arnold, F. Brown, G. Allen, L. Ames, R. Appleyard, T.... View full lot details

Cricket autographs 1950s-2000s. A good selection of signed magazine page extracts and cuttings comprising over eighty signatures in total. Original team press photographs include Kent 1981 (10 signatures), Middlesex c.1985 (13), Warwickshire 1985 (11), and Yorkshire c.1985 (11). Other earlier signatures include John Shepherd, Barry Knight, Norman Gifford, Barry Richards, Alan Oakman etc. Also fifteen page extracts from The Cricketer and other magazines, the majority ‘Cricketer of the Month’, each signed by the featured player,... View full lot details

International Test cricketers 1930s-1990s. Modern green Leicestershire C.C.C. leatherette autograph book comprising approx. one hundred and seventy signatures very nicely signed throughout in ink by former and current international Test cricketers, apparently collected in the 1990s. Each page features multiple signatures, all signed to one side of the page (not back-to-back) with the exception of one. Signatures include Simpson, Larter, Mitchell-Innes, Swetman, Doggart, Tyson, Titmus, Gifford, Trueman, Compton, Cowdrey, A. Bedser, Shackleton, Bolus, Luckhurst, Greig,... View full lot details

County cricketers signatures late 1940s. Large autograph album comprising over ninety signatures in different coloured inks, organised by County, the majority signed to one side of each page (not back-to-back). Signatures include Rhodes, Copson (Derbyshire 3 signatures), Paterson, Insole, Morris, Bailey (Essex 8), Emrys Davies, Muncer (Glamorgan 3), Parker, C.J. Barnett, Cook, Crapp (Gloucestershire 5), Pawson, Fagg, Knight, Ames, Ridgway (Kent 9), Berry, Tattersall, G. Edrich (Lancashire 7), Walsh (Leicestershire 3), D. & L. Compton,... View full lot details

India Test cricketers 1960s-2010s. Twenty three signatures of players, odd manager and Pakistan player, each signed individually to plain white card. India players’ signatures include Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Engineer, Mhambrey, Kambli, Kuruvilla, Ganguly, Kumble, Raju, Srinath, Azharuddin etc. of India, Shakeel Ahmed, Asif Mujtaba etc. of Pakistan. Very good condition.... View full lot details

International Test cricketers’ signatures 1950s-2000s. A large selection of approx. three hundred individual signatures on plain white cards. Signatures include Lawry, Benaud, Simpson, Inverarity, Hookes, Gilbert, Boon, I. & G. Chappell, Walters, Redpath, Thomson, Lillee, Taylor, Border, Hayden, Healy, May, S. & M. Waugh, Jones, Gillespie, Warne, Border, Lawson, Marsh, Law (Australia), Birkenshaw, Randall, Barnett, Lynch, Irani, Headley, Malcolm, Lewis, DeFreitas, Aftab Habib, Radley (England), Wright, Hadlee, Nash, Howarth, Parore, Rutherford, Fleming, Reid, L. Cairns,... View full lot details

‘The Centurions- Scorers of 100 First-Class Centuries’. Headed book insert by Boundary Books containing the signatures of nine players who have achieved the feat. Signatures, nicely signed in ink, by Don Bradman, Glenn Turner, Colin Cowdrey, Tom Graveney, Dennis Amiss, Geoff Boycott, John Edrich, Zaheer Abbas and Graham Gooch. Sold with a further headed Boundary Books limitation page, nicely signed by Viv Richards and Bill Frindall. Both 8.75”x12.5”. Qty 2. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Test and County cricketers’ signatures 1950s-2000s. Modern album with heavy silver metal decorative rose frame to the front, comprising seventy three individual signatures of Test cricketers on cards, pieces laid down, cuttings etc., all loosely inserted. Earlier signatures include Trevor Bailey, Jim Parks, Derek Shackleton, Charles Palmer, Donald Carr, Brian Luckhurst, John Lever, Dennis Amiss, Geoff Boycott, David Allen etc. Good condition.... View full lot details

England Test cricketers’ signatures 1950s onwards. Album comprising sixty ‘England Test Player’ white cards, each signed individually, some signed to piece laid down. Earlier signatures include Raman Subba Row, Tom Graveney, Ted Dexter, Geoff Arnold, Mike Hendrick, John Jameson, John Snow, Alan Oakman, Mike Selvey, Pat Pocock, David Lloyd etc. Good condition.... View full lot details

Australia Test cricketers’ signatures 1950s onwards. Album comprising fifty individual signatures on ‘Australia Test Player’ white cards, cuttings, photographs etc. Earlier signatures include Alan Davidson, Rex Sellers, Bob Simpson, Frank Misson, Brian Booth, also Mark Taylor, Tony Dodemaide, Damien Fleming, Stuart MacGill, Simon Katich etc. Good condition.... View full lot details

