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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Donald John ‘Don’ Ward. Glamorgan 1954-1962. Mono real photograph postcard of Ward, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue biro to the photograph ‘Best wishes, Don Ward’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Peter Michael Walker. Glamorgan & England 1956-1972. Mono real photograph postcard of Walker, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue biro to the photograph ‘Peter Walker’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. c.1907. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the Gloucestershire team seated and standing in rows wearing assorted blazers and caps. Title to lower edge ‘Gloucestershire [sic] Trial Match at Moreton. The Gloucester [sic] County Team’. Signed in pencil to the verso by thirteen players. Signatures include regular County players Gilbert Jessop, Percy Mills, Alfred Dipper, Charlie Parker, Henry Huggins, Edward Spry, Thomas Langdon, George Dennett, Edgar Thomas, Alec Whinstone and three others, William... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1905-1946. Three mono/ sepia postcards of Gloucestershire teams. One, a mono printed postcard, titled ‘Gloucestershire Cricket Eleven’, postmarked 1905, published by Clarke of Gloucester. The others are real photographs, one of the 1929 team by Cheltenham Chronicle, postally unused, and 1946 with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, names annotated in ink to front and to verso. Players featured include Jessop, Dennett, Board, Wrathall, Lyon, Hammond, Goddard, Allen,... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1948 & 1949. Two mono plain back postcards of the Gloucestershire teams of 1948 and 1949, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Both with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Allen, Goddard, Emmett, Graveney, Wilcox, Cranfield, Lambert, Milton, Crapp, Wilson etc. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1952 & 1954. Two mono plain back postcards of the Gloucestershire teams of 1952 and 1954, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Both with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Bailey, Emmett, Lambert, Wilson, Crapp, Milton, Cook, Mortimore, Young, Wells etc. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Harry Smith. Gloucestershire & England 1912-1935. Original mono real photograph postcard of Smith standing full length wearing cricket attire and Gloucestershire blazer, hands on hips. Signed in ink by Smith. Blind embossed stamp for Nias of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. A nice image. Some adhesive marks to corners on the verso otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England 1865-1908. Rare and early mono real photograph postcard of Grace standing full length on the outfield at Trent Bridge, wearing batting attire and M.C.C. hooped cap, leaning on his bat. Very nicely signed in black ink by Grace to lower border. Hartmann series no. 1388. The postcard is postmarked ‘Sydenham 18th July 1904’ close to Crystal Palace where Grace was playing for London County v M.C.C., in which he... View full lot details

John George William Thomas Bessant. Gloucestershire 1921-1928. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade card of Bessant, half length in cricket attire. No. 189.C. Incorrectly titled ‘Bessant, Gloucester’. 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas William ‘Tom’ Graveney. Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Queensland & England 1948-1972. Mono real photograph postcard of Graveney, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue biro to the photograph ‘Best wishes, Tom Graveney’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Derek Graham Hawkins. Gloucestershire 1952-1962. Mono real photograph postcard of Hawkins, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘D.G. Hawkins’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Cecil ‘Sam’ Cook. Gloucestershire & England 1946-1964. Mono real photograph postcard of Cook, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘C. Cook’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Some staining otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Anthony Stephen ‘Tony’ Brown. Gloucestershire 1953-1976. Mono real photograph postcard of Brown, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘Tony Brown’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Dennis George A’Court. Gloucestershire 1960-1963. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of A’Court, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin ‘D. A’Court’, printed title below. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor creasing to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Martin Jeffery Vernon. Middlesex & Gloucestershire 1974-1976. Rarer mono real photograph plain back postcard of Vernon, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in black ink to the lower margin ‘Martin Vernon’, typed title below. Photograph by Bill Smith, Stanmore. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

