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All India tour to England 1932. Inaugural Test match, England v India, Lord’s 25th- 28th June 1932. Original mono press photograph of the India team walking on to the field with the pavilion in the background at the start of their first ever Test match. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by nine players. Signatures are Naoomal Jaoomal, Palia, Colah, Jahangir Khan, Amar Singh, Wazir Ali, Lall Singh, Nazir Ali and Nissar. The photograph... View full lot details

All India tour to England 1936. Original sepia press photograph depicting ten of the Indian team walking on to the field for the opening match of the 1936 tour v A.P. [Tich] Freeman’s XI at the Bat and Ball Ground, Maidstone, 29th April 1936. The open topped pavilion in the background with crowds in attendance. The photograph is nicely signed in ink to the photograph by all ten players. Signatures are Palia, Nissar, Nayudu, Vizianagram,... View full lot details

England v All India 1936. Original sepia press photograph of the two captains, Gubby Allen and Maharaj Vizianagram, tossing for innings at the start of the drawn second Test match at Old Trafford, 25th- 28th July 1936. The photograph nicely signed in ink by the two captains. 6”x8”, laid to grey album page with typed press caption laid down below. Photographer unknown. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. A nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details

England v All India 1936. Original sepia press photograph of the England team for the drawn second Test match, Old Trafford, 25th- 28th July 1936. The players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, the stands in the background. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by seven players. Signatures are Allen (Captain), Verity, Robins, Duckworth, Hardstaff, Gover and Fishlock. The photograph by Sport & General, London, measures 10”x8”, with accompanying typed press... View full lot details

Australia tour of England 1921. Excellent and rare Walkers of Scarborough mono photograph of the Australian team being led onto the field by Captain Warwick Armstrong, the pavilion to background with spectators still wandering around the field. Imprint Walkers of Scarborough to left hand corner. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition. Approximately 6.5”x4.5”... View full lot details

Charles George McCartney, New South Wales & Australia 1905-1927. Excellent sepia press photograph of McCartney, wearing Australian cap, in batting pose at the wicket with bat raised. The photograph by Hawkins of Brighton. Published by L.N.A. of Fleet Street. The photograph stamped April 1925. 25”x8.25”. Some minor wear, minor creasing to corners otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Walter Reginald Hammond. Gloucestershire & England 1920-1951. Black file containing seventeen mono and sepia photographs of Hammond, playing cricket for England and for Gloucestershire, playing golf, head and shoulders portraits, on tour, at functions etc. All the photographs, spanning the 1920’s and 1930’s, barring one are press photographs and the majority measure around 8”x10”. Photographs include batting for England v Australia at Lord’s 1938 on his way to making 240 in the first innings of... View full lot details

South African Test Cricketers 1940-1970. Black album comprising thirty one nicely presented press photographs of South African Test cricketers including player portraits and match action, each signed to the photograph by the featured player. The majority of photographs are originals with the odd copy photograph. Signatures are Begbie, Burger, Burke, Carlstein, Draper, Duckworth, Dyer, Elgie, Farrer, Fuller, Funston, Griffin, Hanley, Ironside, Lawrence, D.T. Lindsay, J.D. Lindsay, Markham, Melle, Murray, Nel, O’Linn, Pithey, Plimsoll, Smith, Taylor,... View full lot details

Tasmanian State Cricketers 1930s onwards. Large black album comprising ninety seven nicely presented colour and mono original and copy portrait photographs of players who have represented Tasmania. Each photograph signed by the featured player, the majority 1950s onwards with the odd earlier signature including Harold Allen, Les Appleton, Roy Brain, Rodney Cass, Ian Cowley, Ian Crowden, Rex Davidson, Gerald Davies, Noel Diprose, Bruce Doolan, Michael Gandy, Bill Hird, Bruce Hodgetts, Kerry Hooper, Stephen Howard, David... View full lot details

Don Bradman photographs 1949-1974. Green album comprising twenty original mono press photographs of Bradman, the majority in later years. Subjects include Bradman and his wife being received at Islington Town Hall and reading the lesson with Colin Cowdrey at Islington Town Hall Cricketer’s Service 1956, with Denis Compton and J.J. Warr at a reception at Adelaide 1950, writing at his desk 1953, unpacking his suitcase 1953, arriving at London Airport for a cricket conference 1960,... View full lot details

Victor Albert Ludwig Ernest Anton Christian of Schleswig-Holstein ‘Prince Christian Victor’. I Zingari 1887. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Prince Christian Victor depicted three quarter length in formal attire. Cabinet card by L.W. Kurtz of Wiesbaden, Germany. Gilt to card edges. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph, ‘Christian Victor of Sch. Holstein’. 4.25”x6.5”. Adhesive marks to verso where previously laid down, nick to left edge, otherwise in good condition. Sold with a... View full lot details

Eton v Harrow, Lord’s, July 1873. Four original photographs of Eton players, Francis Buckland, Eustratius Pandeli Constantine Ralli, Alfred Lyttlelton and Frederick John Bruce who all played in this early Public School match. The photographs cameo mounted, the mount ornately annotated and decorated for each player, giving match title, school motto to top and centre and each player has his performance figures from the match annotated below his image with colourful Eton emblem to centre.... View full lot details

‘Lord Londesborough’s XI 1875’. Very early original sepia photograph of eleven players seated and standing in rows in casual pose, spectators in the background. The photograph measures 11.5”x7.5, laid to mount with handwritten title in ink to lower mount border. Players appear to include E. Lockwood, Hicks, Ulyett, Iddison, Pinder etc. Match, ground and photographer unknown. Overall “18.5”x13”. Some ageing and fading to the photograph, staining to mount otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Old Reptonians v Fettesian Lorettonians 1890’. Attractive original sepia photograph of the two teams seated and standing on stone steps, presumably at Repton College. Hand written title and players’ names in ink to lower border of the image and title and players names repeated on the modern mount to the photograph. Notable players featured include C.B. Fry, M.R. Jardine, L.C.H. Palairet, R.C.N. Palairet, Alfred Cochrane, Francis Ford, and Rev. Arthur Forman seated next to... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1891. Early and rare official sepia photograph of the Hampshire team, seated and standing in rows in cricket attire and blazers. Players include Bencraft (Cot), Lacey, Heseltine, Porter, Gay, Sheldrake, Batchelor etc. Printed names and title to lower border. The photograph, by E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton, measures 11.5”x9”, laid to official photographer’s mount and framed and glazed. Overall 19”x17”. Minor fading to the image of the photograph otherwise in good/ very good... View full lot details