New Zealand Test cricketers’ signatures 1950s onwards. Album comprising forty two individual signatures on ‘New Zealand Test Player’ white cards, cuttings, photographs etc. Earlier signatures include Bob Blair, Bruce Bolton, Richard Hadlee, Peter Truscott, also Adam Parore, Dion Nash, Chris Cairns, Stephen Fleming, Shane Thomson, Roger Twose, Michael Mason, Dipak Patel etc. Good condition.... View full lot details

Pakistan Test cricketers’ signatures 1950s onwards. Thirty signatures on white cards, cuttings, photographs etc. Earlier signatures include six signed to a ‘Pakistan Test Players’ card of Hanif Mohammad, Talat Ali, Javed Akhtar, Alimuddin, Haroon Rashid and Javed Miandad. Others include Wasim Akram, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Naved-ul-Hasan, Tasir Arafat, Azhar Mahmood, Abdul Razzaq, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Misbah-ul-Haq etc. Good condition.... View full lot details

South Africa Test cricketers’ signatures 1960s onwards. Thirty mainly modern signatures, the majority on white ‘South Africa Test Player’ cards, also the odd photograph, cutting etc. Earlier signatures include Peter van der Merwe and Barry Richards (each signed to album page), also Steve Elworthy, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Hashim Amla, Wayne Parnell, Imran Tahir, Nicky Boje, Neil McKenzie, Andre Nel, Jacques Rudoplh, Andrew Hall, Dean Elgar, Jacques Kallis, Daryl Cullinan etc. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Sri Lanka Test cricketers’ signatures 1980s onwards. Thirty signatures, the majority on white ‘Sri Lanka Test Player’ cards, also cuttings, photographs and the odd piece. Signatures include K. Sangakkara, D. Chandimal, A. De Sliva, K. Perera, A. Ranatunga, A. Mathews, M. Jayawardene, R. Herath, U. Tharanga, C. Vaas, L. Malinga, S. Lakmal, M. Atapattu, C. Ramanayake, D. Mendis, M. Muralitharan etc. Good/ very good condition. Qty 30.... View full lot details

West Indies Test cricketers’ signatures 1950s onwards. Twenty seven mainly modern signatures on white ‘West Indies Test Player’ cards, cuttings, photographs, pieces etc. Earlier signatures include Wes Hall and Everton Weekes, others include Alvin Kallicharran, Corey Collymore, Pedro Collins, Rajinda Dhanraj, Tino Best, Phil Simmons, Keith Arthurton, Shiv Chanderpaul, Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh, Gordon Greenidge, Des Haynes, Carl Hooper, Michael Holding, Kemar Roach etc. Sold with two unsigned Scanlens ‘W.S.C’. trade cards of Viv Richards,... View full lot details

Warwick Windridge Armstrong. Victoria & Australia 1898-1922. Signature ink of Armstrong on heavily trimmed piece with tear affecting an otherwise very nice signature. Sold with an original sepia postcard of Armstrong in batting pose at the crease, wearing Australia Test cap in 1905. Printed title to lower right corner. Ralph Dunn & Co., London series no. 1006. Postally unused. Minor soiling, otherwise in good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

Frank Alfred Tarrant. Victoria, Middlesex, Europeans & Patiala 1898-1937. Nice signature in pencil of Tarrant on small page. Sold with a ‘Force Bat Series’ mono real photograph postcard of Tarrant, head and shoulders wearing Middlesex cap, facsimile signature, by Summer Brown, London. Postally unused. Horizontal crease, otherwise in good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

Hanson ‘Sammy’ Carter, New South Wales & Australia, 1897-1925. Ink signature of Carter on small narrow tightly trimmed piece laid down to slightly larger card. Sold with an original sepia real photograph postcard of ‘H. Carter (The Australian Cricket Team 1909)’ standing full length wearing wicket-keeping attire and Australia Test cap. Printed title to lower margin. Davidson Bros., London, postmarked 1909. Good/ very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

J.M. Kilburn cricket journalist and author. ‘England v New Zealand’. Five page handwritten manuscript for an article written by Kilburn for the Yorkshire Post. The article is undated, but Kilburn is reporting on the first day’s play in the 1st Test, England v New Zealand at Trent Bridge, 7th June 1973, in which England ‘ran into heavier weather than the elements offered’ in their first innings, closing the first day having ‘struggled to a painstaking... View full lot details

A.H. Randall, Bedford. 1930s-1940s. Box file containing a comprehensive collection of typed and neatly handwritten detailed statistics covering County cricket with particular Northamptonshire C.C.C. interest, apparently compiled by Randall in the 1930s and 1940s who, it is assumed, was attempting to compile a history of the Club. Included is a good selection of original letters, some with original envelopes, to and from County Clubs and others, many enquiring about wicket-keeping dismissals of the period. Signed... View full lot details

