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

Westerwald stoneware cricket beaker, moulded in relief with three cameo panels of a batsman, after W.G. Grace, in different poses. The body decorated with vine and sprig decoration in cobalt blue on a grey background. Blue rings to rim and to foot. Approx 5.5” tall. German circa 1890. Number ‘486’ impressed to base. Minor firing mark to foot otherwise in very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

Westerwald stoneware cricket water jug, moulded in relief with five cameo panels of a batsman, believed to be W.G. Grace, in different poses, coloured in cobalt blue on a grey background. The body decorated with vine and sprig decoration with decorated strap handle. Approx 7” high. German circa 1890. ‘German’ and number ‘104’ impressed to base. A lovely example of this German pottery. Very good condition... View full lot details

Westerwald stoneware cricket stein, moulded in relief with eight cameo panels of a batsman, fielder and wicket-keeper, six larger and two smaller, all believed to be modelled on W.G. Grace, in different poses, coloured in cobalt blue on a grey background. The body decorated with vine and sprig decoration with decorated strap handle. Highly decorative metal lid with clasp to top of the handle. 12” high. German circa 1890. ‘German’ and number ‘319’ impressed to... View full lot details

Westerwald stoneware cricket beaker, moulded in relief with three cameo panels of a batsman, after W.G. Grace, in different poses. The body decorated with vine and sprig decoration in cobalt blue on a grey background. Blue rings to rim and to foot. Approx 6.5” tall. German circa 1890. Number ‘486’ impressed to base. Good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

Julius Caesar and George Parr. A pair of original large Staffordshire cricketing figures, believed to be of Caesar and Parr. Both figures beautifully decorated, the figure of Caesar standing beside a set of brown cricket stumps holding a cricket bat, wearing a orange cap with blue peak, a pink bow tie to neck, white spotted shirt and orange sash with cricket blazer to right hand side. Parr standing beside a wicket holding a cricket ball... View full lot details

‘Cricket at Windsor Castle meat dish’. A very large shaped oval Goodwin & Harris ‘Metropolitan Scenery’ meat dish printed in blue and embellished with a scene of Windsor Castle and the Thames to foreground featuring a cricket match to the foreground with trees and foliage to sides. Surrounding borders highly decorated with flowers, leaves and various foliage, patterned rim. Printed mark in blue to base ‘Metropolitan Scenery, Windsor Castle’. The dish measures 19.75” wide by... View full lot details

‘The Boss’. A Royal Doulton ‘Black Boy’ bone china Burke beaker, entitled ‘The Boss’ printed with a boy in red shirt and a floppy hat, wearing an umpires’s coat and holding a bat, ‘The All Black Team’ crest to verso. Green floral decoration to top rim. 4” tall. Doulton backstamp and ‘E4336’ to base. Circa 1907. Very good condition. A rarer shaped ‘Black Boy’ item... View full lot details

‘Next Man In’. A Royal Doulton ‘Black Boy’ bone china Burke beaker, entitled ‘Next man in’ printed with a boy cricketer in red shirt, grey trousers and a floppy hat, sitting on his bat, waiting to go in, title ‘Next Man In’ to centre and to verso, the crest ‘The All Black Team’. Green floral decoration to top rim. 4” tall. Doulton backstamp and ‘E4336’ to base. Circa 1907. Full length hairline crack to the... View full lot details

‘The Boss’ Royal Doulton Black Boy small plate, entitled ‘The Boss’ printed with a boy in red shirt and a floppy hat, wearing an umpires’s coat and holding a bat. Green floral decoration to edge. 5.25” diameter. Doulton backstamp and number ‘E4336’ to base. Very good condition. A rarer ‘Black Boy’ title... View full lot details

‘I was’nt Ready’. A Royal Doulton ‘Black Boy’ bone china dinner plate, entitled ‘I was’nt ready’ printed with a boy in red shirt, yellow waistcoat and a floppy hat looking glum with his wicket broken behind him. Green floral decoration to inner and outer rim. 10.25” diameter. Doulton backstamp and number ‘D2864’ to base. Very minor loss to green band otherwise in very good condition. A rare ‘Black Boy’ plate... View full lot details

‘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

Cricket plate circa 1910. A rare pair of Choisy Le-Roi Majolica mustard coloured cricket plates, green to verso, depicting an Asian cricket match in the French Empire (Vietnam) with images of children (oriental) playing cricket to centre with foliage decoration and signed HB in chinese signs along the edge of the plates. One of a series of very unusual plates by the company of Hautin & Boulanger for Choisy-Le-Roi in France. Impressed with ‘HB’ &... View full lot details