‘Somerset v Yorkshire. August 26th 1892’. Original and official photograph to commemorate Lionel Palairet and Herbie Hewett setting the then record opening partnership in first-class cricket of 346 in Somerset’s only innings in the match played at Taunton. The two players are stood in front of the scoreboard with the scores displayed. Title to top border and details of the players and scores to lower border. Mounted, framed and glazed, overall 17”x19”. Very slight tear/split... View full lot details

‘East v West 1892’. Attractive original joint team photograph of the two teams who played the match on the 5th-7th September 1892 at Portsmouth. Players include Palairet, Ford, Croome, Needham, Woods, Brann, Vernon, The photograph by George Glanville of Tunbridge Wells, title and players names to lower border and details of the players and scores to lower border. Mounted, framed and glazed, overall 22”x21”. Good condition... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1898. Original sepia photograph of the Middlesex team, standing and seated in rows wearing blazers and caps. Players featured are Stoddart (Captain), Webb, Warner, Trott, Nicholls, Hayman, Rawlin, O’Brien, Ford, Bray and Hearne. Printed titles and players’ names to lower mount border. The photograph probably by Foster or Hawkins measures approx 11.5”x 10.5”, laid to photographer’s mount, overall, 13.5”x9.5”. Framed and glazed, overall 21”x17”. The photograph has been trimmed to the lower corners... View full lot details

‘W. Strutt-Cavell’s XI v XVIII of Twickenham’ 1901. Original mono photograph of the team, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps, blazers, for the charity match played in aid of St. John’s Hospital, Twickenham at Twickenham Green, 23rd September 1901. The photograph features W.G. Grace, seated to the centre, who captained the Strutt-Cavell team, also Tom Richardson, Lees, Strutt-Cavell, Ayres, Hayes, Moulder etc. The photograph measures 11”x9”. Mounted,, framed and glazed, overall 16”x14”.... View full lot details

‘W. Strutt-Cavell’s XI v XVIII of Twickenham’ 1906. Original mono photograph of the team, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps, blazers, for the charity match played in aid of St. John’s Hospital, Twickenham at Twickenham Green, 17th September 1906. The photograph features W.G. Grace, seated to the centre, who captained the Strutt-Cavell team, also Tom Richardson, Lees, Strutt-Cavell, Hayes etc. The photograph measures 12”x9.5”. Mounted,, framed and glazed, overall 25”x20”. The match... View full lot details

‘Four Middlesex Centurions 1920’. Excellent and attractive original mono photograph of the four Midddlesex batsman who scored a century v Sussex at Lord’s in the first innings of the match played 22nd-24th May 1920. Midddlesex scored 543-4 declared with Pelham Warner (139), Henry Lee (119), Jack Hearne (116no) and Nigel Haig (131). The photograph, by Sport & General, shows the four players stood in line in similar pose, wearing caps, with bats under their... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire v Surrey 1921. Mono photograph of the Nottinghamshire team, standing and seated in rows, who played Surrey at the Oval in 1921. Players include Arthur Carr (Cpt), John Gunn, George Gunn, Whysall, Lee, Staples, Payton, Hardstaff etc. The photograph, by Sam Kirk of Nottingham, laid down to photographers mount with titles and players names to borders. 12”x10”. Good condition... View full lot details

‘Lord Mayor of Adelaide & South African Cricketers 28/10/31’. South Africa tour of Australia 1931/32. Official mono photograph taken during the tour at Adelaide with the Lord Mayor of Adelaide and the fifteen members of the South Africa touring party, seated and standing in rows in formal attire. Photograph is laid down to photographers mount with title written in white ink to lower border. Players include Cameron (Captain), Mitchell, Christy, Van Der Merwe, Taylor, Bell... View full lot details

Kent and Sussex. Selection of seventeen pre war press photographs showing Kent (10) and Sussex (7) players or matches in progress. Players and matches featured include a lovely posed photograph of Geary, Ames, Freeman and Tate standing in line, all padded up and holding bats during the Gentlemen v Players match played at Folkestone September 1934, Ashdown, Todd, Wright, Chapman, Woolley, Freeman, Griffith, Langridge, Tate, Jim Parks, Melville batting, Surrey v Sussex 1925, Sussex... View full lot details

Middlesex and Surrey. Selection of twenty three, mainly Surrey and mainly pre war press photographs showing portraits of players or matches in progress. Players and matches featured include Walter Robins (signed)Mann, Compton (2, one signed), Peach, Ducat, Hobbs (4), Gover, Sandham, W.J. Abel, Surrey v Lancashire 1925, Owen-Smith (2), Holmes etc. Various sizes from postcard size to 10”x8”. Good selection... View full lot details

Yorkshire. Selection of fourteen pre war press photographs showing Yorkshire players and the odd match in progress. Players and matches featured include Mitchell, Wood, Leyland, Verity, Rhodes, Kilner, Holmes, Oldroyd, lovely image of Holmes and Sutcliffe walking out to bat at Scarborough 1929 etc. Various sizes, smallest 6”x7”, largest 10”x8”. Some nice images, good selection... View full lot details

County cricket. Selection of seventeen pre war press photographs showing various county players and the odd match in progress. Players and matches featured include Voce, Arthur Carr, Hendren, Joe Hardstaff giving hints on batting at Lord’s 1931, large group of Nottinghamshire players, holding bats and pads, reporting for duty at Trent Bridge late 1920’s, Harry Foster, C.F. Walters, Hazlerigg, Johnny Douglas, Newman, Dipper and Neale and Lyon of Gloucestershire, all 1929 etc. Various sizes,... View full lot details

Overseas Test players. Selection of twelve pre war press photographs showing overseas Test players and the odd match in progress. Players and matches featured include Catterall 1929, Herbie Taylor 1929 (signed later years) , Langton (1925) and Rowan of South Africa, Cunningham, Dempster and Blunt (all 1927) of New Zealand, Wazir Ali (1932) and Colah (1933) of India and Barrow, Constantine of the West Indies etc. Various sizes, smallest 6”x7”, largest 10”x8”. Some nice images,... View full lot details