David Robert Smith. Gloucestershire & England 1956-1970. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Smith, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the lower margin ‘D.R. Smith’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ Pullar. Lancashire, Gloucestershire & England 1954-1969. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Pullar, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin ‘Geoff Pullar’, typed title below. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Roy Swetman. Surrey, Nottinghamshire, Gloucestershire & England 1954-1974. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Smith, three quarter length, walking on to the pitch donning his wicket-keeping gloves. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘R. Swetman’, typed title below. Photograph by C. Goodman, Newmarket. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1912. Mono real photograph postcard of the Hampshire team, taken at Bournemouth, for the match Hampshire v Warwickshire, 29th to 31st August 1912. Bournemouth View Co Ltd. A rarer postcard. G/VG... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1914. Mono real photograph postcard of the Hampshire team, taken at Bournemouth, believed to be the team for the matches v Lancashire, Essex and Kent, 24th August to 2nd September 1914. Bournemouth View Co Ltd. A rarer postcard. G/VG... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1912. Early original mono postcard of the Hampshire team that beat the touring Australians at Southampton, 22nd- 24th July 1912, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, blazers and caps, spectators in the background. Players include Sprot, Fry, Bignell, Barrett, Jephson, Stone, Newman, Brown, Mead, Bowell, Kennedy etc. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1955. Two original mono real photograph postcards of the Hampshire team of the 1955 season, both with players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. One with printed title ‘Hampshire 1955. The Record Season. 3rd in Championship (210 points)’, publisher unknown, postally unused. The other is a plain back postcard, printed title and players’ names to lower border, with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include... View full lot details

Alban Charles Phidias Arnold. Cambridge University & Hampshire 1912-1914. Sepia real photograph postcard of Arnold standing on the steps of a pavilion wearing batting attire, bat under his arm. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Arnold. Publisher unknown. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. Sold with two real photograph postcards of Hampshire batsmen in the nets, with handwritten names to lower border. One features E.R. Remnant (Hampshire... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Two original mono real photograph plain back postcards, one of Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (Hampshire 1951-1965) walking out to bat, the other a head and shoulders player portrait of Robert Cottam (Hampshire, Northamptonshire & England 1963-1976). Both signed in blue biro to the lower margin by the featured player. Publishers unknown. Sold with an earlier mono real photograph plain back postcard of John Drennan Eggar (Oxford University, Hampshire & Derbyshire 1938-1954), head and shoulders wearing... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Four similar player portrait real photograph plain back postcards. Players featured are Arthur George Holt (Hampshire 1935-1948), Victor Henry Douglas Cannings (Warwickshire & Hampshire 1947-1950), both signed to the front by the featured player, Derek Shackleton (Hampshire & England 1948-1969) and Peter James Sainsbury (Hampshire 1954-1976). Publishers unknown. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Two player portrait real photograph postcards published by Sporting Handbooks, London, with player’s name printed to lower border. Players featured are Leo Harrison (Hampshire 1939-1966), signed by Harrison to the lower border (fading to signature), and James Roy Gray (Hampshire 1948-1966). Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Three player portrait real photograph postcards published by Sporting Handbooks, London, with player’s name printed to lower border. Players featured are Roy Edwin Marshall (Barbados, Hampshire & West Indies 1945-1972), Alan Robert Wassell (Hampshire 1957-1966), and Bernard Reginald Stanhope Harrison (Hampshire 1957-1962, 14 matches). Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Dennis Oliver Baldry. Middlesex & Hampshire 1953-1962. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Baldry, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black biro by Baldry. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1920s. Three original mono real photograph postcards of Hampshire batsmen. One depicts W.H. Livsey and W.R. Shirley standing together leaning on their bats, annotated in pencil to verso for the match v Surrey, 25th- 27th July 1923 at Bournemouth (Bailey of Bournemouth), another of H.V.L. Day and C.P. Mead walking out to bat, date and publisher unknown. The other depicts R. Aird in batting pose, publisher unknown. All postally unused. Creasing to one... View full lot details

Frank Edward Woolley. Kent & England 1906-1938. Original mono real photograph postcard of Woolley depicted head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire and England touring cap. Signed in ink below the image by Woolley. Thin paper strip attached to lower border with Woolley’s name, county and date of birth printed to it. The postcard appears to be by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich but has at some point been laid down to card... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. Four mono printed postcards, by Mockford of Tonbridge, of individual players. The players are William J. Fairservice. Kent 1929-1933, Frederick Henry Huish. Kent 1895-1914, James Seymour. Kent 1902-1926 and Edward Humphreys. Kent 1899-1920. Each nicely signed in ink by the player featured. Each postcard with adhesive marks to back, some heavier than others, two of the postcard backs have additional signatures to the backs including Ken Trestrail (West Indies and Canada), R.N. Quintrell,... View full lot details

