Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024
Category: The David Frith Cricket Collection
David Frith was born in Gloucester Terrace, London in March 1937. In 1949 he emigrated with his family to Australia, arriving in Sydney aboard the RMS Orion. He started his working life as a copy boy for The Daily Mirror in 1954 for a short period, before moving on to banking with the Commonwealth Bank; he played cricket for the famous St George Club before moving onto Paddington C.C. He first met Bertie Oldfield in his sports shop in Sydney in 1951, buying his first bat from him and getting to know him fairly well, Oldfield gave him his Australian blazer worn on the 1930 tour of England during this time which started off David’s passion for collecting.
He returned to England in 1964, but after the death of his mother, family commitments led Frith back to Sydney where he sought a full-time cricket related post and thanks to a recommendation by Jack Fingleton, he did secure some work with the Australian News and Information Bureau. The return to Australia would prove to be short-lived and he moved back to the United Kingdom departing aboard the TSS Fairstar in 1972.
He succeeded Tony Pawson as deputy editor of The Cricketer Magazine in November 1972 before becoming editor from the March 1973 issue onwards. He founded Wisden Cricket Monthly and edited it from 1979 to 1996. In 1988 Frith won the Sports Council’s British Sports Journalism award as Magazine Sports Writer of the Year.
Frith has written dozens of books on both cricket in modern times and cricket of the past, mainly focussing on Ashes Test Match history. His major works include biographies of A.E. Stoddart, Archie Jackson and Ross Gregory; also ‘Pageant of Cricket’, ‘The Trailblazers’ and ‘Bodyline Autopsy’. He has also written ‘The David Frith Archive’ listing his vast collection of cricket memorabilia, books and ephemera which runs to 1100 pages. He has also successfully produced cricket videos and films; he presented an annual archive cricket film evening held at the National Film Theatre in London for thirty years. Frith became the first (and so far only) author to win The Cricket Society’s Book of the Year award three times in 2003 among other prestigious awards from home and abroad. He recently published his life story ‘A Paddington Boy’.
I first met David just after I had started my business in 1993 at a Cricket Memorabilia Society meeting. I was introduced to David and I think he mentioned me being the ‘new kid on the block’. He wished me well and finished our short conversation with ‘Garry Sobers has two ‘R’s in his name, don’t forget it’. He must have noticed the error in one of my initial auction catalogues. I have never forgotten those words! Attention to detail!
His cricket collection is vast, impressive and ecletic and I hope we have done justice to it in this first offering through our March auction.
Lot 270:
Estimate: £50/70
‘The Excelsior Pictorial Post Card Co. Portraits of the Australian Team 1905’. Published by A.C. (Albert Craig) Cricket Rhymester. Blue card booklet with printed titles containing four postcards, featuring thirteen of the Australian players, three (one four) to a card with names. Players include Clem Hill, Joe Darling, Victor Trumper, Warwick Armstrong, Monty Noble, Powell, Cotter, Duff etc. Complete as issued. Rare in this form. Minor staining and tear to covers and postcards, otherwise in... View full lot details
Lot 271:
Estimate: £30/50
‘The Excelsior Pictorial Post Card Co. Portraits of the complete English Team who brought home the Ashes’. Published by A.C. (Albert Craig) Cricket Rhymester. Blue card booklet with printed titles containing four postcards, two with three cricketers, two with four. Players include Lilley, Hayward, Fielder, Knight, Rhodes, Warner etc. Complete as issued. Minor wear, rusting to staples, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare in this form.... View full lot details
Lot 272:
Estimate: £30/50
‘The Excelsior Pictorial Post Card Budget. Portraits of the Kent County Team’ 1904. Published by A.C. (Albert Craig) Cricket Rhymester. Blue card booklet with printed titles containing four postcards featuring twelve of the Kent players, three to a card with names. Players include Mason, Marsham, Dillon, Fielder, Blythe, Fairservice etc. Complete as issued. Rare in this form. Wear to covers, rusting to staple, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 273:
Estimate: £40/60
Errol Reginald Thorold Holmes. Surrey, Oxford University & England 1924-1955. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Holmes standing full length wearing cricket attire and cap on the outfield at Scarborough. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Holmes. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to corners of verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 274:
Estimate: £40/60
Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Tate depicted head and shoulders in cameo wearing M.C.C. touring blazer for the 1928/29 tour to Australia. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin by Tate. A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Light soiling and creasing to lower corners, rounding to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 275:
Estimate: £40/60
Harry Stanley ‘Stan’ Squires. Surrey 1928-1949. Original mono real photograph postcard of Squires depicted head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire and blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin by Squires. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with handwritten annotation in ink, ‘April 18th 1940. Autographed 15th July 1941’. Postally unused. Light vertical crease and minor soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 276:
Estimate: £60/90
Geoffrey Wilson. Yorkshire & Cambridge University 1919-1924. Sepia real photograph postcard of Wilson standing full length wearing Yorkshire cap and blazer. Signed in ink to the photograph by Wilson. Photographer unknown. Postally unused. Sold with a mono real photograph postcard of John Tunnicliffe (Yorkshire 1891-1907) catching the ball wearing Yorkshire cap. Printed caption to card ‘Caught Sir!’. Nicely signed in ink and dated 1903 by Tunnicliffe. Hartmann series no. 1376. Some soiling to the Tunnicliffe... View full lot details
Lot 276a:
Estimate: £30/50
Yorkshire County Cricket Team 1903. Exceptionally large original mono postcard of the team by Delittle, Fenwick & Co., York (The ‘D.F. & Co.’ Series). Titled in white within shield to lower right corner ‘Yorkshire County Cricket Team’ with names of players printed in white to lower border. Players featured are Lord Hawke (Captain), Hirst, Jackson, Smith, Hunter, Denton, Haigh, Brown, Whitehead, Rhodes, Tunnicliffe and Wilkinson. The postcard measures 9.75”x7”. Postally unused. Some wear to corners... View full lot details
Lot 277:
Estimate: £50/70
Yorkshire C.C.C. Nineteen mono postcards, the majority real photographs, of Yorkshire players in various poses. Includes studio portraits of Rockley Wilson by May Moore taken on the M.C.C. tour to Australia 1920/21, two of Roy Kilner with his sons, one a studio portrait, and another on the beach shortly before his death in 1928 (publishers unknown). Other players featured include Maurice Leyland, Wilfred Rhodes, Emmott Robinson, John Tunnicliffe, Hedley Verity, Arthur Wood etc. Series include... View full lot details
Lot 278:
Estimate: £70/100
Scarborough Cricket Festival 1924-1938. Nine mono real photograph postcards of teams and players at Scarborough. Teams featured are Gentlemen 1924, 1927, C.I. Thornton’s XI 1925, Players 1927, M.C.C. 1934, 1938, and H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI 1934. Also two of players, one of Arthur Wellard and Freddie Brown walking out to bat, the other of Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes standing leaning on their bats. All appear to be by Walker Studios of Scarborough. Good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 279:
Estimate: £30/50
George Herbert Hirst. Yorkshire, Europeans & England 1891-1929. Nine early mono postcards of Hirst full length, the majority in bowling poses, others batting and fielding. Includes two real photograph postcards, one Rotary Photographic Series no. 3806, the other Rival Photographic Series no. 1382. Other series include Hartmann, Parkinson Roy (Leeds), Lindley, Star Series etc. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 280:
Estimate: £30/50
Northern and other cricket grounds early 1900s onwards. A good selection of over sixty postcards, mainly mono, some real photographs and colour, depicting cricket grounds from the North, also the Midlands including Worcester, Rugby etc. Grounds include Aigburth Liverpool, Lockwood cricket ground and viaduct, Headingley, Old Trafford, Glossop, Todmorden, Swinton, Stockport, Saltaire, Fenton, Darlington, Clevedon, Darlington, Eden Side Carlisle, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Sedburgh, Rawtenstall, Preston Park, Worsley, Skegness, Trowbridge, Peebles, Welbeck Abbey, Wellingborough, Wheathampstead, Wolverton, Rugby School,... View full lot details
Lot 281:
Estimate: £30/40
Don Bradman. Mono postcard of the Australia team to England 1930 by E.T.W. Dennis of Scarborough. Signed by Bradman in red ink. The card was obviously sent to Bradman to sign and the question was asked of him ‘Who did you consider the best England player on the Bodyline tour?. Bradman answers in one word in red ink ‘Larwood’. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 282:
Estimate: £30/40
‘The Australian Cricket Team 1905’. Mono real photograph postcard of the fifteen members of the Australian touring party, each named and arranged in small cameo vignettes on a white background. Philco Series 6003F. Postmarked 1906. Good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 283:
Estimate: £40/60
A.J. Hopkins and W. Bardsley. Australia tour to England 1909. Two early original sepia real photograph postcards, one of Albert John Young Hopkins (New South Wales & Australia 1896-1915), the other of Warren Bardsley (New South Wales & Australia 1903-1925), both standing full length at the wicket in batting attire, Hopkins with Australia Test cap. The postcards by Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Fading to the images, the Bardsley trimmed to left edge, otherwise in... View full lot details
Lot 284:
Estimate: £25/35
Warwickshire C.C.C. 1923. Original mono real photograph postcard of the 1923 Warwickshire team, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and some blazers. Printed title to lower border. Photo by Percy Wynne, published by Adams of Birmingham. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 285:
Estimate: £30/40
Horace Brakenridge ‘Jock’ Cameron. Transvaal, Eastern Province, Western Province & South Africa 1924-1935. Sepia real photograph postcard of Cameron, playing in his final first-class match, walking out to bat at Scarborough for the South Africans v H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI, 7th- 9th September 1935. Cameron scored 160 in the South African’s second innings, the match was drawn. Publisher unknown. Adhesive marks to verso. Sold with two versions of mono real photograph postcards of the 1929 South... View full lot details
Lot 286:
Estimate: £30/50
