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Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Kent v Warwickshire 1931. ‘The Only Official County Cricket Ball will be held on Wednesday June 24th at the Royal Pavilion Hotel. The Captains and Players of both Kent and Warwick Teams will positively attend’. Printed by ‘Day by Day’ Publishing Co, 93 Tontine Street, Folkestone. Original advertising flyer for the Ball held at The Royal Pavilion Hotel on the evening of the opening day of the County Championship match between the two teams. Warwickshire... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. Leominster v Falcons Touring C.C. Holloway’s Benefit’ 1907. Original Great Western Railway handbill advertising train travel to Leominster for the match played at The Grange, Leominster on Monday 5th August 1907. The handbill printed on buff coloured paper, measures 7.5”x10”, and was printed by D.A. Dalley of Leominster. Minor marks otherwise in good/ very good condition... View full lot details

Stanley George Ulick Considine. Somerset 1919-1935. Small sepia printed image of Considine in batting pose. Signed in ink by Considine. 2.5”x3.5”. G... View full lot details

Henry Dudley Gresham Leveson-Gower. Oxford University, Surrey & England 1893-1920, Signed bookplate image of Leveson-Gower dressed in cricket blazer. Signed in ink to image. 4.75”x6”. G... View full lot details

Thomas William ‘Tom’ Garrett. New South Wales & Australia 1876-1898. Rare and excellent early signature in black ink of Garrett signed to left margin of a trimmed bookplate printed image of Garrett depicted head and shoulders in formal attire. The photograph by Kerry & Co., Sydney. Overall 3.5”x4”. The page appears to have been laid to tightly trimmed blue page with adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Robert ‘Tom’ McKibbin. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1899. Rare early signature in black ink of McKibbin signed ‘Tom R. McKibbin Aust XI 1896’ to a trimmed bookplate printed image of McKibbin depicted head and shoulders in formal attire. The photograph by P.C. Poulsen of Brisbane. Overall 3”x4.25”. The page appears to have been laid to tightly trimmed blue page with adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Sir Neville Cardus, cricket writer and journalist 1888-1975. Neville Cardus’s original blue passport with name to cover ‘Sir Neville Cardus C.B.E.’, passport number, name to first page, photograph and ink signature of Cardus with personal details ‘Profession- Writer and Music Critic’, date and place of birth etc, list of countries which the passport is valid, renewal dates etc. The passport was issued in 1964 and renewed in 1969 and was valid until 1974. Stamps... View full lot details

Hastings Cricket Week 1905. Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South, Hastings, 7 to 9th September 1905. Large autograph page very nicely signed in ink by twenty one of the players who featured in the match which was drawn. Eleven signatures of the Gentlemen of the South team which are Tom Hayward (Surrey), Alan Marshall (Surrey & Queensland), Ernest Haynes (Surrey), Ernest Killick (Sussex), Joe Vine (Sussex), Len Braund (Somerset), Albert Relf (Sussex),... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1902. Essex County Cricket Club letterhead beautifully signed by fourteen members of the Australian touring team to England in 1902. Signatures are Joe Darling (Captain), Monty Noble, Warwick Armstrong, Victor Trumper, Hanson Carter, William Howell, Clem Hill, Ernest Jones, James Kelly, Jack Saunders, Syd Gregory, Albert ‘Bert’ Hopkins and tour manager Major Benjamin Wardill. Only lacking the signature of Hugh Trumble from the full touring party. Very light folds, odd mark... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1953. ‘Australian XI Coronation Tour’. Official autograph sheet nicely signed in ink by all seventeen members of the touring party. Signatures are Hassett (Captain), Morris, Archer, Benaud, Craig, Davidson, de Courcy, Harvey, Hill, Hole, Johnston, Langley, Lindwall, McDonald, Miller, Ring and Tallon. Inscribed to top left hand corner ‘To Charles, With thanks and best wishes from the Boys’ Signed Maurice H. Leadbeater and dated 16th September 1953 (a tour match at... View full lot details