Walter Hearne. Kent 1887-1896. Mono printed postcard of ‘Captain Marsham. Kent C.C.C.’ The postcard sent by Walter Hearne to an address in Ashford on the 22nd May 1908. The card with message in Hearnes hand writing ‘Dear Sir, I expect to be at home on Thursday and Friday next, if not Mr Murrin[?], (my partner) will be, and we shall be pleased to supply you with anything you may require’. Signed ‘I am yours truly,... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. c.1904. Four Star Series mono postcards featuring members of the Kent team. Cards feature Marsham, Mason & Burnup, Huish, Seymour & Fairservice, Hearne, Day & Dillon, and Blythe, Fielder & Humphreys. One postmarked 1904, others postally unused. Some staining and light wear, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

David Michael Sayer. Kent & Oxford University 1955-1976. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Sayer, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to lower margin, ‘D.M. Sayer’. Typed title ‘D.M. Sayer, Oxford University’. Good condition.... View full lot details

John Frederick Pretlove. Cambridge University & Kent 1954-1968. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Pretlove, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin, ‘Sincerely, John Pretlove’. Typed title ‘J.F. Pretlove, Cambridge University’. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Alan Leonard Dixon. Kent & M.C.C. 1950-1974. Mono real photograph real photograph postcard of Dixon standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘Best Wishes, Alan Dixon’. Printed title ‘A. Dixon, Kent’. J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Henry Benson ‘Harry’ Birrell. Eastern Province, Oxford University & Rhodesia 1947-1960. Mono real photograph postcard of Birrell standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘H.B. Birrell’. Printed title ‘H.B. Birrell, Kent’. J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Minor wear to one corner, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Henry Anthony ‘Tony’ Pawson. Kent & Oxford University 1946-1953. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Pawson standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and Oxford University blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘H.A. Pawson’. Printed title ‘H.A. Pawson, Kent’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1909 & 1921. Two original mono/ sepia postcards of Lancashire teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, both with players’ names printed to lower border. The 1909 postcard features MacLaren (Captain), Hornby, J.T. Tyldesley, Poidevin, Kermode, Huddleston, Makepeace etc. Rival Photographic series no. 1601. The 1921 players include E., R. and J. Tyldesley, Cook, Hallows, Blomley, Dean etc. also M.C. Bird (Lancashire, Surrey & England 1907-1921). W.H.S. & S.M. series. Both... View full lot details

‘The Smile of Satisfaction. The Lancashire County Cricket Team wearing the Storanco “Super” Sports Shirt’ c.1930. Unusual original sepia real photograph advertising postcard with printed title, photograph of the Lancashire team and printed endorsement and facsimile signatures of the players below. Sold with two sepia real photograph postcards, one of a youthful George Duckworth in wicket-keeping pose, dated to verso 1932, the other of Walter Brearley standing with A.C. MacLaren on the steps of the... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1904-1908. Four early original mono postcards (one real photograph) of Lancashire teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers, all with printed titles and players’ names to lower margin. Two postcards feature identical images of the 1904 team, but with slightly different printed titles, ‘Lancashire’ and ‘Lancashire County XI., Champions’. Photo by R. Scott & Co., Manchester. Others are the 1905 team by D. F. & Co. Series, and the... View full lot details