Lancashire C.C.C. A.C. MacLaren, Reggie Spooner and Bill Huddleston. Three early sepia real photograph postcards of MacLaren (Lancashire & England 1890-1914) and Spooner (Lancashire & England 1899-1921) both standing full length in batting poses, and Huddleston (Lancashire 1899-1914) standing at the wicket holding a ball. All three postcards by Foster of Brighton. All postally unused. Some fading to the images, creasing to the Huddleston postcard, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 287:
Estimate: £40/60
Archibald Campbell ‘Archie’ MacLaren. Lancashire & England 1890-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of MacLaren standing near full length in batting pose. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1905. Minor wear to card edges, otherwise an excellent image in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 288:
Estimate: £30/50
Albert Edward Relf. Sussex, Auckland & England 1900-1921. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Relf standing full length at the wicket in bowling pose wearing Sussex cap. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Foster of Brighton. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image. Sold with two further mono real photograph postcards by Foster, one of Relf in different bowling pose, the other of K.S. Ranjitsinhji in batting pose.... View full lot details
Lot 289:
Estimate: £30/50
Worcestershire C.C.C. c.1900-1910. Seven early mono postcards of Worcestershire players, each depicted in varying poses at the wicket. Players are E.G. Arnold (two different), W.B. Burns, H.K. Foster, and R.E. Foster (3). Publishers/ series include Hartmann, John Walker ‘Warner’s Team Series’, Star Series etc. Sold with a mono real photograph postcard of a youthful Nawab of Pataudi in batting pose c.1930, publisher unknown. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good condition. Qty 8.... View full lot details
Lot 290:
Estimate: £25/35
Clifton College Cricket Ground 1903-1950s. Seven mono postcards, mainly real photographs, all featuring cricket at Clifton College. Includes two published by J.B. & S.C., one, a rare and beautiful postcard with red, white and blue decorative raised borders, ornate colour coat of arms for Bristol and flag with gilt decorations, postmarked 1908, the other series no. 163, postmarked 1903. Other series include Valentine, Edbrooke, Harvey Barton & Son etc. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 291:
Estimate: £30/50
South African cricket grounds early 1900s. A good selection of early colour and mono postcards of grounds in South Africa. Includes a nice real photograph colour postcard of the ‘Main Ground, Wanderers Club, Johannesburg’ by ‘S.A. Railways’. Other titles include two of ‘The Wanderers Johannesburg’ and another, ‘A Cricket Match on the Union Grounds, Johannesburg’ all three by Sallo Epstein & Co., Durban, one postmarked 1903. ‘Cricket at Johannesburg (Warner’s Team in the Field)’ by... View full lot details
Lot 292:
Estimate: £50/80
South West and other cricket grounds early 1900s onwards. A good selection of forty seven postcards, mainly mono, some real photographs and colour, depicting cricket grounds from the South West. Grounds include Clifton College Bristol (9 different), Sidmouth (8), Torquay (3), Taunton County Ground (3), Taunton School (3), Lynmouth & Lynton (2), Tiverton, Bradninch, Hartley Wintney, Westward Ho, Winchester, Cheltenham College, Chudleigh, Downend, Tewkesbury etc. Earlier publishers/ series include D.F. & Co., J.B. & S.C.,... View full lot details
Lot 293:
Estimate: £40/60
London and the South East club and school cricket grounds early 1900s onwards. A good selection of forty five postcards, mainly mono, some real photographs and colour, depicting cricket grounds from London and the South East. Grounds include Cranleigh, Cockfosters, New Cross, Colchester, Chislehurst, Regents Park, Folkestone, Forest Green, Marlborough College, Dauntsey School, Mote Park, Lowestoft, Leyton, Lensbury, Hythe, Charterhouse, Frinton, Blackheath, Broadstairs, Brockham Green, Highams Park, Dulwich College, Eton, Harrow, Deal, Crouch End, Crystal... View full lot details
Lot 294:
Estimate: £50/70
London and the South East county and club cricket grounds early 1900s onwards. A good selection of thirty one postcards, mainly mono, some real photographs and colour, depicting cricket grounds from London and the South East. Grounds include The Oval (8 different), Wembley (2), Brighton, No Mans Land Common, Worpelson, Woodford Green, Wokingham, Weybridge, Wanstead, Welling, Victoria Park, Turnham Green, Sutton, Southgate, Southwick, Orpington Hospital, Oxted, Plumstead Common, Reigate, Regents Park etc. Earlier publishers/ series... View full lot details
Lot 295:
Estimate: £30/50
Kent county, club and school cricket grounds early 1900s onwards. A nice selection of twelve postcards, mainly mono, some real photographs and colour, depicting cricket grounds in Kent. Grounds include Southborough Common (2 different), Sevenoaks Vine, Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Neville Ground Tunbridge Wells, ‘Higher’ and ‘Lower’ cricket grounds Tunbridge Wells etc. Earlier publishers/ series include Flemons, Fielder, Rival Photographic, Valentines, E.A. Schwerdtleger, Photochrom, Star etc. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 296:
Estimate: £50/70
Amateur clubs and player postcards early 1900s. A good selection of fifty five early original mono and sepia real photograph postcards depicting individual players and teams including clubs and schools, mainly 1900-1914. The majority of clubs, including three ladies’ teams, are unidentified, but with good southern interest and some northern. Clubs include Astwood Bank, St. Mark’s Institute, Cockfosters Central, Camden etc. also Eton, Winchester and Exeter schools. Publishers/ studios include Starr and Rignall (Cambridge), Beloe... View full lot details
Lot 297:
Estimate: £20/30
Lord’s Cricket Ground. A selection of ten postcards depicting various scenes at Lord’s. Subjects include mono/sepia real photograph postcards of the pavilion, postmarked c.1918, a match in progress date stamped to verso 1957, and three aerial views c.1950s. Also five later colour postcards, one signed to the verso by Eddie Leadbeater (Yorkshire, Warwickshire & England 1949-1958). Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 298:
Estimate: £30/40
Team and player postcards 1936-1947. Album comprising ten mono real photograph postcards, all loose mounted to pages. Subjects include team photographs of All India touring party 1936, Australia 1938, Middlesex 1947, Surrey 1936 & 1947, South Africa 1935 & 1947, player portrait photographs of Surrey players E.R.T. Holmes, A.R. Gover, and A. Sandham, and five player postcards with illustrations by McNamara, Oldham’s Press c.1950 of Compton, Hutton, Evans, Bedser and Tattersall. Other series include F.C.... View full lot details
Lot 299:
Estimate: £40/60
‘Hambledon v. England played on Broadhalfpenny Down Sept 10, 11, 12 1908’. Rare mono real photograph postcard showing players from the first class match sitting and standing on the granite pillar which was unveiled on the opening day to honour the Hambledon Club. Players who featured in the match included C.B. Fry, Jessop, Knights, Wynyard, Hearne, Mead, Astill, Jephson etc. A rare and historic postcard. Sold with three mono real photograph postcards relating to the... View full lot details
Lot 300:
Estimate: £30/50
Somerset C.C.C. 1938. Mono real photograph plain back photograph of the Somerset team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with typed label with players’ names including Longrigg (Captain), Lyon, Luckes, Buse, Wellard, Lee, Gimblett etc. Excellent condition.... View full lot details
Lot 301:
Estimate: £50/80
George Gunn. Nottinghamshire & England 1902-1932. Original mono real photograph postcard of Gunn, standing full length wearing Nottinghamshire blazer and cap. The postcard nicely signed in blue ink to the image by Gunn and dated 1922. Blind embossed stamp to lower border for Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Adhesive marks to corners on verso. A nice image. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 301a:
Estimate: £40/60
Team and player postcards 1913-1961. Four mono real photograph postcards of teams including Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1925 by Douglas Studio, Nottingham, Old England Team 1946, F.C. Dick Oval Series no. 46, adhesive to verso, Gentlemen at Scarborough 1961 (wear), and an early team photograph annotated to verso ‘Halifax C.C. 1913’. Also player postcards of Gilbert Jessop in batting pose, Hartmann Series no. 1661, and Jim Parks (Sussex), Deane, Wiles & Millar, Brighton, corner trimmed. Sold with... View full lot details
Lot 302:
Estimate: £30/40
Derbyshire C.C.C. c.1930s. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the Derbyshire players and officials seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, probably late 1930s. Official stamp to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Alf and George Pope etc. Some damage to edges, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 303:
Estimate: £30/40
Wally Hardinge and Jack Bryan. Kent. Sepia real photograph postcard of Hardinge and Bryan walking out to bat for Kent with a boy in shorts, jacket and boater close by, spectators in the background. Location, date and photographer unknown, probably late 1920s. Postally unused. Small crease to top left corner, otherwise in good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details
Lot 304:
Estimate: £40/60
Walter Reginald ‘Wally’ Hammond. Gloucestershire & England 1920-1951. Excellent mono real photograph postcard of Hammond, half length, wearing cricket sweater. Walkers Studios of Scarborough. Postally unused. Excellent image. Rare.... View full lot details
Lot 305:
Estimate: £15/25
Albert Craig ‘The Surrey Poet’. Mono postcard of Craig standing at the boundary reciting a poem to a group of spectators wearing boaters, a match in progress in the background. Titled ‘(Kent) “My County, Gentlemen!”’. Postally used, the correspondent writes ‘In Craig’s words it is “the Captain of the Spectators addressing his constituents”’. Publisher unknown. Post marked 1903(?). Minor wear, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 306:
Estimate: £40/60
Sachin Tendulkar. ‘Yorkshire Television. Sponsors of Sachin Tendulkar, Bombay, India and Yorkshire C.C.C.’ Original sponsors advertising card with biography to verso, signed to front by Tendulkar. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 307:
Estimate: £40/60
Anil Kumble. India. 1996 World Cup. Official ‘ACB’ Futera 1996 collectors’ card of Kumble, series no. 47, nicely signed by Kumble. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 308:
Estimate: £200/300
Sachin Tendulkar. India. 1996 World Cup. Official ‘ACB’ Futera 1996 collectors’ card of Tendulkar, series no. 34, nicely signed by Tendulkar. Very good condition. Rare... View full lot details
Lot 309:
Estimate: £25/35
‘Our Local Express’. Selection of four comic colour cricket postcards showing a slow moving train to backgound with a cricket match in the foreground. Titles are ‘Our Local Express-Chirk to Glyn Ceirog’, ‘- Thaxted to Elsensham (in the future)’, at Carigan (Rule of the Road, Take Time’ and ‘Caithness Railey’. Postcard by The Cynicus Publishing Co Ltd of Tayport, Fife. All postally dated between 1905 and 1910. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 310:
Estimate: £60/90
Comedy cricket postcards. Excellent selection of fifty, mainly, turn of the century postcards, four from Lance Thackeray’s ‘At the Wicket’ series, eleven Philco cards of boy cricketers from original artwork by ‘J.W.G.’.’five Kinsella ‘Boy Cricketer’, four ‘Cricket Illustrated’ by Tuck from painting by Fred Buchanan etc. Odd faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 311:
Estimate: £30/50
‘A Happy New Year to you’. A Victorian ‘New Year’ greetings card picturing a batsman and a wicket-keeper with stumps and bats to background. Mounted, framed and glazed. Overall 10.25”x12”. Previously held in the M.C.C. Collection and sold as lot 260 in the M.C.C. Bicentenary auction of April 1987 which was conducted by Christie’s Auctioneers. VG... View full lot details
Lot 312:
Estimate: £25/35
Basil Lewis D’Oliveira. Worcestershire, Eastern Province & England 1964-1980. Mono postcard of D’Oliveira in batting action, signed to the front by D’Oliveira. J/V Cricket Series Set 2. Very good condition. Sold with an official Order of Service of Thanksgiving for D’Oliveira held at Worcester Cathedral, 27th January 2011. Minor soiling to the front cover, otherwise in good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 313:
Estimate: £50/80
‘The Official Collection of International Cricketer postcards’. Endorsed by the T.C.C.B. / E.C.B. Black album housing 280 postcards published by Stamp Publicity Ltd. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 314:
Estimate: £400/500
‘Cricket Memorabilia Society (C.M.S.) collectors’ cards. Red album comprising a complete run of 121 signed autograph cards from no. 1, Ken Higgs, to no. 121, Bill Athey. The series limited to an issue of one hundred copies of each card. Various limitation numbers. Other signatures include Dennis Amiss, Bomber Wells, Tom Graveney, Colin Bland, Harry Pilling, Bob Blair, Jeff Jones, Reg Simpson, Jeff Jones, Jon Snow, Geoff Pullar, Ken Shuttleworth, Ron Headley, Farokh Engineer, Bob... View full lot details
Lot 315:
Estimate: £30/50
Cigarette and collectors’ cards 1920s-1960s. John Player & Sons ‘Cricketers 1934’, full set of fifty, and ‘Cricketers 1938’ lacking nos. 5 Copson and 23 Sims. W.D. & H.O. Wills ‘Cricketers, 1928’ full set of fifty, and ‘Cricketers 2nd Series of 50’ 1928 lacking no. 2 Arnott. Sold with a quantity of loose cards including Gallaher ‘Famous Cricketers’ 1926 (Qty 13), Ogden’s ‘Prominent Cricketers of 1938 (12), Player’s ‘Cricketers Caricatures by “RIP”’ 1926 (10), Ardath ‘Photocards’... View full lot details
Lot 316:
Estimate: £30/50
Graham Thorpe. A Cornhill Insurance collectors’ card Series ‘J’ of Thorpe, signed by Thorpe. Sold with a flyer for the County Championship match, Middlesex v Surrey, Uxbridge, 9th- 11th September 1981 signed in ink by eighteen players. Signatures include Brearley, Knight, Jackman, Roope, Downton, Pocock, Gatting, Intikhab Alam, Daniel, Butcher, Hughes etc. Some staining to the poster, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 317:
Estimate: £50/80
Cigarette and trade cards 1926-1997. Album comprising eleven complete sets of cards. Series are John Player & Sons ‘Cricketers Caricatures by “Rip”’ 1926 (full set of 50), ‘Cricketers 1930’ (50), ‘Cricketers, 1934’ (50, minor creasing to the odd card), and ‘Cricketers 1938’ (50). W.D. & H.O. Wills ‘Wills’s Cricketers 2nd Series of 50’ 1928 (50). Major Drapkin & Co. ‘Australian and English Test Cricketers’ 1928 (40 real photographs). Ogden’s Ltd ‘Prominent Cricketers of 1938’ (50).... View full lot details
Lot 318:
Estimate: £80/120
‘Bodyline’. Seven original cigarette cards of players who took part in the 1932/33 Ashes series, each signed by the featured player. Series/ players are Gallaher Ltd. ‘Famous Cricketers’ 1926, no. 84 Clarrie Grimmett and no. 95 William Woodfull. Ogden’s Ltd. ‘Australian Test Cricketers 1928-29’ Alan Kippax. Wills’s ‘Cricketers 1928’ no. 25, Douglas Jardine. Barratt & Co. ‘Famous Cricketers’ 1937, Les Ames, Maurice Leyland and Hedley Verity. Fading to the signatures of the four English players’... View full lot details
Lot 319:
Estimate: £40/60
Australian signed trade cards early 1980s onwards. A good selection of forty trade cards, each signed by the featured player. Signatures include Lawson, Langer, Katich, Warner, Gillespie, Nannes, Fleming, Blewett, Moody, Law, Reiffel, Siddons, White, Maddinson, Doherty, Abbott, Hogg, Haddin, Stanlake, Boyce, McKay, Hussey, Magoffin, Nielsen etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 320:
Estimate: £30/50
England signed Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ series. Thirty nine cards, each signed by the featured player and one of the England team 1988 (card no. 14) signed by the eleven featured players. Other card numbers are 4, 74, 95, 143, 144, 225, 240, 255, 270-272, 286, 301, 304, 305, 311, 313, 323, 333, 349, 351, 367, 368, 370, 381, 382, 406, 420, 423, 424, 437, 454, 455, 457, 483, 497, 498, 499 and 516.... View full lot details
Lot 321:
Estimate: £30/50
England signed Cornhill Insurance Test Series Cards. Forty cards, each signed by the featured player. Cards are Series ‘E’, 1 card of Atherton. Series ‘G’, 13 cards of Croft, Ealham, Fraser, Gough, Hick, Illingworth, Irani, Knight, Malcolm (2 different), Martin, Mullally and Patel. Series ‘H’, 7 cards of Atherton, Crawley, DeFreitas, Stewart, Thorpe, Tufnell and White. Series ‘J’, 12 cards of Atherton, Ealham, Fraser, Giles, Gough, Headley, Hick, Maddy, Ramprakash, Silverwood, Stewart and Thorpe. Series... View full lot details
Lot 322:
Estimate: £30/40
Phil Hughes. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia. Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ series no. 408, signed by Hughes to the front. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 323:
Estimate: £40/60
Overseas signed Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ series. Twenty five cards, each signed by the featured player. Card numbers are 121, 205, 249, 267, 276, 306, 308, 316, 331, 338-340, 358, 416, 419, 434, 446, 448, 458, 459, 464, 505, 512, 519 and 521. Signatures include Adams, Gibson, Collymore, Roach (West Indies), Vaas (Sri Lanka), McKenzie, Hall, van Jaarsveld, Thomas, Ingram (South Africa), Styris, Marshall, Guptill (New Zealand), Azhar Mahmood (Pakistan), Jacques, Rogers, Voges (Australia),... View full lot details
Lot 324:
Estimate: £40/60
‘Australian Bicentenary’ postcard 1988. Post Office Picture Card Series of the 34p stamp, signed to back by eighteen Australian cricketers, Bill Brown, Keith Stackpole, Peter Burge, Ashley Mallett, Ray Lindwall, Alan Davidson, Norm O’Neill, Tom Veivers, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Bill Lawry, Arthur Morris, Neil Hawke, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Max Walker, Bob Massie and David Hookes. Postmarked R.A.F. Cottesmore, 21st June 1988. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 325:
Estimate: £25/35
Cricket, football and other cigarette and collectors’ cards. Album comprising eleven complete sets and other incomplete and reproduction sets. Complete original cricket sets are John Players & Sons ‘Cricketers, 1934’ (50 cards). Kane ‘1956 Cricketers’ (50) and ‘Cricket Clubs & Badges’ 1957 (25). Football sets are John Player & Sons ‘Football Caricatures by Mac’ 1927 (50), W.D. & H.O. Wills ‘Association Footballers’ 1939 (no frame on back, 50). Other non-sporting sets are Scottish C.W.S. ‘Burns’... View full lot details
Lot 326:
Estimate: £2000/3000
David Denton. Yorkshire & England 1894-1920. Stuart Surridge ‘Rapid Driver’ cricket bat used by Denton in the 1905 cricket season scoring over 2405 runs, becoming one of Wisden’s ‘Five Cricketers of the Year’ [Wisden 1906], and making 52 and 153 not out against the Australians at Bradford in June 1905. The bat is inscribed clearly in black ink in Denton’s hand ‘Scored over 2000 runs with this bat including 52 and 153 not out... View full lot details
Lot 327:
Estimate: £1500/2500
David Denton. Yorkshire & England 1894-1920. Gunn & Moore ‘The Autograph’ cricket bat used by Denton in the 1908 cricket season scoring two consecutive centuries for Yorkshire against M.C.C. at Scarborough in August and September 1908. The bat is inscribed clearly in black ink in Denton’s hand ‘Scored 121 and 133 with this bat against M.C.C. at Scarborough. August 31st + September 1st and 2nd 1908’. The bat in good original condition and has some... View full lot details
Lot 328:
Estimate: £400/600
David Denton. Yorkshire & England 1894-1920. Attractive silver hallmarked cigarette case presented to Denton in the 1908 cricket season to commemorate him scoring two consecutive centuries for Yorkshire against M.C.C. at Scarborough in August and September 1908. The machine decorated case is engraved inside a floral cartouche ‘Presented to David Denton, by the Scarborough C.C. as a momento of his fine innings of 133 and 123 played by him for Yorkshire v M.C.C. at Scarborough... View full lot details
Lot 329:
Estimate: £300/500
A Durtnall ‘Skyscraper’ bat c.1795. Early one-piece cricket bat with plain convex face and ridged back, bound handle, measuring 35” long and weighing 2lbs 8 oz. The unspliced bat was made for a right handed batsman. The top of the handle impressed with ‘H Durtnall’, and ‘H Durtnall Peckham Kent’ to toe. Sold with the late vendor’s research notes giving further information on the bat. Some worm holes, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 330:
Estimate: £150/250
A Thomson of Windsor ‘plain match’ bat of 1847. The one piece bat with ‘Batchelor & Revel August 17th 1847’ imprinted with decorative borders in faded gold lettering and black highlighting to face across shoulders. ‘Thompson Windsor’ impressed to top of handle and to toe. The bat, with flat back becoming slightly humped to lower middle, measures 33.3”, weighing 1lb 14oz, bound handle. Sold with the late vendor’s research notes giving further information on the... View full lot details
Lot 331:
Estimate: £150/250
A late one-piece cricket bat. A mid 19th Century one-piece cricket bat made by John Thompson of Windsor and dated 1848. The bat is unspliced, narrow and straight shouldered with an unusually slightly convex face and the back of the blade is humped. The bat was made for a right handed batsman and measures 34.25”, weighing 2lbs 9oz, bound handle. There is what appears to be an old museum label to the back of the... View full lot details
Lot 332:
Estimate: £70/100
An Edward J. Page ‘Superior Cane Handle’ bat of 1862. The bat with ‘Kennington’ and ‘Surrey’ impressed to shoulders of an otherwise plain face. To the rear shoulders ‘Edward J. Page’ and Superior’ across the splice. On the back is a silver shield engraved ‘Presented by the President of the Newtown Cricket Club, To Mr. Thomas Galvin, As highest scorer for the First Eleven for 1862-3’. The bat measures 34.25” and weighs 2 lbs. The... View full lot details
Lot 333:
Estimate: £150/250
A one piece bat from Eton 1863. The bat with ‘Scarlett’ and ‘Windsor’ impressed to top shoulders of the face with hand painted inscription below, ‘Brocas Eton Aug. 27th 1863’, in gold lettering and black highlighting with decorative borders. To the back, the inscription in ink of ‘T. Mayne Eton’. The back of the bat is slightly concave rather than ridged, flattening towards the toe. The bat measures 33.5”, weighing 1lb 7oz, with bound handle.... View full lot details