John William Henry Tyler ‘Johnny’ Douglas. Essex & England 1901-1928. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size sepia real photograph trade card of Douglas, full length in batting pose in the nets. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Douglas. No. 42.C. 4”x6”. Plain back. Some wear to edges and corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Andrew ‘Andy’ Sandham. Surrey & England 1911-1937. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size sepia real photograph trade card of Sandham, full length in batting pose wearing Surrey cap. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by Sandham with dedication to David Frith. No. 19.C. 4”x6”. Plain back. Minor silvering, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Percy George Herbert Fender. Sussex, Surrey & England 1910-1935. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size sepia real photograph trade card of Fender standing full length in batting attire at the wicket. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Fender. No. 24.C. 4”x6”. Plain back. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan. Cambridge University, Surrey, Sussex & England 1919-1932. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size sepia real photograph trade card of Gilligan standing full length at the wicket in cricket attire and hooped cap, holding a ball. Signed in later years blue ink to the photograph by Gilligan and dated September 1971. No. 130.C. 4”x6”. Plain back. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph trade card of a youthful Sutcliffe, full length, in batting pose. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Sutcliffe. No. 51.C. 4”x6”. Plain back. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wills’s Cigarettes ‘Cricketers’ 1896. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London. Thirty unnumbered cigarette cards from the full set of fifty, with colour portraits of cricketers of the period, printed name and county to lower portion to front, and decorative floral green backgrounds. The cricketers featured are Attewell, Bainbridge, Briggs, Chatterton, Druce, Ferris, Grace, Lord Hawke, A. Hearne, J.T. Hearne, Hewett, Jackson, Key, Lilley, Lohmann, Lucas, McGregor, Mold, Mordaunt, Murdoch, Newham, Nichols, O’Brien, Pougher, Quaife,... View full lot details

Wills’s Cigarettes ‘Cricketers Series’ 1901. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London. Full set of fifty numbered cigarette cards featuring colour player head and shoulder portraits with printed name and county to lower portion to front, decorative floral grey/ green backgrounds. Nos. 1-25 in the series were issued with fronts in two formats, with and without vignette backgrounds. Cards with vignettes are nos. 1-7, 9, 15-18, 22, 24 and 25. Cards without vignettes are 8,... View full lot details

Wills’s Cigarettes ‘Cricketers’ 1908. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London. Full set of fifty numbered cigarette cards plus one variant, featuring colour player head and shoulder portraits with printed name and county to lower portion to front. All cards are small ‘s’ series. Variants of cards are no. 2 Warner with blazer, two variants of no. 4 Braund, one with cap, the other without (some wear), no. 25 Dennett with blazer. Odd faults to... View full lot details

Don Bradman. ‘Pageant of Cricket’. D.Frith. London 1987. Foreword by Don Bradman. De-luxe leather bound limited edition of two hundred numbered copies, this being number 5, signed by Don Bradman and the author, Frith. Bound in full red leather, all edges gilt and preserved in slipcase. Very good condition... View full lot details

David Frith. Two books by Frith, both signed by the author. ‘Caught England, Bowled Australia. A cricket slave’s complex story’, London 1997 and a softback edition of ‘Stoddy’: England’s Finest Sportsman’, Hove 2015. Sold with a hardback edition with dustwrapper of ‘Lord Taverners Fifty Greatest cricketers’. London 1983. The book has the official invite to Frith for the exhibition of all fifty original paintings held at the Cafe Royal in December 1983 and the launch... View full lot details

‘Lost world of a camera-artist: Third Man In. G.W. Beldam & the art of Edwardian cricket’. Compiled by George A. Beldam, foreword by Charles A. Fry. George Beldam Collection, London, 1991. Original printed dustwrapper for the book plus rough proof copies of the book itself. Sold with a letter from George A. Beldam to E.M. Wellings, dated 28th May 1991, sending the proofs and book and dustwrapper to give him some idea of the book... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1924/25. Small black photograph album containing nineteen original candid photographs from the tour. The photographs, mainly postcard size featuring both England and Australian players appear to have taken just prior to the team departure from the Australian mainline to visit Launceston, Tasmania for their tour match in late January 1925. Many of the photographs are taken in a wooded area, maybe an excursion of some sort. Players and officials include Toone... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1956-57. Original green commemorative photograph album issued by ‘The Rand Daily Mail and The Sunday Times’ and presented to Jim Laker following the tour. The album contains fifty original press photographs of play and scenes from the tour including tour matches v Orange Free State, Transvaal (1st match), South African XI, North Eastern Transvaal, first Test v South Africa (Johannesburg), 2nd Test v South Africa (Cape Town), 3rd Test... View full lot details

