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

‘Sir Frank Worrell’s West Indies XI Tour’ 1964. Official souvenir programme produced by the tour sponsors, Rothmans of Pall Mall, for the series of three matches between an England XI and a West Indies team led by Worrell. The matches were played at Scarborough, Edgbaston and Lord’s in September 1964. Nicely signed in ink to the inside front autographs page by thirteen members of Frank Worrell’s team including Worrell, Wes Hall, Garry Sobers, Lester King,... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia & New Zealand 1965/66. Official menu for the ‘Dinner in honour of the M.C.C. Cricket Team’ held at the Hotel Canberra, Canberra, 17th December 1965. The menu with M.C.C. and Australia diagonal colours to corners and Australia emblem with printed title to centre of front cover, gold ribbon tie. The internal pages with printed menu and additional typed menu card slipped in. Signed to centre page in black ink by... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia & New Zealand 1965/66. Official menu for the ‘Dinner in honour of the M.C.C. Touring Team’ given by the Australian Board of Control at Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 9th February 1966. The folding menu with M.C.C. and Australia diagonal colours to top corners with printed title. Toasts and menu to inside. Signed to inside in black ink by Geoff Boycott. Ex Boycott collection. Minor staining to inside, otherwise in good/ very good... View full lot details

M.C.C. in Ceylon 1965/66. ‘Official Souvenir of the Visit of the M.C.C. Test Team to Australia (1965/66)’. Official tour brochure authorised by the [Ceylon] Board of Control for Cricket, edited by R.B. Wijesinha. Signed in black ink to the pen pictures by fourteen members of the M.C.C. touring party. Signatures are Cowdrey, Barber, Barrington, Parfitt, Parks, Murray, Edrich, Larter, Boycott, Russell, Allen, Higgs, Brown and Jones. Additionally signed by Geoff Boycott to the front cover.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to West Indies 1967/68. Official souvenir programme for the final leg of the tour with three matches played including the fifth and final Test at Georgetown Cricket Club, Georgetown, Guyana, 21st March- 3rd April 1968. Original pictorial wrappers featuring the England and West Indies captains, Colin Cowdrey and Garry Sobers with the Wisden Trophy. Signed in ink to the first page by Geoff Boycott. Ex Boycott collection. Excellent condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C./ England official tour photographs 1968-1979. Five original mono and colour official team photographs of M.C.C. and England touring parties, with the players and officials seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and tour blazers. Each mounted to official photographer’s mount with printed titles and players’ names (unless stated). Tours are M.C.C. to Australia & New Zealand 1965/66, to West Indies & Guyana 1968 (unmounted), to Australia & New Zealand 1970/71, to West Indies... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Ceylon and the Far East 1969/70. A collection of ephemera collected by Geoff Boycott while on the tour to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. Each item individually signed by Boycott and originally from his personal collection. Items are an official loose mounted mono team photograph in official folder, three folding printed itineraries for the Ceylon and Malaysian legs of the tour, booklet on history of the Selangor Cricket... View full lot details

World XI tour to Australia 1971/72. Official menu for the ‘Dinner in Honour of the 1971-72 World XI Touring Team’ given by the Australian Board of Control at the Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 30th December 1971. The folding menu with Australia and World XI diagonal colours to top corners with printed title, menu to inside. Signed in ink by thirteen attendees including to the front by thirteen and to the rear Autographs cover by a further... View full lot details

‘A Tribute to Bramall Lane 1855-1973. To commemorate 118 Years of County Cricket at Bramall Lane, Sheffield’. Official menu for the Dinner given by Sheffield, Wombwell and Rotherham Cricket Societies, held at City Hall, Sheffield on the 6th August 1973. The menu with decorative blue card wrappers and blue cord ties, signed to rear ‘autographs’ page by approx. forty Yorkshire players and guests. Signatures include Norman Yardley, Johnny Wardle, Bob Appleyard, Geoff Boycott, Fred Trueman,... View full lot details

‘Sheffield Shield Supporters Dinner’ 1976. Official menu for the dinner held on 14th April 1976. The folding menu with Victoria Cricket Association emblem and printed title to front, list of corporate supporters, sponsors, players and menu to inside. Signed in ink to inside by thirty three attendees including a good number of former Australian Test cricketers. Signatures include Don Bradman, Brian Taber, Len Darling, Norm O’Neill, Arthur Chipperfield, Bill O’Reilly, Barry Jarman, Ernie Toshack, Gil... View full lot details

England v Australia. Centenary Test Match. Melbourne, 12th-17th March 1977. A selection of three mono prints, presented to Geoff Boycott, of various images of the Melbourne Cricket Ground by artist D. Watson. The three prints are ‘The Western Stand, Melbourne Cricket Ground 1976’, ‘Melbourne Cricket Club Pavilion 1976’ and ‘Melbourne Cricket Club 1877’. The large mono print of the Western Stand is signed to the image by one hundred Test cricketers who attended the celebrations.... View full lot details

Geoff Boycott. England & Yorkshire. Official menu for the dinner to celebrate Boycott attaining one hundred centuries in first class cricket, held at City Hall, Leeds, 14th November 1977. The menu with decorative covers, very nicely signed in ink by Boycott to front cover. The centre pages with diagrammatic representation of Boycott’s centuries. Ex Boycott collection. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Match. Melbourne Cricket Ground, November 1978’. Folding card commemorative folder with titles to front cover and inside a photograph of the England and Victorian teams who played in the match. The borders of the folder signed by all twenty four of the players featured. England signatures include Brearley (Cpt), Gower, Gooch, Radley, Old, Hendrick, Randall, Lever, Tolchard etc and the Victorian team Yallop (Cpt), Whatmore, Maddocks, Moss, Lauglin (signed twice), Callen,... View full lot details