John Brian Statham. Lancashire & England 1950-1968. Mono real photograph postcard of Statham, half length in M.C.C. blazer. Signed to lower border by Statham. Cheshire Studio’s series. Some creasing to card. Sold with ‘Glory Lightly Worn, a tribute to Brian Statham’ 2001, signed by author Malcolm Lorimer. Qty 2... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [B.] Blomley (Lancashire 1903-1922), head and shoulders wearing cap and blazer, no. 151.C and M.N. Kenyon (Lancashire 1919-1925) in batting pose, no. 123.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Thomas Tyldesley. Lancashire & England 1895-1923. Early original mono postcard of Tyldesley standing full length in batting pose at the wicket, wearing Lancashire cap. Nicely signed in black ink to lower margin ‘J.T. Tyldesley’. Wrench Series no. 1387 c.1903. Postally unused. Good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Cyril Washbrook. Lancashire & England 1933-1959. Mono real photograph candid style plain back postcard of Washbrook depicted walking purposefully on the outfield wearing an England blazer. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Washbrook. Annotation in pencil to verso, ‘Taken on Aug 23rd 1947 at Eastbourne. Signed on July 11th 1956 at Leeds’. Slight uneven trimming, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1960s/1970s. A selection of six official Club issue photocards and postcards of Lancashire players including five signed. Signatures are Farokh Engineer (2 different), Clive Lloyd, Jack Bond and David Lloyd. One unsigned of Graham Atkinson. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1970s. Seven official mono Club issue photocards of Lancashire players, each signed by the featured player. Signatures are Farokh Engineer, David Lloyd, Peter Lever, Ken Shuttleworth, David Hughes, Clive Lloyd and Frank Hayes. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. c.1980. A selection of seventeen official Club issue mono photocards of Lancashire players with red rose emblems and borders. Thirteen cards are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Bernard Reidy, Ian Cockbain, John Abrahams, Kevin Hayes, Steven O’Shaughnessy, Harry Pilling, Willie Hogg, David Hughes, David Lloyd, Graeme Fowler, Peter Lee, Andrew Kennedy and Paul Allott. Others unsigned are Michael Holding, Roger Watson, Mark Wallwork and Clive Lloyd. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Sharp. Lancashire & England 1899-1925. Three mono postcards of Sharp, of which two are near identical versions of Sharp in batting pose, one a real photograph, from an original by Foster of Brighton, both published by W.H.S.& S. The other depicts Sharp standing at the wicket leaning on his bat, publisher unknown. The real photograph postally unused and in very good condition. Others with some wear.... View full lot details

Albert Henry Hornby. Cambridge & Lancashire 1898-1914. Two sepia real photographs of Hornby in batting poses. One photo by W. Smith, Didsbury, the other Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Sold with a mono postcard of Hornby, full length in cricket attire. All three published by W.H.S. & S. One postmarked 1912, others postally unused. Minor wear and creasing, otherwise in good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details

Sydney Francis Barnes. Warwickshire, Lancashire, Wales & England 1894-1930. Two mono postcards of Barnes, one in batting pose with printed title ‘Sid. F. Barnes, McLaren’s Anglo-Australian XI, 1901-2. Staffs County C.C. & Porthill C.C.’, the other in bowling pose similarly titled with additional printed caption ‘Knypersley v. Porthill, May 21, 1907’. Both by Warwick Savage, Burslem. The batting postcard postmarked 1910, the other postally unused. Crease to the bowling postcard, staple marks to the batting... View full lot details

John Thomas Tyldesley. Lancashire & England 1895-1923. Five mono postcards relating to J.T. Tyldesley. Subjects and series are Tyldesley’s birthplace at Roe Green, Worsley, ‘Souvenir Tyldesley’s Benefit 1906’, in batting pose (all W.H.S. & S. Grosvenor Series ‘M’ and postally unused), another in batting pose by H. Lindley & Co. postmarked 1906, and one standing full length in striped blazer by P.H. Hunt, postmark date unknown. Some wear, overall in good condition.... View full lot details