Raymond Russell Lindwall, New South Wales, Queensland & Australia 1945-1960. Original mono photograph of Lindwall in bowling pose, Nicely signed by Lindwall to image and dedicated to David Frith. 6”x8”. Good condition. Sold with a official team photograph of the Australian team who played M.C.C.(England) in the 3rd (Jubilee) Test Match played at Sydney 5th January 1951, also featuring Lindwall. The photograph, by Melba Studios of Sydney, laid down to photographers mount and signed to... View full lot details

England tour to Australia 1986/87. Official colour photograph of the England touring party, seated and standing in rows, wearing tour blazers. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Nicely signed in blue ink by all seventeen members of the touring party. Signatures include Gatting (Captain), Emburey, Gower, Botham, Edmonds, DeFreitas, Dilley, Broad, Foster, Small, Lamb etc. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Don Bradman. Mono printed photograph of Don Bradman walking out to the nets, dressed in cricket attire, wearing blazer with pads under arm, carrying gloves and bat. Signed in ink to the photograph in later years by Bradman. 4”x6”. VG... View full lot details

‘Victorian Team. Season 1923-24’. Large and impressive official sepia photograph of the Victoria team, seated and standing in rows , wearing cricket attire. The photograph, by Talma of Melbourne, laid down to photographers mount with printed title and players’ names to lower border. Players featured include Edgar Mayne (Cpt), Liddicut, Ryder, Ransford, a youthful Bill Ponsford, Hampden Love, Bill Woodfull, Grimmett, Jack Ellis, Albert Hartkopf, Roy Park etc [a veritable selection of Australian talent in... View full lot details

‘20th Australian Team to Great Britain 1948’. Original official mono photograph of the Australian team, standing and seated in rows, wearing tour blazers. The photograph laid down to official photographers mount. Printed title to top border and players’ names to lower border. Very nicely signed to the mount by all nineteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Bradman (Captain), Lindwall, Saggers, Harvey, Hamence, Hassett, I. Johnson, Barnes, Ring, Tallon, Johnston, Loxton, Brown, Miller, Morris,... View full lot details

Charterhouse School, Godalming 1873. Sepia carte de visite of the Charterhouse Cricket XI 1873. Title printed to lower border. 4”x2.5”. Good condition... View full lot details

England v Australia 1899. Small original sepia photograph of the first Test match played at Trent Bridge in June 1899. The match is in progress with a full house in attendance. The match was drawn. The photograph measures approximately 3.5”x2”. Sold with four similar small colour reproduction copy photographs of Ranji and Grace walking off the ground at the end of play. The original photograph of the Test match was used in ‘Pageant of Cricket’... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England. 1865-1908. Two small early photographs of Grace at Trent Bridge, Nottingham in 1898. Both feature Grace in full cricket attire, wearing hooped cap, padded up with bat in hand, one next to the sight screen and the other walking up the pavilion steps. One photograph 3”x4” and the other 2.75”x3.5”. Grace played once at Trent Bridge in 1898, in the County Championship match v Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire in July... View full lot details

Richard Gorton ‘Dick’ Barlow, Lancashire & England, 1871-1891. Small early original mounted mono photograph, similar to a cabinet card photograph, of Richard Barlow’s grave in Layton Cemetery, Blackpool. His final resting place is topped by one of cricket’s most famous headstones, one Barlow designed himself, the large white stone showing a set of stumps with the ball passing through middle and leg and at the bottom . . . “Bowled at Last”!. 3.25”x4.25”. Minor wear... View full lot details

‘Mr W.G. Grace’. William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England. 1865-1908. A good sepia cabinet card photograph of Grace, half length wearing cricket shirt in cameo. The cabinet card by London Stereoscopic Compy. Title and photographers details to lower border. 4.25”x6.5”. Minor age toning to image and photographic mount otherwise in good condition. The cabinet card photograph is displayed in an original colourful and highly decorative oblong card holder with oval window, sadly the holder has... View full lot details

