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

Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024

Lot 924:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £38
M.C.C. tour of Australia 1903-04. Two mono real photograph team postcards. One entitled ‘Warner’s Ashes’ by J. Beagles & Co and the other entitled ‘England v Australia. English Team’ by Rapid Photo. The Rapid postcard with handwritten annotation of players names to upper and lower border... View full lot details
Lot 925:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £38
England v Australia Test series 1905. Three team postcards of England teams, one real photo and the other two printed including ‘The English Team, Test Match 1905’ by Rosemont Photo, Leeds, ‘Cricket Test Match. England’s Victorious Team’ (1st Test) by Morley, Nottingham and a real photograph team of the England team at Old Trafford (4th Test). Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 926:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £50
M.C.C. tour to Australia 1907/08. ‘The Visiting English Cricket Team’. Colour postcard featuring vignettes of fourteen members of the M.C.C. touring party. Players featured include Jones (captain), Hardstaff, Crawford, Fane, Rhodes, Braund, Blythe, Barnes, Hobbs etc. Publisher unknown. Postally un-used. Very good condition. Sold with a real photograph mono postcard for the ‘M.C.C. Australian Team 1907-1908’. Cameos of all members of the touring party with A.O.Jones, Captain, in larger cameo to centre. Rotary series, no... View full lot details
Lot 927:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £42
M.C.C. tour to Australia 1911/12. ‘The English Eleven’. Mono printed postcard featuring vignettes of fifteen members of the M.C.C. touring party. ‘The Empire Press, Melbourne’. Sold with a further real photograph postcard of the ‘M.C.C. team’ 1911/12 by Rotary Photo 3830A. Good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 928:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £65
M.C.C. tour to Australia 1928/29. Four postcards, ‘Signatures of the English Cricketers in Australia 1928-29’. Postcard featuring facsimile signatures of the eighteen members of the M.C.C. touring party. Published by 5CL, Adelaide, Central Broadcasters Ltd. Sold with a sepia postcard of the ‘M.C.C. Team in Australia 1928-29’ issued by Gunn & Moore, Nottingham, ‘The Team Who Brought Back The Ashes’. Mono real photograph postcard featuring the team and a further real photograph of the ‘M.C.C.... View full lot details
Lot 929:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £90
Australia tour to England 1905. Three rare mono and sepia postcards depicting the team, one printed and two real photograph, one ‘The Australians’ with cameo portraits of the players, publisher unknown, ‘Australian Team 1905’ by Ralph Dunn & Co and ‘Australian Cricket Team 1905’ by Rotary Photo. Sold with two ‘Star Series’ postcards of the 1905 Australian team, one of the team walking out at Crystal Palace and the other a team image. Adhesive to... View full lot details
Lot 930:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £340
‘The Australian Eleven. Season 1911-1912’. Rare mono printed postcard featuring vignettes of fifteen members of the Australian team with larger vignette of the Captain Clem Hill to centre. Publisher ‘The Empire Press, Melbourne’. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 931:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £55
Australia tours of England 1909 and 1912. Mono postcard of the Australia team of 1909 by R. Empson & Co of the Strand. Sold with two printed mono postcards of the Australian team of 1912, one published by L. Sales & Sons, Kennington Oval and the other a T. Bolland postcard of the Australian team 1912. Odd faults, good. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 932:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £80
Australia tour of England 1921. Four postcards, two real photograph and two printed. Publishers are Beagles, Philip G. Hunt of London, Jaeger Advertising and Topical Press. Some wear to the corner of the Beagles card and wear to the Jaeger card otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 933:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £90
Australia tours of England 1926 to 1934. Five postcards, two real photograph and three printed. Publishers are Jaeger (2, 1926 and 1930), Beagles, Bolland (reprint) and Photo-Work Ltd. The Bolland card signed in later years by Don Bradman. Some wear to the corner of the Beagles card and wear to the Jaeger card otherwise in good condition. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 934:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £300
James Joseph Kelly. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1907. Sepia real photograph postcard of Kelly wearing Australian cap in wicket-keeping pose. Nicely signed ‘Yours truly’ in black ink by Kelly. The postcard by Foster of Brighton, postally used and postmarked 1905. Creasing to the left hand side of the card. Sold with two other postcards of Kelly, the rarer one with facsimile autograph of Kelly by ‘The Wilson Autograph Series. No 4, and the other... View full lot details
Lot 935:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £950
Victor Trumper. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1913. Mono real photograph postcard of Trumper, full length, in batting attire with bat held to side. Nicely signed in black ink by Trumper. Photo by Thiele. Ralph Dunn & Co. Postally dated 1905. Minor wear and light silvering to edges, Adhesive marks to corners of the back of the card otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 936:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £550
Clement Hill. South Australia & Australia 1892-1923. Original mono printed postcard of Hill standing full length, wearing Australia cap and in batting pose at the wicket. Very nicely and boldly signed in black ink to the image by Hill. Published by T. Bolland. Postally Un-used, minor marks to corners, small white tape marks to the corners of the back otherwise in good condition. A nice image, beautifully signed... View full lot details
Lot 937:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £240
Montague Alfred Noble. New South Wales & Australia 1893-1919. Mono printed postcard of Noble full length wearing Australian cap and in batting stance at the wicket. Very nicely signed in black ink by Noble to lower border. Wrench Series. No 1395. Postally date stamped 1904. Sold with two further postcards of Noble, one mono and one sepia, one by Wrench No 1395 and the other unknown. Odd faults, good condition... View full lot details
Lot 938:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £650
Charles Edward McLeod. Victoria & Australia 1893-1904. Excellent sepia real photograph postcard of Mcleod, standing full length, wearing Australian cap and holding a cricket ball at the wicket. Nicely signed ‘Yours Faithfully’ in black ink by McLeod. The postcard by Foster of Brighton, postally used and postmarked 1905. Very minor wear to corners otherwise in good/very good condition. An excellent image... View full lot details
Lot 939:
Estimate: £140/180
Hammer: £220
Hanson Carter. New South Wales & Australia 1897-1925. Sepia real photograph postcard of Carter wearing Australian cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to image by Carter ‘Yours Sincerely’ and dated ‘1921’. ‘N.S.W.’ printed to lower border of postcard. The postcard was sent by Carter to a Miss Ima Hemmel of Somerset and written and posted in Scarborough where he was playing in a tour match, he has dated the card September 10th 1921. Carter... View full lot details
Lot 940:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £160
William Harold Ponsford. Victoria & Australia 1920-1934. Excellent plain back sepia real photograph postcard of Ponsford, head and shoulders, wearing Australian touring sweater. The postcard signed by Ponsford in ink. This is card number 6 from a series of fifteen cards produced for the Australian 1930 tour of England by B.D.V. cigarettes (Godfrey Phillips of London), number printed to lower right hand corner of card. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 941:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £50
Benjamin Arthur ‘Ben’ Barnett. Victoria & Australia 1929-1947. Mono real photograph postcard of Barnett, half length wearing his Australian blazer, sitting on a bench during a match at Scarborough in 1934. Signed in blue ink by Barnett. Wilkes plainback postcard. G... View full lot details
Lot 942:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £160
Stanley Joseph McCabe. New South Wales & Australia 1928-1942. Mono real photograph postcard of McCabe in batting pose with title to lower border ‘S.J. McCabe (Vice-Captain). Signed to face ‘Best Wishes’ by McCabe. From the ‘Australian Cricketers’ series 1938. R. Tuck. G... View full lot details
Lot 943:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £70
John Henry Webb ‘Jack’ Fingleton. New South Wales & Australia 1928-1940. Mono real photograph postcard of a Fingleton, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing Australian blazer. Nicely signed in black ink by Brown. ‘Autographed August 3rd 1938’ to verso. Photograph by A. Wilkes & Son of West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 944:
Estimate: £0/0
Hammer: withdrawn
No lot £0/0... View full lot details
Lot 945:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £60
William Joseph ‘Bill’ O’Reilly. New South Wales & Australia 1927-1946. Mono real photograph postcard of O’Reilly walking out to bat at Scarborough. Signed to face by O’Reilly. Walkers of Scarborough. G... View full lot details
Lot 946:
Estimate: £400/600
Hammer: £360
‘The Australian Cricket Team 1909’. A full set of mono and sepia individual postcards of the fifteen members of the Australian cricket team who toured England in 1909. Eleven of the postcards are real photograph and were issued as ‘The Australian Cricket Team 1909’ by Davidson Brothers and feature H.Carter, A.J. Hopkins, V.T. Trumper, R.J.Hartigan, M.A. Noble, V.S. Ransford, S.E. Gregory, A. Cotter, W.W. Armstrong, W.J. Whitty and C.G. MaCartney, the remaining four postcards are... View full lot details
Lot 947:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £75
‘Australian Test Team’ 1930. Thirteen real photograph, same series, sepia postcards of members of the Australian team to England, some head and shoulders, some posed or action images. Players are Woodfull, Archie Jackson, a’Beckett, Wall, Kippax, Hurwood, Oldfield, Fairfax, Walker, Hornibrook, Richardson, Grimmett, Ponsford and Grimmett. The postcard of Tim Wall is signed by Wall. All the postcards have title ‘Australian Test Team’ followed by printed players name to lower border. Good/ very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 948:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £240
Australian tour of England 1921. Rare mono printed postcard of the Australian team 1921 with caption and players’ names printed to lower border. T. Bolland, photographer. Signed in ink by all sixteen members of the touring party including the Manager, Smith to the face of the card. Players’ signatures include Armstrong, Collins, Taylor, McDonald, Pellew, Mailey, Gregory, Mayne, Ryder, Andrews, Bardsley, Oldfield etc. Postally unused. Some fading to the odd signature. Minor creasing, odd old... View full lot details
Lot 949:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £70
Arthur Dudley Nourse. Natal & South Africa 1931-1952. Mono real photograph postcard of Nourse walking out to bat at Scarborough. Very nicely signed in blue ink by Nourse. Walkers of Scarborough. Sold with a mono real photograph of Nourse, full length, wearing South African cap. Nias postcard. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 950:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £40
Harold Geoffrey Owen-Smith, Western Province & South Africa 1927-1937. Mono real photograph postcard of Owen Smith, full length, wearing South African cap in 1929. Nicely signed by Owen Smith in blur ink. Walkers of Scarborough. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 951:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £300
Reginald Oscar ‘Reggie’ Schwarz, Middlesex, Transvaal & South Africa, 1901-1914. Excellent sepia real photograph postcard of Schwarz, full length holding a cricket ball at the wicket. Beautifully signed in black ink by Schwarz. E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. Postally unused. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 952:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £150
Gordon Charles White, Transvaal & South Africa, 1902-1912. Early excellent sepia real photograph postcard of White, full length, stood at the wicket in batting pose. Nicely signed by White in black ink. E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. Postally unused. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 953:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £35
Bruce Mitchell. Transvaal & South Africa 1925-1950. Mono real photograph postcard of Mitchell half length wearing South African blazer. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Mitchell. A. Wilkes of West Bromwich. Handwritten inscription stating that the card was signed in August 1947. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 954:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £130
George Aphonso Headley. Jamaica & West Indies 1927-1954. Excellent mono real photograph plain back postcard of Headley, head and shoulders, wearing West Indies Cap. A. Wilkes of West Bromwich. Handwritten inscription stating that the card was signed on 17th July 1939, West Indies tour to England. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 955:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £60
Derbyshire C.C.C. 1935 & 1939. Two mono real photograph postcards of Derbyshire teams for 1935 and 1939. The players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and/or blazers. Both postcards with official stamps to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players featured include Richardson, Mitchell, A. Pope, G. Pope, Worthington, Storer, L. Townsend, Copson, Buckston, Rhodes etc. Both postally unused. Age toning and pin holes to the 1935 postcard, otherwise in good... View full lot details
Lot 956:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £75
Thomas Stanley ‘Stan’ Worthington. Derbyshire & England 1924-1947. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Worthington, head and shoulders, wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink by Worthington to the photograph. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, dated 1937. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 957:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £85
