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‘The All England Cricket Matches for 1848’. Sheffield v. England. Early small original single sided printed scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Hyde Park, Sheffield, 28th- 30th August 1848. The sixteen of Sheffield elected to bat first and were dismissed for 118, top scorer was H. Sampson (35), Alfred Mynn taking 7/28 off 30 (four ball) overs for All England. In reply the All England Eleven were bowled out for only... View full lot details

Sussex v. Kent 1850. Early small original single sided printed scorecard with scores showing the ‘State of the Game 1 1/2 o’Clock’ on the second day’s play in the match played at C.H. Gausden’s (Royal Brunswick) Ground, Hove, 17th- 19th June 1850. The scorecard depicts Sussex’s complete first innings of 182, E. Bushby top scorer with 49, and Kent’s score standing at 110/5. Kent went on to reach 207, Fuller Pilch making 41, T.M. Adams... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Yorkshire’ 1851. Early and rare small original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval, 4th & 5th August 1851. Yorkshire elected to bat first and reached 71, the top scorer being George Chatterton (15), Surrey’s Thomas Sherman taking 6/39. Surrey replied with 160, Julius Caesar top scoring with 51, John Berry taking 6/31. In the second innings Yorkshire reached 101 (Tom Hunt 36, Sherman 5/57, Daniel... View full lot details

Richard Henry Colley. Oxford University, Oxfordshire and Shropshire 1853 to 1866. Small early original ticket and scorecard for ‘A Grand Cricket Match, at The Christ Church Cricket Ground between Eleven of England and Fifteen of Oxfordshire, played on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday May 23, 24 and 25 1953. Ticket of admission for the three days, half-a-crown.’. Titles and details of the match printed to one side of the ticket/scorecard with red wax seal to lower... View full lot details

‘The United All-England Eleven v. Sixteen of Reigate and District’ 1856. Early small original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the match played at Park Lane, Reigate, 14th- 16th August 1856. The scorecard lists the complete first innings of the Reigate team who reached 102, James Dean taking 8/34 for United England. Top scorer for Reigate was Fred Chadband with 24. In reply, the scorecard depicts United England at 27/3. They went on... View full lot details

‘The All England Eleven against the United All England Eleven (return match)’ 1859. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Lord’s, 4th- 6th July 1859. All England elected to bat first and reached 165, the top scorers being Tom Hayward (46) and Alfred Diver (41). Replying, United England made a respectable 262 with Robert Carpenter scoring 97 in an opening stand of 149 with Thomas Hearne (62). In... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. United 11 of All England v. 22 [of] Hull & District’ 1859. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Argyle Street, Hull, 28th- 30th July 1859. The scorecard depicts the complete printed scores for a remarkable tied match in which United England were bowled out for only 25 in their first innings, James Grundy the only player to reach double figures with 10, Andrew Crossland... View full lot details

‘All England Eleven against United All England Eleven (for the Benefit of the Cricketers’ Fund)’ 1860. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Lord’s, 28th- 30th May 1860. All England elected to bat first but could make only 71 with Julius Caesar top scorer with 19, William Caffyn taking 7/44 for United England. United England then posted a small lead reaching 89 in reply, Thomas Hearne making 31.... View full lot details

‘The Score of a Cricket Match Played at Weybridge’ 1860. ‘R. Faulder’s Eleven v. Dr. Spyers’s School’. Early and rare small original double sided scorecard with complete(?) printed scores for a match played 27th July 1860. No record of the match can be found. The scorecard depicts Faulder’s XI batting first and being dismissed for 21, Spyer’s XI replying with 121, and Faulder being dismissed in the second innings for 34. Two players recorded as... View full lot details

‘All England Eleven against United Eleven, for the Benefit of The Cricketers’ Fund)’ 1861. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Lord’s, 3rd- 5th June 1861. All England batted first, making only 74 with H.H. Stephenson top scorer with 22, William Caffyn taking 5/41. In reply, United England scraped to just 61, no batsman reaching double figures. John Jackson took 7/31. In the second innings All England lost... View full lot details

‘Cricket- Gentlemen of Kent v [Gentlemen of] Sussex’ 1861. Small early original scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Higher Common, Tunbridge Wells, 29th & 30th August 1861. Gentlemen of Kent batted first and made a healthy total of 217 with R.J. Streatfeild scoring 62 and J.A. Pepys 53. In reply, Gentlemen of Sussex were skittled out for a paltry 24 including five ducks, with W.S. Norton taking 7/19 for Kent. Following... View full lot details

‘All-England v. [Twenty Two of] Morley and District’ 1862. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Nelson Ground, Morley, 10th- 12th July 1862. All-England are depicted batting first and reaching 124, captain George Parr top scorer with 41. The twenty two of Morley replied with 156, Edgar Willsher taking eight wickets. All-England then scored 119 in their second innings (George Anderson 35). Set 88 to win, Morley found... View full lot details

‘Grand Return Cricket Match between the counties of Nottingham & Surrey’ 1862. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Trent Bridge, 28th- 30th July 1862. Surrey elected to bat first and posted 133, Julius Caesar top scorer with 31, George Wootton taking 5/53. In reply Nottinghamshire scored 224 (Augustus Bateman 63, James Grundy 60, George Griffith with 5/61. Surrey then made 187 in their second innings (Tom Lockyer... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. All England Eleven and 22 of Leeds & District’ 1862. Early original single sided scorecard with near complete printed scores for the match played at Leeds Royal Park, 11th- 13th August 1862. The All-England innings are listed first, but it is understood Leeds batted first, reaching 57, with only S. France (11) reaching double figures. Crispin Tinley took 11/34 and Isaac Hodgson 9/21 for All-England. In reply, All-England reached 91, Thomas Humphrey... View full lot details

‘Cambridge Quidnuncs v. Oxford Harlequins’ 1863. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed and handwritten scores in ink for the match played at Lord’s, 25th & 26th June 1863. The scorecard depicts the Cambridge Quidnuncs complete first innings printed score of 158 with Arthur Daniel top scorer with 74. Oxford Harlequins’ handwritten score shows ‘80 odd with extras’. They went on to reach 251, Francis Inge top scoring with 63, followed by 47 extras!... View full lot details

‘Surrey Club [Colts] v. Southgate’ 1863. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval, 30th & 31st July 1863. Surrey Colts batted first and were bowled out for 109 with Thomas Hearne taking 5/34. Replying, Southgate then amassed a substantial 494, with innings of 101 by Isaac Walker, 91 from Edward Walker, also Hearne (61) and Joseph Makinson (59). Surrey were then bowled out for 124 in... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. 11 of Notts v. 14 Free Foresters’ 1863. Frank Tinley’s Benefit. Early original single sided scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge Ground, Nottingham, 13th- 15th August 1863. The scorecard with printed scores apparently complete to the end of the second day’s play. The scorecard depicts Free Foresters scoring 114 and 212, Nottinghamshire replying with 115 and standing at 20/0 (Daft 12no, Brampton 8no). Nottinghamshire were bowled out for 211 on... View full lot details

‘All-England Eleven versus Twenty-Two of Leeds and District’ 1863. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Leeds Royal Park, 17th- 19th September 1863. Leeds batted first and reached 112, All-England’s John Jackson taking eleven wickets, Edgar Willsher seven. All-England were then bowled out cheaply for 58, only E.M. Grace (26) and Julius Caeser (13no) reaching double figures. Leeds then posted 115 in their second innings (Tinley nine wickets),... View full lot details

Gentlemen v. Players 1864 and 1865. Two early original single sided scorecards for matches played at Kennington Oval, 23rd- 25th June 1864 and 3rd- 5th July 1865. The 1864 scorecard with incomplete printed scores, which the Players won by the significant margin of 205 runs in a match in which over 1000 runs were scored for the first time in this fixture. The 1865 scorecard lists the complete printed scores and features the first appearance... View full lot details

‘All-England Eleven versus Twenty-Two of Scarborough & District’ 1864. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Castle Hill, Scarborough, 5th- 7th September 1864. All-England batted first and reached 114, Tom Hayward top scorer with 26. Scarborough replied with 84, W. Cuttell (18) and G. Holgate (10) the only batsmen to reach double figures, Edgar Willsher taking eleven wickets. All-England were then dismissed in their second innings for 69... View full lot details

‘Grand Return Cricket Match. Nottinghamshire v. Surrey’ 1864. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Trent Bridge, 28th- 30th July 1864. In an exciting and closely fought match Nottinghamshire, without Parr and Shaw, elected to bat first and made 107 with Charles Brampton top scorer with 40 and George Griffth taking 5/46 for Surrey. Surrey, featuring Humphrey, Jupp, Stephenson, Caesar, Lockyer etc. established a small lead reaching 127,... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen of Sussex and the Cambridge Quidnuncs’ 1866. Early original scorecard for the match played at Brighton [Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove], 16th- 18th August 1866 with complete printed scores. Played with twelve per side, this high scoring match was drawn with Quidnuncs scoring 476 in their only innings (F. Lee 120, R.A. Fitzgerald 77, W.B. Weighell 50) and Gentlemen of Sussex ending their first innings at 315/10 (W. Greenhill 90, C.C. Ewbank 68, F.S. Hore... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1867 and 1869. Two early original scorecards with complete printed scores for Yorkshire matches played. One single sided scorecard for the ‘Grand Cricket Match between Yorkshire & Cambridgeshire’ 1867, Wisbech, 15th- 17th July 1867, a low scoring match which Yorkshire won by one wicket. Yorkshire’s Joseph Rowbotham top scorer with 34 in both innings. Printer unknown. The other double sided scorecard is for Surrey v. Yorkshire, Kennington Oval, 5th- 7th August 1869. Yorkshire... View full lot details

Australian Aboriginals tour to England 1868. Very rare early original scorecard from the first ever tour of an overseas team to England. The scorecard with complete printed scores for the ‘Grand Cricket Match between the Australian Eleven and the Nottingham Commercial Club’, 3rd & 4th August 1868. Nottingham elected to bat first and made 91, Charles Lawrence taking 5/57 for the Australians who replied with 76, Cuzens top scorer with 43. Nottingham then compiled an... View full lot details

‘The County of Lancaster [Lancashire] v. The County of Surrey’ 1869. Early original single sided scorecard with near complete printed scores for the match played at Old Trafford, Manchester, 27th- 29th May 1869. Electing to bat first, Surrey posted 209 with George Griffith top scorer on 78. Replying, Lancashire reached 255 (Edmund Rowley 52, Cornelius Coward 49, Roger Iddison 48, James Southerton taking 5/66 for Surrey). In the second innings, Surrey were dismissed for 132... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen of Sussex v. Gentlemen of Hampshire’ 1869. Early original scorecard for the match played at the Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove, 22nd- 24th July 1869 with complete printed scores. Gentlemen of Hampshire batted first and made 321 with Charles Lucas top scorer with 92. They then dismissed Gentlemen of Sussex for 126 with Okeover Longcroft taking 5/35. Following on, Sussex then reached 247, William Weighell scoring 101. Despite early dismissals, Hampshire reached their target ending... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. Yorkshire versus Nottinghamshire 1869. Early original single sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the match played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 16th- 18th August 1869. Nottinghamshire batted first and reached 213 (Richard Daft 50, Tom Emmett 5/64). In reply Yorkshire made 205 (Joseph Rowbotham 100, George Wootton 5/64). In the second innings Nottinghamshire were bowled out for 79 (Daft 31no), with Emmett (7/35) and George Freeman (3/40) bowling unchanged. Yorkshire then knocked... View full lot details