Lot 334:
Estimate: £100/150
Aquila Clapshaw cricket bat 1875. An early cricket bat made by Clapshaw and exported to Australia. The bat is typical of this period, the blade is slim and the back almost flat at the top, becoming slightly humped as it reaches the toe. The handle made from four strips of cane glued together. Small repair and restoration to the toe and string binding at the top and lower middle of the blade. The top of... View full lot details
Lot 335:
Estimate: £80/120
A John Fensom split cane handled bat of 1877. Impressed to the front shoulders and on the front and back of the splice are the names ‘J. Fensom’, repeated to the top of the central cane of the handle. On the back is a silver shield engraved ‘Presented to B. Dawson by his friends for his score of 47, Yeadon v. Otley 6th Aug.t. 1877’. The back rises to a shallow hump from the splice,... View full lot details
Lot 336:
Estimate: £70/100
A Frowd’s Patent Presentation bat of 1884. The bat with impressed makers’ Trade Marks depicting an elephant to the shoulders of the face, with ‘Frowd’s Patent Extra Spring Anti-concussive Handle’ across the splice and maker’s details for ‘James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. Manufacturers’ of Newington Causeway, Borough, London below. The remainder of the slightly convex face is plain. The back is slightly humped, the toe modelled for a right-handed batsman. To the back is a... View full lot details
Lot 337:
Estimate: £70/100
A Benjamin Warsop bat of 1884. ‘Rev. W.H. Churchill’s Warsop Conqueror’. Impressed to the face on each shoulder, ‘B. Warsop, Marylebone’. Below the splice, the impressed mark in circular motif of ‘B. Warsop Conqueror Patent Spring Handle Trade Mark’ and below that ‘Registered’. Alongside the splice, handwritten in ink the inscription ‘Churchill Cambridge 1884’, and similarly to the back, faintly inscribed ‘Churchill’. The face of the bat is a little convex, the back slightly humped,... View full lot details
Lot 338:
Estimate: £200/300
Kingsmill James Key. Surrey & Oxford University 1892-1904. ‘Record Partnership Bat 1887’. A Gradidge ‘Imperial Driver’ cricket bat used by Key when scoring 281 runs in a record stand with Hylton Philipson of 340 runs for the seventh wicket for Oxford University in their first innings against Middlesex at Chiswick on 23rd-25th June 1887. This was the highest first class score recorded The bat signed to the shoulder of the bat K.J. Key. The bat... View full lot details
Lot 339:
Estimate: £200/300
‘A Warsop Triangular Bat circa 1890’. A triangular practice cricket bat made by Benjamin Warsop of St. John’s Wood, London. The triangular shaped bat’s blade is only 2.5” in width and has ‘B. Warsop, Marylebone’ stamped across the splice and below a faded trade mark and ‘B. Warsop’ impressed to the cap of the bat. The back of the blade rises sharply from the splice into an acutely angled ridge before sharply falling away at... View full lot details
Lot 340:
Estimate: £70/100
A bat with solid cane handle c.1890. Impressed to the face below the splice ‘All Cane’. The back of the blade is gently humped, flattening out towards the toe. The blade is bound in four places. The bound handle is solid unsplit cane. Maker unknown. 34.25” in length, weighing 2lbs 3oz. Sold with the late vendors research notes giving further information on the bat. Good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 341:
Estimate: £700/1000
Jack Brown’s century bat (117 v. New South Wales) 1894. A ‘Crawford The Exceller Patent’ bat by H.C. Crawford of Plumstead, Kent. Impressed ‘Crawford The Exceller Patent’ to face over splice, ‘J. Wisden and Co London’ to both shoulders, and ‘Crawford’ to handle cap. Below the splice to the face is an inscription in ink in Brown’s own hand, ‘J.T. Brown 117 Sydney Nov 24- 1894’ from Stoddart’s tour to Australia 1894/95. The back of... View full lot details
Lot 342:
Estimate: £200/300
G.O. Smith’s Crawford Exceller’ bat c.1896 by H.C. Crawford of Plumstead, Kent. Impressed to the shoulders of the face ‘J. Wisden & Co. London’ and below the splice ‘Crawford Patent Exceller’. Also inscribed in ink to the front shoulder ‘G.O. Smith’. Below the splice is the remnant of a typed label which identified the bat in the collection of Charles Pratt Green. On the back shoulder, the ink inscription ‘116’ (Pratt Green’s catalogue number) and... View full lot details
Lot 343:
Estimate: £100/150
A Dark & Sons bat with a ‘Cork Cased’ handle 1900. The bat by Dark & Sons of Lord’s Cricket Ground with impressed marks to front shoulders, ‘Dark & Sons Patent Cork Handle Lord’s’, and, across the splice ‘Dark’s Patent (No. 7842) Cork-Cased Handle’. To the back, below the splice, impressed ‘P. Need- Lord’s’, and to the shoulder the handwritten inscription in ink ‘J.C.D.P. 1907’. ‘Dark’s Patent’ impressed to handle cap. The back of the... View full lot details
Lot 344:
Estimate: £100/150
Samuel Meston’s ‘Special Selected’ Breeden Bat 1906. The bat by W.J. Breeden of Leyton, Essex. Impressed to the front shoulders ‘W.J. Breeden’, across the splice ‘Special Selected’ and ‘Leyton Essex’, below ‘Roberts Bristol’ and ‘Extra Spring’. The back shoulder inscribed in ink ‘S.P. Meston 1906’, the inscription barely legible, affected by what appears to be a large scorch mark. The back is steeply rounded rather than ridged, falling away to the toe, the shoulders sloping.... View full lot details
Lot 345:
Estimate: £70/100
A Jack Hobbs ‘Oval’ bat 1922. The Harrow sized bat face impressed to both shoulders ‘Jack Hobbs Ltd, 59 Fleet Street, London’, across the splice in a roundel ‘Specially Selected’, and below at an angle ‘The Oval’, ‘Specially Selected’ and the impressed signature ‘J.B. Hobbs’. On the back to one shoulder a handwritten ownership name in ink of J. Boarde, Spillay C.C., and to the other shoulder the ink signature of Hobbs, ‘Harrow’ impressed below... View full lot details
Lot 346:
Estimate: £150/250
William Walter Keeton. Nottinghamshire & England 1926-1952. A Gunn & Moore ‘Autograph’ bat used by Keeton in scoring 1162 runs in August 1933. The face of the bat is inscribed ‘1162 in August 1933’ and below is a label which details the innings played with the bat in August 1933. The original writing has faded a little and has been overwritten at a later date. The bat rubber has begun to perish and the blade... View full lot details
Lot 347:
Estimate: £100/150
‘A Western Samoan Kirikiti bat’. A Kirikiti bat used in the 1930’s The bat is one piece and blade is three sided with the two flat striking faces being 2” wide flaring to 3” at the toe. Kirikiti is the Samoan version of cricket and is popular with the islanders, The rules of Kirikiti or Kilikiti are flexible. Indeed, the majority of reports written on the game simply say that the rules can only... View full lot details
Lot 348:
Estimate: £150/250
Tom Barling Six Centuries bat’. Gunn & Moore ‘Autograph’ bat used by Barling in the 1946 and 1947 seasons playing for Surrey. Inscribed to the bat face in ink ‘During the seasons 1946 and 1947 I scored over 2000 runs with this bat including 233 not out v Notts, 172 v Oxford University, 164 v Northamptonshire, 129 v Middlesex, 129 v Warwickshire and 148 not out v Combined Services. Signed below the inscription Tom... View full lot details
Lot 349:
Estimate: £50/80
John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. William Gunn ‘Autograph’ match used cricket bat circa 1920’s signed by Jack Hobbs to the ownership position on the shoulder of the back of the back possibly indicating it may have been used by Hobbs. Binding to blade and wear to the rubber handle otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 350:
Estimate: £50/80
South African tour of England 1935. John Wisden ‘Union Driver’ cricket bat signed to face by eleven of the South African tourists. Signatures include Wade (Cpt), Cameron, Mitchell, Nourse, Bell, Williams, Balaskas, Tomlinson etc. Some slight spidering to the ink signatures otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 351:
Estimate: £50/80
England v Australia, Headingley 1953. Stuart Surridge ‘Herbert Sutcliffe Autograph’ size 6 cricket bat signed to the back of the bat by both teams plus Don Bradman and other England players. Thirty one signatures in total including Hassett, Miller, Harvey, Ring, Benaud, Hutton, Bedser, Compton, Wyatt, Leyland, Watson, Lock etc. Some fading to signatures otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 352:
Estimate: £50/70
West Indies 1963. Gunn & Moore ‘County’ cricket bat signed to face by the West Indies team. Sadly, some of the original signatures have faded and there are only eleven legible signatures remaining being Worrell, Hunte, Sobers, Valentine, Gibbs, Butcher, Soloman, Allan, Griffith, King and manager Berkeley Gaskin. Signed to verso by six county sides of 1963, Gloucestershire (8 legible signatures), Somerset (12), Middlesex (9), Kent (7), Warwickshire (9) and Northamptonshire (7). Again, some fading... View full lot details
Lot 353:
Estimate: £30/50
England v Rest of the World 1970. Gray Nicolls ‘Colin Milburn Autograph’ cricket bat signed to the face by the England and Rest of the World teams of 1970 and to the back by four counties Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire and the Yorkshire teams of 1970. Fading to some the Rest of the World team signatures to the front and to some of the Northamptonshire signatures to the back otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 354:
Estimate: £60/90
England v Australia 1972. Slazenger cricket bat signed to the face by ten of the England and seventeen members of the Australian teams. Signatures include Illingworth, Edrich, Snow, Greig, Parfitt, Hampshire, Old, Arnold, I. Chappell, Stackpole, Lillee, Walters, Gleeson, Massie, G. Chappell, Marsh, Taber, Colley, Edwards etc. Two of the England signatures sadly faded otherwise in good condition. Signed to the back of the bat by Godfrey Evans... View full lot details
Lot 355:
Estimate: £100/150
England v Australia 1975. Stuart Surridge ‘Ken Barrington Autograph’ cricket bat signed to the face by sixteen of the Australian and eleven members of the England teams. Signatures include I. Chappell, G. Chappell, Mallett, Laird, Gilmour, Pascoe, Marsh, Lillee, Walters, Walker, Higgs, Denness, Edrich, Snow, Old, Knott, Gooch, Amiss, Underwood etc. Very good condition with excellent signatures. Signature of Ken Barrington to the back shoulder of the bat suggesting he obtained the signatures... View full lot details
Lot 356:
Estimate: £80/120
England v Australia 1985. Duncan Fearnley cricket bat signed to the face by twelve of the England and fifteen members of the Australian teams. Signatures include Gower, Botham, Gatting, Lamb, Gooch, Downton, Willey, Robinson, Border, Lawson, O’Donnell, Thomson, Boon, Wellham etc. Fading to the last Australian and the last England signature otherwise in good/very good condition with excellent signatures... View full lot details
Lot 357:
Estimate: £80/120
Australia v England Bi-Centennial Test Match, Sydney 1988. Gunn & Moore ‘Maxi’ cricket bat signed to the face by sixteen of the England and twelve members of the Australian teams. Signatures include Gatting, Emburey, Radford, Athey, French, Dilley, Capel, Moxon, Robinson, Border, Marsh, Waugh, Jones, Hughes, Boon, Sleep etc. Slight fading to odd signature otherwise in good condition, all legible. Signature of Mike Gatting to the back shoulder of the bat suggesting he obtained... View full lot details