John Chapman. Derbyshire 1909-1920. Sepia real photograph postcard of Chapman standing full length at the crease in batting pose, wearing Derbyshire cap. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally unused. Slight mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details
Lot 958:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £85
Ernest Needham. Derbyshire 1901-1912. Mono real photograph postcard of Needham standing full length at the crease in batting pose, wearing Derbyshire cap. Appears to be by Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Slight mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details
Lot 959:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £75
Arnold Warren. Derbyshire & England 1897-1920. Sepia real photograph postcard of Warren standing full length at the crease in bowling pose, wearing England cap. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally unused. Slight mount indentations to corners and staining to top right corner, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details
Lot 960:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £40
Harry Pollard Crabtree. Essex 1931-1947. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Crabtree, head and shoulders, wearing Essex cap. Nicely signed in blue ink by Crabtree to the photograph. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 961:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £85
John Robert Freeman. Essex 1905-1928. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Freeman standing full length wearing cricket attire and Essex cap, leaning on a bat. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Freeman. Blind embossed stamp to lower edge for Nias of Brighton. Additional official stamp to verso for A.G. Spalding & Bros. of Brighton and Hove. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise a nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 962:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £32
Glamorgan C.C.C. 1939. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the Glamorgan team for 1939. The players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Official stamp to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with date annotated in ink ‘April 11th 1940’. Players featured include Turnbull (Captain), Dyson, Dai Davies, Mercer, Emrys Davies, Haydn Davies, Clift, Smart etc. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 963:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £90
Basil Oliver Allen. Gloucestershire & Cambridge University 1932-1951. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Allen, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire and cap. Very nicely signed in blue ink by Allen to the photograph. Typed title to lower margin. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. A nice image and good signature. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 964:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £48
Thomas William John ‘Tom’ Goddard. Gloucestershire & England 1922-1952. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Goddard, head and shoulders, wearing M.C.C. touring blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink by Goddard to the photograph. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. A nice image and good signature. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 965:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £55
Charles John ‘Charlie’ Barnett. Gloucestershire & England 1927-1948. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Barnett, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire and Gloucestershire cap. Nicely signed in ink by Barnett to the photograph. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Ink annotation to verso, ‘April 18th 1940. Autographed September 11th 1941’. Postally unused. A nice image and good signature. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 966:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £75
Edward Desmond Russell Eagar. Gloucestershire, Oxford University & Hampshire 1935-1957. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Eagar, head and shoulders, wearing striped blazer. Nicely signed in blue ink by Eagar to the photograph. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, dated 1938. Postally unused. An excellent nice image and good signature. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 967:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £80
John Henry ‘Jack’ Board. Gloucestershire & England 1891-1915. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Board standing full length at the wicket in wicket-keeping pose. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise an excellent image in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 968:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £60
Gilbert Laird Jessop. Gloucestershire, Cambridge University & England 1894-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Jessop standing full length at the wicket in batting pose. Signed in black ink to the photograph by Jessop, smudging to the signature. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise a nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 969:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £55
Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1903-1930. Four early original mono and sepia real photograph postcards of Gloucestershire teams of the period. Teams are 1903 (Wrench Series no. 3271, photo by Foster), another early team postcard c.1903 with blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for H.E. Jones, Gloucester, both featuring Gilbert Jessop as captain, 1925 by Nias of Brighton with additional stamp for Spalding & Bros., Hove to verso, and 1930, publisher unknown. All postally unused. Odd minor... View full lot details
Lot 970:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £80
Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1938. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the 1938 Gloucestershire team, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players include Allen (Captain), Goddard, Barnett, Sinfield, Neale, Emmett, Lambert, Wilson etc. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Ink annotation to verso, ‘April 11th 1940’. Postally unused. Very good condition. Sold with a mono press photograph of Jack Crapp (Gloucestershire & England 1936-1956), head and shoulders,... View full lot details
Lot 971:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £42
Charles Philip ‘Phil’ Mead (Hampshire & England 1905-1936) and George Brown (Hampshire & England 1908-1933). Early sepia real photograph postcard of Mead in batting pose with Brown crouched in wicket-keeping pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by both Mead and Brown. Photographer unknown. Postally unused. Some soiling and wear, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 972:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £75
Charles Bennett ‘Buck’ Llewellyn. Natal, Hampshire & South Africa 1894-1912. Early mono real photograph postcard of Llewellyn standing full length at the crease holding a ball, wearing Hampshire cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Llewellyn. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Sold with another mono real photograph postcard of Llewellyn in bowling pose, Wrench Series no. 1753. Very good condition. Both postally used.... View full lot details
Lot 973:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £65
Charles Philip ‘Phil’ Mead. Hampshire & England 1905-1936. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Mead, head and shoulders wearing England cap. Signed in black ink to lower margin by Mead. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with ownership labels laid over. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 974:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Cecil Gerard Alexander Paris. Hampshire 1933-1948). Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Paris, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to lower margin by Paris. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 975:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £70
Lewis Harfield (Hampshire 1925-1931) and Alexander Lindsay Hosie (Oxford University, Hampshire, Europeans & Bengal 1913-1938). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, one of Harfield, the other Hosie, both depicted head and shoulders in cricket attire. Each signed to the photograph by the featured player, the Hosie signature faded but legible. Official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 976:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Hampshire C.C.C. 1922 & 1928. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards of the Hampshire teams of 1922 and 1928, both with players seated and standing in rows. Ex John Arlott collection with title and players’ names handwritten in black ink to lower margins in Arlott’s hand. Players featured include Tennyson (Captain), McIntyre, Bowell, Day, Mead, Brown, Boyes, Kennedy, Livsey etc. Official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very... View full lot details
Lot 977:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Hampshire C.C.C. 1929 & 1930. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards of the Hampshire teams of 1929 and 1930, both with players seated and standing in rows. Ex John Arlott collection with title and players’ names handwritten in black ink to lower margins in Arlott’s hand. Players featured include Brutton, Sprinks, Fry, Kennedy, Harfield, Brown, Boyes, Judd, Pothecary, Creese, Newman etc. Official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused.... View full lot details
Lot 978:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £40
Hampshire C.C.C. 1931, 1935 & 1938. Three mono real photograph plain back postcards of the Hampshire teams of 1931, 1935 and 1938, each with players seated and standing in rows. Ex John Arlott collection with title and players’ names handwritten in black ink to lower margins in Arlott’s hand. Players featured include Fry, Pothecary, Mead, Kennedy, Boyes, Lowndes, Arnold, Creese, Paris, Herman, McCorkell etc. Official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich.... View full lot details
Lot 979:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £24
Kent C.C.C. 1905 & 1906. Five mono postcards of Kent teams of 1905 and 1906, each with players seated and standing in rows. One postcard of the 1906 team is a real photograph by B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge, with handwritten title in ink to front ‘Kent 1906- Champion County’. The others are all printed images, publishers are H.J. Goulden of Canterbury, De’Ath & Dunk of Maidstone, and Mockford of Tonbridge (two similar, one postally used).... View full lot details
Lot 980:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £32
Kent C.C.C. 1909-1915. Four mono postcards (three are real photographs) of Kent teams, each with players seated and standing in rows. One is a printed photograph of the ‘Champions 1909’ team with title, players names and blue county emblem, by De’Ath & Dunk of Maidstone, ‘Taken at Dover Aug. 27th’. Postally used. The three real photograph postcards, all postally unused, depict the 1909 team by B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge, 1912 and 1913 teams (photographers unknown).... View full lot details
Lot 981:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £65
Kent C.C.C. 1929- c.1935. Five mono and sepia real photograph postcards of Kent teams, the majority with players seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1927 (publisher unknown), 1932 (B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge, two different), and two c.1935 by B. & W. Fisk-Moore of Canterbury. Players featured include Legge, Woolley, Freeman, Ames, Valentine, Hardinge, Chapman, Wright, Akers-Douglas etc. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 982:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £100
Kent C.C.C. 1936 & 1939. Two mono real photograph postcards of the Kent teams of 1936 and 1939 with players seated and standing in rows. Players featured include Chapman, Akers-Douglas, Levett, Woolley, Freeman, Ashdown, Sunnocks, Fagg, Wright, Todd, Chalk, Ames etc. Both postally unused. Also a mono photograph of Hopper Levett (Kent & England 1930-1947) depicted head and shoulders in cricket attire. 4”x5.5”. All three photographs with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes &... View full lot details
Lot 983:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £130
Richard Norman Rowsell ‘Dick’ Blaker. Kent & Cambridge University 1898-1908. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Blaker, full length in batting pose, wearing Kent cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Blaker. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1907. An excellent image and nice signature. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 984:
Estimate: £120/160
Hammer: £160
Colin Blythe. Kent & England 1899-1914. Rare mono printed postcard of Blythe, full length in bowling pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink to the image by Blythe. Mockford of Tonbridge. Sold with two colour postcards of Blythe in different bowling poses, one by Raphael Tuck & Sons ‘In the Open’ series no. 6451, the other unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 985:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £95
Frederick Gerald Hudson ‘Gerry’ Chalk. Oxford University & Kent 1931-1939. Sepia real photograph postcard of Chalk, three quarter length wearing cricket attire and striped blazer. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the image by Chalk. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 986:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £100
Aidan Merivale Crawley. Oxford University & Kent 1927-1947. Sepia real photograph postcard of Crawley, three quarter length wearing cricket attire and striped blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the image by Crawley. The signature with a protective coating applied. B. & W. Fisk-Moore of Canterbury. Handwritten correspondence in ink to verso, initialled ‘A.M.C’, assumed to be in the hand of Crawley. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details
Lot 987:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £140
Alfred John Evans. Hampshire, Oxford University, Kent & England 1908-1928. Mono real photograph postcard of Evans, half quarter length wearing cricket attire, cap and striped blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink to the image by Evans. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. An excellent photograph and nice signature. Light creasing, small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 988:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £35