John Thomas Tyldesley. Lancashire & England 1895-1923. Early original mono postcard of Tyldesley standing full length wearing cricket attire and Lancashire cap, in batting pose at the wicket. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘J.T. Tyldesley’ to the image. Printed title ‘J.T. Tyldesley’. Wrench series no. 1387. Postally unused. Trimmed to top edge, minor soiling and light creasing, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1950-1952. Three original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Leicestershire teams for seasons 1950, 1951 & 1952, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. All postcards with printed title and players’ names to lower border, and official stamps to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Palmer (Captain), Jackson, Prentice, Berry, Corrall, Lester, Munden, Goodwin, Sperry, Tompkin etc. Excellent condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1953-1956. Four original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Leicestershire teams for seasons 1953, 1954, 1955 & 1956, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. All postcards with printed title and players’ names to lower border, and official stamps to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Lester, Walsh, Tompkin, Jackson, Walsh, Munden, Goodwin, Firth, Boshier, Smith, Hallam, Palmer, van Geloven etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1957-1960. Four original mono real photograph postcards of Leicestershire teams for seasons 1957, 1958, 1959 & 1960, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. All postcards with printed title and players’ names to lower border. Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Palmer, Diment, Hallam, Firth, Lester, Boshier, van Geloven, Spencer, Revill, Goodwin, Watson, Savage, Julian, Bird, Munden etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. c.1905-1908. Three early original postcards of Leicestershire teams including real photograph postcards of players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, one Dainty Series c.1905, the other Davidson Brothers Series no. 4038, dated 1908. Both postally unused. The other is a mono printed postcard of a montage of players, ‘The Leicestershire Cricket Team’ with printed names to lower border. Scott Series no. 665. Postmarked 1905. Players include de Trafford, V.F.S. & R.T.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. c.1920. Original mono real photograph postcard of members of the Leicestershire team practising on the outfield at Grace Road (?), with a sweeping grandstand in the background. Baxter’s Photo Series, Hinckley. Minor creasing and wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1975. Thirteen original mono Club issue player portrait plain back postcards of Leicestershire players, each signed to the front by the featured player. Signatures are Graham McKenzie, Jack Birkenshaw, Norman McVicker, Ray Illingworth, Ken Higgs, Jeffrey Tolchard, Paddy Clift, Brian Davison, Roger Tolchard, John Steele, Chris Balderstone, Mick Norman and Barry Dudleston. Photographs by Neville Chadwick Photography. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1980s. Ten original mono Club issue player portrait plain back postcards/ photographs of Leicestershire players, mainly 1980s. Six are signed to the front by the featured player. Signatures are Peter Willey, David Gower, Les Taylor, George Ferris, Chris Balderstone and Nick Cook. Others unsigned are Brian Booth, Paul Munden, Nigel Briers and Paddy Clift. Photographers include Neville Chadwick, David Munden, Universal Pictorial etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Victor Edward ‘Vic’ Jackson. New South Wales & Leicestershire 1936-1956. Original mono candid style plain back postcard of Jackson standing full length wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed to front and back in ink by Jackson. Publisher unknown. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Jack Birkenshaw. Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire & England 1958-1981. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Birkenshaw, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Birkenshaw. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, date stamped 23rd August 1960. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Gerald Arthur Smithson. Yorkshire, Leicestershire & England 1946-1956. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Smithson, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue biro to the photograph by Smithson. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, date stamped 25th May 1951. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice Raymond Hallam. Leicestershire 1950-1970. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Hallam, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue biro to the photograph by Hallam. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, date stamped 25th June 1952. Very good condition.... View full lot details

George Geary. Leicestershire & England 1912-1938. Excellent sepia real photograph postcard of Geary standing full length wearing cricket attire and cap. Signed in black ink to the photograph by Geary with handwritten dedication ‘Good luck John’. Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Slight spidering to the signature, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John Thomas Hearne. Middlesex & England 1888-1923. Excellent sepia real photograph postcard of Hearne, standing full length at the wicket in cricket attire, ball in hand. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘J.T. Hearne’ to the image. Printed title ‘J.T. Hearne (Middlesex)’. Hartmann series no. 1658. Postally unused. Minor silvering and light soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Elias Henry ‘Patsy’ Hendren. Middlesex & England 1907-1937. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Hendren walking off the field, cap in hand, while on tour in the West Indies, date unknown. Boldly signed in black ink to the photograph ‘E. Patsy Hendren’. Official stamp to verso ‘Print by Pereira’ of Trinidad. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Elias Henry ‘Patsy’ Hendren. Middlesex C.C.C., Brentford F.C. & England. Sepia postcard of Hendren in both cricket attire and football attire. Nicely signed to face by Hendren in ink. Printed titles to lower border. Published by Wakefields, Ealing. Postally unused. Good condition.... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1950s. Three individual player portrait postcards of Jack Robertson, John Murray, and Fred Titmus, each depicted head and shoulders. All three postcards with printed name and county to lower border. Signed in ink by each featured player. Sporting Handbooks Ltd. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Nottingham XI’ c.1905. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of the Nottinghamshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players featured include A.O. Jones (Captain), Oates, Iremonger, Hardstaff, Gunn etc. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, small adhesive mount marks to verso, otherwise a nice image in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Notts. County Cricket Team. The Champions of 1907’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Nottinghamshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted caps and blazers. Published by J. Godden, Nottingham, ‘Sport Series No. 3’ in a series of twelve. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include Jones (Captain), Iremonger, J. Gunn, Payton, Hardstaff, G. Gunn, Alletson, Oates etc. 6.25”x4.75”. Sold with a mono postcard of the team c.1905... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1946-1948. Three original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Nottinghamshire teams of the 1940s, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Seasons are 1946, 1947 and 1948 with printed titles. The 1946 with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with typed players’ name label. The 1947 with official stamp to verso for Van Ralty, Nottingham. The 1948 publisher unknown, signed in ink to verso... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1921-1928. Three mono/ sepia real photograph postcards of Nottinghamshire teams, the players seated and standing in rows wearing caps and blazers. Teams are 1921, 1926 (both Douglas Studios, postally unused) and 1928 (publisher unknown). The 1928 postcard addressed from A.W. Shelton to Charles Pratt-Green, postmarked 28th June 1928, written ‘from Trent Bridge during rain!’ when Nottinghamshire were playing Worcestershire (match drawn). Players featured include Carr (Captain), Gunn, Whysall, Lilley, Keeton, A. & S.... View full lot details