‘Eton v. Harrow’ 1870 and 1871. Two early original single sided scorecards for matches played at Lord’s 8th & 9th July 1870 and 14th & 15th July 1871. Both scorecards with complete printed scores. In the 1870 match Eton, captained by G.R.C. (later Lord) Harris, won by 21 runs, scoring 189 and 151 to Harrow’s 205 and 114. In the 1871 match, Eton won easily by an innings and 77 runs, scoring 308 in their... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen of South v. Players of North’ 1873. Early and rare original double sided scorecard for the match played at the Prince’s Ground, Chelsea on the 5th- 7th June 1873. The scorecard with near complete printed scores. Players of the North elected to bat first and reached 182, Allen Hill top scorer with 40. In reply Gentlemen of the South , featuring the three Grace brothers, E.M., W.G. and G.F., made 237 with W.G. Grace... View full lot details

American Baseball Players tour to England 1874. ‘Princes’ Club & Ground v. Eighteen of America’. Early and rare original single sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink for the match played at the Prince’s Ground, Chelsea, 6th & 7th August 1874. Prince’s Club batted first and were bowled out for only 21 with seven players scoring ducks. Only F.D. Leyland reached double figures, ending 10no. In reply, the eighteen American Baseball players... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Gloucestershire’ 1875. Early original double sided scorecard for the match played at Kennington Oval, 7th & 8th June 1875. Scheduled for three days but completed in two, the scorecard with complete printed scores in a relatively low scoring and close match. Surrey elected to bat first and reached 161 (George Strachan 34). In reply, Gloucestershire, captained by W.G. Grace, were dismissed for 99 (G.F. Grace 26, James Southerton 7/47). In the second innings... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Middlesex’ 1875. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink for the match played at Kennington Oval, 19th- 21st August June 1875. Surrey won the toss and batted first, making 293 with Walter Read, then aged only 19, top scorer with 98. Middlesex, with brothers Alexander (aged 20) and Herbert (aged 19) Webbe opening the batting, were then dismissed for 118, Walter Hadow ending 45no. Following on in... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen v. Players’ 1876. Early and rare original double sided scorecard for the match played at the Prince’s Ground, Chelsea, 6th- 8th July 1876. The scorecard with incomplete printed scores depicting the first innings total of the Players’ 158 (Ephraim Lockwood 70), the Gentlemen 144 (A.P. Lucas 35), with the Players second innings standing at 37/3. The Players went on to make 134 (Dick Barlow 45), and the Gentlemen then chased down the required... View full lot details

Eton v. Harrow 1876 and 1877. Two early original double sided scorecards for matches played at Lord’s 14th & 15th July 1876 and 13th & 14th July 1877. Both scorecards with complete printed scores. In the 1876 match Eton reached an impressive 308 with their captain, Walter Forbes scoring 113, Lindsay Bury 72 and Harry Goodhart 51. In reply, Harrow could reach only 157 and following on were dismissed for 127, Eton winning by an... View full lot details

‘Grand Return Cricket Match between the counties of Nottingham & Middlesex’ 1876. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Trent Bridge, 17th- 19th August 1876. Nottinghamshire elected to bat first and reached 217 thanks to an innings of 99 from Richard Daft, Walter Hadow of Middlesex taking 5/47. In reply, Middlesex were bowled out for 134, A.J. Webbe top scorer with 44, Alfred Shaw taking 5/47. Following on,... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. Lancashire v. Yorkshire’ 1877. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at St. John’s Ground, Fartown, Huddersfield, 12th- 14th July 1877. Batting first, Yorkshire were bowled out for 122, George Ulyett top scorer with 39. In reply, Lancashire reached 207, Arthur Appleby ending on 69no. Yorkshire were then dismissed cheaply again in their second innings, reaching 113 (Andrew Greenwood 41). Lancashire reached their target easily, ending... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire’ 1877. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 30th July- 1st August 1877. Gloucestershire, featuring the three Graces, W.G., E.M. and G.F., and their cousin, Walter Gilbert, elected to bat first and reached 185, Fred Grace top scorer with 51. In reply, Yorkshire made 236 with opener Andrew Greenwood top scorer with 91. All four members of the Grace... View full lot details

Harrow Wanderers C.C. 1877. Two early original single sided scorecards for matches played by Harrow Wanderers, both with complete printed scores. One for the match played v. Leeds Clarence at Clarence Field, Kirkstall, Leeds, 27th & 28th July 1877. Leeds Clarence scored 149 and 99, Harrow Wanderers 250 in their only innings to win by an innings and two runs. The other for the drawn match v. Lascelles Hall, played at Lascelles Hall, 3rd &... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Notts.’ 1878. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval, 26th- 28th August 1878. In a low scoring match played on a rain affected wicket, Nottinghamshire elected to bat first and reached 127 off 131.2 (four ball overs), Wilfred Flowers top scorer with 36, Surrey’s Edward Barrett taking 5/52 off 57.2 overs including 32 maidens. In reply Surrey were bowled out for just 53, Barrett... View full lot details

‘Somerset C.C. v. Public Schools’ 1879. Unusual early original double sided scorecard for a match at Horsington, 4th & 5th August 1879. The card with printed titles and umpires listed as Major T.R. Parr (Eton) and Mr. R.H. Hayward (Harrow), with hand drawn figures of cricketers to either side in pen and ink, one hand coloured with red cap and blazer, the other with blue cap and waist band, both on green ground. To the... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match, All England [London] United Eleven versus Sixteen of Leicestershire’ 1879. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Grace Road, Leicester, 1st- 3rd September 1879. The sixteen of Leicestershire batted first and reached 89 (George Panter 25), the London United Eleven replying with 65 (William Hearn 29). In the second innings Leicestershire posted 180, Stewart Blucke top scorer with 53. cricketarchive.com lists the London United Eleven... View full lot details

Cambridge University 1880. Two small early original single sided scorecards for matches played at the University Cricket Ground, Fenner’s. One for the pre-season match, ‘First Twelve v. Next Sixteen’, 6th- 8th May 1880, in which the First XII won by 41 runs. The Next XVI batted first and scored 167, the First XII were then bowled out for 86. Following on they reached an impressive 319 (Ivo Bligh 124), before bowling out the Next XVI... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1880. Two early original single sided scorecards for matches played by Gloucestershire in 1880, both matches featuring the three Graces, W.G., E.M. and G.F., their cousin, Walter Gilbert, and Billy Midwinter. One scorecard, with complete printed scores, is for the match v. Surrey at Kennington Oval, 10th & 11th June 1880. Surrey elected to bat first and scored 114, W.G. Grace and William Woof sharing the wickets five apiece. In reply, Gloucestershire could... View full lot details

First Test Match in England. England v. Australia 1880. Early and rare original single sided scorecard for the match played at Kennington Oval, 6th- 8th September 1880. The scorecard with the players listed for the start of play and incomplete scores for England’s first innings in pencil. England batted first with W.G. and E.M. Grace opening the batting and putting on 91 for the first wicket before E.M. Grace was dismissed for 36. W.G. went... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1882-1885. Three early original scorecards for Lancashire matches of the period. Scorecards are v. Middlesex, Lord’s, 17th & 18th July 1882. Incomplete printed scores. Lancashire won by nine wickets. Fixtures at Lord’s for season 1882 to verso. Small loss to lower corner, some age toning, otherwise in good condition. 4.5”x6”. Two others with complete printed scores for matches v. Leicestershire, Old Trafford, 12th- 13th June 1884 (not first-class), Lancashire won by an... View full lot details

‘A Grand Match. [Oxford] University v. Gentlemen of England’ 1882. Early original single sided scorecard with incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil for the match played at The Parks, Oxford, 29th- 31st May 1882. Oxford University elected to bat first and reached 291 (Charles Leslie 77, Walter Thornton 53, William Hamilton 53, James Walker 50). Gentlemen replied with 358 (Alexander Webbe 108no, George Robinson 6/52). In the second innings Oxford were bowled out for... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Sussex’ 1883. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink and pencil for the match played at Kennington Oval, 2nd & 3rd July 1883. Having elected to bat first, Sussex, featuring Charles Aubrey Smith, were bowled out for only 80, Edward Barrett taking 8/48 for Surrey. Replying, Surrey then put on 301, John Shuter the top scorer with 108. Sussex were then bowled out in the second innings... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. Middlesex v. Yorkshire’ 1883. Early original single sided scorecard for the match played at St. John’s Cricket Ground, Fartown, Huddersfield, 23rd- 25th August 1883. Incomplete printed and handwritten scores. Middlesex elected to bat first and scored 304, Isaac Walker top scorer with 76, Alfred Lyttelton 52. In reply Yorkshire made 236 (Edward Lumb 70no, George Ulyett 65, Charles Studd taking 7/78). Middlesex then made 242 in their second innings (Lyttelton 68, Edmund... View full lot details

Sussex v. Yorkshire 1885. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Hove, 24th- 26th August 1885. In a high scoring match, Yorkshire elected to bat first and reached 326, George Ulyett (82) and Louis Hall (87) putting on 128 for the first wicket. In reply, Sussex made 368, Billy Newham the top scorer with 101. Yorkshire then ended 345/6, Ulyett (91) and Hall (37) sharing another century opening... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen v. Players’ 1885. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed and handwritten scores for the match played at Kennington Oval, 2nd- 4th July 1885. In a relatively high scoring match, a strong Players side batted first and scored 352 (William Gunn 93, Johnny Briggs 85, Arthur Shrewsbury 64) and then bowled out a weak Gentlemen side for 172 (Kingsmill Key 49, Wilfred Flowers 5/51). Forced to follow on 180 runs in deficit, the... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1886. ‘England v. Australians’. Second Test 1886. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the second Test match, Lord’s 19th- 21st July 1886. Electing to bat first having won the toss, England scored 353 on a rain affected pitch. Arthur Shrewsbury played a fine innings to make 164, Billy Barnes 58. In reply, Australia could reach only 121, Johnny Briggs taking 5/29 off 34 (four ball) overs, 22... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1886. ‘Surrey v. Australians’. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the tour match played at Kennington Oval, 29th- 31st July 1886. Electing to bat first having won the toss, the Australians could reach only 185, George Giffen top scorer with 59, Thomas Bowley taking 7/64 for Surrey. In reply, Surrey then amassed a total of 501 with centuries from John Read (186) and Bobby Abel (144), and... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1886. ‘England v. Australia’. Third Test 1886. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the third and final Test match, Kennington Oval, 12th- 14th August 1886. England won the toss and elected to bat first, posting an impressive total of 434 including 170 from W.G. Grace, his second (and final) Test century, surpassing his previous best Test score. Other contributions came from Walter Read (94) and Johnny Briggs... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1886. ‘Cambridge [University] Past & Present v. Australians’. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the tour match played at the Essex County Ground, Leyton, 23rd- 25th August 1886. Cambridge batted first and made 349, with opening batsman Claude Rock batting all day for his 75, which included only one boundary. He was dismissed on the second day without adding to his score. In reply the Australians reached... View full lot details