Arthur Edward Fagg. Kent & England 1932-1957. Mono real photograph postcard of Fagg standing three quarter length wearing Kent blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Fagg. The signature with a protective coating applied. Flemons of Tonbridge. Very good condition. Sold with a photogravure postcard of Fagg, head and shoulders in a similar pose. Publisher unknown. Minor wear to corners otherwise in very good condition. Both postally unused. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 989:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Colin Fairservice. Kent & Middlesex 1929-1936. Sepia real photograph postcard of Fairservice standing three quarter length wearing blazer with ‘K.C. & G.’ badge to pocket. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Fairservice. The signature with a protective coating applied. Appears to be by Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition. Sold with a sepia real photograph postcard of William John ‘Bill’ Fairservice (Kent 1902-1921, father of Colin) standing full length at... View full lot details
Lot 990:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £120
Arthur Fielder. Kent & England 1900-1914. Early sepia real photograph studio portrait postcard of Fielder, half length in formal attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph, ‘Yours truly, A. Fielder 1902’. Publisher unknown. Adhesive marks to verso where previously laid down, otherwise in very good condition. Sold with three further postcards of Fielder including one real photograph of Fielder in bowling pose, Kingsway Real Photo Series no. 11367, and two mono postcards, one... View full lot details
Lot 991:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £38
Harold Thomas William ‘Wally’ Hardinge. Kent & England 1902-1933. Mono real photograph postcard of Hardinge, full length in batting pose, wearing Kent cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Hardinge with dedication ‘To John Arlott’. Flemons of Tonbridge. Excellent image and nice signature. Wear to lower right corner and adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. Sold with a mono postcard of a youthful Hardinge in batting pose by Mockford... View full lot details
Lot 992:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £110
Alec Hearne. Kent & England 1884-1906. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Hearne, full length in bowling pose, wearing Kent cap. Signed in black ink to the photograph by Hearne. Slight smudging to signature. Blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1907. A nice image. Minor wear otherwise in good/ very good condition. Sold with a real photograph postcard of Hearne in batting pose, Wrench Series no. 2937. Postmarked 1903.... View full lot details
Lot 993:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £30
Cloudesley Henry Bullock ‘Slug’ Marsham. Kent & Oxford University 1900-1922. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Marsham, full length in batting pose. Foster of Brighton. Excellent image in very good condition. Sold with a mono postcard of Marsham standing full length in cap and striped blazer. Title to lower border ‘Captain Marsham, Kent C.C.C.’. Publisher unknown. Small damage to image, otherwise in good condition. Both postally unused. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 994:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £50
Frank Edward Woolley. Kent & England 1906-1938. Five mono and sepia real photograph postcards of Woolley, including one depicted head and shoulders wearing M.C.C. blazer, signed to the photograph in black ink by Woolley. Publisher unknown. Others depict Woolley in batting pose (Allwork Bros, Tonbridge, no. ‘00105’), standing full length in batting attire in front of pavilion steps (publisher unidentifiable), full length in batting attire (Kingsway Real Photo Series no. 11398), and a youthful Woolley,... View full lot details
Lot 995:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £80
Kent C.C.C. 1930s. Three mono real photograph postcards, each depicting three players standing together. One features Les Ames, Percy Chapman and Tich Freeman full length in assorted blazers (Flemons of Tonbridge), another with Chapman, Freeman and Frank Woolley full length in assorted blazers (publisher unknown), the third with Freeman, Woolley and Nawab of Pataudi (Worcestershire, England & India) half length in M.C.C. tour blazers (Flemons of Tonbridge). All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 996:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: unsold
Archibald Campbell ‘Archie’ MacLaren. Lancashire & England 1890-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of MacLaren standing near full length in batting pose. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1905. Minor wear to card edges, otherwise an excellent image in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 997:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £120
Frank Bramley Watson. Lancashire 1920-1937. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Watson standing full length wearing cricket attire and Lancashire blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Watson. Nias of Brighton with additional official stamp to verso for A.G. Spalding & Bros. of Brighton and Hove. Postally unused. Excellent image and nice signature, in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 998:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £90
Willliam Ward Odell. Leicestershire 1901-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Odell standing full length in bowling pose. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details
Lot 999:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £60
Cecil John Burditt Wood. Leicestershire 1896-1923. Early mono real photograph postcard of Wood standing full length at the wicket wearing Leicestershire cap, leaning on his bat. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Wood. Blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1907. Slight fading to the image, small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. Sold with a further mono real photograph postcard of Wood in... View full lot details
Lot 1000:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £60
Peter Ralph Cherrington. Leicestershire 1938. Mono real photograph postcard of Cherrington, head and shoulders in cameo. Very nicely signed in black ink below the image. Dated to verso 1938. Sold with a mono real photograph postcard of the 1938 Leicestershire team, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Dated annotated in ink to verso ‘April 11th 1940’. Both postcards with official stamp to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Small... View full lot details
Lot 1001:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £185
Frank Alfred Tarrant. Victoria, Middlesex, Europeans & Patiala 1898-1937. Rare sepia real photograph postcard of Tarrant depicted standing full length on the outfield in batting pose, wearing an unusual hat, marquees in the background. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Tarrant. Location in India and date unknown, possibly c.1930. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Bourne & Shepherd in India. Postally unused. Minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in... View full lot details
Lot 1002:
Estimate: £120/160
Hammer: £240
Albert Edwin Trott. Victoria, Middlesex, London County, Australia & England, 1892-1910. Mono real photograph postcard of Trott in full bowling delivery pose wearing cap. Printed caption to card ‘Whizz’. Nicely signed in ink by Trott to lower white border. Hartmann series no. 1383. Some silvering, soiling and light crease, otherwise in good condition. Sold with two further real photograph postcards of Trott, one standing full length at the wicket in Middlesex cap (Rival Photographic Series... View full lot details
Lot 1003:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £80
Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Middlesex, Oxford University & England 1894-1920. Early colour postcard of Warner reproduced from the original artwork by ‘Spy’ for the ‘Vanity Fair’ Series issued by Raphael Tuck & Sons, no. 1707, with printed title to lower margin and humorous caption to right edge. Nicely signed in ink to the image by Warner. The postcard is addressed to Warner at Lord’s Cricket Ground, postmarked 1904, with handwritten request for Warner’s autograph with... View full lot details
Lot 1004:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £50
George Oswald Browning ‘Gubby’ Allen. Middlesex, Cambridge University & England 1921-1950. Mono real photograph postcard of Allen standing full length on the outfield at Scarborough, wearing cricket attire and striped blazer. Signed in ink to the photograph by Allen. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios of Scarborough. Date unknown. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1005:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £55
William John ‘Bill’ Edrich. Middlesex & England 1937-1958. Two mono real photograph postcards of Edrich depicted head and shoulders, both with official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. One nicely signed in ink with dedication to the lower white margin, ‘To John [Arlott] with best wishes, Bill Edrich’, dated to verso 1938. The other with official date stamp for 1937. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso of the 1938 postcard,... View full lot details
Lot 1006:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £42
Cedric Ivan James ‘Jim’ Smith. Middlesex & England 1934-1939. Mono real photograph postcard depicting Smith full length walking out to bat from the pavilion at Scarborough, wearing Middlesex cap. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by Smith. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios of Scarborough with date annotated in pencil for 1936. Postally unused. Minor adhesive marks to verso, small nick to right edge, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1007:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £48
Elias Henry ‘Patsy’ Hendren. Middlesex & England 1907-1937. Two real photograph postcards, both signed in ink to the image by Hendren. One depicts Hendren in football attire for Brentford to left side and, to the right in batting pose at the wicket in England cap. Printed titles to lower margin. Published by Wakefields of Ealing. Some creasing, otherwise in good condition. The other is of Hendren, full length, in attacking batting pose, publisher unknown. Very... View full lot details
Lot 1008:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £48
Middlesex C.C.C. 1930s. One postcard and two photographs of Middlesex players of the 1930s. Includes a mono real photograph plain back postcard of Jack Durston (Middlesex & England 1919-1933) head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in ink by Durston to the photograph. Postally unused. Also two original mono player portrait photographs, one of Joe Hulme (Middlesex 1929-1939) signed to the photograph by Hulme, 3.5”x5.25”, the other of Len Muncer (Middlesex... View full lot details
Lot 1009:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £100
Middlesex C.C.C. 1938 & 1939. Two mono real photograph postcards of Middlesex teams for seasons 1938 and 1939. Players depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players featured include Robins, Peebles, Brown, Compton, Allen, Hart, Sims, Price, Gray, Robertson etc. Both postcards with official stamp to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso of the 1939 postcard, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1010:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £55
Vallance William Crisp Jupp. Sussex, Northamptonshire & England 1909-1938. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Jupp, near full length, standing on the outfield at Scarborough, wearing formal attire and trilby hat. Beautifully signed in black ink to the photograph by Jupp. Undated, but appears to be 1930s. Official stamp to verso for Walker of Scarborough. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image and excellent signature.... View full lot details
Lot 1011:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £45
Austin David George Matthews. Northamptonshire, Glamorgan & England 1927-1947. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Mattews, head and shoulders, wearing a blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Mattews. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with date stamp for 1939 when Matthews was playing for Glamorgan. Postally unused. An excellent image and nice signature. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1012:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £140
Lancelot Townshend Driffield. Cambridge University & Northamptonshire 1900-1908. Early mono real photograph postcard of Driffield, full length in batting pose at the crease. Blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Foster of Brighton. A nice image. Postally unused. Minor corner mount indentations, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1013:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £50
Henry William Greenwood. Sussex & Northamptonshire 1933-1946. Mono real photograph postcard of Greenwood, head and shoulders in cameo. Very nicely signed in black ink below the image. Dated to verso 1939. Official stamp to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Minor age toning to left edge, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1014:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £65
Northamptonshire C.C.C. 1937-1938. Three mono real photograph postcards of Northamptonshire players, each with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Includes one signed postcard of Kenneth Cecil James (Wellington, Northamptonshire & New Zealand 1929-1947), head and shoulders in cameo, signed in ink by James below the image, 1938 annotated in pencil to verso. Others are Frederick Norman Grimshaw (Northamptonshire 1933-1938), and Albert George ‘Bert’ Robinson (Northamptonshire 1937-1946), both depicted head and... View full lot details
Lot 1015:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £40
John Edward ‘Jack’ Timms. Northamptonshire 1925-1949. Mono real photograph postcard of Greenwood, head and shoulders in cameo. Very nicely signed in black ink below the image. Dated 1938 in pencil to verso with official stamp for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1016:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £150