Arthur Bradley Wheat. Nottinghamshire 1927-1939. Sepia real photograph postcard of Wheat depicted seated wearing Nottinghamshire cap and blazer. Printed title ‘Wheat. C.H.R.’. C.H. Richards, Nottingham. Postally unused. Very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Professionals 1924. Sepia real photograph postcard of six Nottinghamshire professionals in informal pose, wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Players appear to include Barratt, Payton, Staples, Whysall, Walker etc. Photograph taken at Dover. Publisher unknown. Minor silvering otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

William Henry ‘Bill’ Lockwood. Nottinghamshire, Surrey & England 1886-1904. Mono real photograph postcard of Lockwood, head and shoulders in cap and blazer. Nicely signed in black ink, ‘Yours truly, W.H. Lockwood’. Printed title ‘W.H. Lockwood’. Rotary series no. 3803. Postally unused. Some silvering and minor staining to image extremities, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

‘Notts County Cricketers 1924’. Unusual mono real photograph postcard with captain A.W. Carr in oval to centre surrounded by cameo roundels of twelve other Nottinghamshire players, each with name printed below. Players are J. Gunn, Oates, Richmond, Matthews, Iremonger (Coach), Whysall, G. Gunn, Payton, Flint, Barratt, Staples and Hardstaff. Published by Douglas Studios. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Norman Wilfred Hill. Nottinghamshire 1953-1968. Mono real photograph postcard of Hill, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue biro to lower margin ‘Norman Hill’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Denis Springall. Nottinghamshire 1955-1963. Mono real photograph postcard of Springall, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and blazer. Signed in blue biro ‘With best wishes, John Springall’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ Millman. Nottinghamshire & England 1957-1965. Mono real photograph postcard of Millman, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin ‘Best wishes, Geoff Millman’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Willis Walker. Nottinghamshire 1913-1937. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Walker standing full length wearing Nottinghamshire blazer. Signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours sincerely, W. Walker’. Publisher unknown. The postcard has been partially laid to a small trimmed card. Slight uneven trimming, staining to verso, some age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur William Carr. Nottinghamshire & England 1910-1934. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Carr standing full length wearing M.C.C. touring blazer. Signed in black ink to the photograph ‘A.W. Carr’. Publisher unknown. Minor wear to corners, some silvering, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. player postcards c.1930. Ten original sepia real photograph postcards of Nottinghamshire players, each depicted seated wearing Nottinghamshire blazer and/ or cap, one signed. All by C.H. Richards of Nottingham. Players are William Whysall, Charles Harris, Joe Hardstaff Jnr., George Gunn Snr., Wilfred R.D. Payton, Harold Larwood, Arthur Carr, Frank Woodhead, Ben Lilley (signed in ink by Lilley), and Willis Walker. Players’ names printed to fronts. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. John Kelly (Nottinghamshire 1953-1957) and Harold James Butler (Nottinghamshire 1933-1954). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, the Kelly postcard date stamped 24th July 1953. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details