Lot 358:
Estimate: £100/150
England v Australia 1989. Duncan Fearnley ‘Supreme’ cricket bat signed to the face by twelve of the England and seventeen members of the Australian teams. Signatures include Gower, Russell, Gooch, Broad, Dilley, Lamb, Smith, Foster, Jarvis, Border, Marsh, Boon, Lawson, Jones, Taylor, Moody, Hughes, Alderman, May, Healy etc. Good/very good condition with excellent signatures... View full lot details
Lot 359:
Estimate: £40/60
England v Australia, Lord’s 1997. Gunn & Moore cricket bat signed to the face by the England team who played Australia at Lord’s in June 1997. Twelve signatures including Atherton (Cpt), Hussain, Gough, Thorpe, Crawley, Caddick, Malcolm etc. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 360:
Estimate: £40/60
Lancashire C.C.C. 1999. Full size cricket bat signed to face by twenty members of the Lancashire playing staff. Signatures include Crawley, Atherton, Fairbrother, Watkinson, Muralitharan, Hegg, Martin, Schofield, Yates, Ridgway, Flintoff etc. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 361:
Estimate: £40/60
Denys Paul Beck Morkel. Western Province, Transvaal & South Africa 1919-1932. Leather tour suitcase used by Morkel on the South African cricket tour of England in 1929 and the tour to Australia in 1931. The suitcase lid decorated with his initials and name in black ‘D.P.B. Morkel’ with cricket colours in striped bands around the case. Some wear and ageing but in good condition considering. A rare survivor... View full lot details
Lot 362:
Estimate: £50/70
Graeme Hick, Worcestershire & England. Pair of Duncan Fearnley batting gloves worn by Hick in his playing career. Each glove signed in black ink by Hick. Previously sold by Knight’s at the Graeme Hick Benefit Year auction held in September 1999. Minor wear, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 363:
Estimate: £200/300
John Thomas ‘Jack’ Hearne. Middlesex & England 1888-1923. Cricket ball presented to Jack Hearne following his highly successful cricket season in 1896 where he finished top of the bowling average for the season. The ‘Cobbett ‘Best Match’ cricket ball with details of his achievement in gilt lettering and numbers reads ‘1898. 222 Wickets. Av[erage] 14.05’. hearne bowled 1802.3 overs of which 781 maidens, conceded 3120 runs, taking 222 runs with the average of 14.05. The... View full lot details
Lot 364:
Estimate: £40/60
Miniature cricket bats. Nine miniature bats including one multisigned, five individually, and three with facsimile signatures. Signed bats are ‘Kalli’ signed by ten England players v West Indies 1995 including Atherton Knight, Emburey, Thorpe, Cork, Fraser, Russell etc. 17”. ‘Art of Sport Signature Collection’, one signed by Alec Stewart 17”, another to verso by Mike Atherton 16.5”. ‘AF Academy’ signed by Darren Maddy 14.5”. ‘Lord’s’ signed by Clive Lloyd 15”. Woodworm ‘The Flame’ by Bill... View full lot details
Lot 365:
Estimate: £40/60
‘Yorkshire Cricketers’. Slazenger Panther cricket bat signed by twenty one players past and present. Signatures include Moxon, Bird, Richardson, Hartley, Close, Silverwood, Gough, Sidebottom, McGrath etc. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 366:
Estimate: £250/350
Colin Milburn. Northamptonshire, Western Australia & England 1960-1974. M.C.C. navy blue touring cap worn by Milburn during his Test career. The cap with M.C.C. emblem of St. George & Dragon has ‘C. Milburn’ handwritten to label. The cap was donated to David Capel by the Mother of Colin Milburn in 1994 for his Benefit Year. Very good condition. Sold with an official ‘Colin Milburn Testimonial’ brochure with match ticket laid to front cover for the... View full lot details
Lot 367:
Estimate: £50/70
Graeme Hick, Worcestershire & England. England one day International baseball style cap in sky blue with navy blue peak. Sponsor/ maker’s emblem to side, with embroidered three lions and crown emblem of England to front. The cap match worn and signed by Hick to the front. Previously sold by Knight’s at the Graeme Hick Benefit Year auction held in September 1999. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 368:
Estimate: £40/60
Graeme Hick, Worcestershire & England. Two England one day International baseball style training caps worn and signed by Hick. One in cream with navy blue peak, embroidered three lions and crown emblem of England to front, signed to the front. The other in navy blue with ‘Tetley Bitter’ emblem to front, signed to the underside of the peak, the cap slightly faded. Previously sold by Knight’s at the Graeme Hick Benefit Year auction held in... View full lot details
Lot 369:
Estimate: £250/350
Peter John Parnell Burge. Queensland & Australia 1952-1968. ‘Australian tour of New Zealand 1967’. Australian dark myrtle green wool test blazer worn by Peter Burge during the Australian tour of New Zealand in February and March 1967. The blazer beautifully embroidered with the Australia emblem to breast pocket and below ‘N.Z. Tour 1967’ in gold thread, with gold trimming to blazer pocket and sleeves. The blazer is in wonderfully good condition with the emblem bright.... View full lot details
Lot 370:
Estimate: £40/60
Kenneth Shuttleworth. Lancashire, Leicestershire & England 1964-1980. E.C.B. long sleeved sweater and blazer worn by Shuttleworth whilst officiating as an umpire in first class matches. The sweater, by BSB, with central E.C.B. emblem of the three lions and coronet to chest. Minor soiling otherwise in very good condition. The mid blue blazer, by Skopes, with E.C.B. emblem of the three lions and coronet to chest pocket. Minor moth holes to sleeves otherwise in good/very good... View full lot details
Lot 371:
Estimate: £60/90
John Harry Hampshire. Yorkshire, Tasmania, Derbyshire & England 1961-1984. Tasmania Cricket Association 1st XI cricket blazer worn by Hampshire when playing for Tasmania. The green blazer with Tasmanian emblem of a lion in red on a white background to chest. Minor wear and the odd small moth hole to blazer otherwise in good condition. A rarely seen State cricket blazer. The blazer was obtained by the vendor from Hampshire in 2010. Hampshire died in... View full lot details
Lot 372:
Estimate: £50/80
Graham Gooch. Essex & England 1973-2000. Essex white 1st XI long sleeved sweater worn by Gooch during his career. With Essex emblem and ‘Essex’ below in red embroidery to centre of chest. Initials ‘G.G.’ handwritten to label at neck. Size 42”. Previously sold at Gooch’s Testimonial Auction held by Knights in 1995. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 373:
Estimate: £30/50
Hampshire white 1st XI long sleeved fleece overtop/sweater with trimming to collar, waist and cuffs in club colours, Hampshire emblem and sponsors logo ‘Fearnley’ to chest. Size ‘Large’. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 374:
Estimate: £40/60
Kent white 2nd XI sleeveless sweater, by Allez, with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Kent emblem to centre and sponsors logo ‘Holsten’ to chest. Size 46”. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 375:
Estimate: £50/80
Lancashire white 1st XI sleeveless sweater, by Luke Ayres, with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Lancashire emblem and sponsors logo ‘Bass’ to chest. Size 40”. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 376:
Estimate: £50/80
Leicestershire white 1st XI sleeveless sweater, by Beaver of Leeds, with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Leicestershire fox emblem to chest. Size 46”. Player unknown. Minor soiling otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 377:
Estimate: £50/80
Clive Thornton Radley. Middlesex & England 1962-1990. Middlesex white 1st XI sleeveless sweater, by Jack Hobbs, worn by Radley during his playing career with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Middlesex emblem to the centre of chest. Size 42”. The initials ‘C.T.R.’ handwritten to neck label. Minor soiling otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 378:
Estimate: £50/80
Middlesex white 2nd XI sleeveless sweater, by F.A.B. Knitwear, with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Middlesex emblem and ‘II’ to the centre and sponsors logo ‘Austin Reed’ of chest. Size 44”. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 379:
Estimate: £50/80
Northamptonshire white 1st XI long sleeved sweater, by Merlin, with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Northamptonshire emblem and sponsors logo ‘Dr Martens’ to chest. Size 48”. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 380:
Estimate: £50/80
Nottinghamshire white 1st XI long sleeved sweater, by Eyreknit, with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Nottinghamshire emblem of a stag to chest. Size 46”. This appears to be a 1960’s sweater. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 381:
Estimate: £50/80
Somerset white 1st XI sleeveless sweater with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Somerset emblem and sponsors logo ‘Ecar Insurance’ to chest. Size 44”. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 382:
Estimate: £50/80
Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. Warwickshire white 1st XI sleeveless sweater with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Warwickshire emblem and sponsors logo ‘M&B’ to chest. Size 44”. Gifford’s initials ‘N.G.’ to neck label. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 383:
Estimate: £40/60
M.C.C. white long sleeved sweater, by Luke Eyres, with M.C.C. emblem in green to chest. Size 44”. Name to neck label which appears to read ‘Gray’ or ‘Grav’. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 384:
Estimate: £30/50
Cornwall white 1st XI sleeveless fleece overtop/sweater with trimming to collar, waist and cuffs in county colours, Cornwall emblem and sponsors logo ‘agame’ to chest. Size ‘Large’. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 385:
Estimate: £40/60
Hertfordshire white 1st XI sleeveless sweater, by ‘K.F. Knitwear’, with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Hertfordshire emblem and sponsors logo ‘The Head Partnership’ to chest. Size 44”. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 386:
Estimate: £40/60
Norfolk white 1st XI sleeveless sweater, by ‘Allez’, with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Norfolk emblem to chest. Size 44”. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 387:
Estimate: £40/60
Shropshire white 1st XI sleeveless sweater, by ‘Brian Shantry Knitwear’, with trimming to collar and waist in club colours, Shropshire emblem to chest. Size 42”. Player unknown. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 388:
Estimate: £70/100
Australian Test sleeveless sweater with Australian emblem in shield to chest and trimming to neck and waist in Australian colours of green and gold. Size 42”. Player unknown. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 389:
Estimate: £50/70
Graeme Hick, Worcestershire & England. England short sleeve white Test shirt by ‘ams’, with embroidered three lion and stumps emblem of England to chest, and ‘Tetley Bitter’ emblem to chest and sleeve. Size XL. The shirt match worn and signed by Hick to the front. Previously sold by Knight’s at the Graeme Hick Benefit Year auction held in September 1999. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 390:
Estimate: £50/70
Graeme Hick, Worcestershire & England. England short sleeve white Test shirt with blue sleeves, red trim by ‘asics’, with embroidered three lions and crown emblem of England to chest. Size XL. Vodafone sponsor’s logo to chest and back. The shirt match worn and signed by Hick to the front. Previously sold by Knight’s at the Graeme Hick Benefit Year auction held in September 1999. Staining to rear, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 391:
Estimate: £50/70
Graeme Hick, Worcestershire & England. England short sleeve white Test shirt with blue sleeves and red trim, by ‘asics’, with embroidered three lions and crown emblem of England to chest. Size XL. The shirt match worn and signed by Hick to the front. Previously sold by Knight’s at the Graeme Hick Benefit Year auction held in September 1999. Minor staining, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 392:
Estimate: £30/40
England international cricket shirts. Seven official replica England one day international shirts including World Cup ‘99, and T-20 international shirts. All with three lions and crown emblem, sponsors’ logos etc. Various sizes, XL, M and one child’s. Good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 393:
Estimate: £70/100
The Ashes. Australia tour to England 2023. An excellent selection of original training clothing in blue/ green colours, some with pink trim, issued by Cricket Australia to members of the Australian touring party, worn on the 2023 tour to England. All items with ‘Cricket Australia’ emblem, maker’s logo for ‘Asics’, sponsors’ logos for ‘Qantas’ and others where indicated. Items are a hooded long-sleeve top, size L. Two baseball style caps, one with ‘alinta energy’ logo... View full lot details
Lot 394:
Estimate: £70/100
The Ashes. Australia tour to England 2023. An excellent selection of original training clothing in blue/ green colours, some with pink trim, issued by Cricket Australia to members of the Australian touring party, worn on the 2023 tour to England. All items with ‘Cricket Australia’ emblem, maker’s logo for ‘Asics’, sponsors’ logos for ‘Qantas’ and others where indicated. Items are a sleeveless zip-up jacket, size M. Baseball-style cap with ‘Dettol’ logo to front, size L.... View full lot details
Lot 395:
Estimate: £1000/1500
Alfred Herbert Harold Gilligan. Sussex & England 1919-1931. ‘M.C.C. Tour of Ceylon, Australia and New Zealand 1929/30’. Original gold hallmarked cigarette case presented to Captain Alfred Gilligan, by the members of the team during or following the tour. The case is made of nine carat gold, and is hallmarked Chester 1929, The outer case with machine decoration and to inside there is the engraved message ‘M.C.C., Australasian Tour 1929-30’ and ‘Captain! Captain! We struck a... View full lot details
Lot 396:
Estimate: £400/600
Peter Barker Howard May, Surrey & England 1950-1963. Large and impressive silver cigarette box presented to Peter May following the club’s County Championship winning season of 1953. The case, with inner wood lining, engraved ‘Prince of Wales feathers’ club emblem and the wording ‘Surrey County Cricket Club. Champion County 1953. P.B.H. May’ to the top/lid of the box. Excellent hallmarks for maker Richard Comyns, Silversmith, London 1952. The box measures 5.5”x3.5”x 2” deep. Good/very good... View full lot details
Lot 397:
Estimate: £100/150
Graham Anthony Richard ‘Tony’ Lock. Surrey, Leicestershire, Western Australia & England 1946-1971. ‘In Honour of Regaining the Ashes 1953’. Ronson ‘Touch-Tip’ metal table lighter with ‘Ashes’ inscription to one side, ‘In Honour of Regaining the Ashes 1953’ and to other side ‘G.A.R.L.’, Lock’s initials. A lighter was gifted to each player from the 1953 Ashes winning team by Captain Len Hutton. The lighter in good/very good condition. It is thought that ‘only 18 lighters made... View full lot details
Lot 398:
Estimate: £300/500
Alec Victor Bedser. Surrey & England 1939-1960. A collection of eight Cornhill Insurance Test Series medals presented to Bedser as England’s Chairman of Selectors and national team selector. The medals, all in their original presentation boxes are for the following home Test series, England v New Zealand 1978, England v Pakistan 1978, England v India 1979, England v West Indies 1980, England v India 1982, England v New Zealand 1983, England v West... View full lot details
Lot 399:
Estimate: £300/500
‘The Aboriginals’. Victorian brass metal embossed belt buckle, depicting an Aboriginal cricketer with a bat over his shoulder to which his cricket boots are hanging. A cricket tent with flag flying to background with floral decorative border and to lower border on raised bar the inscription ‘The Aboriginals’. Beaded outer border decoration. The oblong belt buckle measures approximately 3”x2.25”.To verso on the small belt clasp is a symbol which has the makers mark and bordering... View full lot details
Lot 400:
Estimate: £300/500
Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire, Europeans, Patiala & England 1898-1930. Original twelve piece fish knife and fork canteen of cutlery presented to Wilfred Rhodes in recognition of being a member of the Championship winning team of 1908. The canteen of cutlery, lined in blue, made by W. Greenwood of Briggate, Leeds, in original box with clasp fitting has a gilt metal plaque to the centre of the lid which reads ‘Presented to Mr W, Rhodes by the... View full lot details
Lot 401:
Estimate: £200/300
William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England. 1865-1908. A limp calf brown leather wallet which once belonged to Grace with his name ‘W.G. Grace’ stamped into the surface of the wallet. It was apparently acquired by a gardener to a relative of Grace and then by descent to a Charles Hemus, English born, who moved to live near Canberra in Australia. The wallet measure 4”x6.5” closed, with quite heavy wear externally with odd small stain, internally... View full lot details
Lot 402:
Estimate: £200/300
Cricket clock. A Victorian brass mantel clock. An attractive late Victorian/ Edwardian brass clock of cricketing interest, formed with a central drum form enamelled dial, encased within a set of cricket stumps and bails with cricket bats leaning against the clock and a cricket ball to the top of the clock. The whole mounted on a half oval wooden plinth with a pair of cricket shoes and hat to wooden base. Approximately 7” tall, 9”... View full lot details
Lot 403:
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket clock. A Victorian brass mantel clock. The case in the form of a set of stumps with crossed bats and ball on an oval naturalistic case base with bun feet. Dial with gilded centre. Approximately 6.5” high by 5” wide. British Union Clock Company stamp impressed to back. Some loss of brass colour to bats, some minor wear to dial, some wear to outer casing of the clock otherwise in good condition. Appears to... View full lot details
Lot 404:
Estimate: £80/120
Sydney Cricket Ground membership medals. Five early gilt metal medals for Sydney Cricket Ground for 1903/04, 1905/06, 1906/07, 1919/20 and 1929/30. Three with colour enamel decoration. Some wear, tarnishing and staining to two of the medals. Sold with a more modern membership medal for the WACA 1983/84 and a further silver hallmarked medal with cricket scenes initials ‘SLS’ and ‘C&AA’ to medal. Formerly in the M.C.C. Collection... View full lot details
Lot 405:
Estimate: £40/60
Early Melbourne Cricket Ground membership gilt medal with colour enamel decoration for 1902-03. Made by J.R. Gaunt & Sons, London. Some minor wear, good condition. Formerly in the M.C.C. (Lord’s) Collection... View full lot details
Lot 406:
Estimate: £30/50
Early Melbourne Cricket Ground membership gilt medal for 1902-03. Made by J.R. Gaunt & Sons, London. This medal lacking the colour enamel decoration. Some minor wear and adhesive mark to the verso, good condition. Formerly in the M.C.C. (Lord’s) Collection... View full lot details
Lot 407:
Estimate: £40/60
Melbourne Cricket Ground membership medals for 1946/47, 1958/59, 1963/64 (2), 1964/65 (2), 1967/68 and 1980/81. Sold with a South Melbourne Cricket Club medal for 1962/63. Good condition. Formerly in the M.C.C. (Lord’s) Collection... View full lot details
Lot 408:
Estimate: £70/100
Cricket medals. A selection of three player’s medal’s. The medals were, I believe, spare medals, unengraved and not issued. The medals are for the ‘England v India Golden Jubilee Test at Lord’s 1982’ made by Garrard & Co, London, ‘nPower Test series. England v India, Lord’s July 2002’ made by The Royal Mint and v Sri Lanka, Lord’s May 2002 made by The Royal Mint. All three in original presentation boxes. Very good condition. Formerly... View full lot details
Lot 409:
Estimate: £40/60
M.C.C. Test Cricket medallion. England v Australia 1877-1977. Sterling silver gilt medallion commemorating the Centenary of England v Australia Test cricket by Garrard & Co. The face with the Ashes urn to centre with lion and kangaroo to each side with details, the reverse with St George & Dragon of England. Limited edition 5392 of 10,000 produced. Sold with certificate. Formerly in the M.C.C. Collection. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 410:
Estimate: £40/60
Cricket souvenirs, commemorative medals etc. Selection including silver metal ‘Ashes 1882-1982’ commemorative cufflinks, Middlesex C.C.C. gilt commemorative cufflinks, ‘Lord’s Taverners Ashes Walk’ commemorative coin, pair of gilt M.C.C. cufflinks, Middlesex C.C.C. watch, ‘World Archery World Championships’ (held at Lord’s) boxed commemorative shield. All items in original boxes. Plus four ‘Button On Badges’ Melbourne of Lillee, March, Lawson and Trevor Chappell, ‘Cornhill Insurance Test Series 1978 badge, two London 2012 Olympic Candidate City badges, World Cup... View full lot details
Lot 411:
Estimate: £70/100
Cricket buckles. A small collection of assorted metal and brass cricket motifs, used to decorate and enhance belt buckles. Motifs include boys batting, batsman, bowlers, groups of cricketers with stumps, bat, pad and ball group, crossed bats, balls, gloves, cricketer catching a ball crossed bats and stumps, crossed bats and balls, cricket bat, tennis rackets and stumps, bat and stumps etc. Twenty five pieces, odd duplication. The largest measures 2.5”x1.5”. Also a small circular belt... View full lot details
Lot 412:
Estimate: £40/60
‘Centenary Test 1980’. Large official gold and enamel identity badge issued for the historic Test. The badge with gold M.C.C. emblem and lettering ‘1880-1980 Centenary Test. England v Australia. Lord’s Ground’, on a red enamel background. Name panel on raised plaque below. Number ‘18’ imprinted to verso. 2.75”x1.75”. An unused badge from the Test match. Good condition. Formerly in the M.C.C. Collection... View full lot details
Lot 413:
Estimate: £80/120
‘To mark the 21st Anniversary of The Benson & Hedges Cup 1972-1992’. Wooden plaque with silver gilt (?) plaque of a cricket match scene being played with bowler bowling to batsman, players in the field, scorers tent to background with smaller plaque with inscription beneath. Both plaques hallmarked for London 1992 with makers mark ‘J.B’. The plaque measures 9.75”x6.25”. Very good condition. Formerly in the M.C.C. Collection.... View full lot details
Lot 414:
Estimate: £100/150