‘Official Score. Sussex and Lancashire’ 1886. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Hove, 9th- 11th August 1886. Lancashire elected to bat first and made 211, Walter Robinson top scorer with 54. In reply, Sussex, whose team included the future England captain and Hollywood actor, Charles Aubrey Smith, reached 200, William Tester and Freeman Thomas both scoring 58, Dick Barlow taking 6/55 for Lancashire. Lancashire were then skittled... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1886. ‘Gentlemen of England v. Australians’. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink for the match played at Lord’s, 3rd & 4th June 1886. Scheduled for three days but completed in two, the Gentlemen, featuring W.G. Grace, Claude Rock, Walter Read, William Roller, Lord Harris, George Studd etc., were put in to bat first and dismissed for 99, Stanley Scott the top scorer with 16.... View full lot details

Sussex v. Hampshire 1887. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at the County Ground, Hove, 14th- 16th July 1887 (not first-class). Sussex, whose team included the future England captain and Hollywood actor, Charles Aubrey Smith, batted first and made 244, George Bean top scorer with 60. In reply, Hampshire reached 170 (Henry Mordaunt 34, Bean 5/45). In the second innings Sussex scored 307 (Walter Quaife 52, Walter Humphreys... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1888. ‘Australians v. Players of England’. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the tour match played at Kennington Oval, 31st May & 1st June 1888. The Players won the toss and batted first, reaching 231 helped by a 43 run partnership for the last wicket between Harry Wood (44) and Walter Wright (14). The Australian batting failed twice against the fast bowling of George Lohmann (seven wickets... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1888. ‘Grand Cricket Match. England v. Australians’. Early original single sided scorecard with printed scores complete to the end of the first day’s play for the third and final Test at Old Trafford, 30th & 31st August 1888. In this remarkable match, England won the toss and batted first, reaching 172 in their first innings, W.G. Grace top scorer with 38, Charlie Turner taking 5/86. In reply, the scorecard depicts Australia’s... View full lot details

‘Hastings and St. Leonards Grand Cricket Week. Gentlemen v Players’ 1889. Early original 12pp ‘Randle’s Authorised Scorecard’ with complete printed scores for the match played at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings, 16th- 18th September 1889. In a closely fought match, the Players batted first and scored 179, Albert Ward top scorer with 50. In reply, the Gentlemen, captained by W.G. Grace, reached 226 with contributions of 41 from Kingsmill Key, Herbert Pigg (35) and Hylton... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1890. ‘The [Cambridge] University v. Australians’. Early original scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Fenner’s Ground, Cambridge, 5th- 7th June 1890. Cambridge University batted first and reached 189, Gregor MacGregor top scorer with 73no, and Hugh Trumble taking five catches at slip. In reply the Australians ended the first day at 95/3 and batted through the second day to end 351 all out Jack Barrett 76, Billy... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Cambridge University’ 1890. Early original scorecard with complete printed scores for the remarkable match played at The County Ground, Hove, 19th- 21st June 1890. In a record high scoring match, Cambridge University batted first and reached 179 in their first innings, Robert Douglas the top scorer with 84, Sussex captain Charles Aubrey Smith taking 5/57. Sussex then replied with 270 with contributions from Walter Quaife (58), George Bean (46), Billy Newham (46) and... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1890. ‘England v. Australians’ First Test, Lord’s. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil for the first Test, played at Lord’s 21st- 23rd July 1890. Electing to bat first, Australia made a steady start, the first wicket falling at 66, with John Lyons the first to fall for 55. They then lost their last seven wickets for 23 runs and were bowled out for 132.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1890. ‘England v. Australians’ Second Test, The Oval. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the second Test, played at Kennington Oval 11th & 12th August 1890. In an evenly matched albeit low scoring game Australia won the toss and batted first but could only make 92, Harry Trott top scorer with 39, England’s ‘Nutty’ Martin taking 6/50 on his Test debut. In reply England fared little better... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Cambridge University’ 1890. ‘Record Score’. Early original silk commemorative scorecard with complete printed scores for the remarkable match played at The County Ground, Hove, 19th- 21st June 1890. In a record high scoring match, Cambridge University batted first and reached 179 in their first innings, Robert Douglas the top scorer with 84, Sussex captain Charles Aubrey Smith taking 5/57. Sussex then replied with 270 with contributions from Walter Quaife (58), George Bean (46),... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. and Ground v. Nottinghamshire’ 1891. Early original scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Lord’s, 1st June 1891. W.G. Grace won the toss for M.C.C. and put Nottinghamshire in to bat on a drying wicket. His decision was vindicated as Nottinghamshire were bowled out for only 21, the six extras being the highest score, Charles Wright scoring five with the bat, and seven batsmen out for ducks. Australian James Ferris took... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Cambridge University’ 1891. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for another remarkable match played at The County Ground, Hove, 18th- 20th June 1891. The same fixture the previous season had produced the highest aggregate score in a first-class match with a total of 1339 runs. Remarkably, this match eclipsed this with 1402 runs scored. The only difference being that this time the outcome was a much closer affair, each of... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Cambridge University’ 1892. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the match played at The County Ground, Hove, 16th- 18th June 1892. In the previous two seasons this fixture produced record breaking results, however this match was a more sedate affair. The scorecard depicts Sussex’s first complete innings in which they scored 170, Billy Newham top scorer with 62 and Cambridge University’s Edward Streatfeild taking 6/55. Cambridge went on to... View full lot details

M.C.C. & Ground v. Universities 1892. Two early original double sided scorecards, both with incomplete printed scores for matches played at Lord’s. One for the drawn match v. Cambridge University, 23rd- 25th June 1892. Cambridge scored 149 and 283, M.C.C. 229 and 187/7, just 17 runs short. The other for the match v. Oxford University, 27th & 28th June 1892. Oxford scored 150 and 335, M.C.C. 224 and 200/9 and, despite play being extended, the... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1893. M.C.C. & Ground v. Australians. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink for the match played at Lord’s, 12th- 14th June 1893. The Australians elected to bat and reached 231, opener John Lyons top scorer with 83, Harry Trott making 56. M.C.C. replied with 236, W.G. Grace scoring 75, Charlie Turner taking 7/86 for the Australians. In the second innings the Australians were dismissed... View full lot details

‘Cambridgeshire v. M.C.C. & [Ground]’ 1893. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Fenner’s, Cambridge, 6th & 7th July 1893. According to the scorecard Cambridgeshire batted first and reached 116, Edward Briggs scoring 52, George Davidson and George Burton taking five wickets each. M.C.C. replied with 132 (William Hearn 34, Dan Hayward five wickets). In the second innings Cambridgeshire were bowled out for 211 (Frank Robertson 96, Burton... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1893. ‘England v. Australia’. First Test, Lord’s 17th- 19th July 1893. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores. England elected to bat first and thanks to a fine 106 from opener Arthur Shrewsbury, and 91 from Test debutant Stanley Jackson, they posted 334. Australia’s Charlie Turner took 6/67. Australia replied with 269, Harry Graham scoring 107 in his maiden Test innings and the first Australian to score a century... View full lot details

‘Gravesend Cricket Week, 1893. Kent v. Middlesex’. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the match played at the Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend, 19th & 20th June 1893. Middlesex elected to bat first, scoring 288, A.E. Stoddart (51) and A.J. Webbe (46) putting on 99 for the first wicket. In reply Kent made 227, Frank Marchant scoring 57, Lance Knowles 43, with last man ‘Nutty’ Martin scoring 32no in a last... View full lot details

‘Kent v. Sussex’ 1893. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, 27th & 28th July 1893. Kent won the toss and batted first, scoring 236. Frank Marchant top scored with 63, Walter Humphreys taking 7/109 for Sussex. Sussex were then bowled out for 98, George Brann top scorer with 31. Following on Sussex were dismissed for 158, Francis Marlow (44), Brann (30), Walter Hearne taking... View full lot details

‘Somerset v. Middlesex’ 1893. Early original scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Taunton, 7th- 9th August 1893. Somerset chose to bat first and made 380, with contributions from Lionel Palairet (91), Charles Dunlop (62), Sammy Woods (58), Dick Palairet (51) etc. Middlesex replied with 266, Alec Webbe scoring 75, Woods taking 7/122. Required to follow on, Middlesex declared their second innings at 367/8 (Tim O’Brien 84, Francis Ford 63, James Douglas... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1893. ‘England v. Australia’. Second Test, Kennington Oval, 14th- 16th August 1893. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores. W.G. Grace, captaining a strong England team, won the toss and batted first. They put on an impressive 483 with contributions from Stanley Jackson (103), A.E. Stoddart (83), Grace (68), Arthur Shrewsbury (66), Albert Ward (55 on his Test debut) and Walter Read (52). George Giffen took 7/128 for Australia.... View full lot details

John Thomas ‘Jack’ Hearne. Middlesex & England 1888-1923. Two early original scorecards with complete printed scores from 1893 featuring notable performances by Jack Hearne for Middlesex. One is for Nottinghamshire v. Middlesex at Trent Bridge, 17th- 19th August 1893. Middlesex were bowled out for 184 in their first innings, Jack Mee taking 7/51 for Nottinghamshire who then replied with 251 (J.A. Dixon 133) with Hearne taking 7/99. Facing a first innings deficit of 67, Middlesex... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1894. Three early original scorecards with complete printed scores for Middlesex matches from 1894. Matches are v. Surrey at Kennington Oval, 24th-25th May, Surrey won by five wickets, Bobby Abel top scoring in the match with 136 (including an all-run seven) in Surrey’s first innings. v. Gloucestershire at Lord’s, 28th- 30th May, Middlesex won by an innings and 104 runs, scoring 223 in their only innings before dismissing Gloucestershire cheaply for 72 and... View full lot details

‘Kent v. Gloucestershire’ 1894. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil for the match played at The Rectory Field, Blackheath, 12th- 14th July 1894. Electing to bat first, Gloucestershire could make only 115 (J.R. Painter 27, Walter Hearne taking 6/37 for Kent. Kent replied with 286 (Gerry Weighall 84, Leslie Wilson 53, Frederick Atkins 52), with Fred Roberts taking 7/92. Gloucestershire were then bowled out for only 70 in... View full lot details

‘Kent v. Surrey. (Wootton’s Benefit)’ 1894. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at the Private Banks Sports Ground, Catford, 23rd- 25th July 1894. In a relatively low scoring game, Kent chose to bat first and scored 113, Leslie Wilson top scorer with 38, Bill Lockwood taking 5/49 for Surrey. Replying, Surrey were bowled out for 77, only Bobby Abel (30) and Tom Hayward (14) reaching double figures, Walter... View full lot details

‘Eton v. Winchester’ 1894 & 1895. Two early original double sided scorecards with complete printed scores. One for the match played at Ridding Field, Winchester, 29th & 30th June 1894 in which Eton scored 206, Winchester 172 and, following on, 144. Eton ended 112/5 to win by five wickets. The other is for the match played at Upper Club, Eton College, 28th & 29th June 1895. Eton scored 343 in their only innings. Winchester made... View full lot details