Charles Jesse Kortright. M.C.C. & Essex 1893-1907. Original mono cabinet card photograph of Kortright, full length in bowling pose at the wicket. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Vertical crease, minor bumping to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Percy Jeeves. Warwickshire 1912-1914. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Jeeves standing three quarter length holding a ball, wearing Warwickshire cap and blazer. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Minor wear to one corner and apparent uneven trimming to lower edge, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Frank William Milligan. Yorkshire & England 1894-1898. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of the memorial tablet erected by the Yorkshire Cricket Team ‘In Affectionate Remembrance of Lieutenant Frank Milligan who was killed near Mafeking March 31 1900 [Second Boer War]’. The card by Gawthorp Metal Worker of Long Acre, London, measures 4.25”x6.5”. Some foxing to mount, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

John Richard ‘Jack’ Mason. Kent & England 1893-1914. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Mason standing full length in batting pose at the wicket, wearing Kent cap. Signed in black ink to the photograph by Mason. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Small pin hole to top edge, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Gregor MacGregor. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1888-1907. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of MacGregor standing full length in wicket-keeping pose at the wicket, wearing hooped cap. Signed in black ink to the lower mount margin by MacGregor. Some smudging to the signature. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Some bumping to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1898-1919. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Bosanquet standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Bosanquet. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Slight bumping and creasing to two corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Owen Jones. Nottinghamshire, Cambridge University & England 1892-1914. Original sepia cabinet card photograph vignette of Jones standing full length in batting pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Jones. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Minor surface wear, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John Richmond Gunn. Nottinghamshire, London County & England 1896-1925. Original sepia cabinet card photograph vignette of Gunn standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Gunn. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Crease and slight splitting to lower portion of the mount card, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Joseph ‘Joe’ Vine. Sussex, London County & England 1896-1922. Original sepia cabinet card photograph vignette of Vine standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket, wearing Sussex cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Vine. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Albert Edward Relf. Sussex, London County, Auckland & England 1900-1921. Original sepia cabinet card photograph vignette of Relf standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket, wearing Sussex cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Relf. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John Thomas Brown. Yorkshire & England 1889-1904. Original sepia cabinet card photograph vignette of Brown standing full length in batting pose at the wicket, wearing Yorkshire cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Brown. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Minor wear to corners, split to lower edge, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Schofield Haigh. Yorkshire & England 1895-1913. Original sepia cabinet card photograph vignette of Haigh standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket, wearing Yorkshire cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Haigh. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1882. Early original sepia photograph of twelve members of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, some in blazers. The photograph, measuring 5.25”x3.5”, is laid to cabinet card style mount, overall 6”x4.25”. Caption hand written in ink to lower margin, ‘Australian Cricket Team 1882- Murdoch Captain’. Players’ names handwritten in pencil to the top margin of the card and the lower edge of the photograph. Players... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1888. Rare original sepia cabinet card of the Australian touring party, each depicted in cameo wearing formal attire. Photograph by London Stereoscopic Co. Printed title to centre ‘Australian Cricketing Team 1888’ with players’ names below each image. Players featured are McDonnell (Captain), Bonnor, Ferris, Blackham, Edwards, Jarvis, Turner, Bannerman, Worrall, Lyons, Boyle, Jones and Trott, also Beal (Manager). Card measures 6.5”x4.25”. Pin hole to top edge of the photograph, some staining... View full lot details

Ernest Jones. South Australia, Western Australia & Australia 1892-1908. Excellent sepia cabinet card vignette photograph of Jones depicted full length in bowling pose, wearing his Australian Test cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Sincerely Yours Ernest Jones’. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. 4.25”x6.5”. Minor soiling to the mount with small pin hole to the top edge, the photograph in very good condition.... View full lot details

James Joseph Kelly. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1905. Excellent sepia cabinet card vignette photograph of Kelly depicted full length in wicket-keeping pose, wearing his Australian Test cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours Truly JJ Kelly’. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. 4.25”x6.5”. Very minor surface wear, the mount with small pin hole to the top edge, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Albert John Young ‘Bert’ Hopkins. New South Wales & Australia 1896-1915. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Hopkins depicted full length in batting attire at the crease. Signed in black ink to the photograph by Hopkins. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. 4.25”x6.5”. Very minor bumping to mount corners and some foxing, with small pin hole to the top edge, the photograph in very good condition.... View full lot details