Northamptonshire C.C.C. c.1912. Eight rarer mono real photograph postcards of Northamptonshire players, apparently by L.R. Giles of Northampton. Players are W. East (1895-1914), E. Freeman (1908-1920), D. Hardy (1904-1924), R.A. Haywood (titled ‘R. Hayward’, 1908-1924), J. Seymour (1908-1919), G.A.T. Vials (1904-1922), W. Wells (1904-1926), and C.N. Woolley (1911-1933). All postally unused. Small crease to one corner of the Vials postcard, light creasing and minor staining to lower edge of the East postcard, otherwise in good/... View full lot details
Lot 1017:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £28
Northamptonshire C.C.C. 1938 & 1939. Two original mono plain back real photograph postcards of Northamptonshire teams, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, some in blazers. Players featured include Nelson (Captain), James, Merritt, Timms, Partridge, Brookes, Davis, Greenwood etc. Both postcards with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1018:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £85
Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1934-1937. Four original mono real photograph postcards of Nottinghamshire teams of the 1930s, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. Teams are 1934 (annotated in pencil to verso) captained by Arthur Carr, 1935, undated (c.1936) and 1937, all captained by George Heane. The 1934 postcard publisher unknown, the two cards, dated 1935 and 1937 by C.H. Richards of Nottingham, the undated card with official stamp for A. Wilkes... View full lot details
Lot 1019:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £70
Harold Larwood. Nottinghamshire, Europeans & England 1924-1938. Original mono real photograph postcard of Larwood standing full length on the outfield at Scarborough, wearing cricket attire and cap. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Larwood with dedication ‘To “John” [Arlott]’. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios of Scarborough. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details
Lot 1020:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £50
William ‘Bill’ Voce. Nottinghamshire & England 1927-1952. Original mono real photograph postcard of Voce in cameo, full length walking out to bat, probably at Scarborough. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Voce. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios of Scarborough. Postally unused. Minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1021:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £38
George Gunn. Nottinghamshire & England 1902-1922. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Gunn, half length wearing Nottinghamshire cap and blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Gunn. The signature with a protective coating applied. C.H. Richards of Nottingham. Postally unused. Minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. A lovely image and excellent signature.... View full lot details
Lot 1022:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £20
Charles Bowmar ‘Charlie’ Harris. Nottinghamshire 1928-1951. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Harris, half length wearing Nottinghamshire blazer. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Harris. The signature with a protective coating applied. C.H. Richards of Nottingham. Postally unused. Very good condition. An excellent image and nice signature.... View full lot details
Lot 1023:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £85
Wilfred Ernest Granville Payton. Nottinghamshire, Cambridge University & Derbyshire 1935-1949. Original sepia real photograph plain back postcard of Payton, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Payton. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Minor staining to left edge, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1024:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £50
Joseph ‘Joe’ Hardstaff. Nottinghamshire, Europeans, Auckland & England 1930-1955. Original mono real photograph postcard of Hardstaff, head and shoulders in cameo. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Hardstaff. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Date annotated in ink to verso ‘July 15th 1939’. Postally unused. Small mount indentation to top left corner, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1025:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £50
Edmund Fallowfield ‘Bunty’ Longrigg. Somerset & Cambridge University 1925-1947. Original mono real photograph postcard of Hardstaff, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Longrigg. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Date annotated in pencil to verso ‘1939’. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1026:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £130
Harold Gimblett. Somerset & England 1935-1954. Original mono real photograph plain back postcard of Gimblett, head and shoulders, wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Gimblett. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich and dated 1938, with additional annotations in ink to verso ‘April 18th 1940. Autographed August 6th 1942’. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1027:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £42
Lord Dalmeny. Middlesex & Surrey 1902-1908. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Dalmeny standing full length at the crease wearing batting attire and cap. Foster & Co., Brighton. Postmarked 1907. Very good condition. Sold with a Star Series mono postcard of Dalmeny in batting pose at The Oval. Good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 1028:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £90
John Neville ‘Jack’ Crawford. Surrey, South Australia, Otago, Wellington & England 1904-1921. Early original mono postcard size press photograph of Crawford, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink by Crawford. Photograph by Reuter, London. 3.5”x5.5”. Small adhesive marks to verso and minor creasing, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1029:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £100
John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Three early original mono postcards of Hobbs. One, a real photograph postcard of Hobbs standing three quarter length wearing England cap and blazer with blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Halksworth Wheeler of Folkestone. Also two mono postcards of Hobbs in batting poses, one, with printed signature of Hobbs, by C.E. Smith, Oval Bookstall, the other unknown. Minor soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1030:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £55
John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Mono real photograph postcard of Hobbs, full length wearing cricket attire, smoking a cigarette. Boldly signed by Hobbs in ink. Nias of Brighton. Stamped to verso A.G. Spalding & Bros Ltd, County Ground, Hove. Some wear and odd faults, good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1031:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £80
Digby Loder Armroid Jephson. Cambridge University & Surrey 1890-1904. Two early mono real photograph postcards of Jephson, each depicted in batting pose at the wicket. One by Hartmann, series no. 1660, signed in black ink to the lower border by Jephson. Postmarked 1905. The other appears to be by Rotophot, series no. 8593. Postally unused. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1032:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £120
Walter Scott Lees. Surrey & England 1896-1911. Early mono real photograph postcard of Lees depicted full length in bowling pose at the wicket wearing Surrey cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Lees. Foster of Brighton. Nice image. Sold with a mono postcard of Lees in similar pose, Star Series. Both postally unused. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 1033:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £65
William Charles ‘Razor’ Smith. Surrey 1900-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Smith depicted standing full length at the wicket wearing Surrey cap and blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Smith. Appears to be by Foster of Brighton. A nice image and good signature. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1034:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £20
Sussex 1906. Sepia real photograph postcard of the Sussex team, standing and seated in rows with C.L.A. Smith, captain to centre. Foster of Brighton. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1035:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: unsold
Sussex v Gloucestershire, Hove, May 1928. Mono real photograph postcard of the team, standing and seated in rows, with Captain, Arthur Gilligan to centre. The postcard signed by nine of the players featured, lacking the signatures of the two ‘gentlemen cricketers’ Gilligan and Grimston. Signatures include Tate, Hollingdale, Parks, Wensley, Langridge, Mathews, Bowley etc. Postcard by Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1036:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Joseph ‘Joe’ Vine. Sussex & England 1896-1922. Excellent sepia real photograph postcard of Vine in batting pose at the wicket. Foster or Hawkins of Brighton. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1037:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £85
Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji. Sussex, Cambridge University & England 1924-1932. Sepia real photograph postcard of Duleepsinhji, half length, in England blazer. Signed in black ink by Duleepsinhji. Deane, Wiles & Millar series c.1930. Address annotated in pencil to verso. Minor wear and creasing, otherwise in good/ very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1038:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: unsold
Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Two original sepia real photograph postcards of Tate, one depicted playing a forward defensive shot in indoor nets. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Tate. The other shows Tate three quarter length wearing England blazer, unsigned. Both by Deane, Wiles & Millar of Brighton. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1039:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £75
Sir Charles Aubrey Smith. Sussex, Cambridge University, Transvaal & England 1882-1896. Mono plain back real photograph postcard of Smith in later years wearing formal attire. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘C. Aubrey Smith’ to the photograph. Photographer unknown. Postally unused. Minor silvering otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1040:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Alan Melville. Natal, Oxford University, Sussex, Transvaal & South Africa 1928-1949. Mono real photograph postcard of Melville, half length wearing formal attire. Signed in black ink by Melville to the photograph. Photographer unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details
Lot 1041:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Ernest Harry ‘Tim’ Killick. Sussex 1893-1913. Early original mono real photograph postcard of Killick standing full length at the crease in batting pose wearing Sussex cap. The postcard nicely signed to the lower margin in black ink by Killick. Wrench Series no. 1382. Postally unused. Small loss to one corner, some age toning, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details
Lot 1042:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: unsold
Sussex C.C.C. 1902-1938. A good selection of twelve mono real photograph and printed postcards of Sussex teams of the period, each depicting players seated and standing in rows. Includes real photograph postcards of teams for seasons 1902 (Wrench series no. 3278), 1910 (unknown), 1922 (Deane, Martin & Wiles of Brighton), c.1930 (unknown), 1933, 1936, c.1937 & 1938 (all Deane, Wiles & Miller of Brighton). Other printed postcard series include Star Series, Kent & Lacey, E.... View full lot details
Lot 1043:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £95
Sussex C.C.C. 1950s-1960s. Six mono real photograph player portrait postcards of Sussex players published by Sporting Handbooks of London c.1960. Four postcards are signed in ink to the front by the featured player. Signatures are Les Lenham, Alan Oakman, Jim Parks, Ken Suttle, unsigned cards are Nawab of Pataudi and Richard Langridge. Sold with two signed mono postcards, one of Jim Wood, the other Charles Oakes, each depicted three quarter length in cricket attire. Both... View full lot details
Lot 1044:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £100
Albert Edward Relf. Sussex, Auckland & England 1900-1921. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Relf depicted standing full length at the wicket wearing Sussex cap and holding a ball. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Relf. Blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1908. A lovely image and excellent signature. Sold with two further mono postcards of Relf, one in batting pose, Wrench Series no. 1690,... View full lot details
Lot 1045:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £60
Albert John ‘Jack’ Holmes. Sussex 1922-1939. Original mono real photograph postcard of Holmes, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing striped blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink below the photograph by Holmes. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1046:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £170
Harry Lester Simms. Sussex, Europeans & Warwickshire 1905-1922. Rare sepia real photograph portrait postcard of Simms depicted seated half length wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Simms and dated 15th December 1915. Blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Bourne & Shepherd in India. Postally unused. Minor adhesive marks to verso, small crease to one corner, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image and excellent signature.... View full lot details
Lot 1047:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £110
Joseph ‘Joe’ Vine. Sussex & England 1896-1922. Early mono real photograph postcard of Vine depicted full length in bowling pose at the wicket, wearing Sussex cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower border by Vine. Wrench Series no. 1383. Postally unused. Minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1048:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £230
Sussex C.C.C. Record first wicket stand 1933. Mono real photograph postcard of John Langridge and Ted Bowley standing in front of the scoreboard at Hove for the match Sussex v Middlesex, 5th- 8th August 1933. The printed title describes the scoreboard showing their record partnership of 490 for the first wicket, Langridge first to fall, for 195, with Bowley 281no (Bowley was out shortly after scoring 283). Sussex declared their innings at 512/3 and won... View full lot details