M.C.C. & Ground scorecards 1895-1898. Two early original scorecards for matches played at Lord’s. Scorecards are v. Nottinghamshire, 4th & 5th May 1895, incomplete printed scores, M.C.C. won by six wickets. 4.5”x6” and v. Yorkshire, 12th- 14th May 1898, complete printed scores, Wilfred Rhodes (aged 20) making his first-class debut, Yorkshire winning by 99 runs. Appears to be laid to tightly trimmed card with initials ‘C.P.F.’ to verso. Ex Cyril Foley collection, who played for... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1896. Record low score. ‘M.C.C. and Ground v. Australians’. Rare early original commemorative silk scorecard for the remarkable match played at Lord’s, 11th & 12th June 1896. M.C.C. batted first and posted 219, A.E. Stoddart top scorer with 54, F.W. Jackson 51, Hugh Trumble taking 6/84 for the Australians. Replying, the Australians were then bowled out for an astonishing total of just 18 in 22 (five ball) overs. The top three... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1896. Ranjitsinhji’s Test debut. England v. Australia, 2nd Test, Old Trafford. Early original single sided scorecard with complete handwritten scores in ink for the match played 16th- 18th July 1896. In a high scoring match Australia elected to bat first and made 412, Frank Iredale top scorer with 108, George Giffen 80, Harry Trott 53. Tom Richardson took 7/168 for England, and even England’s wicket-keeper, Dick Lilley, was called on to... View full lot details

‘Middlesex v. Yorkshire’ 1896. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil for the match played at Lord’s, 21st- 23rd May 1896. Middlesex elected to bat first and posted 384 thanks to an opening stand of 218 by Herbert Hayman (152, his first first-class century) and Andrew Stoddart (100). Yorkshire came close to matching their opponents with 381, John Brown hitting 203, John Tunnicliffe 62, Middlesex’s John Hearne taking 7/104.... View full lot details

M.C.C. and Ground v. Sussex’ 1897. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Lord’s, 13th- 15th May 1897. Sussex elected to bat and reached 418 thanks almost entirely to an innings of 260 by Ranjitsinhji, with only Billy Murdoch (51) providing any real support. M.C.C. then replied with 266, Malcolm Jardine (father of future England captain, Douglas Jardine) top scorer with 52, Cyril Bland taking 6/105 for Sussex.... View full lot details

M.C.C. and Ground v. Oxfordshire’ 1897. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Lord’s, 30th & 31st August 1897. M.C.C. batted first and posted 278 (Lionel Thring 54, John Rawlin 51, Percy Hattersley-Smith 50). In reply, Oxfordshire struggled to 84 with only Francis Deane (27) and Charles Gmelin (18) reaching double figures. Remarkably Albert Trott took all ten wickets for M.C.C. Following on Oxfordshire were dismissed cheaply again,... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1897. Three early original double sided scorecards for county matches played by Surrey at Kennington Oval. Most notable is the scorecard with complete printed scores for the match v. Hampshire, 9th- 11th August 1897, in which Surrey batted first and amassed a huge first innings total of 579 including the then highest opening partnership in first-class cricket of 379 between Bill Brockwell (225) and Bobby Abel (173). All eleven of the Hampshire players... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Lancashire’ 1898. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval, 18th- 20th August 1898. Surrey elected to bat first and set the huge total of 634 with Tom Hayward scoring a career best 315no, supported by Len braund (85) and Digby Jephson (54). Lancashire were then bowled out for 173, (Alexander Eccles 51). Following on, an opening stand of 78 by Lancashire openers Albert Ward... View full lot details

‘Middlesex v. Surrey’ 1898-1900. Three early original double sided scorecards with complete printed scores for county matches played at Lord’s. Matches are 8th- 10th August 1898, Middlesex won by 136 runs, James Douglas scoring 112no in their second innings. 27th- 28th 29th July 1899, Middlesex won by eight wickets, John Rawlin with 100 in the first innings, Albert Trott taking thirteen wickets in the match. 20th- 22nd August 1900, Middlesex won by eight wickets with... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Yorkshire’ 1899. Two record partnerships in one match. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval, 10th- 12th August 1899. 1255 runs were scored for the loss of only seventeen wickets in this high scoring drawn game. Batting first Yorkshire amassed a total of 704 with Ted Wainwright (career best 228) and George Hirst (186) sharing a then record stand of 340 for the fifth... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Yorkshire’ 1899. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval, 10th- 12th August 1899. A high scoring match comprising four centuries, of which two were double centuries, saw Yorkshire batting first and amassing a total of 704. Ted Wainwright top scored with a career best 228, George Hirst made 186, and they shared a fifth wicket partnership of 340. In reply Surrey ended 551/7 with... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1900 & 1901. Three early original scorecards including two single sided cards for matches played at the County Ground, Southampton. One for the match v. Leicestershire, 23rd- 25th August 1900, Leicestershire won by six wickets, Ledger Hill taking 6/22 for Hampshire in Leicestershire’s first innings, John King and Freddy Geeson taking five wickets each in Hampshire’s second innings, Geeson taking ten in the match. Playing for Hampshire, Walter Humphreys made his last first-class... View full lot details

‘Nottinghamshire v. Gloucestershire’ 1901. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the high scoring match played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 18th- 20th July 1901, in which three players scored centuries. Nottinghamshire elected to bat first and posted 450 with centuries from Arthur Jones (147) and Arthur Shrewsbury (167no). Gloucestershire’s Arthur Paish took 6/152. Gloucestershire replied strongly with 462, Harry Wrathall scoring 148. Nottinghamshire then declared their second innings at 246/3, (Jones 67, John Gunn 84no, John... View full lot details

‘London County v. Teddington’ 1901. Early original double sided scorecard for the match played at Crystal Palace, dated 17th August 1901. Played twelve per side, the scorecard depicts the only innings of Teddington who scored 172, R. Powell-Williams top scorer with 67. London County replied with 262/8, W.G. Grace, batting at number nine, top scorer with 65no, T.A. Darke 61 and W.F.L. Frith 55. No record of this match can be found on cricketarchive.com and... View full lot details

Essex C.C.C. 1901 & 1902. Four early original double sided scorecards for county matches played by Essex. Scorecards include two for ‘home’ matches v. Middlesex played at Leyton. One played 1st- 3rd August 1901 with incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil. Plum Warner scored 103 in Middlesex’s first innings, and 111 from Johnny Turner for Essex. 151 from Middlesex’s James Douglas could not prevent Essex winning by 92 runs. The other for the drawn... View full lot details

‘London County C.C. v. Surrey’ 1902. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Crystal Palace, 24th- 26th April 1902. London County, captained by W.G. Grace and featuring former Australia captain Billy Murdoch, batted first and reached 169, George Beldam top scorer with 46. Surrey established a small first innings lead posting 196, Bill Brockwell scoring 52. George Gill took 6/50 for London County who then outplayed their opponents... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. London County C.C.’ 1902. Early original double sided scorecard with printed scores complete to the end of the second day’s play, for the return match at Kennington Oval, 28th- 30th April 1902. Surrey won the toss and batted first, reaching 297, Vivian Crawford top scorer with 97, Ernie Hayes with 50, Len Braund taking 5/168. London County, again captained by W.G. Grace and featuring former Australia captain Billy Murdoch, then posted 407, a... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1902 & 1904. Three early original double sided scorecards for county matches played at Lord’s. Scorecards are Middlesex v. Yorkshire, 21st & 22nd August 1902. A low scoring match on a difficult wicket in which Middlesex scored 99 & 93, Yorkshire 125 & 68/7, Yorkshire winning by three wickets, Bernard Bosanquet with 6/268 for Middlesex in the first innings, Schofield Haigh taking fifteen wickets for 79 runs for Yorkshire in the match. Adhesive... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen v. Players’. Scarborough Cricket Festival 1902 & 1903. Two early original single sided scorecards for matches played at Scarborough, both with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink. One for the drawn match played 1st- 3rd September 1902. Players scored 314 & 259, Gentlemen 363 (Cuthbert Burnup and Tom Taylor both scoring 102, Wilfred Rhodes taking 5/71) and 133/7. Printer unknown. The other for the match played 31st August- 2nd September 1903, in which... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1902. England v Australia. Early original double sided scorecard listing the two teams at the start of play for the 2nd Test match at Lord’s June 12th 1902. The second Test match was restricted to 105 minutes of play, rain and poor pitch conditions accounting for the rest. The match was abandoned at quarter past eleven on the third morning, with the ground almost under water. The match still holds the... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1902. ‘England v. Australia’. Fifth Test. ‘Jessop’s Match’. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the 5th Test at Kennington Oval, 11th- 13th August 1902. With Australia 2-0 ahead and the series already won, Australia elected to bat first and closed the first day 324 all out, with Hugh Trumble making 64no, Monty Noble 52, Victor Trumper 42 and George Hirst taking 5-77 for England. In reply, England... View full lot details

‘Nottinghamshire v. Gloucestershire’ 1903. Early original silk scorecard to commemorate Arthur Jones’ career best innings of 296 in the match played at Trent Bridge, 23rd- 25th July 1903. Batting first, Nottinghamshire’s openers Arthur Jones (296) and Jimmy Iremonger (44) put on an opening stand of 107 and went on to score 503 (William Gunn 76). Heavy overnight rain made the wicket difficult and Gloucestershire were bowled out for only 88, Tom Wass taking 6/53. Following... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1904. ‘Middlesex v. South Africans’. Rare early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed and faint handwritten scores in pencil for the tied tour match played at Lord’s 20th- 22nd June 1904. Middlesex elected to bat first and reached 272, Bernard Bosanquet scoring 110, J.J. Kotze taking 5/94. In reply the South Africans edged ahead with a score of 287, (Frank Mitchell 66, William Shalders 56). In the second innings... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1904. ‘England XI v. South Africans’. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the tour match played at Lord’s 14th- 16th July 1904. The South Africans elected to bat first and scored 352, Reggie Schwartz scoring 102, Frank Mitchell 75. Replying, the England XI could reach only 167 (John King 55). In the second innings, the South Africans made 207 (Maitland Hathorn 69, Barberton Halliwell 57no, Jack... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1904. ‘M.C.C. & Ground v. South Africans’. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed and faintly handwritten scores in pencil for the tour match played at Lord’s 11th- 13th August 1904. No play was possible on the first day and when M.C.C. batted in their first innings they made 120, Arthur Page top scorer with 45. The South Africans replied with 223 (Frank Mitchell 60no). In the second innings,... View full lot details

‘Nottinghamshire v. Yorkshire’ 1904. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge, 9th- 11th June 1904. In a match notable for three centuries, Nottinghamshire elected to bat first and scored 352 with centuries from Arthur Jones (113) and John Dixon (135). Yorkshire then reached 452, a first innings lead of exactly 100, with John Tunnicliffe making 119. Nottinghamshire were then dismissed for 111, with Yorkshire scoring the twelve required runs without... View full lot details