Hanson ‘Sammy’ Carter. New South Wales & Australia 1897-1925. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Carter depicted full length in wicket-keeping pose wearing Australian Test cap. Signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours truly H Carter’. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. 4.25”x6.5”. Minor surface wear to the photograph, small pin hole to the top edge of the mount, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John Victor ‘Jack’ Saunders. Victoria, Wellington & Australia 1899-1914. Rare and excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Saunders depicted full length in bowling pose wearing Australian Test cap. Signed in black ink twice by Saunders, to the photograph and lower mount border, ‘Yours truly J.V. Saunders’. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. 4.25”x6.5”. Some foxing to mount card, small pin hole to the top edge of the mount, otherwise in good/ very good... View full lot details

George John Bonnor. New South Wales & Australia 1881-1891. An excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Bonnor, half length wearing blazer with flower to label. Inscribed to the lower border ‘G.J. Bonnor, autograph on back’, Signed and dedicated to verso in black ink ‘With my kindest regards to Harry Hislop, June 29th 1884 and signed G.J. Bonnor’. The cabinet card by Stilliard & Co, Oxford. 4.25”x6.5”. Minor wear to corners of the cabinet card ,... View full lot details

Steve Garner. Cartoonist. Four original pen and ink comic cricket strips by Steven Garner. One signed by Garner and dated 1987. Each 16”x5.25”. Good condition... View full lot details

Cricket shirts, polo/tee-shirts, boxer shorts, sweater, wet-weather jacket, scarf, flag etc. Selection of twenty modern items. Includes cricket shirts for Bunbury Cricket Club and Wisden Cricket Monthly, polo and tee-shirts for the Ashes 1989, 1993 (2- different), West Indies v England 1986 and 1995, Wills World Cup 1996 (2- different) and 1999, South Africa v England 1995, Pakistan ‘rule the World’ tee-shirt covering 1992-1996, Scarves include original England v Australia ‘Jubilee Test’ 1977 (unused condition),... View full lot details

Evelyn Maitland ‘Lyn’ Wellings. Oxford University & Surrey 1928-1946. Oxford University cricket cap worn by Wellings whilst playing for the University from 1928-1931. The navy blue cap by `Castell & Son of Oxford’ with University emblem to front, name to inside label with Ch-Ch (Christ Church College) beneath. Some wear to inner otherwise in good condition. Sold with a further M.C.C. touring cap. The [unusually] in white/creme, by E.C. Devereux of Eton, with central emblem... View full lot details

‘England tour of Sri Lanka 1982’. Decorative silver metal commemorative chalice. The lid in the shape ball with title to rim, decorative base with panels of ornate birds/ducks? to sides of base. The chalice stands on a small wooden base. Approximately 9” tall. Some tarnishing otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Charles Burgess Fry. Early 20th century spelter figure of C.B. Fry wearing cricket cap portrayed in batting pose playing a shot. This was one item of a three piece garniture, all featuring Fry as a batsman and bowler, with the centrepiece of him as a wicket-keeper with clock.11.5” tall. Sold with a glass decanter with piece of prose by John Arlott to the side entitled ‘The Old Cricketer’. 9.5” tall... View full lot details

Sydney Francis Barnes, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, England & Wales 1894-1930. A commemorative side plate with colour transfer printed vignette of Barnes wearing cap, stood at the wicket with ball in his hand to centre, with inscription ‘Syd. F. Barnes-Famous International Bowler’ and below this a printed shield stating ‘Brilliant bowling by Barnes-obtained six wickets for 24 runs. The English team in Australia 1908’. The plate with ribbed outer border. 8” diameter. Chip to rim, some... View full lot details

Samuel Moses James ‘Sammy’ Woods. Cambridge University, Somerset, England & Australia 1888-1910. Silver cigarette case with Wood’s initials ‘S.M.J.W’ to the front of the case. The case made by ‘Goldsmiths Company of Regent Street’ and hallmarked for London 1897. The case measuring 3”x3.25” has some faults including denting to surfaces otherwise in fairly good condition. A handwritten note to inside states ‘I expect it was given to him by some admirer, but Bertie Joel tells... View full lot details