Kenneth Shuttleworth. Lancashire, Leicestershire & England 1964-1980. John Player League ‘Winners’ 1977. Bronze metal medal presented to Shuttleworth as a member of the Leicestershire winning team. The medal with image of a bowler and title ‘John Player League’, to verso ‘Winner. K. Shuttleworth’ 1977. In original presentation case. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 415:
Estimate: £120/160
Derek William Randall. Nottinghamshire & England 1972-1993. ‘Wilkinson Sword- Sun Award 1979 Fielder of the Year’. Presentation dagger awarded to Randall. The dagger by Wilkinson Sword measures 16” in length, in original presentation case. Accompanied by a handwritten note of authenticity, ‘This Wilkinson Sword was given to me as Field of the Yr. 1979’, signed ‘Derek Randall’. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 416:
Estimate: £180/250
Ian Terence Botham. Somerset, Worcestershire, Durham, Queensland & England 1974-1993. ‘The Walter Lawrence Trophy’. Silver medal with 925 sterling stamp, inscribed ‘1985. I.T. Botham. Somerset v Warwickshire at Birmingham. 50 balls’. 2” diameter with original red, yellow and white striped ribbon. In original presentation case. Sold with a copy of a letter to Botham, dated 12th October 2004, from Brian Thornton, Trustee of The Walter Lawrence Trophy enclosing this medal and another awarded to Botham.... View full lot details
Lot 417:
Estimate: £70/100
M.C.C. Centenary 1814-1914. Original medal presented to A. Kitchener to mark 100 years of Lord’s Cricket Ground. The bronze metal medal with ‘M.C.C. 1814-1914, with cricket bat and stump decoration’ and below in scroll ‘A. Kitchener’ (unknown) and to verso ‘Lord’s Ground Centenary 1914’ to outer ring and to inside ‘To commemorate the 100th Year as a Cricket Ground’. 1.25” diameter. Ring suspension. In presentation box. A rare item. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 418:
Estimate: £50/80
Alfred Richard ‘Alf’ Gover. Surrey & England 1928-1948. Ronson cigarette lighter inscribed to one side ‘Surrey County Cricket Club’ with Surrey emblem, and to the verso ‘County Champions 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 Under Captaincy of W. Stuart Surridge’. These lighters were presented to the players by Surridge. Previously sold as part of the Alf Gover collection by Phillips as lot 261, 29th October 1998. VG... View full lot details
Lot 419:
Estimate: £200/300
‘Lords Dining Room’. Very large and heavy mirror with title to centre extending almost the full width of the glass. The construction appears to comprise an outer layer of bevel-edged glass with lettering painted to the reverse in gold with black outline, surrounded by floral decoration either etched into the glass or painted silver, with reflective surface behind. Framed in dark wooden frame. Date and origin of location unknown. Overall 72” wide x 30” high.... View full lot details
Lot 420:
Estimate: £60/90
Original ‘Camera Scope’ black metal folding stereoscopic viewer. Patent number 173849. Circa 1930s. Includes two stereoscopic photographs of Jack Hobbs in batting poses ‘The Stance’ and ‘Playing Back’ for use in the viewer, each with two images of Hobbs by Camerascopes Ltd, London. The two very similar photographs are laid down to card mount to enable 2-dimensional images to become 3-dimensional images by looking through the special stereoscope viewer. Good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 421:
Estimate: £25/35
Cricket hip flask. Circular pewter hip flask with cricket scene to centre of batsman and wicketkeeper at the wicket, monogram ‘H.H.’. Sheffield. Sold with a small circular wooden framed wall plaque with similar image to the centre. 4” diameter. Qty 2. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 422:
Estimate: £40/60
Sporting Mustard tin c1880/90’s. Taylor Brothers of London hexagonal mustard tin with scenes of various sports to the six sides and lid. Sports featured are cricket, tennis, rugby, fishing, sailing and shooting, with hunting to lid. Images patented by Bryant and May, the match makers. 3.5” tall. Some wear and rusting otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 423:
Estimate: £100/150
Cricket snuff box. Large Victorian papier mache oblong snuff box. The hinged lid painted with a cricketing scene, after Hayman’s painting of 1740. The box measures approximately 4” long, 1.5” wide and 1” deep. Minor wear otherwise in good condition. Rarely seen... View full lot details
Lot 424:
Estimate: £40/60
M.C.C. tour of Australia 1965/66. Large decorated Australian boomerang signed by seventeen members of the M.C.C. team including Cowdrey, Barrington, Edrich, Allen, Boycott, M.J.K. Smith, Larter, Knight, Parks etc. Approx 21” long. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 425:
Estimate: £100/150
W.G. Grace. ‘The 150th Anniversary of the Birth of W.G. Grace 1848-1998’. Four large and heavy Waterford Crystal glass vases of fluted form, each etched to the front panel with an excellent full length portrait of W. G. Grace in batting pose. Marked to base with edition number being 25, 27, 29 and 33 of 150 produced. 12” tall. Produced in 1998. One of the vases, number 29, has a slightly different etching to the... View full lot details
Lot 426:
Estimate: £40/60
‘Cricketing Knights (Knighthoods awarded for Services to Cricket’. Five cricket bails, halved and nicely signed in ink by five cricketing knights. Signatures are Don Bradman, Garry Sobers, Richard Hadlee, Alec Bedser and Clyde Walcott. The bails varnished and framed in small wooden display box. The box measures 6”x6”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 427:
Estimate: £40/60
Cricket ceramics and metalware. A good selection including a W.G. Grace doorstop, metal display of batsman and wicket keeper by Evergreen Studio, two smaller metal figures of batsman with mounted clock beneath, a cricket ball cigarette lighter, a metal figure of a batsman (Cameron Sculpture), two glass figures of a batsman and a wicket-keeper mounted on wooden bases (Regal Glass of Winchester), a Cash’s woven silk picture, ‘The First Over’ after the style of Thomas... View full lot details
Lot 428:
Estimate: £80/120
‘E.C.B. Special Award 2002 Winner. Benson & Hedges. Large crystal glass rosebowl with ECB emblem and details to side. The rosebowl 7” tall by 10” diameter. Warwickshire won the 2002, the last year of the competition beating Essex in the Final by 5 wickets. Formerly in the M.C.C. Collection. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 429:
Estimate: £120/160
Victorian smokers table with cricket theme. A novelty cricket smoking table, circa 1920/30. The table in three-section elm and beech table, with three wooden matchstick holders and one ashtray, in the form of cricket balls, ashtray attached to two crossed sycamore cricket bats, with brass striker and three legs, in the form of stumps. 35.75” high. Good condition. An unusual item... View full lot details
Lot 430:
Estimate: £180/250
W.G. Grace. Original cast iron circular public house table with circular wooden top, supported by three legs, moulded with portrait busts of Grace wearing cricket cap to top of each leg with imprinted initials ‘W.G’ above, and decorative pierced apron centred by rosettes, lacking one rosette. Circular pierced iron shelf attached to legs. Maker’s name and registration mark to inside of each leg evident but indecipherable. Probably c.1890’s. The table stands 29.5” tall and the... View full lot details
Lot 431:
Estimate: £30/50
‘Australia 1956. Rare commemorative glass one pint glass produced to commemorate the Australian tour of England in 1956. With ‘Australian Cricket Tour Great Britain 1956’ in red below a Kangaroo in brown, gold lustre to rim. In blue around the glass are the signatures of the touring party including I.Johnson (Cpt), Miller, Harvey, Davidson, Benaud, Lindwall, Burge, Langley, Archer, Craig, Mackay etc. Produced by ‘The Studios of Decoramics Ltd of Worthing. These glasses were given... View full lot details
Lot 432:
Estimate: £30/50
William Voce. Nottinghamshire & England 1927-1952. Attractive glass tumbler commemorating the ‘M.C.C. visit to the Crown Crystal Glass Pty Ltd, Sydney on the 27th February 1947. W.E. Voce’. Drinking glass, with colourful printed title and floral decoration to sides and gold lustre to surround and rim. With titles and Voce’s name printed below presented to Voce as a member of the M.C.C. touring party to Australia in 1946/1947, the first tour after the second World... View full lot details
Lot 433:
Estimate: £350/450
Westerwald stoneware cricket beaker, moulded in relief with three cameo panels of a batsman, after W.G. Grace, in different poses. The body highly decorated with vine and sprig decoration in cobalt blue on a grey background, with the figures highlighted in black. Cobalt blue rings to rim and to foot. Approx 5.5” tall. German circa 1890. Number ‘486’ impressed to base. Very good condition. Rare... View full lot details
Lot 434:
Estimate: £400/600
‘Boy Cricketer’. Excellent Parian ware figure of a boy cricketer resting against a tree stump holding a cricket bat to left hand. The figure is of a very high quality and with exceptionally good detailing. Approximately 11” tall. Circa 1860’s. A rare figure in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 435:
Estimate: £250/350
Doulton Lambeth stoneware beaker, moulded in relief with figures in roundels of a batsman (W.G. Grace) in different poses and impressed floral motif on a brown background. Doulton Lambeth impressed marks to base, date 1880, and makers marks to base of Emily A. Forsey. 5” tall. Very very minor chips to rim otherwise in good/very good condition. Previously sold as lot 523 in the Keith Crump auction in September 2006 with auction label to base... View full lot details
Lot 436:
Estimate: £400/600
Doulton Lambeth stoneware tyg. Large and impressive three handled tyg with three moulded relief vignettes of cricketers, a batsman, a fielder and wicket keeper in white on a green cameo background with blue circular surround, the sides highly decorated in a small floral pattern on a brown background, the handles unusually rectangular and decorated with an attractive blue/green pattern. 5” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and makers marks for Rosina Brown, Mary Starey,... View full lot details
Lot 437:
Estimate: £250/350
Doulton Lambeth stoneware mug decorated with three moulded relief vignettes of cricketers, a batsman, bowler and wicket keeper, Abel, Woods and McGregor in white on a brown background. With stylised floral leaf and flower Art Nouveau decoration to top and beneath in green glaze. Strap handle in brown glaze. 6” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth, number 169 and makers mark for Eleanor Tosen and two others, c1880’s. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 438:
Estimate: £400/600
Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug, of bulbous form, moulded with relief vignettes of cricketers, a batsman, bowler and wicket keeper, Abel, Woods and McGregor in white on a brown background. With stylised floral leaf and daisy flower Art Nouveau decoration to top and sides in green, blue and brown glaze. Strap handle in brown glaze. Approximately 7.75” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and number ‘163’ and makers mark for Helena M. Pennett and others,... View full lot details
Lot 439:
Estimate: £400/600
Cricketing jug. A large and impressive Doulton Lambeth stoneware tapering jug, moulded in relief with six raised figures, three of batsman, two of fielders and a wicket keeper in roundels, all different and in various positions. With two further smaller raised figures of cricketers to either side. Overall impressed floral motif decoration and darker brown bands to top and base of the jug with repeated flower decoration in blue. The handle modelled with cricket bats... View full lot details
Lot 440:
Estimate: £400/600
Cricketing jug. A large and impressive Doulton Lambeth stoneware tapering jug, moulded in relief with six raised figures, three of batsman, two of fielders and a wicket keeper in roundels, all different and in various positions. With two further smaller raised figures of cricketers to either side. Overall impressed floral motif decoration and darker brown bands to top and base of the jug with repeated white beaded decoration. The handle modelled with cricket bats and... View full lot details
Lot 441:
Estimate: £120/160
The Ashes’ England v Australia 1953. Magnificent Royal Worcester bone china plate produced by the factory to commemorate the Ashes series in England 1953. The plate bears the printed signatures in gold of the England and the Australian touring teams plus an image of the Ashes urn. Signatures include Hutton, Compton, May, Evans, Wardle, Laker, Lock, Trueman, Statham, Bedser, Hassett, Miller, Lindwall, Johnston, Davidson, Harvey, Benaud, Tallon, Morris etc. The plate measures approx 10.5” diameter... View full lot details
Lot 442:
Estimate: £50/80
‘The Cricket Club of India celebrating the Millennium. The Millennium Cricket Eleven’. Printed plate produced in 2000 with printed images of the team chosen by the Cricket Club. Players include C.K. Nayudu, Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Polly Umrigar, Kapil Dev, Vinoo Mankad, Vijay Merchant etc. ‘Samrat Ceramics’ and ‘Piezo’ stamps to base. 9.5” diameter. Sold with ‘Spirit of Cricket Festival 2001-2002. The Best of the Rest of the World who played at Brabourne... View full lot details
Lot 443:
Estimate: £30/50
Sri Lanka v England ‘First Test Match. 100 Years’. Rare commemorative plate, by Lanka Porcelain, produced to mark the first Test match between Sri Lanka and England, played at Colombo 17th-22nd February 1982. 8” diameter. Sold with a larger plate commemorating the ‘Bangladesh Cricket Control Board. Beximco Asia Youth Cricket Tournament played in Bangladesh in December 1989’. Flags of the participating nations to rim including India, Pakistan, Singapore etc. Qty 2. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 444:
Estimate: £50/80
‘Melbourne Cricket Ground. Centenary Test Match 1877-1977’. Full set of ceramic carafe and six wine goblets in blue and cream glaze, produced by the Elischer factory to commemorate the Centenary Test. The carafe with ‘Melbourne Cricket Ground’ motifs of the ground in 1877 and 1977 to each side, and ‘A Century of Test Cricket’ and ‘1877-1977’. The goblets with ‘M.C.C.’ emblem and ‘A Century of Test Cricket’. The carafe with maker’s stamp to base measures... View full lot details
Lot 445:
Estimate: £120/160
Ian Terence Botham. Somerset, Worcestershire, Queensland, Durham and England 1974-1993. ‘Arlott’s Immortals’. Excellent porcelain hand decorated action figure of Botham in batting pose in mahogany plinth, sculptured and produced in Alderney in 1982 by Count Andre D’Aquino, based upon the selected cricketers of John Arlott. The figure stands high 11” and is marked to base ‘No.85 D’Aquino’. Sold with a ‘Limited Edition Guarantee certifying that the figure is number 85 of a limited edition of... View full lot details
Lot 446:
Estimate: £60/90
‘Century of Centuries’ plates. Twelve limited edition Coalport and Royal Grafton china plates, each commemorating a player achieving a ‘hundred hundreds’ during his first class career. The plates are for Don Bradman, Wally Hammond, Len Hutton, Geoffrey Boycott, Viv Richards, Dennis Amiss, Graham Gooch, Dennis Compton, John Edrich, Jack Hobbs, Herbert Sutcliffe and Les Ames. Lacking presentation boxes. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 447:
Estimate: £50/80
Sydney Francis Barnes, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, England & Wales 1894-1930. A pair of commemorative side plates with colour transfer printed vignette of Barnes wearing cap, stood at the wicket with ball in his hand and in bowling pose next to the wicket to centre, with inscription ‘Syd. F. Barnes-Famous International Bowler’. Both plates with ribbed outer border. 7.25” diameter. Minor wear, staining to edge and some firing marks otherwise both in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 448:
Estimate: £25/35
‘Celebrating the 3 W’s’. Dinner plate with transfer image of Frank Worrell, Cylde Walcott and Everton Weekes with facsimile signatures and title. Gold lustre to rim. Registration mark to underside, ‘100’. Maker unknown. 10” diameter. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 449:
Estimate: £30/40
Cricket pipe. Early clay pipe with batsman stood at the wicket to one side and to the other a set of three stumps with a bat leaning against them. Floral decoration. 5” long. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 450:
Estimate: £50/80
Cricket ceramics. Box of varied and interesting ceramics including five Royal Doulton toby jugs of W.G. Grace, Len Hutton, Denis Compton, Dickie Bird and ‘The Hampshire Cricketer’. Each limited edition and standing approx 4” to 4.25” tall. Limited edition cricket plates of ‘The History of the Ashes’ and Denis Compton ‘100 hundreds’, ‘The Ashes Urn’, tankards, glasses, reproduction Staffordshire cricket figures etc. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 451:
Estimate: £40/60
Cricket figures. Selection of three figures. A Continental bisque figure of a batsman, wearing blue cap, yellow shirt, blue cravatte and sash holding a bat to side on a naturalistic oval base. 10” tall. The second a Staffordshire 19th century pottery figure of a child holding a cricket bat to side, wearing a white smock coat and bloomers with stumps behind. 6” tall and the third a German bisque figure of a boy batsman... View full lot details
Lot 452:
Estimate: £1000/1500
Frederick Robert Spofforth. New South Wales, Victoria & Australia 1874-1888. Vanity Fair. ‘The Demon Bowler’. Original colour chromolithograph of Spofforth by Spy, dated July 13th 1878. Beautifully signed in black ink to lower border by Spofforth. the print laid down to card measures 11”x16”. An original signature of the demon bowler is rarely seen and is an exceptional item, Knights have sold his signature on four occasions in over thirty years of trading, but to... View full lot details
Lot 453:
Estimate: £180/250
Gilbert Laird Jessop, Gloucestershire & England 1894-1914. Signed Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Jessop. ‘The Croucher’. July 25th 1901 by SPY. Very nicely signed by Jessop in black ink to lower right border. Good condition. Rare in this signed form... View full lot details
Lot 454:
Estimate: £200/300
Reginald Herbert Spooner. Lancashire & England 1899-1921. Signed Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Spooner. ‘Reggie’. July 18th 1906 by SPY. Very nicely signed by Spooner in black ink to lower right hand side of the image. The print laid down to board and in good condition. A rarer cricketers signature... View full lot details
Lot 455:
Estimate: £140/180
Captain Edward George Wynyard, Hampshire & England 1894-1912. Signed Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Wynyard. ‘Hampshire’. August 25th 1898 by CG. Nicely signed by Wynyard in black ink to lower border. The signature has slight fading and the print is laid down to board but otherwise in good condition. Rare in this signed form... View full lot details
Lot 456:
Estimate: £250/350
Reverend Frank Hay Gillingham. Essex 1903-1928. Signed Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Gillingham. ‘Cricketing Christianity’. 15th August 1906 by SPY. Nice bold signature of Gillingham with date ‘1906’ in black ink to lower corner of the image. The print is laid down to board but otherwise in good condition. Rare in this signed form... View full lot details
Lot 457:
Estimate: £250/350
Lord Harris. Kent & England 1870-1911. ‘Kent’. Signed Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Harris. ‘Kent’. 16th July 1881 by SPY. Nicely signed by Harris in black ink to lower border. The print is laid down to board, odd minor foxing spot otherwise in good condition. Rare in this signed form... View full lot details
Lot 458:
Estimate: £180/250
‘Sketches at Lord’s’. Large original lithograph sheet comprising four coloured lithographs of ‘Mr James Henry Dark, Proprietor of Lord’s Cricket Ground. Sketches at Lord’s No. 1, ‘The Umpire’ William Caldercourt. Sketches at Lord’s No. 2, ‘Hillyer. Born at Leybourne, Kent’. Sketches at Lords No. 3 and ‘Martingell. Born at Nutfield, Surrey 1818’. Sketches at Lords No. 4. Published by John Corbet Anderson and Frederick Lillywhite on 1st March 1852 and printed by John C. Anderson.... View full lot details
Lot 459:
Estimate: £140/180
Frederick Peel Miller. Surrey 1851-1867. ‘F.P. Miller Esq’. Large hand coloured tinted lithograph by John Corbett Anderson of Miller in blue cap and cricket attire on the cricket pitch leaning on a bat. Published by Frederick Lillywhite, May 1856, printed by Stannard & Dixon. Mounted, framed and glazed, overall 15”x19”. A rarer lithograph from the series. Minor age toning and light spotting to borders otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 460:
Estimate: £70/100
Joseph Guy. Nottinghamshire 1837-1854. ‘Joseph Guy of Nottingham’. Early large hand coloured tinted lithograph of Joseph Guy in cricket attire and top hat holding a cricket bat to his right hand side. John Corbett Anderson. Published by John Corbett Anderson on the 2nd April 1853, and F. Lillywhite, Islington. Printed by Richard Black. Mounted, framed and glazed, overall 12.5”x17.5”. Minor mark, good condition... View full lot details
Lot 461:
Estimate: £70/100
John Wisden. Sussex, Kent & Middlesex 1845-1863. ‘Wisden. Born at Brighton’. Large original lithograph, highlighted with colour, of Wisden full length holding ball, published by John Corbet Anderson and F. Lillywhite on the 1st April 1853 and printed by Richard Black. Mounted, framed and glazed. Overall 10.5”x14.5”. Minor marks and age toning otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 462:
Estimate: £80/120
William Hillyer. Kent & All England 1835-1853. ‘Hillyer’. Sketches at Lord’s No 3. Large original sepia lithograph of Hillyer in cricket attire holding a cricket ball, wearing a top hat with large house and other cricketers to the background. Published by John Corbet Anderson and R. Dark, Lord’s Ground on 17th July 1850, Printed by Hullmandel & Walton. Window mounted, framed and glazed. Overall 15”19”. Good/very good condition. Excellent image... View full lot details
Lot 463:
Estimate: £70/100
Alfred Diver. Cambridgeshire & All England 1857-1866. ‘Alfred Diver’. Large original colour lithograph by John Corbet Anderson, published by Lillywhite & Wisden on 13th July 1858 and printed by Stannard & Dixon. The lithograph mounted, framed and glazed, overall 16.5”x22”. Some foxing to image, mainly to the borders. Good condition... View full lot details