Alan Ross, cricket writer, poet and publisher. ‘Play Abandoned’ by Louis Duffus. Three page article by Ross for ‘The Cricketer March [1970?]’ book review column on Duffus’ recently published autobiography, handwritten in ink on Cable and Wireless (West Indies) telegram paper with editorial annotations in red. Compared to Duffus’ previous books on South African cricket, Ross describes this title as of ‘disappointingly thin quality... this account of his travels reads as if whatever zest he... View full lot details

E.W. Swanton. Original five page manuscript handwritten in ink by Swanton for an editorial article for ‘The Cricketer’, undated but written during the M.C.C. tour to Australia in 1970/71 prior to the 1st Ashes Test of the series. The first two pages, titled ‘England Face The Crunch’, previews the Test series following ‘the traumatic experiences of the M.C.C. bowlers in the first State match at Adelaide [v South Australia who scored 649/9 dec. in their... View full lot details

Richie Benaud. Two page article handwritten in ink by Benaud on the dominance of the West Indies in Test cricket. The article is undated, but would probably have been written in the late 1970s/ early 1980s. Benaud opens by saying ‘I think it is absolutely ridiculous to say WI are ruining Test cricket. You could get away with saying they are ruining the reputations of opposition players... but that is what teams try to do’,... View full lot details

West Indies v Australia. Prudential World Cup Semi-final 1975. Original five page typescript for an article by Arlott, possibly for The Guardian newspaper, with his handwritten amendments in ink, and a supplementary page of handwritten inserts to the text titled ‘J.A. copy- Oval 14.6.75’. Arlott is reporting on the West Indies victory by seven wickets in the final Group B match played at Kennington Oval, 14th June 1975, stating ‘apart from a thinness in the... View full lot details

Richard Hadlee. Two page typescript of an article by Hadlee with accompanying covering letter to P.B.L. Marketing in Sydney, dated 13th May 1980, both the letter and the article signed in ink by Hadlee. The article, with alterations and additions in Hadlee’s own hand, relates to New Zealand’s ‘impressive record in on day cricket’, and their victory ‘against all odds’ over West Indian world champions at Christchurch. Hadlee describes it as ‘a fine performance... but... View full lot details

Basil Easterbrook, cricket and sports journalist. Seventeen pages of articles handwritten in pencil by Easterbrook covering the 5th (final) Test, England v West Indies, Kennington Oval 12th- 17th August 1976. Easterbrook reports on a match featuring two first innings double centuries, 291 by Viv Richards for West Indies, and Dennis Amiss with 203 for England. West Indies won by 231 runs to take the series 3-0, the first two Tests having been drawn. Easterbrook reports... View full lot details

‘England v Australia 1972’. Original four page typed manuscript by Hutton for an article previewing the impending ‘Ashes’ series. Hutton opens with his pleasure at that Winter is over ‘and we can get back to sanity and sunshine with our summer games’, and remembers supporting Leeds United ‘in the days of Edwards, Hart and Copping, also the Milburn brothers, I shivered more times than I care to remember watching the stars of those days’. Hutton... View full lot details

Richard ‘Richie’ Benaud. New South Wales & Australia 1948-1964. Two page typed tribute to Keith Miller and Denis Compton, written by Benaud with covering typed letter dated 18th December 1995 from Benaud to Mick Pope of the Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society. Benaud is ‘delighted the Society is offering Keith Miller and Denis Compton a tribute’, and Benaud recollects playing with Miller and against Compton, ‘two great names in cricket’ who both had ‘flair’. Both the... View full lot details

‘Australian & England Test Series 1926’. A tablecloth with intricate decorative lacework borders, signed in black ink by twenty eight England and Australia Test players. Handwritten title to centre with the signatures of the England captain, Arthur Carr, also Ernest Tyldesley, Greville Stevens and Australian, Warren Bardsley. To the borders the signatures of Frank Woolley, Herbert Sutcliffe, Percy Chapman, Herbert Strudwick, Maurice Tate, Roy Kilner, Jack Hobbs, Patsy Hendren, Arthur Gilligan (England), John Ellis, Charlie... View full lot details

William George Hylton Jolliffe. Hampshire 1825. Signed free-front envelope to the Earl of Sunderland, dated and sent from ‘London, March Twenty Seven 1832’. Nicely signed by Jolliffe in black ink to lower left corner. Rare early signature of Jolliffe, who played one first-class match. Small expert repair to lower edge, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Henry Cecil Lowther. M.C.C., Surrey, Hampshire, M.C.C. & England 1819-1843. Original signed free-front envelope to a Mr Taswell of Bath, dated and sent from ‘London January Nineteen 1826’. Nicely signed by Lowther in black ink to lower left corner. A rare early signature of Lowther whose long political service as a conservative M.P. saw him become the Father of the House. G/VG.... View full lot details