Charles George McCartney, New South Wales & Australia 1905-1927. Original sepia photograph of McCartney, wearing Australian cap, batting at Lord’s. Nicely signed in black ink by McCartney. The photograph by ‘Sport & General, Strand. Laid down to photographers mount. The photograph has a modern lift up window mount over the photograph with title printed below. Overall 6.75”x9.25”. Some loss of surface to the top of the original mount otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Warren Bardsley. New South Wales & Australia 1903-1926. Original sepia photograph of Bardsley, wearing Australian cap, batting at Lord’s with keeper Hanson Carter behind the wickets. Nicely signed in black ink by Bardsley. The photograph by ‘Sport & General, Strand. Laid down to photographers mount. The photograph has a modern lift up window mount over the photograph with title printed below. Overall 6.75”x9.25”. Good condition... View full lot details

‘Mr. Julien Cahn’s Cricket Team Jamaica 1929’. Official sepia photograph of the touring party, seated and standing in rows in cricket attire and tour blazers. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by sixteen members of the party. Signatures include Cahn, Lord Tennyson, Dawson, Lilley, Shaw, Whysall, Iddon, Durston, Astill, Nichols, Sandham etc. The photograph by ‘Elliott Photo’ with printed title to top border measures 9.5”x7.5”. Laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 15”x12”. Minor... View full lot details

England v Australia 1884. Early original sepia photograph of the England team who played Australia at Lord’s 21st-23rd July 1884, standing and seated, in rows wearing blazers, caps and cricket attire. The photograph laid down to official photographers mount with title and players names to lower border. Players include W.G. Grace, Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Ulyett, Lord Harris, Steel, Barlow, Peate, Christopherson, Read etc. The photograph overall measures 17.75”x14.75”. Photograph by E. Hawkins & Co of Brighton.... View full lot details

M.C.C. England tour of Australia 1924-25. England v Tasmania 1925. Official photograph of the two teams and officials, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire, blazers, caps and hats, standing in front of the side of the pavilion and a large tree. The tour match played at Launceston on the 27th-29th January 1925. The photograph by Whitelaw’s Studio is laid down to original photographers grey mount which is signed in ink by twenty eight... View full lot details

England XI v The Rest, Test Trial. Lord’s, June 1st-3rd 1938. Excellent photograph of the England team, standing and seated in rows wearing Test and County blazers, who played in the Trial match. Players include Hammond (Cpt), Ames, Wyatt, Farnes, Brown, Verity, Hutton, Compton, Smith etc. Handwritten title to lower border of the photograph. The photograph laid down to large card album page with players names handwritten to borders. Newspaper cuttings laid down to the... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1948/49. Original mono photograph of the M.C.C. touring party, seated and standing in rows in cricket attire and tour blazers. The photograph laid down to mount with printed title to top border and signed in ink to the lower border by eighteen players and officials. Players’ signatures include Mann (Captain), Hutton, Compton, Palmer, Jenkins, Gladwin, A. Bedser, Washbrook, Tremlett, Young, Crapp, Simpson, Watkins etc. Also signed by Simpson to verso.... View full lot details

Arthur Wood. Yorkshire & England 1929-1946. A very large, heavy and thick three quarter leather bound oblong photograph album containing over three hundred and fifty photographs from the cricket seasons of 1930 to 1938, action images, studies of players and incidents from Test and county matches, some images featuring Arthur Wood playing for Yorkshire. The album was compiled by Wood and is titled in gilt to the centre of the front board ‘County Cricket Photographs’... View full lot details

George Herbert Hirst. Yorkshire, Europeans & England 1891-1929. Sepia cabinet card photograph of Hirst depicted full length in bowling pose wearing Yorkshire cap. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. 4.25”x6.5”. Old adhesive marks to edges with some loss to lower mount border. Slight fading to the photograph, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire, Europeans, Patiala & England 1899-1930. Sepia cabinet card photograph of Rhodes depicted full length in bowling pose wearing Yorkshire cap. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. 4.25”x6.5”. Old adhesive marks to edges with loss to lower mount border. Fading to the photograph, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Holmes and Sutcliffe. 555 Record partnership 1932. Original sepia press photograph of Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe walking off the field surrounded by crowds following their historic record opening stand of 555 for Yorkshire against Essex at Leyton, 15th- 17th June 1932. Yorkshire declared their innings at 555/1 when Sutcliffe was dismissed for 313, Holmes ending 224no. Essex were then dismissed cheaply for 78 and 164, Yorkshire winning by an innings and 313 runs. 10”x8”.... View full lot details

Len Hutton and Cyril Washbrook 1946/47. Excellent mono press photograph of the two players walking out to bat wearing England caps and sweaters, with the crowd in the background. Nicely signed in blue ink by both players. 8”x9.75”. Central Press Photos. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1896. Large original sepia cabinet card photograph of the Yorkshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, in front of the scoreboard in the match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston, 7th- 9th May 1896. Yorkshire had just posted a record first-class innings total of 887, the scoreboard showing the fall of the last wicket with number seven batsman, Bobby Peel, ending 210no. Their innings featured three other centuries by F.S. Jackson (117),... View full lot details

Yorkshire early 1900s. Four photographs of Yorkshire players. Large photogravure print with printed title, ‘F.S. Jackson, England’s Captain 1905 by G.W. Beldam’ in batting pose jumping out. Appears to be signed in pencil ‘Photo by George Beldam’. Overall 13”x20.5”. Some staining, surface wear and age toning. Tunnicliffe and Denton depicted three quarter length in cricket attire and Yorkshire caps. Approx. 8”x12”, mounted overall 15”x17”. Silvering and some fading to the photograph, wear to mount. Lord... View full lot details

Yorkshire club team photographs 1919-1959. Two copies of team photographs of ‘York Cricket Club, 1925. Winners of East Riding Cup 1925’, including Sandy Jacques (Yorkshire 1927-1936). Both photographs measure 11.25”x9.25”, laid to photographer’s mounts, one with hand printed titles and players’ names to mount borders, overall 18”x14”, in good condition, the other mount with some wear and appears slightly trimmed, the photograph in good condition. Team photograph of Huddersfield Cricket & Athletic Club 1919, winners... View full lot details