Lot 1049:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £32
Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Original mono real photograph postcard of Tate standing three quarter length in front of railings at Scarborough, wearing cricket attire and England blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Tate. H. Walker of Scarborough. Postally unused. Minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1050:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £32
Stewart Cathie ‘Billy’ Griffith. Cambridge University, Surrey, Sussex & England 1934-1954. Original mono real photograph postcard of Griffith standing full length on the outfield at Scarborough, wearing M.C.C. tour blazer and wicket-keeping pads. Signed in ink twice to the photograph by Griffith, one signature faded. Walkers Studios of Scarborough. Postally unused. Some staining, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1051:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £68
Sussex C.C.C. Three early mono real photograph postcards of Sussex players in groups. One depicts C.B. Fry with Ranjitsinhji, head and shoulders in cameo, publisher unknown. Another with Langridge in M.C.C. tour blazer and Tate in Sussex blazer, full length, by Nias of Brighton. The third of Relf, Seymour, Vine and Killick ‘Preparing the wicket for Surrey’, E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. All postally unused. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1052:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £100
John Buckingham. Warwickshire 1933-1939. Original mono real photograph postcard of Buckingham, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the lower portion by Buckingham. Sold with a mono real photograph postcard of Alfred Croom (Warwickshire 1922-1939) standing full length on the outfield in batting attire, unsigned. Both postcards with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 1053:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £100
Joseph Herbert ‘Danny’ Mayer. Warwickshire 1926-1939. Original mono real photograph postcard of Mayer, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Mayer. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1054:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £65
Frederick Reginald ‘Reg’ Santall. Warwickshire 1919-1939. Original mono real photograph postcard of Santall, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower border by Santall. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1055:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £120
James Simpson ‘Jimmy’ Ord. Warwickshire 1933-1953. Original mono real photograph postcard of Ord, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower border by Ord. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1056:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £80
Warwickshire C.C.C. 1928 & 1939. Two sepia/ mono real photograph postcards of Warwickshire teams for seasons 1928 and 1939, players depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The 1929 postcard with player’s names neatly handwritten in ink to lower portion of the photograph, and nicely signed in ink to the left border by Thomas Durnell (Warwickshire 1921-1930). The 1939 plain back postcard with date annotated in ink to verso ‘11th April 1940’. Both... View full lot details
Lot 1057:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £75
Edwin ‘Eddie’ Cooper. Worcestershire 1936-1951. Original mono real photograph postcard of Cooper, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Cooper. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Date annotated in ink to verso ‘July 15th 1939’. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1058:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £100
Henry Knollys ‘Harry’ Foster. Oxford University & Worcestershire 1899-1925. Mono real photograph postcard of Foster in fielding pose catching a ball with title ‘H.R.[sic] Foster (Worcester). I was waiting for that’. Very nicely signed in black ink by Foster. Hartmann series no. 1370. Postmarked 1906. Minor wear, age toning and silvering to card edges otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details
Lot 1059:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £32
Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Original mono real photograph plain back postcard of Sutcliffe, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire and blazer. Very nicely signed in ink to the lower margin by Sutcliffe. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Date annotated in ink to verso ‘June 27th 1938. Autographed June 30th 1938’. Postally unused. Minor soiling, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1060:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £70
George Herbert Hirst. Yorkshire, Europeans & England 1891-1929. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Hirst, full length in bowling pose at the crease, wearing Yorkshire cap. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Hirst. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1905. Some blemishes to the image from the original negative. Small adhesive marks to verso and other minor faults, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A... View full lot details
Lot 1061:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £90
Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire, Europeans, Patiala & England 1898-1930. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Rhodes, full length in batting pose at the crease, wearing Yorkshire cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Rhodes. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1910. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. A beautiful image and good signature.... View full lot details
Lot 1062:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £200
Frank Stanley Jackson. Yorkshire, Cambridge University & England 1890-1907. Early mono real photograph postcard of Jackson, full length in batting pose at the crease, wearing Yorkshire cap. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Jackson. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally used but unfranked. Minor silvering to extremities, small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image and excellent signature.... View full lot details
Lot 1063:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £90
Ellis Pembroke Robinson. Yorkshire & Somerset 1934-1952. Original mono real photograph postcard of Robinson, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Robinson. Sold with a mono postcard size player portrait photograph of Frank Smailes (Yorkshire & England 1932-1948), head and shoulders in cricket attire, unsigned. Each with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1064:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £30
Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire, Europeans, Patiala & England 1898-1930. Two original sepia real photograph postcards of Rhodes at Scarborough. One depicts Rhodes three quarter length leaning on railings, wearing Yorkshire cap and blazer, the other walking off the field of play in batting attire. Both postcards by H. Walker of Scarborough. Postally unused. Nice images in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1065:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £22
Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Mono real photograph postcard of Sutcliffe, full length wearing Yorkshire blazer. Signed by Sutcliffe in black ink. Nias of Brighton. Stamped to verso A.G. Spalding & Bros Ltd, County Ground, Hove. Some wear and odd faults, good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1066:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £55
University cricketers. Mono real photograph postcard of Peter Norton Townsend (Oxford University 1929) depicted head and shoulders in formal attire, title in panel below. Postally unused. Sold with a mono player portrait photograph of Alexander Campbell ‘Alan’ Shirreff (Cambridge University, Hampshire, Kent & Somerset 1939-1958), head and shoulders in cricket attire. 4”x5.5”. Both with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 1067:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £40
Scarborough Cricket Festival 1932. Original mono real photograph postcard of George Kemp-Welch (Warwickshire & Cambridge University 1927-1935) and Walter Keeton (Nottinghamshire & England 1926-1952) standing together in batting attire on the outfield at Scarborough. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by both Kemp-Welch and Keeton. Embossed stamp ‘Hey’ to lower right margin. Postally unused. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent signatures.... View full lot details
Lot 1068:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £32
M.C.C. tour to Australia 1907/08. Two original colour postcards depicting aerial views of play in progress by ‘South Australia Post Card’, both with printed title to lower margin ‘England v. S. Australia, The Oval, Adelaide’. One, a landscape view, postally unused, the other portrait format, postmarked 25th March 1908. Both appear to depict the same match in progress with view of the city in the background. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1069:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £20
M.C.C. tours to Australia. Adelaide Oval. Two original mono real photograph postcards of scenes at the Adelaide Oval. One with title ‘England v. Australia, Adelaide Oval’ by ‘South Australia Post Card’ depicts play in progress with the cathedral in the background. Postally used, date uncertain, possibly on the 1907/08 tour. The other depicts large crowds in attendance, possibly 1920/21 tour. Publisher unknown, postally unused. Some staining to the earlier postcard, otherwise in good/ very good... View full lot details
Lot 1070:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £75
St. Lawrence Cricket Ground, Canterbury, Kent. Early 1900s- c.1960s. Six postcards depicting scenes of match action, spectators etc. at Canterbury. Includes a rarer mono real photograph postcard of crowds in Edwardian finery on the outfield, with art nouveau borders to top and bottom by Fisk-Moore Canterbury. Also two further mono real photograph postcards (one by Fisk-Moore), two mono printed postcards and one in colour. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1071:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £38
South African tour to England 1907. ‘Kent v. S. Africans (June 1907)’. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the match in progress with the pavilion in the background, played at the Private Bank’s Ground, Catford, 24th- 26th June 1907. Bells’ Photo Co., Ltd., Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Some fading to the image, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1072:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: unsold
Clifton College Cricket Ground 1903-1950s. Seven mono postcards, mainly real photographs, all featuring cricket at Clifton College. Includes two published by J.B. & S.C., one, a rare and beautiful postcard with red, white and blue decorative raised borders, ornate colour coat of arms for Bristol and flag with gilt decorations, postmarked 1908, the other series no. 163, postmarked 1903. Other series include Valentine, Edbrooke, Harvey Barton & Son etc. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1073:
Estimate: £20/30
Hammer: £25
Warwickshire County Cricket Ground, Edgbaston. Early sepia real photograph postcard of play in action at Edgbaston with large crowds in attendance. Austin Photo. Postmarked 1911. Sold with a later real photograph mono postcard of the Edgbaston pavilion ‘c.1895’, issued by Birmingham Public Libraries. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 1074:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £45
Hambledon. Early mono real photograph postcard with printed title to front, ‘The Bat and Ball, Hambledon, First Headquarters of Cricket’. H.M. of Waterlooville series no. 61. Postmarked 1905. Also two real photograph postcards depicting different views of the Club Memorial stone. One published by Hunt’s Post Office Series no. 75, the other unknown, hand dated to verso 1929. Both postally unused. Also a mono printed postcard of the memorial, published by F.O. Edney, postmarked 1909.... View full lot details
Lot 1075:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £30
Sussex. Hastings and Hove cricket grounds. Two mono real photograph postcards depicting matches in play at Hastings, one by The Sussex Postcard Co., Hastings, the other Judge’s of Hastings series no. 400, both postally unused. Also two printed postcards, one mono and one colour, publishers unknown, the colour postcard postmarked 1908. Sold with three mono real photograph postcards of the County Ground, Hove including match action (Nias of Brighton), the ‘New Stand’ (Brighton Camera Exchange),... View full lot details
Lot 1076:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £45
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Early sepia real photograph postcard with printed title ‘The Cricket Festival Hovingham. Ranji Bowling’ with the match in progress in front of the Hall. Published by Bramley, The Electric Printing Works, Leeds. Postmarked 1911. Sold with a similar early mono real photograph postcard by Lillywhite of Halifax & London. Match and date unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details
Lot 1077:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £35
Leyton County Ground c.1910/11. Two early original sepia real photograph postcards of matches in play at Leyton. One c.1910 titled ‘Leyton County Ground. Essex v. Worcester’ with the pavilion and ground in the background, horse and carriage in the foreground. ‘Copyright L’Lyn[?].6.’ Published by Lilywhite Ltd. Postally unused. The other with a match with the backdrop of the pavilion, by T. Hubbard & Son, Leyton. Postmarked 1911. Odd minor faults, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1078:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £65
‘Somerset v Surrey Aug. 24 1904’. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of the match in progress at Taunton, with the pavilion and two churches in the background. Photograph by Montague Cooper of Taunton, Burnham and Lynton. Postally unused with pencil annotation of the match result to verso, ‘Somerset won by 7 wickets’. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details
Lot 1079:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: unsold
Kent. Four early postcards depicting cricket at Tonbridge cricket grounds. One titled ‘Tonbridge Cricket Ground, Kent’, Bowden Bros Rival Photographic Series no. 1412. Postally unused. Some creasing. A colour postcard of ‘County Cricket Match, Tonbridge’, Valentine’s series no. 49528. Also two of cricket at Tonbridge School, one a mono real photograph postcard by Allwork Bros., Tonbridge, no. 166, the other a later colour postcard by J. Salmon of Sevenoaks. All postally unused. Sold with a... View full lot details