Cricket plate. ‘Cadbury’s Cocoa. The Oldest and still the best. Absolutely Pure Cocoa’. An advertising plate for Cadbury’s printed to centre with a cricket scene of a boy serving a cup of cocoa to a batsman during a game, wicket keep and fielders plus crowd and tents to background. Made by Ridgway with backstamp and mark for 1880. 9” diameter. Some minor wear to image, several chips to back of the plate, odd minor hairline... View full lot details

Sydney F. Barnes Warwickshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, England & Wales 1894-1930. Commemorative transfer printed mug with vignette of Barnes, wearing cap, stood at the wicket with ball in his hand to centre, with inscription ‘Syd. F. Barnes. Famous International Bowler’ to reverse a shield with ‘Brilliant bowling by Barnes. obtained six wickets for 24 runs. The English team in Australia 1908’. Lustre to rim and handle. Minor loss of printed detail to front and verso, minor... 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’. The plate with ribbed outer border. 7.25” diameter. Minor wear, staining to edge and some firing marks otherwise in good condition... 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 in bowling pose next to the wicket to centre, with inscription ‘Syd. F. Barnes-Famous International Bowler’. The plate with ribbed outer border. 7.25” diameter. Minor wear, staining to edge and some firing marks otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Hedley Verity, Yorkshire & England. Unusual commemorative ceramic plate for ‘Hedley Verity, England’s Famous Spin Bowler’ with transfer printed vignette of Verity in bowling pose and title to face. Gold lustre to inner rim and outer rim. To verso, a transfer printed inscription ‘Record Bowling by Hedley Verity against the Australians at Lord’s. June 23 and June 25-1934. 15 wickets for 104. 7 wickets for 61, first innings, 8 wickets for 43, second innings. Other... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Original Coalport porcelain plate commemorating W.G. Grace’s Century Of Centuries 1895, decorated in blue with central portrait of Grace and dates of each individual century and who scored against radiating out from the centre with semi-gadrooned rim. 9” diameter. Coalport stamp in blue to the back of the plate, ‘In Commemoration of Dr W.G. Grace’s Century of Centuries 1866-1895’ in blue and pattern number X1662. Very minor hairline crack to right hand... View full lot details

Teignbridge Cricket Club (Devon). Three dinner plates, one in pale blue on white with title to centre ‘Teign-Bridge Cricket Club. Established 1823’ with decorative patterned border from the inner rim out. ‘Conchology Stone Ware’ to back. Some six chips to the rim. Sold with two other similar plates with the initials ‘T.B.C.C. 1823. Esto Perpetua’ to centre and two bands of decorative pattern to inner and outer rim of the plate. Each with anchor mark... View full lot details

‘Century of Centuries’. Four 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, W.G. Grace, Len Hutton and Geoffrey Boycott. Lacking presentation boxes. Good condition... View full lot details

George Neville Weston. ‘W.G. Grace. The Great Cricketer’. Plate and tankard each decorated similarly with Grace, head and shoulders wearing M.C.C. hooped cap with naturalistic background with title W.G. Grace. The Great Cricketer 1848-1915’. Unknown maker but both with ‘G. Neville Weston. Kidderminster 1960’ inscribed to back or base. The tankard stands 4.75” tall and the plate 8” diameter. Very good condition... View full lot details

Cricket plates with heavy Worcestershire cricket interest. Limited edition plates are Worcestershire County Champions 1988 (Royal Grafton), 1989 (Royal Grafton), Double Winners 1988, County Champions & Refuge (Royal Worcester), Century of Centuries plates for Graeme Hick (Royal Worcester), ‘Glenn Turner. 100th Hundred. 311 not out 1982’ (Severnside Ceramics), Refuge Assurance Winners 1987 (Royal Worcester), Basil D’Oiliveira Testimonial 1990 Plate, limited edition of 25 plates (Durley). Plus two other limited edition plates for W.G. Grace and... View full lot details

W.G. Grace. Impressive Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug with pale body and dark brown rim, decorated with three portraits/roundels of W.G. Grace, K.S. Ranjitsinhji and George Giffen within scrolling foliage. Two tone brown strap handle. Produced in 1896. Approx 7” high. Impressed Doulton Lambeth stamp and factory mark to base ‘9891’. Sold with an original letter and receipt of purchase dated July 1969 for £35!. Very good condition... View full lot details

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. The handle modelled with cricket bats and a ball with a straw... View full lot details

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 flower Art Nouveau decoration to top and sides in green, blue and brown glaze. Strap handle in brown glaze. Approximately 9” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and number ‘157’ and makers mark for Helena M. Pennett and others,... View full lot details

Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug, of ovoid 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 daisy and floral leaf Art Nouveau decoration to top and sides in green, blue and brown glaze. Strap handle in brown glaze. Approximately 8” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and number ‘183’ and makers mark for Junior Assistant Ethel Beard, c1880/90’s.... View full lot details

Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug, of ovoid 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 flower Art Nouveau decoration to top and sides in green, blue and brown glaze. Strap handle in brown glaze. Approximately 6” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and number ‘156’ and makers mark for Assistant Nellie Harrison, c1880/90’s. Excellent example... View full lot details

Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug, of ovoid 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 daisy and floral leaf Art Nouveau decoration to top and sides in green, blue and brown glaze. Strap handle in brown glaze. Approximately 6” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and number ‘163’ and makers mark for Junior Assistant Fanny Sayers, c1880/90’s.... View full lot details

Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug, of ovoid 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 daisy and floral leaf Art Nouveau decoration to top and sides in green, blue and brown glaze. Strap handle in brown glaze. Approximately 9” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and number ‘164’ and makers mark for Junior Assistant Fanny Sayers and... View full lot details

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, the sides highly decorated in a small floral pattern in brown, the handles in the form of cricket bats, ball, each with a boater to top. Approximately 6” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and makers marks for Ella H. Adams, junior assistant... View full lot details

Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug, of ovoid 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 flower Art Nouveau decoration to top and sides in green, blue and brown glaze. Strap handle in brown glaze. Approximately 6” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and number ‘156’ and makers mark for Assistant Nellie Harrison, c1880/90’s. Excellent example... View full lot details

Cricket tobacco jar. A Fielding & Co brown tobacco jar and lid printed to sides with a vignette of a batsman in blue striped cap and to the other side a boy in a floppy hat similar to the Kinsella boy, interspersed with a tree design. The jar being hermetically sealed by a rotating brass clip attached to the top of the lid. Approximately 5” tall and 4.5” diameter. S.F. & Co’ to base with... View full lot details

‘For The Ashes’. Aynsley Pottery oblong pin tray printed in colour with the flags of Australia and England to centre and beneath crossed bats, wicket and ball with title. circa 1930. The pin tray measures 4”x3.25”. Aynsley Pottery stamp to base. Two small hairline cracks to lower right hand side. Previously sold as lot 99 in the Keith Crump auction of ceramics in September 2006... View full lot details

Cricket jug. Victorian Staffordshire blue glazed ceramic jug decorated in relief with a figure of a batsman in front of the wicket, with bushes and a house to background to one side and a gentleman cycling to the other. Floral and bird decoration. The jug glazed in blue with gold lustre outline to figures. ‘England’ to base. Approximately 6” tall. Good condition... View full lot details

Staffordshire waisted cricket mug with strap handle and beaded rim, with cream background and three raised figures of a batsman, bowler and wicket keeper, believed to be Lillywhite, Pilch and Box decorated in orange, mauve and green. c1870. Silver lustre floral decoration between figures. 4.25” tall. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Staffordshire waisted cricket mug with strap handle and beaded rim, with cream background and three raised figures of a batsman, bowler and wicket keeper, believed to be Lillywhite, Pilch and Box unusually decorated in silver lustre, also silver lustre floral decoration between figures. c1870. 3.5” tall. Very good condition... View full lot details

‘Lord’s Taverners 40th Anniversary 1950-1990’. Spode china two handled loving tankard with decoration and titles to front and back, gold lustre to handles, rim, and base. 4.5” tall. Limited edition of 200 produced. G... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Collection of twelve modern large and attractive three dimensional oblong ceramic wall plaques featuring Yorkshire players from the turn of the century probably around 1901/02. Each plaque has a full length image of the player in cricketing batting pose with wicket and cricket scene to background, there name beneath with Yorkshire white rose emblem above and decorative border in Yorkshire colours, a cricket bat to either side of the figure. Players... View full lot details

W.G. Grace, K.S. Ranjitsinhji and George Giffen. A Camberfield pottery bowl printed in blue with vignette of Grace batting, presumably, at Lords with wicket keeper, pavilion, church and stands to background and to verso Ranjitsinhji and George Giffen with decorative stumps, crossed bats and ball to sides with title ‘Famous Cricketers’ in scroll between the cameos of Ranjitsinhji and Giffen. Back stamp of a thistle and sash for Camberfield Pottery Company Ltd of Glasgow (1884-1905).... View full lot details

Cricket spill vase. Majolica glazed spill vase formed as three hollow stumps, moulded in relief on each side with a cricket bat, ball and glove of disproportionately large size. c1880’s. Approx 5” high. These are more often seen in creamware, this coloured version is scarcer to obtain. Inconsistent glaze to the bat on one side (during original firing), very minor chip to the top of one of the stumps otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Melbourne Cricket Club. Centenary Test Match Dinner 1977’. Two ceramic tankards and ashtray with titles and details and image of the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1877 to centre. One tankard standing 4.75”, the other 4”, the ashtray approximately 5”x4”. Made by the Elischer factory to commemorate the Centenary Test. Qty 3. Good condition... View full lot details