‘Nottinghamshire v. Gloucestershire’ 1904. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge, 18th- 20th July 1904. In a remarkable high scoring game, Gloucestershire chose to bat first and made an impressive 636. The first wicket fell at 154 (Harry Wrathall 75, Jack Board 80), but the innings was most notable for Gilbert Jessop’s 206, supported by 94 from Leigh Brownlee. Nottinghamshire replied with 242 (Arthur Jones 71). Following on, openers Jones... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. & Ground v. Kent’. 1904. Early original scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Lord’s, 16th & 17th May 1904. The M.C.C. team comprised four members of the South African touring party, Frank Mitchell, Louis Tancred, George Shepstone and Barberton Halliwell, and also Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. M.C.C. batted first, scoring 201 (Shepstone 48, Tancred 45, Albert Trott 43), Kent replying with 177 (Cloudesley Marsham 71). In their second innings M.C.C.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1904 & 1905. Three early original scorecards. Matches are Surrey v. Yorkshire, Kennington Oval, 18th- 20th July 1904. Incomplete printed scores. In the first innings Yorkshire were bowled out for 162, Surrey’s Ernest Nice taking a career best 8/83. Surrey replied with 349 (Ernie Hayes 104, Tom Hayward 88), before Yorkshire declared their second innings at 492/5 (John Tunnicliffe 139, George Hirst 108, David Denton 105). Surrey ended 131/3 and the match was... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1904. Three early original double sided scorecards for Middlesex ‘home’ county matches played at Lord’s. Matches are v. Lancashire, 15th- 17th August 1904 with incomplete printed scores. Middlesex scored 369 (George Beldam 119) in their only innings. Lancashire made 180 (Albert Trott 6/59) and, following on, ended 47/2, the match drawn. v. Surrey, 18th- 20th August 1904, complete printed and handwritten scores. Surrey scored 179 (Jack Hearne 5/50) and 179 (Bernard Bosanquet 6/75),... View full lot details

Essex C.C.C. 1904 & 1907. Three early original double sided scorecards for Essex ‘home’ county matches played at Leyton. Matches are v. Lancashire, 11th- 13th August 1904 with complete printed scores for a high scoring drawn game in which Lancashire scored 505/6 declared (Reggie Spooner 215, James Hallows 125) and Essex ended 559/9 (Percy Perrin 143). 5”x8.25”. v. Gloucestershire, 20th- 22nd May 1907, complete printed scores. Essex scored 233 (Charlie McGahey 96, Percy Ford 5/66)... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1904 & 1905. Two early original double sided scorecards for Lancashire matches. Scorecards are ‘Lancashire (Champion County) v. Rest of England’, Kennington Oval, 12th- 15th September 1904 with incomplete faintly handwritten scores in pencil. The Rest scored 235 (Willis Cuttell 5/78) and 156/4 declared (Gilbert Jessop 77), Lancashire 177 (Archie MacLaren 58) and 106/5 (Johnny Tyldesley 52). The match was drawn. Printed on the ground by Merritt & Hatcher, London, with fixtures to... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1905. ‘Nottinghamshire v. Australians’. Rare early original commemorative silk scorecard for the tour match played at Trent Bridge, 8th- 10th May 1905. The Australians batted first and found themselves in some trouble at 14/3 until Monty Nobel (62) and Warwick Armstrong (112) put on 128 for the fourth wicket. Late runs from Albert Cotter (41) helped them to 288. John Gunn and Tom Wass took five wickets each. In reply, Nottinghamshire... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1905. ‘England v. Australia’. First Test. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the 1st Test at Trent Bridge, 29th- 31st May 1905. England won the toss, elected to bat and were bundled out for 196, Frank Laver taking 7/64. Top scorer was Johnny Tyldesley with 56. Replying, Australia scored 221, a lead of 25 runs, with Clem Hill scoring 54, Monty Nobel 50. Stanley Jackson took 5/52,... View full lot details

‘Nottinghamshire v Middlesex’ 1905. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge, 17th- 19th August 1905. Nottinghamshire elected to bat first and declared their innings on reaching 418/5, Arthur Jones scoring 123, George Gunn 110, John Gunn 68 and James Iremonger 61, with Middlesex using nine bowlers. In reply Middlesex struggled to 187 (Frank Tarrant 64, Albert Trott 45), Tom Wass taking 5/65. Following on, Middlesex just held on to finish... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. 1905 & 1906. Six early original scorecards for Kent matches. Scorecards include the tied match, Surrey v. Kent, Kennington Oval, 31st August- 2nd September 1905. Incomplete printed scores for the match in which Kent scored 202 and 84, Surrey 125 and 161, Colin Blythe taking eleven wickets in the match. Oxford University v. Kent, Oxford, 29th- 31st May 1905, incomplete printed scores, Oxford University won by 50 runs. Kent v. Middlesex, Tonbridge 22nd-... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen v. Players’ Centenary match 1906. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Lord’s, 9th- 11th July 1906. The Gentlemen elected to bat first and were bowled out for 167 with Arthur Fielder taking all ten wickets for 90 runs. Bernard Bosanquet was the top scorer with 56, Stanley Jackson made 40. The Players gained a first innings lead of 32, being dismissed for 199, Tom Hayward with 54, David Denton 48,... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1907-1910. Five early original double sided scorecards for Hampshire ‘home’ matches played at the County Ground, Southampton. The scorecards, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores are for matches v. Surrey, 25th- 27th July 1907, Surrey won by five wickets. v. Middlesex, 29th- 31st July 1907, Hampshire won by 161 runs. v. Somerset, 10th- 12th August 1908, Somerset won by seven wickets. v. Derbyshire, 18th- 20th July 1910, Somerset won by an... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1907. ‘Middlesex v. South Africans’. Rare early double sided scorecard with incomplete printed and faintly handwritten scores in pencil for the match played at Lord’s 10th- 12th June 1907. Printed fixtures for matches at Lord’s in 1907 to verso. 5”x8.25”. Sold with an early original double sided scorecard for the ‘England v. South Africans’, 2nd Test match played at Headingley 29th- 31st July 1907. Printed on the ground by John... View full lot details

Surrey v Yorkshire 1909. Early original silk commemorative scorecard with complete printed scores for the remarkable match played at The Oval, 19th- 21st August 1909. Surrey batted first and made 273 all out, Marshal made 110 for Surrey, Haigh took 7-65, Yorkshire then batted and made 223 all out, Lees taking 6-60. In Surrey’s second innings they were bowled out for 62, Hirst taking four and Rhodes four wickets. Yorkshire then proceeded to be bowled... View full lot details

The Ashes. Australia tour to England 1909. Six original double sided scorecards from the 1909 tour. Includes scorecards for four Test matches, 2nd Test, England v Australia, Lord’s 14th- 16th June. Complete printed scores. Australia won by nine wickets, Vernon Ransford scoring 143no in Australia’s first innings, his only Test century. 3rd Test, Headingley 1st- 3rd August. Blank scorecard for the start of play. Australia won by 126 runs, Charles McCartney taking eleven wickets for... View full lot details

Sussex C.C.C. 1909-1913. Three original double sided scorecards for matches played by Sussex. Matches are v. Cambridge University at Fenner’s, 7th- 9th June 1909, incomplete printed scores, Sussex (179 & 263) beat Cambridge (107 & 327) by only eight runs, Relf ten wickets in the match for Sussex). Age toning. v. Cambridge University, Priory Park, Chichester, 20th- 22nd June 1910, complete printed scores, Sussex (248 & 181) beat Cambridge (272 & 115) by 42 runs.... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1910 & 1911. Five original scorecards for ‘home’ matches played by Middlesex at Lord’s. Matches are v. Surrey 29th- 31st August 1910, complete printed and faintly written handwritten scores in pencil, Surrey 221 & 107/7, Middlesex 261 (Warner 137) match drawn. v. Lancashire 25th- 27th May 1911, complete printed scores, Middlesex (456, Littlejohn 105) beat Lancashire (212 & 233) by an innings and 11 runs. v. Essex 27th- 29th July 1911, incomplete printed... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1910. Three original double sided scorecards for each of the matches played in the 1910 Scarborough Festival. Matches are Yorkshire v. M.C.C. Club and Ground 1st- 3rd September, incomplete printed scores (M.C.C. 287 & 103/1, Yorkshire 289), match drawn. Gentlemen v. Players 5th- 7th September, incomplete printed scores, Players 321 & 236, Gentlemen 248 & 179/5, match drawn. Lord Londesborough’s (England) XI v. H.D.F. Leveson-Gower’s (South African [M.C.C. touring]) Team 8th- 10th... View full lot details

‘Tunbridge Wells Cricket Week. Kent v. Somerset’ 1911. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at the Neville Ground, 10th- 12th July 1911, in which Frank Woolley scored a century in each innings for the first time in his career. Kent batted first and scored 245 thanks to 104 from Woolley and 64 by David Jennings. Replying, Somerset were bowled out for only 99, Arthur Fielder taking 5/62. Kent were able to declare their... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1911. Three original double sided scorecards with incomplete printed scores for each of the matches played in the 1911 Scarborough Festival. Matches are Yorkshire v. M.C.C. 31st August- 2nd September (Yorkshire 378 & 225/6 declared, M.C.C. 274 & 334/7), match drawn. Wilfred Rhodes scored centuries (128 & 115) in each innings for Yorkshire, Spooner (102) and Jessop (117no) for M.C.C. in their second innings. Gentlemen v. Players, 4th- 6th September (Players 432,... View full lot details

Colin Blythe. Kent & England 1899-1914. ‘Kent v. Somerset’ 1912. Original double sided scorecard with complete printed and faintly handwritten scores in pencil for the match played at the Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend, 16th & 17th May 1912. Kent elected to bat first and reached 261 (‘Punter’ Humphreys 92, Bill Greswell 5/108). In reply Somerset were bowled out for 158, Blythe taking 7/78. In their second innings Kent reached 251 with Greswell taking a... View full lot details

‘England v. Australia’. Triangular Test Tournament 1912. Rare original commemorative silk scorecard for the ‘timeless’ Test played at Kennington Oval commencing 19th August 1912. In the final match of the series England batted first and reached 245 (Jack Hobbs 66, Frank Woolley 62). In reply, Australia, captained by Syd Gregory in his final Test match, were bowled out for 111, Syd Barnes and Frank Woolley taking five wickets apiece. England were then bowled out for... View full lot details

‘Australia v. South Africa’. Triangular Test Tournament 1912. Rare original commemorative silk scorecard for the Test match played at Lord’s, 15th- 17th July 1912. South Africa elected to bat first and reach 263, Herbie Taylor top scorer with 93. Centuries from Charles Kelleway (102) and Warren Bardsley (164) helped Australia to a total of 390 and a first innings lead of 133. South Africa were then bowled out for 173, setting Australia 47 to win,... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Triangular Test Tournament tour matches 1912. Two rare original scorecards for the tour matches played by the Australians and South Africans against Hampshire during the 1912 Triangular Test series. The Hampshire v. Australians match, played at Southampton, 22nd- 24th July 1912 with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink and faintly in pencil. Hampshire chose to bat first and put on a healthy 371, C.P. Mead top scorer with 160no. In reply the... View full lot details

Triangular Test series 1912. Five rare original scorecards from the series including four Test matches and one tour match. Test match scorecards are South Africa v. Australia, Old Trafford, 27th- 29th May, incomplete printed scores. Australia won the opening Test match of the tournament by an innings and 88 runs, during which Jimmy Matthews of Australia performed the unique feat of taking hat-tricks in both innings. These were the only wickets he took in the... View full lot details

‘Cricket Match in aid of the Richmond Hospital’ 1915. Official folding programme/ scorecard for the charity match, Rev. J Burroughs’ XI v Mr R.W. Hawtin’s Team played on Richmond Green, 25th September 1915. The programme with decorative front wrapper, teams listed to centre pages and, to the rear, details of ‘notable sportsmen [who] have promised their assistance during the afternoon’ with twenty two listed below including Olympic sailors, boxers, swimmers, cyclist etc. The information also... View full lot details