Rothmans Cricket Tour. England Tour to New Zealand 1978’. Rarer official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names. Nicely and fully signed in ink by all nineteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Boycott (Captain), Willis, Botham, Cope, Downton, Edmonds, Gatting, Hendrick, Lever, Miller, Old, Radley, Randall, Roope, Rose, Taylor, Barrington (Manager), Thomas (physio), and Saulez (scorer). Ex Geoffrey Boycott collection. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia & New Zealand 1978/79. Official menu for the ‘Dinner in honour of the 1976-79 England Touring Team’ given by the Australian Cricket Board at Kooyonga Golf Club, Lockleys, South Australia, 25th January 1979. The folding menu with M.C.C. and Australia diagonal colours to top corners with printed title. Toasts and menu to inside. Signed to front in black ink by Geoff Boycott. Ex Boycott collection. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Don Bradman. Official menu for the ‘Dinner in Honour of Sir Donald Bradman, A.C. following his retirement as a delegate to the Australian Cricket Board’ given by the Australian Cricket Board at the Grosvenor Hotel, Adelaide, 2nd October 1980. The folding menu with Australia diagonal colours to corners with printed title, menu to inside. Signed to front in ink by Bradman and to rear Autographs page by twenty four attendees including some former Test cricketers... View full lot details

South African Breweries English XI ‘rebel’ tour to South Africa 1982. Official 8pp souvenir brochure for the tour. Signed by Geoff Boycott in black ink to the front cover, and in blue ink to the centre player profile pages. Twenty six signatures in total including all fourteen England players. Signatures are Gooch (Captain), Boycott, Woolmer, Old, Taylor, Hendrick, Knott, Underwood, Willey, Amiss, Lever, Larkins, Humpage and Emburey. South African’s signatures include Richards, Cook, Kirsten, Pollock,... View full lot details

‘South African Breweries’ England XI ‘Rebel’ Tour to South Africa 1982. Commemorative colour photograph of the two teams, standing and seated in rows for the series of matches played in South Africa, March 1982. The photograph laid down to mount with titles and emblems to top and players names printed below. Signed to the top border by all fifteen members of the England squad. Signatures are Gooch (captain), Amiss, Boycott, Emburey, Hendrick, Humpage, Knott, Larkins,... View full lot details

Bicentennial Test 1988. Official souvenir programme for the dinner held for the Benson & Hedges Bicentennial Test, Australia v England, held at Sydney on the evening of the final day’s play, 2nd February 1988. The 12pp programme with decorative paper wrappers is signed in ink to the pen pictures of eleven of the featured ‘Living Legends’. Australian signatures are Arthur Morris, Keith Miller, Neil Harvey, Rod Marsh, Greg Chappell, Richie Benaud, Ray Lindwall and Lindsay... View full lot details

Geoffrey Boycott. Original cut glass decanter and stopper with hallmarked silver brandy label on chain and four tumblers, on wooden stand. Presented to Boycott for his participation in the Dunlop Masters ‘Texas Scramble’ in 1989. Includes a handwritten note of authentication, ‘The 1989 Dunlop Masters Texas Scramble with Jose Olazabal as the professional. This decanter and 4 glasses were presented to me as a prize’, signed by Boycott. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Geoff Boycott. Official M.C.C. ‘Honorary Life Member’ card/ booklet for 2006 issued to Boycott. The small booklet in red leather with gilt titles to front. Signed boldly in black ink to the first page by Boycott in addition to the membership label to inside rear cover, opposite the official photocard. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Geoff Boycott, Yorkshire & England’. Limited edition print of Boycott, head and shoulders, wearing Yorkshire cap. Limited edition 715/850, signed by Boycott and the artist M. Stead in pencil. Published by Art Graphics. Excellent image of Boycott. Framed and glazed, overall 15”x21”. Some staining to lower corner. Plus a striking colour print of Darren Gough in bowling action from the original painting by Christina Pierce. Signed by the artist and Gough. Mounted, 20”x16”. Sold with... View full lot details

Geoffrey Boycott photographs and prints. Six items from Boycott’s personal collection. Includes an original mono photograph of Boycott in batting action for Yorkshire v Middlesex at Lord’s, 20th August 1970, Boycott scored 90 out of Yorkshire’s total of 144. Mounted overall 12”x15”. Signed to verso by Boycott with handwritten match details. Mono portrait photograph of a close-up of Boycott with a bat, by Arnold Newman. Mounted overall 16”x20”. Signed to the mount in pencil by... View full lot details

‘Geoff Boycott. Yorkshire. England’. Large hand painted display on canvas with Boycott depicted batting for England to centre, set in a roundel with titles to borders on dark blue background. Produced for Boycott on reaching 100 first-class centuries. Signed to the artwork by Boycott and to the verso by the artist T.C. Stewart, October 1977. Approx. 24” square. Two large wooden shields originally from Boycott’s desk, one with Yorkshire emblem and ‘Yorkshire 1962-1986’, the other... View full lot details