Jack Hobbs 1925. Plaster bust of Hobbs wearing cricket cap by E. Sheen. Produced to ‘Aid the Middlesex Hospital Reconstruction Fund 1925’. Hobbs signature to plaster front, details and date to verso. Chip to shoulder, some minor wear otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Staffordshire figure. Original Staffordshire 19th century pottery figure of a child holding a cricket bat to side, wearing a white smock coat and bloomers with stumps behind. Approximately 6” tall. Good condition... View full lot details

Staffordshire shaving mug. Victorian Staffordshire shaving mug and ceramic cover (lid) with strap handle, transfer printed in blue, with a cricket scene of batsman, wicket-keeper and two fielders with pavilion and trees to background. To verso, a football scene involving four players with house and trees to background, a similar scene to lid. Floral decoration to outer rim and to handle. Approx 5.25” tall with ‘F. & R. Sports’ (Ford & Riley, circa 1865) to... View full lot details

Cricket ceramics, metalwork, games, commemoratives and glassware. A good selection including ‘Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Champions 1964’. Jasperware 5” green/grey ceramic tankard produced to commemorate the Championship win, two cricket club pavilion teapots (Leonardo & Village Collectables), ‘Tom Graveney at Worcester’ limited edition mug, Fanie De Villiers Benefit tankard 1995/96 (South Africa), four miniature cricket bats including George Parr ‘Parr’s Tree’, five various modern metal figures of cricketers, three small cricket games including ‘Owzthat’ in... View full lot details

‘Young England and Young England’s sister’. Very large pair of continental bisque figures of a boy, wearing white and green cap holding a cricket ball and a young girl, also wearing a white, green and brown cap, dressed in three-quarter dress holding a cricket bat, both on naturalistic bases. Both around 12.5” tall. ‘Made in Germany’ stamped to the inner edge of the figure of the girl. Small firing crack to base of the figure... View full lot details

Child cricketer. Small continental figure of a child cricketer, wearing white cap, with ball in hand and in bowling pose standing on naturalistic base with wicket behind. Number 981 to back of figure on base. 5” tall. Not often seen. G... View full lot details

‘Lord’s Cricket Ground’ by Alan Mynall. Large and detailed scale model of the ground, showing stands scoreboards pavilion media centre pitch etc. Produced by Danbury Mint in 1998. Authorised by M.C.C. With fitted perspex lid as issued. Approx 12.5”x10.5”. Complete and in good/very good condition... View full lot details

M.C.C. Bicentenary 1787-1987. Spode china two handled loving tankard with decoration and titles to front and back, gold lustre to handles, rim, and base. 4.5” tall. Sold with a commemorative plate for ‘Sussex 1839-1989. The first County Cricket Club’ made by Royal Grafton and limited edition of 150 plates, this being number 63, a Colin Cowdrey Century of Century plates, limited edition 88/2500 and a small ivory cricket bat with ‘Jubilee 1887’ inscribed to shoulder... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Sussex & England 1895-1920. A stoneware circular match holder with transfer printed full length image of Ranjitsinhji full length in batting pose. Produced by Kepple of Bristol. Approx 2.75” high. Registration number R319664 for 1898 and painted mark M615 to base. Small mark to right hand side of the image of Ranji otherwise in good condition. Rare... View full lot details

‘Tom Brown’. Royal Doulton figure of Brown carrying books and a cricket bat with trunk behind. 7” tall. H.N. 2941 to base. 1982. Sold with a hand painted Royal Osborne figure of a boy batsman playing a shot. 5” tall. Qty 2. Good condition... View full lot details

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

Charles Burgess Fry, Sussex & England 1892-1921. Victorian spelter three piece clock garniture featuring C.B. Fry. The clock cast with a wicket keeper a top it, flanked by Fry as a bowler and Fry as a batsman, celebrating Fry as the great English all-rounder. The clock is 12” high, the bowler is 11” high and the batsman is 10” high. The clock appears to have been replaced and appears to be in working order. All... View full lot details

Cricket toast rack c1900. A Victorian silver plated, six division toast rack with five pairs of crossed cricket bats, with a set of angled cricket stumps and bails at each end, the handle of the rack in the form of a cricketer’s belt and buckle on a cricket ball. The rack mounted on four cricket ball feet. Makers/plate marks to two of the bat. 7” long x 3” wide, 6” high. G... View full lot details

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. G/VG... View full lot details