Lot 1080:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £55
Worcester County Cricket Ground 1907 onwards. A selection of eight postcards depicting scenes of matches in play and one aerial view of Worcester County Cricket Ground. Includes one early sepia real photograph postcard postmarked 1907, publisher unknown, one R.A. Series no. 8578, and another unknown mono printed postcard. Also five colour postcards including one earlier by F. Frith & Co. of Reigate, hand dated in pencil to verso 1917. Other, mainly modern postcards are by... View full lot details
Lot 1081:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £20
Singapore Cricket Club. Three original postcards published in Singapore depicting the grand pavilion at Singapore Cricket Club, probably 1920s/1930s. One, a sepia real photograph postcard by Wilson & Co. with small blemish to the image. Also two in colour, one by Raphael Tuck & Sons ‘Glosso Series’, the other publisher unknown, with series no. ‘(33)’ to front lower left corner. All postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1082:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £50
Scarborough 1920s onwards. Six postcards relating to cricket at Scarborough including an excellent mono real photograph postcard of refreshments being served from a wooden crate by a vendor to jovial spectators, appears to be 1920s. Official stamp for Scarborough C.C. to verso. The others depict match action including an early mono postcard with printed title to side ‘Scarborough Cricket Carnival. England v. Australia- (Rhodes bowling.)’ Queen Series, T.T.S.’. Two mono real photograph postcards of similar... View full lot details
Lot 1083:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £45
West Indies cricket and grounds 1920s-1960s. A good selection of nine postcards relating to West Indies cricket and grounds. Includes one with ornate printed title ‘Souvenir opening Grand Stand Kingston C.C. Sabina Park 25th January 1922’ and decorative border surrounding a mono cameo photograph of the new stand. Handwritten annotation in black ink to top left corner with unknown signature. Photo by Cleary & Elliott. Two colour postcards of cricket being played at Soufriere and... View full lot details
Lot 1084:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £60
Sussex v Kent 1904. Early sepia real photograph postcard depicting in play the match played at Hastings on the 29th-31st 1904. The card gives the printed match details and date to the right hand side and to the left hand side ‘Fry and Vine at the wickets. ‘C.B.’ receiving the first ball of Sussex first innings. Postcard by ‘The Judge Series, Hastings’. Postally unused. Good/very good condition. Fry went onto make 53 and Vine 31... View full lot details
Lot 1085:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £30
Kent v South Africans 1907. Early sepia real photograph postcard depicting play in the match played at Catford on the 24th-26th June 1907. The card gives the printed match details and date to the lower border. Postcard by ‘Bells Photo Company, Leigh-On-Sea’. Postally used. Image a little faded otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1086:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: unsold
Alexander John ‘Sandy’ Bell. Western Province, South Africa & Rhodesia 1925-1939. Mono real photograph postcard of Bell standing full length wearing cricket attire in front of railings, assumed to be at Scarborough, probably on the 1929 South African tour to England. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘Alex Bell’. Walker’s Studio, Scarborough. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Very good condition. Nice signature.... View full lot details
Lot 1087:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: unsold
Edward Alexander van der Merwe. Transvaal & South Africa 1928-1938. Mono real photograph postcard of van der Merwe standing full length wearing South Africa cap and tour blazer on the outfield at Scarborough on the 1929 South African tour to England. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by van der Merwe. Walker’s Studio, Scarborough. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Very good condition. Nice signature.... View full lot details
Lot 1088:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: unsold
South African tour to England 1935. Official sepia real photograph postcard of the South African touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the verso by thirteen playing members of the touring party. Signatures are Dalton, Siedle, Langton, Rowan, Nourse, Viljoen, Cameron, Williams, Vincent, Balaskas, Bell, Tomlinson and Crisp. Photograph by A.W.S. Minor wear and slight rounding to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1089:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £35
Yorkshire C.C.C. 1932. Original sepia real photograph postcard of five members of the Yorkshire team, four of whom were selected for the 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’ tour to Australia. Players are Hedley Verity, Maurice Leyland, Bill Bowes, Herbert Sutcliffe and Arthur Mitchell, depicted three quarter length in one row, wearing cricket attire. Location and publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1090:
Estimate: £60/80
Hammer: £60
Yorkshire 1930s. Three original mono/ sepia real photograph signed postcards of Yorkshire players. Players featured are Herbert Sutcliffe walking off the field of play with Frank Dennis, signed in ink to the photograph by Sutcliffe. Fading to the signature. Publisher unknown. George Macaulay depicted three quarter length wearing Yorkshire cap and blazer. Signed to the image by Macaulay, slight fading to the signature. Fielding of Leeds, series no. 456. Maurice Leyland standing full length wearing... View full lot details
Lot 1091:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: unsold
Nottinghamshire C.C.C. c.1955. Official mono real photograph postcard of the Nottinghamshire team. Printed title to lower border, ‘Reproduced by kind permission of Nottm Guardian Journal’. Signed to the verso in different coloured inks by eleven members of the team (incorrectly annotated in pencil ‘1949’). Signatures are Simpson (Captain), Walker, Martin, Jepson, Smales, Dooland, Poole, Harvey, Giles, Rowe, Clay and Stocks. Creasing to two corners, some soiling, otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1092:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: unsold
Ernest Richard Remnant. Hampshire & Europeans 1908-1922. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Remnant standing full length wearing cricket attire, leaning on a bat. Very nicely inscribed and signed ‘To John Arlott with Best Wishes from Ernest R. Remnant’. Postally unused. Publisher unknown. Ex John Arlott collection. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1093:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £130
‘Somerset XI’ 1903. Mono printed postcard of the Somerset team, standing and seated in rows wearing various cricket blazers, with title to lower border. Wrench Series 3279. Signed to verso by seven Somerset players from the turn of the century. Three of the players are featured on the postcard and are Captain Sammy Woods (1886-1910), Lionel Palairet (1891-1909) and Len Braund (1896-1920). The other four signatures are of Henry Martyn (1901-1908), Fred Lee (1902-1907), Humphrey... View full lot details
Lot 1094:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: unsold
M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1948/49. Rarer sepia postcard of the Union-Castle Line ‘Durban Castle’ which took the team to South Africa. Signed in ink to card face by fifteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Mann (Captain), Evans, Palmer, Crapp, Simpson, Watkins, Compton, Jenkins, Young, Wright, Bedser, Hutton, Washbrook, Gladwin, and the manager, Green. Postally unused. Some age toning and creasing to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1095:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £80
M.C.C. tour of Australia 1950/51. Mono real photograph postcard of R.M.S. Stratheden P&O Line ship which took the M.C.C. team to Australia. Nicely signed to verso by nineteen members of the touring party including Brown (Captain), Bailey, Bedser, Berry, Compton, Hutton, Close, Wright, Warr etc. Light crease to corner, otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1096:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £60
M.C.C. tour of Australia 1954/55. Sepia postcard of ‘R.M.S Orsova’ Orient Line ship which took the M.C.C. team to Australia. Nicely signed in ink to face by all twenty players and officials including Hutton (Captain), May, Simpson, Cowdrey, Tyson, Edrich, Wardle, Graveney, Statham, Wilson, Loader, Evans etc. Postally unused. Minor bumping to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1097:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1956/57. Rarer sepia postcard of the Union-Castle Line R.M.S. ‘Edinburgh Castle’ which took the team to South Africa. Very nicely signed in ink to card face by nineteen members of the touring party including May (Captain), Compton, Laker, Wardle, Statham, Brown, Evans, Cowdrey etc. Some age toning, otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1098:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: unsold
M.C.C. tour of Australia 1958/59. Mono postcard of the P&O ship ‘Iberia’ which took the team to Australia. Signed to card face by eighteen members of the touring party including May (Captain), Trueman, Watson, Laker, Tyson, Cowdrey, Brown, Statham etc. Some fading to odd signature otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1099:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £95
Australian tour of England 1956. Official tour postcard of the team, standing and seated in rows in Australian attire. Loose mounted to card, the card nicely signed by all twelve players featured on the postcard plus J.W. Wilson. Signatures include Johnson (Captain), Mackay, Craig, Harvey, Benaud, Maddocks, Lindwall, McDonald, Davidson etc. The postcard with printed signatures to verso. Overall 9”x5.5”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1100:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: unsold
E.W. Ballantyne, South African sports journalist. Mono postcard with Ballantyne depicted three quarter length with pipe in mouth, holding a split and hinged bat. Printed caption below, ‘Capt. E.W. Ballantyne with his famous six-paged Cricket Bat, given to him by Victor Trumper in 1902, and now autographed by over 400 Test Cricketers’. To verso a printed biography of Ballantyne who ‘has toured with over 20 International Cricket teams through England, Australia, and South Africa; reported... View full lot details
Lot 1101:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: unsold
Frank Edward Woolley. Kent & England 1906-1938. Original mono real photograph postcard of a youthful Woolley, standing full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing Kent cap. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Woolley. Foster of Brighton, c.1910. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners and edges, otherwise a nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1102:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: unsold
Warwickshire C.C.C. 1923. Original mono real photograph postcard of the 1923 Warwickshire team, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and some blazers. Printed title to lower border. Photo by Percy Wynne, published by Adams of Birmingham. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1103:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £30
‘M.C.C. Australian Team 1907-8’. Early original mono real photograph postcard depicting cameo images of the fourteen members of the M.C.C. touring party with printed title and players’ names to lower border. Philco Series 6207D. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1104:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: unsold
West Indies tour to England 1963. A selection of nine mono real photograph postcards including seven of the West Indies tour match against Yorkshire at Sheffield and two from the Headingley Test in 1963. The images depict the West Indies players entering the field of play and feature Sobers, Murray, King, Kanhai, Hunte, Rodriguez, Griffith, White, Hall, Nurse, Gibbs etc. Each card with neatly handwritten titles to verso. Photographer/ publisher unknown. Nice images in very... View full lot details
Lot 1105:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £45
Team and player postcards 1900s-1950s. Twelve mono postcards, the majority real photographs. Includes team postcards of Middlesex c.1901, Wrench Series no. 3283, Nottinghamshire ‘Notts XI’ 1902, Dainty Series, Kent 1923 at Dover (photographer unknown), Yorkshire 1956 (unknown), Gentlemen (v Players) at Scarborough 1952 (possibly Walkers), and an early club team postcard of Hale C.C. (Altrincham, Lancashire) 1912. Also player portrait postcards of D.O. Baldry and M.D. Burdern of Hampshire, both by Sporting Handbooks, and Hampshire’s... View full lot details
Lot 1106:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £90
‘Essex County Cricket Club 1949’. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the Essex team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players’ names printed to lower margin. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1107:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £32
Don Bradman. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Bradman depicted half length in cricket attire walking on to the field for the match H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI v Australians at Scarborough 1948, with facsimile signature. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1108:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £28
A.C. Maclaren’s tour to Australia 1901/02. Australia v England 1st Test, Sydney, 13th- 16th December 1901. Early mono plain back postcard of the large crowds in attendance with the scoreboard and grandstand in the background. The scoreboard depicts England’s first innings with Lilley and Braund batting, and the fallen wickets of MacLaren having scored 116, Jessop 24 and Hayward 69. England went on to win by an innings and 124 runs. Postally unused. Photographer unknown.... View full lot details
Lot 1109:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £45