‘England Tour of New Zealand and Bi-Centenary of Australia 1988’. Official colour photograph of the England touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers and cricket attire. Printed title and players’ names to mount borders. Nicely signed in ink to the mount by nineteen players featured members of the touring party. Players’ signatures include Gatting (Captain), Emburey, Dilley, Athey, Foster, French, Fairbrother, DeFreitas, Broad, Moxon, Robinson, Jarvis etc. The photograph measures 10”x8”, laid... View full lot details

‘England ICC World T20 Champions. West Indies 2010’. Official colour photograph of the England squad for the 2010 World T20 tournament. Printed title and player’s names to borders. Fully signed by the twenty seven featured players and officials. Signatures include Collingwood (Captain), Swann, Sidebottom, Pietersen, Anderson, Broad, Lumb, Kieswetter, Bresnan, Trewell, Morgan etc. Overall 16.5”x12”. VG... View full lot details

Derbyshire county player photographs 1970s-2000s. A selection of thirty colour and mono original and copy press photographs and photomontages of Derbyshire players and two team photographs. Eight are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Phil DeFreitas, Dominic Cork, Chris Rogers, Travis Birt, Ant Botha, Ian Blackwell, Rob Bailey and Devon Malcolm. Other players featured include Colin Tunnicliffe, Peter Kirsten, John Morris, Jonathan Clare, Jonathan Moss, Paul Newman. Various sizes. Agencies include Sportsline, Bob Thomas,... View full lot details

Durham county player photographs 1990s-2010s. A selection of thirty colour press and copy photographs and photomontages of Durham players. Ten are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Brad Hodge, Dale Benkenstein, Ottis Gibson, Liam Plunkett (2 different), Michael Di Venuto, Phil Mustard, Kyle Coetzer, Graham Onions and Will Jefferson. Other players featured include Ian Botham, Albie Morkel, Simon Brown, Neil Killeen, Steve Harmison, John Morris etc. Various sizes. Agencies include Press Association etc. VG... View full lot details

Essex county player photographs 1980s-2010s. A selection of thirty colour and mono press and copy photographs, player promotional cards etc. of Essex players. Thirteen are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Stuart Law, Derek Pringle, Graham Gooch (2 different), John Lever, Neil Foster, Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara (3 different), Monty Panesar, Darren Gough and Ronnie Irani. Other players featured include Nasser Hussain, Ken McEwan, Neil Smith, David East etc. Various sizes. Agencies include Press... View full lot details

Glamorgan county player photographs 1980s-2010s. A selection of twenty eight colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, player promotional cards etc. of Glamorgan players. Seven are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Hugh Morris, Steve Watkin, Tom Maynard, James Harris, Robert Croft, Steve James, and Simon Jones. Other players featured include Malcolm Nash, Alan Lewis, Michael Powell, Allan Jones, Rodney Ontong, Barry Lloyd, Eifion Jones etc. Various sizes. Agencies include David Munden, Sportsline,... View full lot details

Gloucestershire county player photographs 1980s-2010s. A selection of twenty nine colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Gloucestershire players. Twelve are signed by the featured player(s). Signatures include Jack Russell, Bill Athey, Jon Lewis, Chris Taylor, Kadeer Ali, Carl Greenidge, Alex Gidman, Matthew Gitsham, David Shepherd etc. Other players featured include Mike Procter, Chris Dent, Mike Smith, Shaun Young, David Lawrence, Sadiq Mohammad, Alex Gidman etc. Various sizes. Agencies include Bob... View full lot details

Hampshire county player photographs 1970s-2000s. A selection of twenty eight colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings, postcards etc. of Hampshire players with one team photograph. Eight are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Butch White, Kevin Pietersen, Chris Tremlett, David Gower, John Crawley, Shaun Udal, Nic Pothas and Robin Smith. Other players featured include Shane Warne, Gordon Greenidge, Tim Tremlett etc. Various sizes. Agencies include Sportsline, David Munden etc. Sold with... View full lot details

Kent county player photographs 1960s-2010s. A selection of thirty colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Kent players with one team photograph. Twelve are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Alan Brown, Martin McCague, Alan Igglesden, Min Patel, Mark Benson, Mike Denness, Joe Denly, Geraint Jones, Rob Key, Amjad Khan, James Tredwell and Alex Loudon. Other players featured include Kevin Jarvis, Colin Cowdrey, Paul Downton, Chris Tavare, Alan Knott, Dean... View full lot details

Lancashire county player photographs 1980s-2010s. A selection of twenty six colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Lancashire players. Twelve are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Jason Gallian, John Crawley, Phil DeFreitas, Mike Watkinson, Mal Loye, Simon Marshall, Paul Horton, Sajid Mahmood, Glenn Chapple, Ian Sutcliffe, Mike Atherton and Neil Fairbrother. Other players featured include Peter Martin, David Hughes, Andrew Kennedy, Andrew Flintoff, Oliver Newby etc. Various sizes. Agencies... View full lot details

Leicestershire county player photographs 1970s-2010s. A selection of twenty nine colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Leicestershire players. Fourteen are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Ken Higgs, Les Taylor, Phil DeFreitas, Dickie Bird, James Whitaker, Charlie Shreck, Alan Mullally, Nick Cook, Darren Maddy, Jim Allenby, David Masters, John Maunders, Peter Willey and Paul Nixon. Other players featured include David Gower, Brian Davison, Ken Shuttleworth, Chris Lewis, Ray Illingworth,... View full lot details

Middlesex county player photographs 1970s-2000s. A selection of twenty eight colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Middlesex players and one team photo. Ten are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Andrew Strauss, Phil Tufnell, Paul Downton, Angus Fraser, Mark Ramprakash, Steven Finn, Owais Shah, Shaun Udal, Billy Godleman and John Dewes. Other players featured include Mike Gatting, Justin Langer, Graham Barlow, Norman Cowans etc. Various sizes. Agencies include Bob... View full lot details