Errol Reginald Thorold Holmes, Surrey & England 1924-1955. Silver cigarette case presented to Holmes in 1949. The silver cigarette case, with machine floral decoration to exterior, has a raised plain oval plaque to centre engraved with inscription which reads:- ‘E.R. Holmes 1949’. The silver case was made by Robert Pringle & Sons, is hallmarked Birmingham 1918... and measures approx 2.75” by 3.25”. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

George ‘Gubby’ Oswald Browning ‘Gubby’ Allen. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1921-1950. Rare silver metal vesta case with ring suspension to top of lid, the front with engraved initials ‘G.O.A.’ in cartouche with swirling floral decoration to border, and to verso an image of stumps being broken by the cricket ball and below inscribed bowling figures of ‘6-0-36-5’. The vesta measures approximately 1.75”x2”. Some slight wear and odd small dent otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

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

Surrey County Cricket Club. Ronson cigarette lighter produced to commemorate Surrey’s County Championship win in 1956. With Surrey emblem, club name and initials ‘D.C.’ (Dennis Cox?) to one side. To the other ‘County Champions 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956. Under Captaincy of Stuart Surridge’. These lighters were presented to the players by Surridge. G/VG - cricket... View full lot details

W.G. Grace letter/note holder. A tortoiseshell backing with hinged silver figure of W.G. Grace with bat raised at the wicket. The tortoiseshell backing measures 3”x5” Made by Andrew Barret & Sons of Piccadilly, London and hallmarked London 1895. The backing has two small holes to top and appears to have been wall mounted when in use. Some chipping to edges of the tortoiseshell otherwise in good condition. Unusual... View full lot details

Cricketers’ compass 1910. Small circular compass with glass to both sides, surmounted by two crossed cricket bats and a ball in silver. The compass is 0.75” in diameter, overall approx. 1”x1.25”. Hallmark for Birmingham 1910 and makers mark ‘A.C.’ possibly for Alexander Clark of Birmingham. Small solder mark to bats, lacking part of the bat handle otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Cricketers’ compass. Small ornate Victorian silver metal circular compass with compass to face and to verso image of batsman with stumps in gold and green. Metal loop suspension. Decorative casing. Unusual. Approx .75” diameter. Some wear to glass on both sides of the compass otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Kenneth Frank Barrington, Surrey & England 1953-1968. An attractive white metal slaver with four figures of cricketers, bowler, batsman, fielder and wicket-keeper, raised in relief, enamelled emblems of England and India to sides with decorative surround and central inscription ‘With the Best Compliments of The Board of Control for Cricket in India to Mr K.F. Barrington- member M.C.C. Cricket touring Team in India 1961/62. M.A. Chidambaram- President’. The salver measures 11”x8.5”. Good condition. Previously sold... View full lot details

George Gibson Macaulay. Yorkshire & England 1920-1935. Yorkshire ‘County Champions’ 1925. Silver presentation salver on three feet presented by George Macaulay to Melton Vasy, the well known racehorse trainer of the 1920’s. The salver engraved with title to top border ‘Yorkshire XI 1925’ and below are engraved the eleven signatures of the Yorkshire team including Lupton, Sutcliffe, Macaulay, Waddington, Rhodes, Kilner, Leyland Holmes etc. ‘To Melton from Mac 1925 engraved to lower border. Hallmarked Sheffield... View full lot details

Cricket napkin ring. Attractive ivory/bone napkin ring with stumps and crossed bats with red ball to centre. Good condition. Unusual... View full lot details

Alfred Percy Freeman. Kent & England 1914-1936. Nine carat gold open faced pocket watch with Freeman’s initials ‘A.P.F.’ to back of case. Swiss made. Hallmarks to inside case cover for Birmingham 1924 and makers mark ‘A.L.D.’ for A.L. Dennison of Birmingham. No 278949. Appears to be in working order. Previously sold as part of The A.P. Freeman Collection, Phillips Auctioneers, October 1996 as lot 294 with lot label still attached. G/VG... View full lot details

M.C.C. matches v St. Peter’s School, York 1925-1936. Square silver presentation salver on four feet presented by members of M.C.C. to Sam & Cicely Toyne. The salver engraved to centre ‘To Sam & Cicely Toyne from Members of M.C.C. teams in grateful appreciation of their charming hospitality at St. Peter’s, York 1925-1936’ the inscription surrounded by the engraved signatures of members and players of the M.C.C. teams from the period with strong Yorkshire interest. Signatures... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. A large curved Victorian heavily decorated silver belt buckle awarded to John Dorrington in 1878 for best bowling average. The buckle circular with additional side extensions bearing floral designs. To centre the buckle is inscribed ‘Presented to John Dorrington for the best bowling average 1878’ and to outer belt shaped rim ‘Brunswick Wheel Works Cricket Club. Wednesbury’. The buckle, with clasp and flat hook to back, measures 3.75” wide by 2.5” tall.... View full lot details