Hampshire C.C.C. 1938. Original mono real photograph postcard of the Hampshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players’ names to typed label to verso include Paris (Captain), Creese, Pothecary, Boyes, Herman, Arnold, Walker, McCorkell etc. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, hidden by label. Minor wear to edges, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1110:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £20
Ralph Whitehead. Lancashire 1908-1914. Sepia real photograph of Whitehead in batting pose, wearing Lancashire cap, in front of the wicket. The postcard by Connard Photo, Ashton Under Lyme. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1111:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £15
‘The Johnnie Walker Test Match Scoreboard, Great Yarmouth’ 1934. Sepia real photograph postcard showing the scoreboard during the second day of the 1st Test at Trent Bridge, Australia 1st innings 374 all out, England 45-1, Sutcliffe28no and Hammond 5 not out. Postally used, minor wear otherwise in good condition. Plus ‘Carpet Bedding, Australia v England, the Leas, Folkestone’ 1938 showing a park gardening display with ‘Ashes’ images. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1112:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £32
Cricket postcards. Ancient and modern. Twenty nine various postcards including teams, grounds, matches etc. Includes Eton v Winchester July 1906 (faults), Rotary series no. 3983H of ‘Bowling, Cutting & Driving’, Lord’s Cricket Ground 1912, match in action, Cricket Monument, Hambledon (Norman postcard), County Ground, Taunton 1910 (faults), Cricket pavilion, Patiala (Tuck), Clifton College, three card panorama ‘Eden Side Cricket Field, Carlisle (three cards detached), Rugby School 1914, Gloucester Spa Cricket Ground 1906, Lord’s postcards 1960’s... View full lot details
Lot 1113:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £75
Touring teams to England. Good selection of team postcards including Australian tours in 1905 (Philco), 1912 (Bolland), 1921 (2, Bolland and Hunt), 1930 (Bolland photograph), 1934 (2, Photo-Work), New Zealand 1931 (Angus Thomas), 1937 and 1958, South Africa 1935 (AWS)and 1947 (RA Series). Plus a further selection of county player and team postcards including Hawke, Grace, Warner, Chatterton, Mead, Arnold etc and a quantity of ‘Star Series’ printed postcards and odd trade cards. Over... View full lot details
Lot 1114:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £15
Modern postcards. A good quantity of mainly modern cricket postcards and odd greetings cards. Series include Brindley, Bodyline Books, Famous Test Match Ground, Stamp Publicity, Classic etc. Odd duplication. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1115:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £40
Yorkshire County Cricket Team 1903. Exceptionally large original mono postcard of the team by Delittle, Fenwick & Co., York (The ‘D.F. & Co.’ Series). Titled in white within shield to lower right corner ‘Yorkshire County Cricket Team’ with names of players printed in white to lower border. Players featured are Lord Hawke (Captain), Hirst, Jackson, Smith, Hunter, Denton, Haigh, Brown, Whitehead, Rhodes, Tunnicliffe and Wilkinson. Postmarked 1904 with date annotated to verso, ‘1904’, however it... View full lot details
Lot 1116:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £120
Derbyshire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of L. Oliver (Derbyshire 1908-1924) full length in batting pose, no. 125.C. A rarer card in this format, not seen or listed in Derek Deadman’s ‘Cricket Cigarette and Trade Cards’ 1985. [Jim] Hutchinson (Derbyshire 1920-1931), head and shoulders, no. 165.[C. Harry] Elliott (Derbyshire & England 1920-1947), head and shoulders, no. 166.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1117:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Essex C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of J.W.H.T. Douglas (Essex & England 1901-1928), full length in batting pose, no. 42.C. F.W. Gilligan (Oxford University & Essex 1919-1935) in wicket-keeping pose, no. 137.C. Each 4”x6”. Some toning and minor silvering to the Douglas card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1118:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £160
Essex C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of H.M. Morris (Cambridge University & Essex 1919-1932), no. 139.C., and C.T. Ashton (Cambridge University & Essex 1921-1938), no. 140.C. Both depicted full length in batting pose. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1119:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £170
Essex C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of J.G. Dixon (Essex 1914-1922, incorrectly titled ‘J.C. Dixon’), full length in batting pose, no. 138.C. and G.M. Louden (Essex 1912-1927) standing full length in cap and blazer, no. 210.C. Both rarer cards in this format, neither seen nor listed in Derek Deadman’s ‘Cricket Cigarette and Trade Cards’ 1985. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1120:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £240
Glamorgan C.C.C. Three rarer Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [W.E.] Bates (Yorkshire & Glamorgan 1907-1931), no. 178.C., W. Spiller (Glamorgan 1921-1923), no. 179.C., and [H.] Creber (Glamorgan 1912-1922), no. 180.C. All three depicted head and shoulders. Rarer cards in this format, none seen or listed in Derek Deadman’s ‘Cricket Cigarette and Trade Cards’ 1985. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1121:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £70
Gloucestershire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of F.G. Robinson (Gloucestershire 1903-1923), no. 149.C., [H.] Smith (Gloucestershire & England 1912-1935), no. 187.C., and [J.G.W.T.] Bessant (Gloucestershire 1921-1928, incorrectly titled ‘Besant’), no. 189.C. All three depicted head and shoulders. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1122:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £55
Gloucestershire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of D.C. Robinson (Gloucestershire & Essex 1905-1926) in wicket-keeping pose, no. 135.C., and C.S. Barnett (Gloucestershire 1904-1926) in batting pose, no. 208.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1123:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £65
Hampshire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [C.]P. Mead (Hampshire & England 1905-1936), no. 91.C., and A.[S.] Kennedy (Hampshire & England 1907-1936), no. 110.C. Both depicted head and shoulders. Each 4”x6”. Small nick to left edge of the Mead card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1124:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £70
Hampshire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of E.R. Remnant (Hampshire 1908-1922) depicted head and shoulders, no. 111.C., and A.L. Hosie (Oxford University & Hampshire 1913-1935) in batting pose, no. 126.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1125:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £65
Hampshire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of Hon. L.H. Tennyson (Hampshire & England 1913-1935), depicted three quarter length in blazer, no. 97.C. and [J.A.] Newman (Hampshire 1906-1930), head and shoulders, no. 184.C. Each 4”x6”. Minor creasing to the Tennyson card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1126:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £55
Lancashire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of J.[S.] Sharp (Lancashire & England 1899-1925), full length wearing cap and blazer, no. 121.C, R.A. Boddington (Lancashire & Oxford University 1913-1924) in batting pose, no. 122.C., and M.N. Kenyon (Lancashire 1919-1925) in batting pose, no. 123.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1127:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Lancashire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [B.] Blomley (Lancashire 1903-1922), head and shoulders wearing cap and blazer, no. 151.C, and [W.?] Ellis (Lancashire 1029-1923), full length in batting pose, no. 216.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1128:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Leicestershire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [W.E.] Astill (Leicestershire & England 1906-1939) full length in batting pose, no. 106.C., A.T. Sharp (Leicestershire 1908-1935), full length walking out to bat, no. 114.C., and A.[W.] Shipman (Leicestershire 1920-1936), full length, no. 115.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1129:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Leicestershire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [T.E.] Sidwell (Leicestershire 1913-1933) in wicket-keeping pose, no. 116.C, G.B.[F.] Rudd (Leicestershire 1913-1932), head and shoulders in cap and blazer, no. 157.C., and [J.H.] King (Leicestershire & England 1895-1925), head and shoulders in cap and blazer, no. 158.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1130:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Leicestershire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [J.W.] Middleton (Leicestershire 1914-1921), head and shoulders in cap and blazer, no. 159.C., [A.] Skelding (Leicestershire 1912-1929), head and shoulders in blazer, no. 160.C, and card no. 217.C titled ‘Lord, R.A. Leicestershire’, with annotation in pencil to verso stating ‘This is R.A. Lord (Oxford University)’, full length walking out to bat. Each 4”x6”. Crease to one corner... View full lot details
Lot 1131:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £55
Kent C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [H.T.W.] Hardinge (Kent & England 1902-1933), no. 30.C, and J.L. Bryan (Kent & Cambridge University 1919-1933), no. 118.C. Both depicted full length in batting pose. The Bryan card signed in ink to the darker part of the photograph. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1132:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £150
Kent C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of F.E. Woolley (Kent & England 1906-1938) standing full length, ball in hand, no. 25.C, and G.J. Bryan (Kent 1920-1933), full length walking out to bat, no. 204.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1133:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £160
Kent C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of W.H. Ashdown (Kent 1920-1937), full length in batting pose, no. 205.C, and [A.P. ‘Tich’] Freeman (Kent & England 1914-1936), full length in bowling pose, no. 207.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1134:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Middlesex C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of H.W. Lee (Middlesex & England 1911-1934), head and shoulders with cap, no. 77.C, R.H. Twining (Middlesex & Oxford University 1910-1928), full length with bat, no. 141.C, and A.R. Tanner (Middlesex 1920-1927), head and shoulders in a blazer, no. 146.C. Each 4”x6”. Some wear to corners of the Twining card, the others in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1135:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Middlesex C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of J.W. Hearne (Middlesex & England 1909-1936), full length wearing cap and holding a ball, no. 48.C, Hon. C.N. Bruce (Oxford University & Middlesex 1905-1929), head and shoulders wearing cap and blazer, no. 147.C, and N.[E.] Haig (Middlesex & England 1912-1934) head and shoulders wearing cap and blazer, no. 148.C. Each 4”x6”. Small adhesive marks to verso of... View full lot details
Lot 1136:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £170
Middlesex C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards including one of G.T.S. Stevens (Middlesex, Oxford University & England 1919-1932) in bowling pose, no. 155.C. The two others are variations of cards depicting Patsy Hendren (Middlesex & England 1907-1937) head and shoulders wearing Middlesex cap and blazer, one titled ‘Hendren, E.H. Middlesex’, no. 176.C, the other ‘E. Hendren Brentford’, no. 176. According to Derek Deadman’s ‘Cricket Cigarette... View full lot details
Lot 1137:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £80
Northamptonshire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [C.N.] Woolley (Gloucestershire & Northamptonshire 1909-1931), head and shoulders wearing a cap, no. 108.C, and the rarer card in this format of [F.I.] Walden (Northamptonshire 1910-1929), full length in batting pose, no. 128.C, not seen or listed in Derek Deadman’s ‘Cricket Cigarette and Trade Cards’ 1985. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1138:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £80
Northamptonshire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards including the rarer card in this format of [W.A.] Buswell (Northamptonshire 1906-1921) in wicket-keeping pose, no. 129.C, not seen or listed in Derek Deadman’s ‘Cricket Cigarette and Trade Cards’ 1985. Also W.W. Timms (Northamptonshire & Cambridge University 1921-1932) walking out to bat, no. 211.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1139:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [W.R.D.] Payton (Nottinghamshire 1905-1931), no. 63.C, [J.] Hardstaff (Nottinghamshire & England 1902-1924), no 104.C, both depicted full length in batting pose, and [T.]L. Richmond (Nottinghamshire & England 1912-1928), full length holding a ball, no. 105.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1140:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of J.[R.] Gunn (Nottinghamshire & England 1896-1925), no. 64.C, A.W. Carr (Nottinghamshire & England 1910-1934), no 154.C, both depicted full length in batting pose, and [W.W.] Whysall (Nottinghamshire & England 1910-1930), head and shoulders wearing a cap, no. 190.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1141:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of G. Gunn (Nottinghamshire & England 1902-1932), depicted full length in batting pose, no. 65.C, [T.W.] Oates (Nottinghamshire 1897-1925), no 191.C, and [F.] Barratt (Nottinghamshire & England 1914-1931), no. 192.C, both depicted head and shoulders. Each 4”x6”. Light soiling to the Barratt card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1142:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £60
Somerset C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of J.C. White (Somerset & England 1909-1937), depicted head and shoulders in blazer, no. 99.C, P.R. Johnson (Cambridge University & Somerset 1900-1927) walking out to bat, no. 132.C, and J.C.W. MacBryan (Somerset, Cambridge University & England 1911-1931), head and shoulders in cap and blazer, no. 196.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1143:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £70
