Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia

‘Cricket. Slow v. Fast’. Early and rare original advertising handbill for ‘A Grand Match’ at Lord’s, 5th July 1841 ‘and following day’. The handbill describes the teams as comprising ‘Eight Gentlemen and Players, with Three Slow Bowlers, against Eight Gentlemen and Players, with Three Fast Bowlers’. The ‘Slow’ team included Bayley, Cobbett, Lillywhite, Liddell, Hastings, Anson, Bentinck, Kynaston, Taylor, Guy and Wenman. The ‘Fast’ team was Mynn, Fenner, Redgate, Savile, Keate, Napier, Nethercote, Thackeray, Ward,... View full lot details

‘Cricket. The Marylebone Club & Ground, with Pilch, against the Northern Counties of England’. Early and rare original advertising handbill for ‘A Grand Match’ at Lord’s, 23rd June [1845] ‘and following day’. Listed are the two teams, including Bathurst, Bennett, Kynaston, Taylor, Barker, Dean, Dorrinton, Hillyer, Lillywhite, Pilch and Sewell for M.C.C., Hartopp, Noyes, Seddons, Williams, Butler, Clark, Dakin, Guy, Hunt, Parr and Redgate for Northern Counties. Advertising to lower portion for ‘Matches to Come’,... View full lot details

‘Cricket! Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington Oval’ 1853. Early original advertising handbill for ‘Grand Matches’ to be played at The Oval. Matches are ‘The Surrey Club with Two Players against the [Sevenoaks] Vine Club with Two Players’, 30th June, ‘The North against The South’, 7th July, ‘Twenty-two I Zingari against the Eleven of England for the Benefit of Beagley’, 14th July, and ‘Fourteen of the County of Surrey against the Eleven of England’, 1st August. 5”x7.25”.... View full lot details

‘Cricket! Yorkshire versus Surrey. The First Great Match of the Season’ 1873. Early original advertising handbill for the match played at Brammall[sic] Lane, Sheffield, 16th- 18th June 1873. Yorkshire players listed are Clayton, Greenwood, Emmett, Hall, Hill, Iddison, Lockwood, Pinder, Smith, Rowbotham and West, and for Surrey, Boult, Berrls, Strachan, Chester, T. Humphrey, R. Humphrey, Jupp, Pooley, Southerton, Street and Freeman. Details of admission to the ground below. Printed by J. Robertshaw, Angel-St., Sheffield’. 7.25”x9.75”.... View full lot details

David Denton. Yorkshire & England 1894-1920. ‘David Denton’s Benefit. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Headingley Ground, Leeds. August 5th,6th and 7th [1907]. Original hanging cardboard poster, printed navy blue and white background advertising the Benefit match ‘All Lovers of Cricket are cordially invited to co-operate in order to make the Benefit a great success’. It advertises seat prices, collecting books, hanging cards and cheap tickets with names and address of County Committee members to the lower third... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1938. Large original ‘News Chronicle’ advertising and promotional poster and image of the Australian team to centre and the wording ‘Australian Team above and below ‘Exclusive art plate’. Banner to top and bottom reads ‘News Chronicle’. The poster printed in red and black on a pink background and measures 19”x30”. The lot includes the Test Team art plate printed picture of the team with title ‘The Australian Test Team 1938’ to... View full lot details

Hornibrook 6 for 5 Essex Rout’. Large original newspaper poster for the ‘Home’ edition of the [London] Evening News, dated 8th May 1930. The poster measures approx. 20”x30”, framed and glazed overall 24”x34”. Horizontal and vertical folds, with small loss to right edge and top corner, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘W.G.’s Son Drops Dead at Cricket’. Large original newspaper poster for the Daily Herald, dated 7th June 1938. The poster measures approx. 20”x30”, framed and glazed overall 22.5”x33”. Horizontal and vertical folds, with apparent old tape repairs to verso, otherwise in good, very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Sportsman Almanac 1902. ‘The Sportsman’ is the Oldest, Largest and Leading Sporting Daily Paper’. Large original rare poster for 1902 season. Printed by Merritt & Hatcher, London. The colourful poster features to the top half of the poster a large printed panel with cameo images of various sizes of members of ‘Australian Tour 1901-02. Mr A.C. Maclaren’s English Eleven. Players featured include Maclaren, Ranjitsinghi, McGregor, Jephson, Lord Hawke, Barnes, J. Gunn, Quaife, Blythe, Hayward,... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match at Sheffield, E. Stephenson’s Benefit’ 1870. Early original Great Northern Railway handbill advertising train travel to Sheffield for the match, assumed to be United North of England XI v United South of England XI, played at Bramall Lane 1st & 2nd August 1870, for the benefit of Edwin Stephenson (Sheffield, M.C.C., Yorkshire & England 1854-1873). The handbill printed on pink paper, measures 5.5”x9”, and was issued at King’s Cross Station, London, July... View full lot details