India ‘Quadrangular Cricket. Season 1916’. Two rare official programmes/ scorecards for two of the three matches played in the 1916/17 tournament at the Bombay Gymkhana Ground. The programmes each comprise eight pages with printed titles to fronts, with rhymes, articles, advertising etc. One for the match Presidency [Europeans] vs. Hindus, 7th- 9th Septembers 1916 ‘Third Day Scorecard’ with near complete scores to centre pages. According to cricketarchive.com, Hindus batted first (not as shown on scorecard),... View full lot details

‘Stoolball Match (Probably the Second for 200 years in London)’. Lord’s 1918. Rare official scorecard for a stoolball match played at Lord’s, 18th May 1918. The card lists the names of the players, ‘(Most of whom have not seen or heard of the Game before this month nor played it till to-day)’, for Sir H. Mackinnon’s Team and Major Grantham’s Team, both comprising eleven men and women per side. Mackinnon’s Team scored 77 in their... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1919-1921. Ten original scorecards for ‘home’ County Championship matches played by Middlesex at Lord’s, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Each loose mounted to black page. Scorecards are v Kent 29th & 30th August 1919, match drawn. v Sussex (J.P. Whiteside’s Benefit), 22nd & 24th May 1920, Middlesex won by an innings and 130 runs with the top four Middlesex batsmen all scoring centuries (Warner 139, Lee 119, Hearne... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1919-1924. Twelve original scorecards for ‘home’ matches played by Surrey at Kennington Oval, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Each loose mounted to black page. Scorecards are v Oxford University 26th- 28th June 1919, Surrey won by an innings and 47 runs (Ducat 306no). v Somerset 28th- 30th July 1920, complete handwritten scores, match drawn. v Kent 14th- 17th August 1920, Surrey won by three wickets. v Middlesex 16th-... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. 1919-1930. Five original scorecards for County Championship matches played by Warwickshire, with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Each loose mounted to black page. Includes an official folding ‘Peace Day Cricket Souvenir’ scorecard for the match v Northamptonshire, Edgbaston, 18th & 19th July 1919, complete printed scores for the first day’s play, match drawn (Parsons 125, Quaife 102no for Warwickshire, Haywood 158 for Northamptonshire). Other scorecards are for matches v Yorkshire,... View full lot details

Warwickshire v Hampshire 1922. Rare official single sided scorecard for the ‘famous’ match played at Edgbaston, 14th- 16th June 1922. Complete printed scores. In this incredible match, Warwickshire batted first and scored 223 (Santall 84, Calthorpe 70) before bowling out Hampshire for only fifteen runs in under nine overs. Eight batsmen were out for ducks, Howell taking 6/7 and Calthorpe 4/4 for Warwickshire. Following on, Hampshire then scored a remarkable 521 in their second innings,... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1920-1939. Seven original scorecards for County Championship matches played by Hampshire, with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Each loose mounted to black page. Scorecards are v Gloucestershire, County Ground, Southampton, 12th- 15th June 1920, Hampshire won by an innings and 174 runs (Barrett with a career best 215, Brown 120), complete printed scores. Originally from Barrett’s personal collection. v Glamorgan, Cardiff Arms Park, 17th & 18th August 1921, Hampshire won... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1921. Three original double sided scorecards with incomplete printed scores for each of the matches played in the 1921 Scarborough Festival. Matches are Yorkshire v. M.C.C. 1st- 3rd September, Yorkshire won by two wickets (M.C.C. 143 & 153, Yorkshire 154 & 143/8). Gentlemen v Players 5th- 7th September, Players won by 198 runs (Players 302 & 207/6 declared, Gentlemen 142 & 169). C.I. Thornton’s XI v Australians 8th- 10th September, Thornton’s XI... View full lot details

Sussex C.C.C. 1921-1937. Fourteen original scorecards, all for ‘home’ matches (one exception) played by Sussex at the County Ground, Hove, including tour matches against Australia 1921, 1930, 1934, New Zealand 1931, and South Africa 1935. All with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Each loose mounted to black page. Scorecards are v Gloucestershire 23rd & 25th July 1921, Sussex won by an innings and 210 runs (R.R. Relf 193). v Middlesex 30th July- 2nd August... View full lot details

Australia tour of England 1921. Four original scorecards for tour matches played on the 1921 tour. Three with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Surrey, Kennington Oval, 7th- 10th May, Australians won by an innings and 55 runs, scoring 357/9 declared in their only innings (Collins 162), Surrey dismissed twice, for 79 and 223, Warwick Armstrong taking twelve wickets for 77 runs in the match. v M.C.C., Lord’s, 21st- 24th May, Australians... View full lot details

Australia tour of England 1921. Two original commemorative silk scorecards from the 1921 tour, for matches played at Trent Bridge, both scheduled for three days but complete in two. One for the first Test, 28th & 30th May, Australia won by ten wickets. England batted first and were bowled out for 112, Jack Gregory taking 6/58. In reply Australia reached 232 (Warren Bardsley 66). England were then bowled out in the second innings for 147... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1921. Four original double sided scorecards for four of the five matches in the 1921 Ashes Test series. Scorecards are 2nd Test, Lord’s, 11th- 14th June, incomplete printed and faintly handwritten scores in pencil. England scored 187 & 283, Australia 342 & 131/2 to win by eight wickets. Folding scorecard for the 3rd Test, Headingley, 2nd- 5th July 1921, complete printed scores. Australia scored 407 (Charlie Macartney 115) and 273/7... View full lot details

Oxford University C.C. 1922. Seven original double sided scorecards including five for ‘home’ matches played by Oxford University at The Parks, Oxford in 1922. All with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Home matches are v Middlesex, 3rd- 5th May, Oxford 232 & 58/1, Middlesex 190, match drawn. v Hampshire, 10th- 12th May, Hampshire (171 & 307) beat Oxford (97 & 242) by 139 runs. v Somerset, 31st May- 2nd June, Oxford (109... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1923-1933. Twelve original scorecards, the majority for ‘home’ matches played by Lancashire at Old Trafford (unless stated otherwise), including tour matches against Australia 1926 and New Zealand 1927. All with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores, each loose mounted to black page. Scorecards are v England XI [The Rest] at Blackpool 10th- 12th September 1923, The Rest (265 & 259) beat Lancashire (252 & 83) by 189 runs. v Middlesex 4th- 6th August... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire v. Northamptonshire 1923. Frank Matthews seventeen wickets in the match. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge 20th & 21st June 1923. Northamptonshire elected to bat first and were bowled out for only 77, Matthews taking a then career best eight wickets for 39 runs. In reply, Nottinghamshire declared their innings closed at 302/3, Arthur Carr scoring 106no. Northamptonshire were then bowled out for 116, Matthews surpassing his first innings... View full lot details

Warwickshire v. Yorkshire 1923. Harry Howell all ten wickets in an innings. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Edgbaston 23rd- 25th May 1923. Yorkshire elected to bat first and were bowled out for 113, Howell taking a career best ten wickets for 51 runs. In reply, Warwickshire were dismissed for 110, (Macaulay 5/42). Yorkshire then declared their second innings at 162/6 before bowling out Warwickshire for 81, Yorkshire winning by 84 runs.... View full lot details

South Africa v M.C.C. 1923. Official folding scorecard for the 3rd Test played at Durban on the 18th- 22nd January 1923. Complete printed scores. England batted first reaching 428 (Phil Mead 181). In reply South Africa made 368 (Herbie Taylor 91, Alex Kennedy 5/88). No play was possible on the third day, and England ended 11/1 in their second innings. The match was drawn. Printed by Josiah Jones for the Durban Cricket Association. Some soiling,... View full lot details

‘Champion County [Yorkshire] v. Rest of England’ 1924. Original single sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval, 13th- 16th September 1924. Yorkshire elected to bat first and were bowled out for 166, Percy Holmes the top scorer with 62. In reply The Rest reached 524/8 declared with Frank Woolley hitting 202, Percy Chapman 74. Yorkshire were then dismissed in their second innings for 234, The Rest winning by an... View full lot details

England v South Africa 1924. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the 1st Test played at Edgbaston, 14th- 17th June 1924. England were put in to bat and scored 438 with five batsmen scoring over fifty (Hobbs 76, Sutcliffe 64, Woolley 64, Hendren 74 and Kilner 59), George Parker taking 6/152. South Africa were then bowled out for only 30 in under thirteen overs, no batsman reaching double figures, the top scorer being eleven extras. Arthur... View full lot details

The Ashes. Australia v England 1924/25. ‘Sutcliffe’s Series’. A rare complete set of official scorecards for the five Test matches in the 1924/25 Ashes series played in Australia, all with complete printed scores, and originally from the personal collection of Jack Hobbs. The first, played at Sydney on the 19th- 27th December 1924 with Australia winning by 193 runs, Hobbs scoring 115 & 57, Sutcliffe 59 & 115, the second, at Melbourne on the 1st-... View full lot details

Gentlemen v. Players 1925. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Kennington Oval, 8th- 10th July 1925. Players elected to bat first and posted 403 (J.W. Hearne 103). In reply, Gentlemen reached 458 including 130 from Gubby Allen, his first first-class century. Maurice Tate took 7/148. The Players then declared their second innings at 252/7, setting the Gentlemen 198 to win, which they achieved, ended 200/6 to win by four wickets. 6.25”x10”. The... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Somerset v Surrey, Taunton, 15th- 18th August 1925. Original scorecard from the match where Hobbs made his 126th (101) and 127th (101no) centuries equalling and breaking W.G. Grace’s record of number of centuries scored. Surrey won by ten wickets. Originally from Hobbs’ personal collection. Sold with an official scorecard for Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, 2nd- 4th September 1925 in which Hobbs scored 266no for the Players in... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to India 1926/27. ‘2nd Inning. 1st Match Programme M.C.C. vs. Parsis Mohamedans [Muslims & Parsees]’. Rare official double sided folding scorecard for the opening match of the 1926/27 tour played at the Karachi Gymkhana Ground, 19th & 20th October 1926. M.C.C. elected to bat first and scored 339 in their first innings, R.E.S. Wyatt making 63, Andy Sandham, Maurice Tate and A.E.R. Gilligan each with 57, Ghulam Mohammad taking 5/114. Muslims & Parsees... View full lot details

‘Victoria v New South Wales’. World Record Score 1926/27. Official large commemorative souvenir scorecard for the Sheffield Shield match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24th- 29th December 1926, very nicely signed to the lower right corner ‘With Compts R.M. Bell’ (R.M. Bell, London County 1902-1904). The scorecard depicts New South Wales batting first and scoring 221, (Norbert Phillips 52), Victoria replying with an astonishing 1107 all out. The first wicket fell at 375,... View full lot details