Cricket cigarette lighter. White metal table lighter consisting of a batsman wearing a cap in batting stance along side a large mounted cricket ball which is hinged and opens to reveal the lighter, the two items mounted to a flat base. Approximately 3.5”x2.25”, 3” tall. Good condition... View full lot details

‘W.G. Grace’. Halcyon Days oval enamelled pill box. The lid decorated with full length figure of Grace by ‘Spy’, biographical details of Grace to the inside of the lid, the inside base with inscription, ‘W.G. Grace, 1848-1915. Hero of English Cricket’. Stamped to base ‘Halcyon Days. Bilston & Battersea Enamels’. Unusually, a limited edition of 150, this being no. 26. G... View full lot details

‘W.G. Grace’. Halcyon Days oval enamelled pill box. The lid decorated with full length figure of Grace in batting pose wearing M.C.C. cap, history of cricket details to the inside of the lid ‘Played in England since the 13th century...’, the inside base with figure of a bowler and cricket scenes around the sides. Stamped to base ‘Halcyon Days Enamels. Bilston & Battersea Enamels Revival’. G... View full lot details

‘Bicentenary of the M.C.C.’. Halcyon Days oval enamelled pill box. The lid with a cricket match at Lord’s, the hinged lid revealing title ‘To commemorate the Bicentenary of the Marylebone Cricket Club 1787-1987’ and small vignette of Thomas Lord. The outer decorated with the two Lord’s pavilion, old and new. Stamped to base ‘Halcyon Days Enamels’. G... View full lot details

‘Cricket at Lord’s’. Halcyon Days circular enamelled pill box. The lid with an early cricket scene at Lord’s, the hinged lid revealing title ‘Cricket at Lord’s in the early 19th century’ and small image of a cricketer in top hat. The outer decorated with scenes of cricket spectators. Stamped to base ‘Bilston and Battersea Enamels, Halcyon Days’. G... View full lot details

W.G. Grace. Modern enamelled oval white and cream pillbox hand decorated with a portrait of Grace in batting pose. Set of stumps decoration to inside lid. Produced by Crummles of Poole, Dorset. G... View full lot details

Sir Leonard Hutton. Modern enamelled oval white and red pillbox hand decorated with a portrait of Hutton full length in cricket attire walking out to bat . Cricket bat, pad and ball decoration to inside lid. Produced by Crummles of Poole, Dorset. VG... View full lot details

Denis Compton. Modern enamelled oval white pillbox hand decorated with a portrait of Compton playing a drive. Cricket bat, pad and ball decoration to inside lid. Produced by Crummles of Poole, Dorset. VG... View full lot details

Sir Donald Bradman. Modern enamelled oval pillbox hand decorated with a portrait of Bradman standing full length in batting pose. Set of stumps decoration to inside lid. Produced by Crummles of Poole, Dorset. VG... View full lot details

‘The Gentleman’s Club. Cricket at Whiteconduit House’. Modern enamelled oval pillbox hand decorated with an image of the ground with match being played to lid. Produced by Crummles of Poole, Dorset. G... View full lot details

‘The Hartley Wintney Cricket Ground. One of the oldest cricket grounds still being played on today’. Modern enamelled oval pillbox hand decorated with an image of the ground with match being played to lid. Produced by Crummles of Poole, Dorset. G... View full lot details

‘Portrait group of members of the Marylebone Cricket Club outside the pavilion at Lord’s, after a painting by Henry Barraud’. Halcyon Days oblong enamelled box. The lid with the early cricket scene at Lord’s, the hinged lid revealing title. The outer decorated in green with a white base. Stamped to base ‘Halcyon Days Enamels’. Limited edition 11 of 100 items produced. 3.25”x2.5”. Sold with the original receipt of purchase dated 2007. G... View full lot details

‘Village Cricket’. Highly attractive silver hallmarked oval box with enamelled village cricket scene to lid, showing g a match in progress with houses, trees and a church to background. Hallmarked to base ‘Sterling 925’ with imported London hallmarks for 1994. Makers mark for Hansford & Ainsworth of Birmingham. 3”x2.25”. Good condition... View full lot details

Cricket pillbox England v Australia 1880-1980. Enamelled oval pillbox decorated with a scene of the first Test match at the Oval 1880. Produced by Toye, Kenning & Spencer Ltd of London. Limited edition. VG... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire County Cricket Club ‘County Champions 2001’. Pair of unusual Halcyon Days enamel bonbonnières both in the form of a cricket ball, one with the screw cover inscribed ‘Yorkshire C.C.C. County Champions 2001’, the ball with Yorkshire white rose emblem and facsimile signatures of the Yorkshire team in gilt on the red ball and the other with the screw cover inscribed ‘Is it Cricket?. An Englishman’s view of fair play’. The ‘Yorkshire 2001’ is a... View full lot details