Robert ‘Bobby’ Abel. Surrey & England 1881-1904. Original typed letter on ‘Tit-Bits’ magazine letterhead, hand dated 8th September 1890. The letter addressed to ‘Mr R. Abel’ reads, ‘On making up the batting average for the month of August, we find that you have the honour of being the best Batsman in the country, with an average for 10 innings of 49.1. We have therefore great pleasure, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the... View full lot details

Fred Trueman. ‘Vitalis- Keeps even my hair neat all day’. Original 1960’s free standing card advertising sign/show card showing Trueman, half length, in England sweater holding and pointing at the bottle of Vitalis. Approx 19”x28”. Some wear, scratching, some loss to small parts of image otherwise in generally good condition... View full lot details

‘Groves Cricket & General Sporting News Agency, Sheffield’. Two four page ‘Final Revised List of Cricket Fixtures for 1887’, one printed on white paper, the other blue. The front pages detail the terms and prices of the services provided to customers of the agency, with slightly differing versions. Sold with two similar lists published by Ashley & Smith’s Sporting News Agency, London, for ‘The Cricket Season’ 1887 and 1892. Some wear and tears to folds,... View full lot details

‘The Times. MC.C. Number. London May 25th 1937’. Original 25 page supplement to the Times newspaper with front cover depicting Thomas Lord with various cricket scenes in borders around image commemorating the 150th anniversary of Lord’s. The contents with articles on the Lord’s Ground, tributes, Hambledon, M.C.C. etc. Good condition... View full lot details

‘Frank Worrell of Barbados 1924-1967’. Order of Thanksgiving for Worrell held at Westminster Abbey on 7th April 1967 with official ticket for admission to the Choir for the service. Also an Order of Service for the memorial service held for Worrell, ‘Sometime professional Radcliffe Cricket Club’, at Radclife Parish Church, 9th April 1967. Very good condition. Sold with a mono studio photograph of Worrell, head and shoulders, wearing graduation robes. 6.25”x8.25”, photographer unknown. Light creasing,... View full lot details

Roy Kilner. Yorkshire, Europeans & England 1911-1927. Official single sided order of service sheet for the memorial service held for Kilner at Wombwell Church, 10th April 1928. 8”x10.5”. Horizontal and vertical folds, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘In Memoriam. Charles Burgess Fry 1872-1956’. Eight page original memorial service booklet for Fry, the funeral was held at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church on the 18th September 1956. The address was made by Harry Altham. Rare... View full lot details

W.G. Grace. ‘Souvenir of the National Testimonial to Dr. W.G. Grace, July 22nd 1879, with Photograph and Record of Performances. Sixpence.’ Printed by the Cricket and Football Times, Ludgate Circus, London. [1879], Attractive printed card with title within chromolithographed border of flowers, holly etc. To inside pages is a mounted portrait photograph of Grace, with a record of his averages in first class matches, averages in county matches and scores over 100 in first class... View full lot details

W.G. Grace. ‘Banquet held on Monday, June 24th 1895 at the Victoria Rooms, Clifton to Mr W.G. Grace in celebration of his One Hundredth Century, completed on Gloucestershire County Ground in match Somersetshire v Gloucestershire, on Friday May 17th 1895’. Original three page folding card menu for the Banquet, the cover with excellent pictorial colour decoration showing crossed bats, ball and stumps, titles to centre and to lower border an image of a cricket match... View full lot details

Farewell Dinner to Dr W.G. Grace 1898’. Original menu card for the Dinner, given by the Clifton Foot Beagles, held at the Clifton Down Hotel on December 6th 1898. Decorative and colourful front cover, with green ribbon tie, with images of hunting horn, whistle, riding cap and whip and titles, menu and toast list to inside pages with further decorative hunting images to rear cover. Printed by ‘W. Bennett, 43 Broad Street’. The toast list... View full lot details

Yorkshire. ‘Dinner in honour of Hirst and Rhodes and on the occasion of the publication of A.A. Thomson’s fiftieth book’. Official menu for the dinner given by ‘The Cricketer’ held at Lord’s Tavern, 25th June 1959. The menu with Yorkshire white rose emblem and printed title to front, menu and speakers to inside. Minor soiling to front, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1873-1968. Five items relating to Lancashire including a Manchester C.C. 1873 folding member’s ticket with printed fixtures to centre, officers listed to rear. ‘Lancashire County, 1883, and Manchester Cricket Club’, three part folding membership card with black leather covers and gilt title, issued to and signed in ink to inside by Richard H. Gorton [Committee Member] of Eccles. Four page printed information sheet headed ‘Lancashire County and Manchester Cricket Club’ issued to announce... View full lot details