‘England v. Australia. Final Test Match’ 1926. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the 5th Ashes Test played at Kennington Oval, 14th- 18th August 1926. Coming in to the final deciding match with the first four all drawn, England won the toss and batted first making 280, Herbert Sutcliffe top scorer with 76, Arthur Mailey taking 6/138. Australia then posted a slender first innings lead, reaching 302 (Jack Gregory 73, Herbie Collins 61). In the second... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1926. Set of five original scorecards for each of the Test matches in the 1926 Ashes series. 1st Test, Trent Bridge 12th- 15th June, players listed at the start of play. 2nd Test, Lord’s 26th- 29th June, incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil. 3rd Test, Headingley 10th- 13th July, complete printed scores, ex Charlie Grimmett collection. 4th Test, Old Trafford 24th- 27th July, complete printed scores. 5th Test, Kennington... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1926. Eleven original scorecards for tour matches played on the 1926 tour. Includes the rarer scorecard for the one day match v East of Scotland played at North Inch, Perth, 20th July, players listed at start of play, Australians won by six wickets. Others are for matches v Leicestershire, Aylestone Road, Leicester, 1st- 3rd May, players listed at start of play, match drawn. v Surrey, Kennington Oval, 8th- 11th May, typed... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South America 1926/27. Four rare official double sided scorecards produced by the Argentine Cricket Association for the four matches played by the M.C.C. against the Argentine Republic. Matches played at the Hurlingham Club, Buenos Aires, 31st December 1926- 2nd January 1927, complete printed scores, Argentina 327, M.C.C. 90/4, match drawn. Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires, 8th- 10th January 1927, M.C.C. 249 & 193/8 dec., Argentina 153 & 162, M.C.C. won by... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1927/28. Two official double sided scorecards for Test matches played on the 1927/28 tour. South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Newlands, Cape Town, 31st December 1927- 4th January 1928. Incomplete printed scores. England (133 & 428) beat South Africa (250 & 224) by 84 runs. 10”x8.5”. Some foxing, otherwise in good condition. 3rd Test, Kingsmead, Durban, 21st- 25th January 1928. Incomplete printed and handwritten scores, South Africa 246 & 464/8... View full lot details

New Zealand tour to England 1927. Four official double sided scorecards for tour matches. Scorecards are v Essex, Leyton, 14th- 17th May, incomplete handwritten scores in pencil, New Zealanders 289 & 208, Essex 373 & 125/5, Essex won by five wickets. v Middlesex, Lord’s, 21st- 24th May, incomplete handwritten scores in pencil, New Zealanders 235 & 335, Middlesex 290 & 280, Middlesex won by three wickets. v Northumberland, Jesmond, 22nd & 23rd June, New Zealanders... View full lot details

Tour matches in Wales 1928 & 1929. Two official single sided scorecards. One for Wales v. West Indies at The Oval, Llandudno, 25th- 27th July 1928. Complete printed and handwritten scores in ink. West Indians scored 198 & 137, Wales 229 & 107/2, Wales winning by eight wickets. Syd Barnes took twelve wickets for 118 runs in the match. 5”x9”. Good condition. The other for Wales v South Africa, Rydal School, Colwyn Bay, 10th- 12th... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire v West Indies 1928. ‘Visit of their Majesties The King [George V] and Queen Mary’. Original silk scorecard produced to commemorate the Royal visit to the Trent Bridge Ground on the 7th- 10th July 1928. The scorecard printed by C.H. Richards of Nottingham has ‘Royal Souvenir Copy’ printed above the standard headings. The match was drawn, Nottinghamshire scoring 393 (Arthur Carr 100, Arthur Staples 84, William Whysall 80) & 246/6 dec., West Indies 378... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1928. Six official scorecards including the three England v West Indies Test matches played, and three tour matches. Test match scorecards are 1st Test, Lord’s, 23rd- 26th June, complete printed scores, England 401 (Ernest Tyldesley 122), West Indies 177 & 166, England won by an innings and 58 runs. 2nd Test, Old Trafford, 21st- 24th July, complete printed scores, West Indies 206 & 115, England 351, England winning by an... View full lot details

‘Australia v. England. The 115th Test Match’. Rare official commemorative silk scorecard for the 1st Test match in the 1928/29 Ashes series, played at the Exhibition Oval, Brisbane, 30th November- 5th December 1928 (Timeless Test). In a one-sided affair, England chose to bat first and posted 521, Patsy Hendren top scorer with 169, Harold Larwood making 70, Percy Chapman 50. In reply Australia could reach only 122, Larwood taking 6/32. England chose to bat again... View full lot details

‘England v Australia (2nd Test)’ 1928/29. Official double sided scorecard for the 2nd Ashes Test, played at Sydney Cricket Ground, 14th- 20th December 1928 (Timeless Test). Complete printed scores. Australia elected to bat first and made 253, Bill Woodfull top scorer with 68, George Geary taking 5/35. In reply England amassed an impressive total of 636, Wally Hammond scoring 251, Patsy Hendren 74, George Geary 66. Australia then scored 397 in their second innings with... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1929. Six official scorecards including for the five matches played in the England v South Africa Test series, and one tour match. Two scorecards signed. Test match scorecards are 1st Test, Edgbaston, 15th- 18th June, complete printed scores, England scored 245 (Patsy Hendren 70) & 308/4 dec. (Wally Hammond 138, Herbert Sutcliffe 114), South Africa 250 (Bruce Mitchell 99, Bob Catterall 67) & 171/1 (Catterall 98, Mitchell 61no), the... View full lot details

Middlesex v Lancashire 1929. Gubby Allen ten wickets in an innings. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Lord’s, 15th- 18th June 1929. Lancashire elected to bat first and posted 241 (Ernest Tyldesley 102), Gubby Allen taking all ten wickets for forty runs off 25.3 overs, eight were clean bowled, his career best bowling figures. Middlesex replied with 228 (Harry Lee 124, Dick Tyldesley 5/40). In the second innings Lancashire made 310/9 dec.... View full lot details

England v. Australia 1930. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the 5th Test played at Kennington Oval, 16th- 22nd August 1930 (Timeless Test). England chose to bat first and reached 405, Herbert Sutcliffe top scorer with 161. Australia replied with 695, Don Bradman scoring 232, Bill Ponsford 110, Ian Peebles taking 6/204. England were then bowled out in their second innings for 251, Percy Hornibrook taking 7/92. Australia won by an innings and 39 runs to... View full lot details

The Ashes 1930. Don Bradman’s first tour to England. Complete set of five official scorecards for the five Test series between England and Australia. 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 13th- 17th June, complete printed scores, England scored 270 & 302, Australia 144 & 335 (Bradman 131), England won by 93 runs. Laid to card. 2nd Test, Lord’s, 27th July- 1st August, incomplete printed scores, England scored 425 (Duleepsinhji 173) & 375 (Percy Chapman 121, Charlie Grimmett... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1930. Bradman’s first tour to England. Six official scorecards for tour matches played on the 1930 tour. Scorecards are v Essex, Leyton, 7th- 9th May, incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil, Australians 156 & 264/6 dec., Essex 67 (Percy Hornibrook 6/11), & 146 (Hornibrook 4/29, ten wickets in the match), Australia won by 207 runs. Wear and creasing. v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 10th- 13th May, incomplete printed scores, Yorkshire... View full lot details

Gentlemen v Players 1930. Official commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Lord’s 16th- 18th July 1930. K.S. Duleepsinhji scored centuries in both innings for the Gentlemen who batted first, scoring 292 (Duleepsinhji 125, Maurice Leyland 7/94), Players replying with 263 (Herbert Sutcliffe 80, Ian Peebles 6/105). In the second innings Gentlemen declared at 197/4 (Duleepsinhji 103no), the Players ended 38/3 and the match was drawn. The scorecard measures approx. 8”x10”, lightly laid to... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1930/31. Rare official folding scorecard for the tour match v Eastern Province played at St. George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, 31st January- 3rd February 1931. The scorecard produced by the Eastern Province Cricket Union with players listed to centre pages at the start of play with title to front and advertising. M.C.C. (272 & 199/6 dec.) beat Eastern Province (140 & 105) by 226 runs. 6.5”x8”. Folds with some splitting to... View full lot details

New Zealand tour to England 1931. Six official scorecards including for the three matches played in the England v New Zealand Test series, and three tour matches. Test match scorecards are 1st Test, Lord’s, 27th- 30th June, complete printed and handwritten scores in ink, New Zealand 224 (Ian Peebles 5/77) & 469/9 dec. (Stewie Dempster 120, Curly Page 104, Roger Blunt 96), England 454 (Les Ames 137, Gubby Allen 122) & 146/5, match drawn. 2nd... View full lot details

Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire 1931. Official commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 3rd- 5th June 1931. No play had been possible on the first two days so, in order to enable the possibility of a result, both teams effectively forfeited their first innings by both bowling one ball and, in so doing, each conceding four wides, both first innings closing at 4/0 declared. In the second innings Gloucestershire scored 171, Headley... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire v. Kent 1931. Official commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge, 20th- 23rd June 1931. Nottinghamshire elected to bat first and scored 186 (George Gunn 85). Kent replied with 119, Harold Larwood returning a career best bowling analysis of nine wickets for 41 runs. In the second innings Nottinghamshire scored 345/9 dec. (Arthur Carr 74, Fred Barratt 72, Gunn 70, Sam Staples 52no), and Kent were then bowled out for 106... View full lot details

‘Oxford v. Cambridge’ 1931. Official commemorative silk scorecard for the Varsity match played at Lord’s, 6th- 8th July 1931. In a game featuring two double centuries, Cambridge University batted first and reached 385 with Alan Ratcliffe scoring 201, George Kemp-Welch 87, Robert Scott taking 6/64. In reply Oxford University made 453/8 dec., the Nawab of Pataudi scoring 238no, Freddie Brown taking 5/153. In the second innings Cambridge were bowled out for 122, (Lyn Wellings 5/25).... View full lot details

All India tour to England 1932. Nine official scorecards including the inaugural Test match between England and India. Includes the rarer scorecard for the opening match of the tour, ‘All India XI v Pelsham (Mr T. Gilbert Scott’s XI)’, played at Pelsham, Peasmarsh (East Sussex), 29th & 30th April, incomplete printed and handwritten scores, Indians scored 132 & 104, Gilbert Scott’s XI 157 & 52/5, match drawn. Others are v Lancashire, Aigburth, Liverpool, 11th- 14th... View full lot details

Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes ‘Record Opening Stand’ 1932. Essex v. Yorkshire. Official double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Leyton, 15th- 17th June 1932. Batting first, Sutcliffe and Holmes set a Yorkshire record first wicket stand of 555, Sutcliffe scored 313 and Holmes 224no. This is still the record opening stand for Yorkshire and is second in the overall record for the first wicket. In reply Essex were bowled... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire 1932. Rare official commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge, 22nd- 24th June 1932. Nottinghamshire elected to bat first and reached 244, Willis Walker ending 114no, George Geary taking 5/43. Leicestershire were then bowled out for just 80, Ewart Astill (34) and Horace Snary (20) the only two to reach double figures. Following on they were dismissed again cheaply, this time for only 53, Snary (18) the only one... View full lot details