‘Ashes Regained. England 1985’. Silver plate dish with title to centre, Test match results and players names and biographies to borders. 6” diameter. In original presentation box. VG... View full lot details

Cricket masonic medal. Original gold metal masonic medal for The ‘Kennington Lodge. 1381’. Pale blue ribbon with gold metal casing to top and bottom with lodge name and masonic emblem beneath. To the centre of the ribbon is an elaborate gold enamel decoration of crossed cricket bats over a set of stumps with two red cricket ball in between. Inscription to verso ‘Presented to W.Bro. A.A. Allen by the members of the lodge in... View full lot details

Cricket letter rack. Wooden and brass letter rack. The wooden flat oblong base with centre feature of a set if cricket stumps with mounted ball to top with smaller sets of stumps to either side with cricket bats leaning on them to either side, cricket ball feet to base. The wooden base measures 7.5”x4.25” and stands approximately 6” tall. The brass fittings a little loose in certain areas otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Australia tour of England 1926. An oval colour Thorne’s Super Extra Creme Toffee tin ‘A Souvenir of the Australian’s Visit in 1926’. With named cameo images/pictures of the Australian team to the sides and portrait of the Oval cricket ground to lid. Players featured include Collins (Cpt), Macartney, Ponsford, Mailey, Gregory, Bardsley, Oldfield etc. 5.5” wide. Minor wear otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England. 1865-1908. Large and attractive heavy brass metal [?] figure of Grace, full length, playing a forward defensive shot and wearing M.C.C. cap, mounted on a marble plinth. ‘W.G. Grace’ inscribed to base of figure at the front. Approx 11.5” tall with base. The figure lacking backing screw to plinth, so loose from plinth. Good condition... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckles. Three Victorian buckles, one an oval metal embossed belt buckle depicting two cricketers, one leaning against, the other seated on a five bar gate. Clasp to side, another a brass embossed buckle with batsman playing as shot at the wicket and the third of a batsman stood at the wicket. The largest 1.75”x2” and the smallest 1.75”x1.25”. Mixed condition, some wear, denting etc, overall good... View full lot details

‘The Eleven’. Exquisite and highly decorative Victorian brass decorative part of a belt buckle depicting the eleven players with title to lower border. Lacking the backing plate to which it was attached. 3.25”x2”. Sold with a brass backing plate with clip attached, lacking its decorative front plate. Sadly not from the same buckle. G... View full lot details

John Arlott. B.B.C. and Test Match Special’ commentator 1946 to 1980. Pewter cigar box, apparently presented to John Arlott by the B.C.C. following his final broadcast at Lord’s in 1980. The cigar box with inscription to lid ‘J.A. 1946-1980’ with cricket stumps and cricket ball to sides, the two sides with ‘ball by ball’ to opposite sides. Wooden interior. The box hand modelled by Eileen Thompson of Pewtercraft. The box measures 6.5”x4”. Very good... View full lot details

E.W. ‘Jim’ Swanton. Glass and pewter ‘Haig Dimple’ whisky decanter with ‘Dimple’ motif pewter panel to one side, with floral decorations, ‘Haig’, and coats of arms to sides. Maker’s mark for Daalderop Royal Holland Pewter, no. N4919 to base. 8.5” tall. Accompanied by a handwritten card inscribed ‘This pewter whisky decanter was presented to me in token of my 80th birthday at an Eve-of-Test dinner of the Lord’s Taverners as were decanters to three other... View full lot details

Percy Holmes. Yorkshire & England 1913-1933. Metal teapot presented to Percy Holmes on the S.B. Joels tour of South Africa 1924/25. The teapot engraved to side ‘P. Holmes. Durban. South Africa February 1925’ and engraved to base ‘From Fred Foster, Durban’. The teapot is in a distressed state, lacking its finial to lid and the lid is detached. Only fair condition... View full lot details

Frank Garfield Stephens. Warwickshire C.C.C. 1907-1912. Gold cigarette case presented to Stephens having been a playing member of the Warwickshire team who won the County Championship in 1911. The case, measuring 3”x2.25”, is nicely engraved and inscribed with the Warwickshire emblem of the ‘Bear and ragged staff’ to face and ‘Warwickshire County Cricket Club. Champions 1911. F.G. Stephens’. Nine carat gold, hallmarked Birmingham 1911. Approximate weight, 57g. VG... View full lot details