Northamptonshire county player photographs 1950s-2000s. A selection of twenty seven colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Northamptonshire players and one team photo. Eleven are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Dennis Brookes, David Capel, Mal Loye, Rob Bailey, Allan Lamb, John Emburey, Devon Malcolm, Richard Logan, Usman Afzaal, David Lucas and Monty Panesar. Other players featured include Eldine Baptiste, David Sales, Kevin Curran, Lance Klusener, Kapil Dev, David Roberts,... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire county player photographs 1970s-2010s. A selection of thirty colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Nottinghamshire players and one team photo. Twelve are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Bruce French, Jason Gallian, Chris Read, Tim Robinson, Graeme Swann, Ryan Sidebottom, David Hussey, Chris Broad, Nadeem Malik, Paul Franks, Samit Patel and Alex Wharf. Other players featured include Clive Rice, Nirmal Nanan, Derek Randall, Eddie Hemmings, Paul Todd, Stuart... View full lot details

Somerset county player photographs 1970s-2010s. A selection of twenty eight colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Somerset players and one team photo. Nine are signed by the featured player(s). Signatures are Vic Marks, Andrew Caddick, Ian Botham, Viv Richards, Jos Buttler, Craig Kieswetter, Ian Blackwell, Marcus Trescothick (2 different) and Peter Trego. Other players featured include Joel Garner, Colin Dredge, Trevor Gard, Harvey Trump, Graham Rose, Peter Denning, Nigel Popplewell,... View full lot details

Surrey county player photographs 1960s-2010s. A selection of twenty six colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Surrey players. Nine are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Ken Barrington, Alec Stewart, David Ward, Chris Tremlett, Usman Afzaal, James Ormond, Chris Schofield, Ian Salisbury and Jade Dernbach. Other players featured include Nick Cosh, Robin Jackman, Graham Thorpe, Jason Ratcliffe, Nadeem Shahid, David Smith, Gareth Batty, Tom & Sam Curran, Ali Brown... View full lot details

Sussex county player photographs 1960s-2010s. A selection of twenty seven colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings, prints etc. of Sussex players. Twelve are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Jim Parks, Ted Dexter, Chris Adams, Carl Hopkinson, Matt Prior, Murray Goodwin, Joe Gatting, Luke Wright, Robin Martin-Jenkins, Mushtaq Ahmed, Tim Ambrose and Jason Lewry. Other players featured include Garth Le Roux, John Barclay, Neil Lenham, Ian Gould etc. Various sizes. Agencies... View full lot details

Warwickshire county player photographs 1980s-2010s. A selection of twenty nine colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Warwickshire players. Eleven are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald, Nick Knight, Bob Willis, Bob Woolmer, Nick James, Mike Powell, Jonathan Trott, Tim Ambrose, Luke Parker and Ian Bell. Other players featured include Brian Lara (3 different), Gladstone Small, Andy Moles, M.J.K. Smith etc. Various sizes. Agencies include Press... View full lot details

Worcestershire county player photographs 1980s-2010s. A selection of twenty six colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Worcestershire players. Nine are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Graeme Hick, Phil Newport, Ian Botham, Vikram Solanki (2 different), Kabir Ali, Gareth Batty, Stephen Moore, Steven Davies. Other players featured include Graham Dilley, Phil Neale, Tim Curtis, Paul Fisher, Bill Thomas, Mark Scott, John Inchmore, Dipak Patel, Steve Perryman etc. Various sizes.... View full lot details

Yorkshire county player photographs 1950s-2010s. A selection of twenty four colour and mono press and copy photographs, photomontages, cuttings etc. of Yorkshire players and one team photo. Twelve are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Frank Lowson, Martyn Moxon, Arnie Sidebottom, Darren Gough, Dickie Bird, Michael Vaughan, Adil Rashid, Michael Lumb, Tim Bresnan, Richard Blakey, Craig White and Anthony McGrath. Other players featured include Ray Illngworth, Graham Stevenson, Geoff Boycott, Paul Jarvis, Ryan Sidebottom... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1929. Original mono printed photograph of the South Africa touring party seated and standing in rows, the players wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by all fifteen players depicted and the two officials. Signatures are Deane (Captain), Siedle, Ochse, Taylor, Catterall, van der Merwe, Cameron, Owen-Smith, Mitchell, Morkel, Bell, Christy, Quinn, McMillan, Dalton, Frielinghaus (Manager) and Frames (Secretary). Also signed to the top left... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1931. Original mono press photograph of the New Zealand openers, Stewie Dempster and Jack Mills, walking out to bat in the drawn first Test played at Lord’s 27th- 30th June 1931. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by both players. 6”x8”. Sport & General, London. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Includes a trimmed handwritten caption from the original album page. Adhesive marks to verso where previously laid down, otherwise in... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1931. Original mono press photograph of the New Zealand opener, Stewie Dempster, hitting out against the bowling of Gubby Allen during the drawn first Test played at Lord’s 27th- 30th June 1931. Jack Mills is at the non-striker’s end. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by both Dempster and Mills. 8”x6”. Sport & General, London. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Includes a trimmed handwritten caption from the original album page.... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1931. Original sepia press photograph of England captain, Douglas Jardine, wearing his distinctive harlequin cap, in batting action in the first Test at Lord’s, 27th- 30th June 1931, with New Zealand players Tom Lowry, Curly Page and wicket-keeper Ken James looking on. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by Lowry, Page and James. 10”x8”. Sport & General, London. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Adhesive marks to verso where previously laid down,... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1931. Original sepia press photograph of Gubby Allen playing an attacking shot to leg in England’s first innings of the drawn first Test at Lord’s, 27th- 30th June 1931. New Zealand wicket-keeper Ken James looks on. Signed in ink to the photograph by Allen and James. Batting at number nine, Allen went on to record his maiden Test century (122). 8”x6”. Sport & General, London. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Includes a... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1931. Original sepia press photograph of New Zealand opening batsman, Jackie Mills, looking back at his stumps having being bowled second ball for nought by Gubby Allen in New Zealand’s second innings of the drawn first Test at Lord’s, 27th- 30th June 1931. Signed in ink to the photograph by Mills. 8”x6”. Sport & General, London. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Includes a trimmed handwritten caption from the original album page. Adhesive... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1931. Original sepia press photograph of New Zealand opening batsman, Stewie Demptser, looking back at his stumps having being bowled for 120 by Wally Hammond in New Zealand’s second innings of the drawn first Test at Lord’s, 27th- 30th June 1931. England’s wicket-keeper, Godfrey Evans, celebrates. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Dempster. 8”x6”. Sport & General, London. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Includes a trimmed handwritten caption from... View full lot details