Albert Craig ‘The Surrey Poet’. Five items relating to Albert Craig, the cricket rhymester. Five page typescript for a B.B.C. Radio broadcast of ‘Cricket Lovely Cricket. A.C. Cricket Rhymester by John Arlott’. Recorded 3rd August 1961 for transmission 22nd August 1961. Originally David Rayvern Allen’s copy, bound in green cloth with leather title label to front. ‘The Cradle of Cricket. A Hambledon Souvenir’, W.R. Weir, published by Wright & Co., Paternoster Square 1908, with a... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1922/23. Official menu for the dinner given to the M.C.C. team at The Grand Hotel, Port Elizabeth, 20th November 1922. The folding menu with printed title to front with M.C.C. colours to borders, toast list and menu to inside, attendees listed to rear page. Detached at fold. Age toning and some wear, two small holes to left edge of front cover, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1922/23. Official menu for the ‘Farewell Banquet to the M.C.C. Team by the Natal Cricket Association’ held at the Durban Club, Durban, 20th February 1923. The menu with paper wrappers, red and yellow ribbon tie. Printed title and Natal emblem to front, toasts and menu to centre pages. Wear and staining, overall in fair condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1926. ‘Australian Party embracing the Australian Cricket XI 1926. Tour of Europe’. Official Itinerary booklet ‘Organised by Pickfords’ for the Australian’s Tour of Europe en route from Australia. The itinerary describes the party’s arrival from Perth on the S.S. ‘Otranto’ at Naples on 7th April with a visit to Pompeii. April 8th in Rome to visit the Unknown Warrior’s Grave, St. Peters and the Vatican. April 9th train journey to Florence,... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1928/29. Official ‘Orient Line, R.M.S. Otranto’ souvenir brochure for the ‘M.C.C. Australian Tour 1928-9’. Decorative covers with M.C.C. colours. To inside pages, pen pictures and biographies of the M.C.C. team, itinerary, fixtures etc. Scarce. Minor soiling to wrappers, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. Australian Tour 1928-29’. Rare official 8pp tour itinerary with decorative card wrappers for the M.C.C. tour of Australia 1928-29. The front cover with bold decoration in M.C.C. colours. To inside pages, itinerary, list of players, fixtures, travelling schedule, postal dates etc. Some minor soiling to covers, rusting to staples otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1938/39. ‘Timeless Test Series’. ‘South African Tour 1938-1939’. Official players itinerary for the tour with titles and M.C.C. colours to front cover. To inside page, list of the M.C.C. touring party, match programme, hotels and travelling schedule, two full page map of the venues, postal information and playing conditions. Crease to front cover otherwise in very good condition. Includes a printed facsimile autograph sheet for the tour. Player unknown. A... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1948/49. Official folding menu for the ‘Civic Dinner in honour of the M.C.C. Touring Team’ held at the Commercial Hotel, Robertson, 3rd November 1948. The menu with decorative front cover and printed title, toasts and menu to inside. ‘Ex R.T. Simpson’ annotated in pencil to back cover. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1948/49. Rare official menu for the dinner given for the M.C.C. held at the Polleys- Hotel, Pretoria, 8th December 1948. The folding menu printed in both English and Afrikaans with titles to front, toast list and menu to inside. ‘Ex R.T. Simpson’ annotated in pencil to back cover. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire County Cricket Club archive circa 1860’s to 1960. A large and comprehensive coverage of Yorkshire County cricket covering the century comprising a large quantity of eighteen large ledgers and scrapbooks containing news cuttings and images recording matches and regarding the club in the period. Some original team photographs, postcards, letters to secretary etc and scorecards, all laid down to pages. Includes original photographs of the 1925, 1926 (large Wilkes photo), 1927, 1928 (large Wilkes... View full lot details

Worcestershire C.C.C, Selection of club ephemera including ‘The Income and Expenditure Accounts and list of the Committee’ detailed for the Annual General Meeting of the club in 1931, Star Hotel, Worcester, Tom Graveney Benefit 1969 brochure, official menu for ‘A Dinner given by Sir George Dowty’ in April 1963 at The Star Hotel, Worcester (file hole to lower border), a Benson Hedges Cup Final programme, Worcestershire v Lancashire 1990, signed to pages by nineteen players... View full lot details

‘England’s Champion Batsman. J.B. Hobbs. Surrey & England XI’ 1922. Large linen handkerchief with printed headings and five images of Hobbs in various batting poses plus total runs and average in first class cricket up to 1922. Listed to outer border are details of centuries scored by Hobbs. 17”x17”. Laid down to red mount and framed and glazed. Overall 20”x23”. Sold with a large framed Original certificate for ‘The Star Cricket Scheme... for Schoolboys together... View full lot details

Test and County match tickets 1990s-2010s. Box of four album binders comprising over seven hundred original modern match tickets covering Test series, one day internationals, County matches, World Cup etc. with some overseas series. A good number of Test match tickets are for multiple days of matches at Lord’s, Old Trafford, Headingley, Trent Bridge etc. Series include v West Indies 1995, 2000, 2007, India 1996, 2002, 2007, 2011, Australia 1997, 2001, 2005, South Africa 1998,... View full lot details

Cricket ephemera selection. Green presentation folder containing a miscellany of original and copy ephemera. Original items include an early printed page extract of a poem titled ‘Kipling on our Champions of English Pastimes “Flannelled Fools at the Wicket”; “Muddied Oafs at the Goal”’, a thirty line parody by Albert Craig, ‘The Surrey Poet’, of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Islanders’ of 1902. Printed scores of the first four Test matches of the 1934 Ashes series ‘Presented with... View full lot details