Cricket vesta. Silver vesta case with engraved image of a cricketer playing an expansive shot at the wicket. Hall marks worn and difficult to read. Approximately 1.5”x2”. Minor wear and slight dent otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Cricket vesta. Silver vesta case with engraved presentation inscription ‘Presented to Mr Geo Bott. by his fellow players in the Wadsley Cricket Team 1907. Hallmarks for Sheffield 1906. Approximately 1.5”x1.75”. Minor wear and two small slight dents otherwise in good condition. Sold with a smaller silver vesta case which appears to have had a small circular gilt metal image of a cricketer affixed at some point in the past. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1901. 1.25”x1.5. Good... View full lot details

Cricket paper clip. Silver broad paper clip with image of a batsman to front playing a shot. Hallmark, very worn, to back. The clip measures 1.25”x2”. Unusual. Good condition... View full lot details

Cricket cigarette case. Silver oblong cigarette case presented by ‘Ellesmere C.C. Batting Award. J.T. Shipman 1911’. The case hallmarked ‘Birmingham 1901’. Sold with a small newspaper cutting referring to Joe Shipman of Ellesmere C.C. taking eight wickets for one and winning a bat as ‘performance of the week’. Ellesmere is a town in Shropshire... View full lot details

‘The Flag Ball Collection of the Test playing Nations’. Lord’s. Wooden display folding box containing a set of ten 5.5oz cricket balls all decorated with the individual flag of each Test playing nation to one side and to the other ‘Lord’s. The Home of Cricket’. The ball are attractively displayed in a pyramid within the box with the printed cards above stating the year when the country became a Test nation. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Presentation cricket balls. A pair of cricket balls presented to W. Stagg of Ladbrome [?] C.C. for best bowling average 1900. Silver presentation plaque/shield to one ball, the other ball lacking its shield. The balls are each displayed on three crossed brass cricket stumps. The plaque on the ball becoming loose, some wear. Good condition... View full lot details

Surrey circa c1900. Circular celluloid picture pin badge of the team, standing and seated in rows. Players featured include Jephson, Abel, Hayward?, Hayes etc. some rusting to verso, minor wear otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Australian XI in England 1938’. Original players lapel pin badge produced for the 1938 Australian tour of England. The gold metal and green enamel badge made by Schlank of Adelaide features a map of Australia to centre with a kangaroo and lion shaking hands with wording to outer rim ‘Australian XI in England 1938’. A very attractive badge from the tour. Sold with a Sydney Cricket Ground membership medal 1905/06. Gold metal medal with blue... View full lot details

Cricket, sporting and other pin badges. Selection, mainly modern, including a Somerset County Cricket Supporters Club, date unknown, ‘M.C.C.100’ enamel badge, ‘Tootkgarook Cricket Club’ (Melbourne) enamel and metal badge, ‘South Africa’, lapel badge with emu, South African flag bead badge, ‘Malta Football Association’, ‘Bangladesh Cricket Board of Control’, Essex C.C.C. Festival Committee’ card badge etc. Qty 21. Wear and some loss of enamel to the Somerset badge otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Sheffield United Cricket Club’ Early brass disc admission ticket c1850/60’s with the initials ‘S.U.C.C.’ to face. An early form of entry ticket. Rare... View full lot details

Cricket buttons. A selection of five gold metal M.C.C. blazer buttons, three large for the front of the blazer and two small for the sleeve. Sold with a England ‘three lions and the crown’ pin badge. G... View full lot details

‘The Catch’. Zaglo full lead crystal glass decanter with cricket scenes etched/engraved to all four sides plus the stopper. Limited edition 112/500 produced, with original certificate. An attractive decanter... View full lot details

Martyn Moxon. Yorkshire & England 1980-1997. Commemorative crystal/ glass rose bowl produced for his Benefit year in 1993. The rose bowl made by ‘Elizabeth’ with inscription to front ‘The Year of the Frog 1993. Martyn Moxon Benefit Year’ with his signatures etched below. Approximately 7” tall, 8” diameter VG... View full lot details

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 Johnson, Miller, Harvey, Davidson, Benaud, Lindwall, Burge etc. Produced by ‘The Studios of Decoramics Ltd of Worthing. These glasses were given to members of the team... View full lot details

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

Cricket bottles. Attractive cricket glass lemonade bottles c1870/90’s with ‘Codd’s patent’ glass ‘marble’ ball stop and ‘Rylands Bulb patent’ glass ‘marble’ ball stop. One for ‘B. Noble of Birstall’ with figure of a batsman, stumps and ball to side of bottle and one for ‘J. Smith of Accrington’ with stumps and ball to side of bottle. Approximately 9” tall. Good condition... View full lot details