‘Surrey Eleven 1937’. Large original mono photograph of the Surrey team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, some in caps. In the background is the pavilion with a sprinkling of spectators. Very nicely signed in black ink by all twelve Surrey players. Signatures are Holmes (Captain), Brooks, Knight, Sandham, Gregory, McMurray, Fishlock, Squire, Watts, Gover, Parker and Barling. Also signed by Herbert Strudwick (Manager) and to the darker portion of the photograph by... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1947. Original mono press photograph of the 1947 Middlesex team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Signed in ink to the photograph by all twelve featured players. Signatures include Robins (Captain), Mann, Edrich, D. Compton, L. Compton, Robertson, Sims, Gray, Brown, Young etc. Sport & General, London, 7.5”x5.5”. Light creasing, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Warren Bardsley. New South Wales & Australia 1903-1926. Original mono press photograph of Bardsley standing half length wearing cricket attire, cap and blazer. Ink signature of Bardsley on piece laid to top edge. Various Australian press stamps to verso including John Fairfax Group, Sun-Herald, Sydney Morning Herald, with earliest date stamp of 17th June 1964. 6.5”x8.5”. Good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Victor York ‘Vic’ Richardson. South Australia & Australia 1918-1938. Original sepia press photograph of Richardson walking out to bat. Clipped signature of Richardson in ink laid down to top edge. Press stamp to verso for Sporting Life and date stamp for 28th July 1947. 3”x8.5”. Good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire c.1906. Two original small mono/ sepia panoramic press photographs of matches in progress. One with pencil annotation to verso ‘The Yorkshire eleven in the field. A match was played yesterday between Yorkshire & the M.C.C. captained by G.L. Jessop’. Appears to be 1906. The other similarly annotated ‘Greatest cricket match of the year. Surrey v. Yorks at Sheffield. General view of the game showing Yorkshire batting & Surrey in the field’. Both measure approx.... View full lot details

Triangular Tournament 1912. Original mono press photograph of match action from the tour match, Essex v Australians, Leyton, 13th- 15th May 1912. Percy Perrin of Essex is seen being caught at slip by Kelleway off the bowling of Emery in Essex’s first innings. 8.5”x6.5”, with pencil annotations and official press stamps for Illustrations Bureau to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1924/25. A selection of nine original mono press photographs of match action from the tour. Matches featured include v Victoria at Melbourne, 14th- 19th November 1924. Images depict the players rushing off the field for rain at the close of play, Johnny Douglas diving to field a ball off Stork Hendry, and Hendry hitting the winning run for Victoria ‘with only half a minute to spare’. Others include the first Test... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1926. Six original mono press photographs of match action from the tour. Includes two photographs from the first Test at Trent Bridge 12th June 1926, Sutcliffe playing an attacking shot, and an excellent image of spectators in the crowd sheltering from the rain which washed out the match. Both measure 10”x8” with official press stamps to verso for Daily Mirror and Victor Forbin. Sold with four smaller photographs of action from... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1930. Three original sepia/ mono press photographs of action from the 1930 Ashes series. One depicts Tim Wall in bowling action for Australia, another of Sutcliffe batting in the first Test at Trent Bridge, 16th June 1930, and another of Herbert Sutcliffe batting in the fifth Test at The Oval. Each 10”x8” with official stamps to verso, two for Central Press, Nottingham, the other Central News, London. Sold with a... View full lot details

Cricket in Australia 1932/33. Two original sepia press photographs of Bill Woodfull in action for Queensland, one in the Sheffield Shield match v Victoria, Brisbane, 28th- 31st October 1932 depicts Woodfull bowled by Govan, Brisbane Daily Mail, date stamped 31st October 1932, good condition. The other of Woodfull in batting action, appears to be the same match. Folds and creasing. Both 8.5”x6.5”. Sold with a mono (restrike?) press photograph of George Duckworth, Maurice Leyland and... View full lot details

Australia tours to England 1934 & 1938. Eight original mono and sepia press photographs. Includes two of match action depicting Bill Woodfull batting for the Australians v Worcestershire, date stamped 11th June 1934, and Bill Edrich clean bowled by Ernie McCormick in the 2nd Test at Lord’s 24th June 1938. Others are Bill Ponsford, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and Australia Test cap. Bill Brown in batting pose at Lord’s, Arthur Chipperfield in bowling... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1946/47. Six original mono and sepia press photographs of England and Australia players. Images depict Laurie Fishlock packing his cricket bag prior to the tour, Alec Bedser and others amongst the audience at a social event, players training in the gym, Cyril Washbrook in batting pose at Perth, Keith Miller and Lindsay Hassett being measured for their blazers, Bill Brown and his wife cutting the cake at their wedding. Australian press... View full lot details

England and Australia 1950s. Nine original mono press photographs, the majority depicting England and Australia Test cricketers in match action, attending functions, training etc. Images feature Lindsay Hassett inspecting the wicket at Brisbane, November 1951. Neil Harvey bowled for a duck by George Tribe in the opening match of the tour v East Molesey, 26th April 1953. Captains Lindsay Hassett and Len Hutton attending a function, 23rd April 1953. Lindsay Hassett, Bill Johnson and Jack... View full lot details

Australian cricketers in later years. A selection of six original mono press photographs of Australian cricketers. Images feature Bert Oldfield coaching youths in 1952 (surface damage to the photograph). Ian Johnson on the outfield with Don Bradman in the background, 1956. Ben Barnett batting for Lord’s Taverners v Old England XI, Lord’s 17th June 1962. Alan Kippax being presented with a watch in 1972. Bert Oldfield talking to cricketers on the outfield 1972. Clarrie Grimmett... View full lot details