Somerset C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [H.] Chidgey (Somerset 1900-1921) depicted head and shoulders in blazer, no. 101.C, [G.E.] Hunt (Somerset 1921-1931), head and shoulders, no. 198.C, and M.D. Lyon (Somerset & Cambridge University 1920-1938), full length leaning on a bat, no. 213.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1144:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Surrey C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [H.]A. Peach (Surrey 1919-1931) depicted in batting pose, no. 22.C, M. Howell (Cambridge University & Surrey 1914-1925), full length leaning on a bat, no. 117.C, and [T.F.] Shepherd (Surrey 1919-1932), head and shoulders in cap and blazer, no. 152.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1145:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Surrey C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [J.]W. Hitch (Surrey & England 1907-1925), half length wearing M.C.C. touring blazer, no. 18.C, and A. Ducat (Surrey & England 1906-1931) in batting pose wearing a cap, no. 209.C. Each 4”x6”. Minor silvering to the Hitch card, small adhesive marks to verso of the Ducat card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1146:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £95
Sussex C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of George R. Cox (Sussex 1895-1928), head and shoulders in cap, no. 55.C, A.E.R. Gilligan (Cambridge University, Surrey, Sussex & England 1919-1932), full length in cap, holding a ball, no. 130.C., and the rarer card of A.H.H. Gilligan (Sussex & England 1919-1931), head and shoulders in cap, no. 203.C, not seen or listed in Derek Deadman’s ‘Cricket Cigarette... View full lot details
Lot 1147:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Sussex C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [M.W.] Tate (Sussex & England 1912-1937) in batting pose, no. 82.C, [G.B.] Street (Sussex & England 1909-1923) in wicket-keeping pose, no. 131.C, and E.H. Bowley Sussex, Auckland & England 1912-1934), head and shoulders wearing cap, 150.C. Each 4”x6”. Age toning to the Street card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1148:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £58
Warwickshire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of G.W. Stephens (Warwickshire 1907-1925, titled ‘G.W. Stevens’), full length in batting attire and cap, no. 144.C, and G.A. Rotherham (Warwickshire & Cambridge University 1919-1921), full length in bowling pose, no. 145.C. Each 4”x6”. Minor staining to lower edge of the Stephens card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1149:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £75
Warwickshire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of F.S.G. Calthorpe (Sussex, Cambridge University, Warwickshire & England 1911-1930), no. 142.C, and C.A.F. Fiddian Green (Warwickshire, Cambridge University & Worcestershire 1920-1934), no. 143.C. Both depicted full length in batting pose wearing caps. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1150:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £150
Warwickshire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of F.R. Santall (Warwickshire 1919-1939), no. 200.C, [L.T.A.] Bates (Warwickshire 1913-1935), no. 201.C, both depicted head and shoulders, and R.L. Holdsworth (Oxford University, Warwickshire, Sussex etc. 1919-1942), full length in batting pose, no. 212.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1151:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £65
Worcestershire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of M.K. Foster (Worcestershire 1908-1934), head and shoulders in blazer, no. 102.C, and [F.L.] Bowley (Worcestershire 1899-1923), head and shoulders in cap, no. 103.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1152:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £100
Worcestershire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of C.B. Ponsonby (Worcestershire 1911-1928), full length in batting pose, no. 124.C, H.L. Higgins (Worcestershire 1920-1927), head and shoulders in blazer, no. 168.C, and M.F.S. Jewell (Worcestershire & Sussex 1909-1933), head and shoulders in cap and blazer, no. 169.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1153:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £120
Worcestershire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [J.W.C.?] Turner (Worcestershire 1911-1921), no. 170.C, H.A. Gilbert (Oxford University & Worcestershire 1907-1930), no. 171.C, and [C.V.] Tarbox (Worcestershire 1921-1929), no. 172.C. All depicted head and shoulders. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1154:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £45
Yorkshire C.C.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [E.] Oldroyd (Yorkshire 1910-1931) full length in batting pose, no. 119.C, S. Haigh (Yorkshire & England 1895-1913) in bowling pose, no. 156.C, and [G.G.] Macaulay (Yorkshire & England 1920-1935), head and shoulders, no. 183.C. Each 4”x6”. Minor staining and age toning to the Oldroyd card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1155:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £20
Percy George Henry Fender. Surrey & England 1910-1935. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph trade card of Fender standing full length at the wicket leaning on his bat wearing cricket attire. No. 24.C. 4”x6”. Some soiling, otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 1156:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £15
George Boyd Franklin Rudd. Leicestershire 1913-1932. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph trade card of Rudd, head and shoulders wearing Leicestershire cap and blazer. No.157.C. 4”x6”. Some age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 1157:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £180
John Lindsay ‘Jack’ Bryan. Kent & Cambridge University 1919-1932. ‘M.C.C. Australian Tour. 1924-25’. Rare sepia printed Christmas postcard of the M.C.C. touring party 1924-25 with title and players’ names printed to borders. Nicely signed in ink by all eighteen members of the touring party including the Manager, Toone, to the face of the card. Players’ signatures are Gilligan (Captain), Douglas, Hobbs, Woolley, Hearne, Strudwick, Bryan, Tyldesley, Tate, Whysall, Chapman, Hendren, Kilner, Sandham, Freeman, Sutcliffe and... View full lot details
Lot 1158:
Estimate: £180/250
Hammer: £320
Cricket Memorabilia Society (C.M.S.) collectors’ cards. Complete run of sixty signed autograph cards from no. 1, Ken Higgs, to no. 60, Alan Jones, in official C.M.S. album. The series limited to an issue of one hundred copies of each card. Various limitation numbers. Other signatures include Dennis Amiss, Bomber Wells, Tom Graveney (three different), Colin Bland, Harry Pilling, Bob Blair, Jeff Jones, Reg Simpson, Jeff Jones, Jon Snow, Geoff Pullar, Ken Shuttleworth, Ron Headley, Farokh... View full lot details
Lot 1159:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £38
England signed Cornhill Insurance Test Series Cards. Twenty cards, each signed by the featured player. Cards are Series ‘H’ Stewart, DeFreitas, White, Series ‘I’ Fraser, Hick, Illingworth, Malcolm (2 different), Martin, Cork, Mullally, Atherton (2 different), Thorpe, Ealham, Series ‘J’ Giles, Ealham, Hussain, Silverwood and Gough. Also Classic Cricket Cards/ E.C.B. ‘International Cricketers’ series. Thirty five cards, each signed by the featured player. Card numbers are 7, 144, 188, 210, 211, 225, 235, 238, 240,... View full lot details
Lot 1160:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £65
Australia signed Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ series. Twenty cards, each signed by the featured player. Card numbers are 194, 208, 209, 244, 291, 296, 339, 391, 412, 413, 416, 433, 458, 475, 478, 479, 486, 501, 504 and 522, including Harvey, Lehmann, Law, Clarke, Watson, Hussey, Siddle, Lyon, Starc, Smith, Hazlewood etc. VG.... View full lot details
Lot 1161:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £56
Signed Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ series. Thirty two cards covering India, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and European cricketers, each signed by the featured player. Card numbers are 121, 182, 205, 206, 249, 267, 276, 306, 308, 316, 318, 331, 340, 342, 358, 363, 365, 380, 396, 401, 434, 435, 444, 446, 495, 505, 506, 508, 512, 519, 521 and 528, including Adams (West Indies), Jaffer, Raina, Pujara (India),... View full lot details
Lot 1162:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £20
Test cricketers signed postcards. Seven modern colour signed postcards of grounds and players. One of a ‘Panoramic View of Lord’s Cricket Ground’ signed to the verso by Ted Dexter, Alec Bedser, Vanburn Holder and Alvin Kallicharran. Other signed individually to the fronts by Les Ames, Chris Broad, Tony Pigot, Alec Stewart, Chris Tremlett etc. Sold with eighteen plain white postcards, each individually signed to the card, the majority with cutting image of the featured player... View full lot details
Lot 1163:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £15
England cricket postcards and collectors cards. Black binder comprising a mixed selection of 100 mainly modern trade and collectors cards, postcards, cigarette cards etc. Collectors card series include Classic Cricket Series and Cornhill Insurance Test Series. Postcard subjects covered include players, teams, grounds, cricket art, advertising and humour. Players featured include Allan Lamb, Simon Jones, Jack Russell, Jimmy Anderson, Ben Stokes, Robin Smith, Ian Botham, Tony Greig, Derek Randall etc. VG.... View full lot details
Lot 1164:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £20
Australia cricket postcards and collectors cards. Pink binder comprising a mixed selection of approx. 200 mainly modern trade and collectors cards, postcards, some earlier cigarette cards etc. Collectors card series include Futera ‘Elite’, ‘ACB Select’, Classic Cricket Cards etc. Postcard subjects covered include players, The Ashes, teams, grounds, advertising and humour. Players featured include Don Bradman, Shane Warne, Bert Oldfield, Peter Burge, Allan Border, Ricky Ponting, Glenn McGrath etc. VG.... View full lot details
Lot 1165:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £60
New Zealand cricket postcards and collectors cards. Black album comprising a mixed selection of over 200 mainly modern trade and collectors cards and player postcards. Collectors card series include Classic Cricket Cards, Stimorol, Card Crazy Authentics, Buttercup etc. Players featured include Richard Hadlee, Daniel Vettori, Ian Smith, Glenn Turner, John Wright, Graham Dowling, Jack Cowie, Martin Crowe, Chris Cairns, Lance Cairns, Stephen Fleming, John Reid etc. VG.... View full lot details
Lot 1166:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £50
India cricketer postcards and collectors cards. Blue album comprising a mixed selection of 100 modern trade and collectors cards and player postcards. Collectors card series include Classic Cricket Cards, ACB/ Futera 1996 World Cup, Ardmona etc. Players featured include Dhoni, Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Doshi, Viswanath, Azharuddin, Vengsarkar, Kumble etc. VG.... View full lot details
Lot 1167:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £32
Pakistan and Bangladesh cricketer postcards and collectors cards. Black album comprising a mixed selection of 100 modern trade and collectors cards and player postcards. Collectors card series include Classic Cricket Cards, World Cup England ‘99, Stimorol, Futera Elite, Kanga Cricket, Scanlens etc. Players featured include Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq, Abdul Qadir, Mudaasar Nazar, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Salim Malik, Waqar Younis, Rameez Raja (Pakistan), Shakib-al-Hasan, Abdur Razzaq, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahmm (Bangladesh) etc. VG.... View full lot details
Lot 1168:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £12
South Africa cricketer postcards and collectors cards. Blue album comprising a mixed selection of 100 modern trade and collectors cards and player postcards. Collectors card series include Classic Cricket Cards, ACB Select 97, Sports Deck etc. Players featured include Fanie De Villiers, Lance Klusener, Graeme Smith, Paul Adams, Hansie Cronje, Eddie Barlow, Jacques Kallis, Gary Kirsten, Hashim Amla, Brian McMillan, Daryll Cullinan, Shaun Pollock, Mike Procter, Kepler Wessels, Jonty Rhodes, Allan Donald, Dale Steyn etc.... View full lot details
Lot 1169:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £15
West Indies cricketer postcards and collectors cards. Black binder comprising a mixed selection of approx. 100 modern trade and collectors cards and player postcards. Collectors card series include Classic Cricket Cards, Stimorol, ACB Futera, Butter ‘em Up, Kanga Cricket etc. Players featured include Brian Lara, Gordon Greenidge, Lance Gibbs, Patrick Patterson, Curtley Ambrose, Garry Sobers, Cllive Lloyd, Andy Roberts, Richie Richardson, Shiv Chanderpaul, Keith Arthurton, Michael Holding, Roger Harper, Courtney Walsh, Chris Gayle, Viv Richards,... View full lot details
Lot 1170:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £10
Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe cricketer postcards and collectors cards. Black binder comprising a mixed selection of approx. 100 modern trade and collectors cards. Player postcards and photographs. Collectors card series include Classic Cricket Cards, KFC Big Bash, Futera Elite, Stimorol, Topps World Cup 2015 etc. Players featured include Ranatunga, Herath, Muralitharan, A. De Silva, Chandimal, Malinga, Wickremasinghe, Pushpakumara, Mahanama, Jayasuriya, Perera, Mendis, Mathews (Sri Lanka), Campbell, Taibu, Carlisle, Whittall, A. Flower, Pycroft (Zimbabwe) etc. VG.... View full lot details
Lot 1171:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £20
‘Cricket 1926’. Ogden’s. Full set of fifty cigarette cards. Sold with a collection of twenty eight plastic sleeves containing stamps and first day covers from the West Indies, postal franking for Antigua, Anguilla, Barbuda including Lara’s record score... View full lot details
Lot 1172:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: unsold
Signed cigarette cards early 1900s. Five mono real photograph cigarette cards, each individually laid to small album page. Two are signed in ink to the photographs by Surrey & England players, Jack Hobbs and Herbert Strudwick, three signed to the album page of Middlesex & England players, Patsy Hendren, Jack Durston, and Jack Hearne. To the verso of each page are unsigned cards laid down of L.H. Tennyson, J.W. Hitch, A.C. Russell, T.W. Hardinge, and... View full lot details

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