‘Johnnie Walker Test Match Scoreboard at Margate’ 1930. Fourteen mono candid photographs laid to two album pages of scenes at Margate during the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval on 16th- 21st August 1930. The photographs include scenes of large crowds gathered to view the scoreboard installed over the entrance to St George’s Hotel. One photograph shows the scoreboard at the end of the second day’s play with Australia’s score at 215/2, Kippax... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Two volumes of green albums, each with title ‘J.B. Hobbs’ to front cover and in slipcase. Volume one comprises over fifty original mono press photographs and postcards, the majority real photographs, mainly covering his playing career, some signed by Hobbs. Subjects include a youthful Hobbs in batting pose by E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton, walking out to bat for Surrey with Tom Hayward, and for England... View full lot details

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Australia v England, Sydney Cricket Ground 1901. Very large and impressive panoramic photograph of a packed Sydney Cricket Ground taken on the second day of the First Test match, 14th-16th December 1901. The photograph shows the match in progress with Arthur Lilley and Len Braund batting with England 392-6. The photograph with printed titles stating that the photograph was ‘Presented to the Sussex County Cricket Club by The Honourable John See, Prime Minister, on behalf... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa circa 1913-1914. Large excellent sepia portrait photograph of four of the South African Test players who played in the series, Herbie Taylor, Arthur William ‘Dave’ Nourse, Claude Carter and Joe Cox, Nourse sitting centrally in a chair with the other three leaning and seated behind and to the sides. The photograph laid down to photographers mount and signed to the borders in ink by all four players. Photograph by The... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa circa 1913-1914. Large excellent sepia portrait photograph of four of the South African Test players who played in the series, Herbie Taylor, Arthur William ‘Dave’ Nourse, Claude Carter and Joe Cox plus George Cox of Sussex who was coaching in South Africa, Nourse sitting centrally in a chair, next to George Cox who is also sat in a chair with the other three standing and leaning behind and to the... View full lot details

Sussex v Australia 1953. Mono joint team photograph of the Sussex team and touring Australians taken at Hove in June 1953. The photograph window mounted with title ‘Sussex v Australians 1953’ beautifully hand drawn to top border and players names handwritten in blue to lower border, both also window mounted. Framed and glazed. Overall 15”x15”. Very good condition... View full lot details

A Sussex XII v Lord’s at Winchester, May 13th 1954. Mono joint team photograph of the Sussex and Lord’s teams taken at Winchester 1954. Players include Parks, Doggart, Langridge, Cox, Oakes, Suttle, Griffith, Marlar etc. The photograph window mounted with title beautifully hand drawn to top border and players names handwritten in blue to lower border, both also window mounted. Framed and glazed. Overall 17.75”x15”. Very good condition. No record of this match can be... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Sussex & England 1895-1920. Attractive sepia photograph of an unknown cricket team, standing and seated in rows, featuring Ranjitsinhji seated to the middle of the group wearing blazer and Sussex cap. The photograph, by Coles of Watford, laid down to photographers mount. Overall 10.5”x8”. Good condition... View full lot details

A.C. Maclaren’s Anglo-Australian Team 1901-02’. Large, early and very impressive photograph of Maclaren’s team in what appears to be a park in Adelaide. The team dressed mainly in tour boaters and tour ties, standing and seated in two rows with Maclaren to centre. Players include Barmes, Blythe, Quaife, Jessop, Hayward, Jones, Lilley, Gunn, Braund etc. The photograph, by Terence McGann of Adelaide, with title to top and players names to lower border measures 19”x14”. The... View full lot details

Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Large red photograph album with title ‘Sutcliffe’ in gilt to front cover, comprising a very nicely compiled collection of over thirty original (plus some copy) photographs relating to Sutcliffe’s playing career, his childhood and family (including his son, Billy), holidays, portraits, his daughter’s wedding etc. and other ephemera. Cricket related images include two signed photographs, one an original mono press photograph of Sutcliffe bowling in the nets in 1930... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1930. Rare sepia photograph of the Orient Line R.M.S. ‘Oronsay’, the ship that took the touring team back to Australia, leaving Southampton on the 27th September and arriving in Melbourne on the 3rd November 1930. Printed title to lower border with gross tonnage 20,000. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph, above the image of the ship, by seventeen members of the touring party including all fifteen players, Kelly, the... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1946/47. Official sepia photograph of the R.M.M.V. ‘Stirling Castle’, the ship that the M.C.C. touring party to Australia travelled on for the 1946/47 tour. Signed in ink by all seventeen members of the party including Hammond (Captain), Washbrook, Wright, Ikin, Langridge, Voce, Edrich, Compton, Fishlock, Hardstaff, Hutton, Yardley, Bedser etc. 8”x6”. Some fading to signatures, all legible. Some creasing, otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1948/49. Official sepia photograph of the ‘R.M.M.V. Stirling Castle’, the ship which brought the M.C.C. touring team back to England following the tour. The photograph laid down to original photographers mount with title to lower border. Nicely signed to the photograph in blue ink by all sixteen players and the Manager M.A. Green. Signatures include Mann (Captain), Hutton, Washbrook, Tremlett, Jenkins, Evans, Compton, Simpson, Bedser, Palmer, Gladwin etc. Also signed... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1948. Official mono photograph of ‘R.M.S. Orontes’, the ship which brought the Australian team to England, laid down to official photographers mount. Signed to face in ink by thirteen members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Bradman, Toshack, Harvey, McCool, Hassett, Lindwall, Loxton, Morris, Saggers, Johnston, Ring, Johnson and Bill Brown. Morris and Brown have signed the photograph twice, fifteen signatures in total. Overall 10”7.75”. Some soiling to mount, the... View full lot details

H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI v M.C.C. Australian Touring Team 1936. Original mono photograph of the M.C.C. touring team to Australia lined up in one row at Scarborough, wearing cricket attire. Players’ names annotated in pencil to verso are Farnes, Holmes, Wyatt, Verity, Hardstaff, Sims, Copson, Leyland, Duckworth, Fishlock and Allen. Walkers Studio of Scarborough. 9.75”x5.25”. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur William Carr. Nottinghamshire & England 1910-1934. Sherborne School XI 1909. Early and excellent original mono plain back carte de visite photograph of the Sherborne team, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire and blazers. Players listed to back are Sweet (Captain), Vincent, Smith, Carey, Mason, Read, Tayler, [Chester-]Master, Terry, Cronshaw and Carr. Also featured in the centre back row is Tom Bowley (Surrey 1885-1891) who was cricket coach and head groundsman at Sherborne... View full lot details

Cambridge University c.1920s. Selection of nine mono press photographs depicting players who have represented Cambridge University. Subjects include Cecil Bennett in batting action for Cambridge 1925. Arthur Judd hitting the boundary to reach his century for Cambridge v Oxford 1927. Ralph Cobbold and F.J. Seabrook, both batting for Cambridge v M.C.C. at Lord’s, 1927. Restrike photograph of K.S. Duleepsinhji in front of the scoreboard after scoring 254no for Cambridge v Middlesex at Fenner’s 1927. Head... View full lot details

England v West Indies. 2nd Test, Lord’s 1966. Eight original mono press photographs of action from the 2nd Test at Lord’s, 16th- 21st June 1966. Images depict Geoff Boycott in batting action for England in their first innings on the second day’s play. Six images from the third day including Cowdrey caught by Gibbs at slip off Hall, and Jim Parks out lbw to Carew, Knight bowled by Griffith in England’s first innings. Barry Knight... View full lot details

Bodyline. M.C.C. tour to Australia and New Zealand 1932/33. Ten original candid mono and sepia photographs taken by Freddie Brown while on tour in Australia and New Zealand. Images depict excursions with views including a boating trip with ‘Pat [Nawab of Pataudi]’, meeting a Maori chieftain at Rotorua and witnessing a ‘Haka’, Tommy Mitchell ‘doing a turn’, visiting Dancing Rock Geyser at Wairakei, two views of Sydney Harbour Bridge, bulls at White’s Station etc.... View full lot details

Cyril Washbrook. Lancashire & England 1933-1959. ‘Bon Voyage to Cyril Washbrook’ 1946. Original photo album ‘Presented to him at Kemsley House, Manchester on the eve of his departure for Australia August 29th, 1946’ comprising twenty one original mono photographs, the majority featuring the three Lancashire players selected for the 1946/47 M.C.C. tour to Australia and New Zealand (Washbrook, Dick Pollard and Jack Ikin). The photographs depict the players in batting and bowling action and in... View full lot details

County cricket 1920s-1960s. A good selection of over sixty original mono press photographs. Includes over forty of domestic match action from 1920s- 1960s, including one signed by Wilf Jones (Glamorgan) and Tom Wade (Essex), and another by a young Mike Brearley. Also a Derbyshire 1931 team photograph, player portrait photographs of Tich Freeman (Kent), M.D. Lyon (Somerset), George Geary (Leicestershire) and Jim Parks (Sussex) both coaching, and others from the 1950s including Ingleby-MacKenzie, Horton, Wassell,... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1950s-1965. A collection of over ninety original mono press photographs including some restrikes of Middlesex player portraits and match action from the period. Players featured include four signed in red ink of Alex Thompson, Don Bennett, Alan Moss and Fred Titmus. Also Hooker, Tilly, Hurst, Walton, Warr, Gale, Bick, Murray, Titmus, Price, Parfitt, Russell, Drybrough etc. Press agencies include Central Press, Press Portrait Bureau, Sport & General, Reuter etc. Various sizes, 10”x8” and... View full lot details

Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet. Somerset & England. 1891-1909. Attractive sepia photograph of an unknown cricket team, standing and seated in rows, featuring Palairet seated to the middle of the group wearing striped blazer. The photograph, by Chaffin & Sons, Taunton, laid down to photographers mount. Overall 18”x14.5”. A handwritten note to the back of the photograph suggest that Sammy Woods and C.R. Lyall are standing to the left. Good condition... View full lot details

Derbyshire Professionals Oval 1910’. Early original sepia photograph of the Derbyshire players entering the field of play from the pavilion at The Oval in 1910. The photograph measures 8.5”x6.5”, laid down to photograph album page with handwritten title and players’ names annotated in ink to margins. Named players featured include A. Morton, A. Warren, S.W.A. Cadman, J. Humphries and E. Needham. A good image. To the verso, two smaller photographs, one of L.C. Braund of... View full lot details

John William ‘Jack’ Hearne. Middlesex & England 1909-1936. Two early mono photographs of Hearne walking out to bat, one in 1910 (6.5”x8.5”), the other with G.A. Faulkner (South Africa) for the M.C.C. v Yorkshire at Scarborough in 1913 (4.75”x8”). The photographs are laid down individually to photograph album pages with handwritten title and players’ names annotated in ink to margins. To the verso of the pages are two further photographs, one titled ‘Gents v Players... View full lot details

Triangular Test Tournament 1912. Two early mono photographs of action at Lord’s from the Triangular Test series. One of Australia v South Africa with the ink signature of South Africa captain, Frank Mitchell, on piece laid down, also Tommy Ward of South Africa and Australian captain Syd Gregory batting. Excellent image. The other of England v South Africa featuring Reggie Spooner making his 100th run in his innings of 119 for England, also Tom Campbell... View full lot details

Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough 1913. Three early mono photographs laid back to back on two photograph album pages. One depicts F.L. Fane and M.C. Bird walking out to bat for the Gentlemen with signature in ink of Fane on piece laid down below. G.H. Hirst leading the Players team onto the field of play from the pavilion, including A. Dolphin, J. Seymour, W. Rhodes, C. Blythe, J.W. Hearne, J.B. Hobbs, M.W. Booth, A.E. Relf etc.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1924/1925. Original mono real photograph of the S.S. Ormonde, the ship which took the M.C.C. team to Australia in 1924. The photograph, laid down to photographer’s mount, has handwritten title ‘M.C.C. Australian Tour 1924’ to top border. Nicely signed to top and side borders by all eighteen members of the touring party including the Manager Toone. Signatures are A.E.R. Gilligan (Cpt), Douglas, Hobbs, Bryan, Chapman, Whysall, Freeman, Sutcliffe, Tate, Tyldesley, Woolley,... View full lot details

John Thomas Murray. Middlesex & England 1952-1975. Original mono press photograph of Murray, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire for his selection for the 1965/66 tour to Australia. Signed to the image in blue ink by Murray. Photograph by the Central Office of Information, London. 6”x8”. VG.... View full lot details