South Americans’ tour to England 1932. Nine rare original scorecards from the 1932 tour. Scorecards, with complete printed scores except where stated, are ‘[Oxford] University v. South American XI’, The Parks, Oxford, 4th- 7th June, South Americans won by ten wickets. v Gentlemen of Somerset, Taunton, 8th & 9th June, Somerset won by eight wickets. v Leicestershire, Aylestone Road, Leicester, 11th- 14th June, Leicestershire won by an innings and 33 runs. v M.C.C., Lord’s, 15th... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1933. Seven official scorecards including for the three matches played in the England v West Indies Test series, and four tour matches. Scorecards are v M.C.C., Lord’s 20th- 23rd May, incomplete printed and handwritten scores in ink, West Indies won by 152 runs. v Surrey, Kennington Oval 27th- 30th May, faintly written incomplete scores in pencil, match drawn. v Middlesex, Lord’s 10th- 13th June, incomplete printed and handwritten scores... View full lot details

‘Ladies’ Match. England v. The Rest’ 1933. Official folding scorecard for the match played at Grace Road, Leicester, 29th July 1933, the first occasion that a women’s team played as ‘England’. England batted first and scored 201/6 declared, Molly Hide being dismissed for 99, Betty Snowball scoring 52. The Rest were then bowled out for 107. cricketarchive.com records this as a single innings match, England Women winning by 94 runs. The scorecard shows The Rest... View full lot details

India v England, Eden Gardens, Calcutta 1934. Rare official scorecard for the second Test match played on the 5th- 8th January 1934. The Test match was drawn with England batting first and making 403 all out, Jardine making 61, Langridge 70, Verity 55no and Amar Singh taking four wickets for India. In reply, India were bowled out for 247 and following on, Merchant making 54, Dilawar Hussain 59, Wazar Ali 39 and Verity taking four... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1934. Nottinghamshire v Australians. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the tour match played at Trent Bridge, 11th- 14th August 1934. The Australians batted first and reached 237, William Woodfull top scorer with 81, Bill Voce taking 8/66. In reply Nottinghamshire made 183 (Joe Hardstaff 38). The Australians declared their second innings at 230/2, Bill Brown ending 100no, Alan Kippax 75 no. Nottinghamshire held on for a draw, ending 128/6. Printed on... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1934. England v Australia, 4th Test, Headingley, 20th- 24th July 1934. Original double sided scorecard with printed scores complete to the close of the second day’s play. England scored 200 in their first innings, Cyril Walters top scorer with 44. In reply the scorecard shows Australia at 494/4, Ponford having scored 181, Don Bradman on 271no. Bradman went on to make 304, Australia being dismissed for 584. Bill Bowes took 6/142.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1934. Thirteen official scorecards and one unofficial of tour and Test matches from the 1934 tour. The majority with printed and/ or handwritten scores (unless stated). Scorecards are v Cambridge University, Fenners, 9th- 11th May, Australians won by an innings and 163 runs (Ponsford 229no, Brown 105), complete printed scores. v M.C.C., Lord’s, 12th- 15th May, match drawn (Hendren 135, Ponsford 281no, McCabe 192. v Middlesex, Lord’s, 26th & 28th May,... View full lot details

Norman Stewart ‘Mandy’ Mitchell-Innes. Somerset, Oxford University & England 1931-1949. Nine official scorecards, all from the personal collection of Mitchell-Innes for Oxford University matches played in 1935 at The Parks, Oxford. All scorecards with complete printed scores. Oxford University Seniors’ Trial, ‘A. Benn’s Side v. A.M. Lee’s Side’, 27th- 30th April, match drawn. Oxford University Freshmen’s Trial, ‘N.S. Mitchell-Innes’ XI v C.F. Walker’s XI’, 1st & 2nd May, Walker’s XI won by six wickets, (Mitchell-Innes... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1935. Nine official scorecards including a commemorative silk scorecard for England v South Africa, 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 15th- 18th June, in which R.E.S. Wyatt made 149 in England’s only innings of 384, and Stan Nichols took 6/35 for England in South Africa’s first innings, match drawn. Sold with another standard scorecard from the match with players listed at the start of play and annotations. Others, the majority with incomplete... View full lot details

All India tour to England 1936. Eleven official scorecards for Test and tour matches, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v M.C.C., Lord’s 16th- 19th May, M.C.C. won by ten wickets. v Leicestershire, Aylestone Road, Leicester 20th- 22nd May, match drawn. v Middlesex, Lord’s 23rd & 25th May, Middlesex won by four wickets. v Yorkshire, Bradford Park Avenue 6th- 8th June, Yorkshire won by an innings and 151 runs. v... View full lot details

Australia tour to South Africa 1935/36. South Africa v Australia. Official folding scorecard for the 3rd Test played at Newlands, Cape Town, 1st- 4th January 1936. The scorecard with complete printed scores for the first innings, Australia batting first and reaching 362 including a first wicket stand of 233 between Jack Fingleton (112) and Bill Brown (121). South Africa were then dismissed for 102, Clarrie Grimmett taking five wickets. In the second innings, South Africa... View full lot details

New Zealand tour to England 1937. Five official scorecards for Test and tour matches, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are England v New Zealand, 1st Test, Lord’s 26th- 29th June 1937, match drawn (Hardstaff 114, Hammond 140). v Yorkshire, Headingley 10th- 13th July, match drawn (Hutton 135). 2nd Test, Old Trafford 24th- 27th July, England won by 130 runs (Hutton 100, Cowie ten wickets in the match). 3rd Test, Kennington Oval... View full lot details

Len Hutton record score 364. Official double sided scorecard for the 5th Test, England v Australia, Kennington Oval 20th- 24th August 1938. The scorecard, with printed scores at Hutton’s dismissal having made the record individual score of 364, is nicely signed by Hutton. England went on to make a record 903/7 declared before bowling out Australia for 201 and 123 to win by an innings and 579 runs, itself a record margin of victory. Small... View full lot details

Arthur Edward Fagg. Kent & England 1932-1957. Two double centuries. Essex v Kent 1938. Official folding scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Colchester, 13th- 15th July 1938, in which Arthur Fagg became the first player to score a double century in each innings of a first-class match. Kent batted first and reached 429 (Fagg 244). In reply Essex scored 350 (T.N. Pearce 137no, Doug Wright taking 7/107). Kent then declared their... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1938. Nine official scorecards of tour and Test matches from the 1938 tour. The majority with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores (unless stated). Scorecards are v M.C.C., Lord’s 14th- 17th May, match drawn (Bradman 278). v Surrey, Kennington Oval 21st- 24th May, match drawn (Bradman 143, Barnett 120no). v Essex, Southend-on-Sea 4th- 6th June, Australians won by 97 runs (Ward eleven wickets). England v Australia, 1st Test, Trent Bridge 10th-... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa ‘Timeless Test Series’ 1938/39. Two official folding scorecards for tour matches played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg. The first for the match Transvaal v M.C.C. 16th- 19th December 1938. The scorecard with the players listed at the start of play. Transvaal scored 428/8 dec. (Mitchell 133), M.C.C. 268 (Ames 109), and Transvaal ending 174/2, the match was drawn. The other for Combined Transvaal v M.C.C. 27th- 30th January 1939 with printed... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa ‘Timeless Test Series’ 1938/39. Two official folding scorecards for tour matches. The first a folding scorecard for the match Rhodesia v M.C.C., Salisbury 10th- 13th February 1939 with incomplete handwritten scores in ink. M.C.C. batted first and scored 180, Rhodesia replying with 96, (Goddard 6/38). M.C.C. then scored 174/2 dec. (Edrich 101) and Rhodesia ended 95/6 and the match was drawn. Printer unknown, overall 12.5”x10”. The other a double sided... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa ‘Timeless Test Series’ 1938/39. Official double sided scorecard for the 5th Test played at Durban, 3rd- 14th March 1939. The scorecard with only partially completed scores in ink. South Africa batted first and were dismissed on the third day’s play for 530, Pieter van der Bijl top scorer with 125, Dudley Nourse 103. Perks took 5/100 for England who replied with 316 (Ames 84). In their second innings South Africa... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1939. Eight official scorecards of tour and Test matches from the 1939 tour. All with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Scorecards are v Worcestershire, New Road, Worcester 6th & 8th May, Worcestershire won by 85 runs (Perks eleven wickets). v Middlesex, Lord’s 3rd- 6th June, West Indians won by an innings and 228 runs (Headley 228, Sealy 181, Stollmeyer 117). v Leicestershire, Aylestone Road, Leicester 17th- 20th June, match... View full lot details

Cricket at Lord’s in wartime. Thirteen official scorecards for charity and other one day matches played at Lord’s in 1940 and 1941. The majority incomplete with printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are B.B.C. v. London Balloon Barrage, 25th May 1940. West Indies v. Sir Pelham Warner’s XI, 22nd August 1940. The Army v. The Royal Air Force, 21st June 1941. Oxford v. Cambridge, 28th June 1941. A Lord’s XI v. A.A. Brigade, 3rd July... View full lot details

‘Inter-Services Cricket Match. Army [Royal Army Service Corps] XI v. R.A.F. XI’ 1941. A signed official folding scorecard for the charity fundraising match played at Niagara Grounds, Sheffield, 29th June 1941. The teams listed to centre pages feature notable cricketers, a good number of whom have nicely signed the front cover in ink. Eighteen signatures in total including Maurice Leyland, Frank Smailes, Ellis Robinson (Yorkshire), Ewart Astill, Frank Prentice (Leicestershire), Jack Hubble, Doug Wright (Kent),... View full lot details

Wartime cricket 1942. A good selection of twelve official scorecards for matches played in 1942. Includes eight for matches played at Lord’s, The Army v. Sir Pelham Warner’s XI 23rd May, British Empire XI v. The Buccaneers 30th May, The Army v. The R.A.F. 20th June, R.A.F. v. Civil Defence Services 4th July, Navy v. Army 11th July, Middlesex & Essex v. Kent & Surrey 3rd August, The Army v. Civil Defence Services 15th August,... View full lot details

Wartime cricket 1943. A good selection of eighteen official scorecards for matches played in at Lord’s 1943 and one other. Matches at Lord’s are R.A.F. Balloon Command v. Anti-Aircraft Command 15th May, Civil Defence Services v. British Empire XI 22nd May, An England XI v. West Indies 29th May, Royal Australian Air Force v. Sir Pelham Warner’s XI 5th June, Army v. Civil Defence Services 12th June, Army v. Royal Air Force 14th June, Oxford... View full lot details

Wartime cricket 1944. A good selection of sixteen official scorecards for matches played in at Lord’s 1944 and two others. Matches at Lord’s are Army v. Civil Defence Service 13th May, Australia v. The Rest 27th May, England v. Australia 29th May (loss to one corner), An England XI v. West Indies 10th June, Army v. Royal Australian Air Force 17th June, Oxford v. Cambridge 24th June, R.A.F. v. Civil Defence Services 1st July, A... View full lot details

Wartime cricket 1945. A good selection of eighteen official scorecards for matches played in at Lord’s 1945. Matches are R.A.A.F. v. British Empire XI 12 May, England v. Australia 19th- 22nd May, An England XI v. West Indies 2nd June, R.A.F. v. British Empire XI 9th June, R.A.F. v. R.A.A.F. 16th June, Second Army v. Sir Pelham Warner’s XI 29th June, R.A.A.F. v. South of England 30th June, Army v. R.A.A.F. 7th July, New Zealand... View full lot details

Wartime Northern cricket 1945. Five official scorecards for matches played in 1945. Matches are England v. Australia, Bramall Lane, Sheffield 23rd -26th June, Jack Appleyard’s Charity XI v. Walter Hammond’s XI, Roundhay Park 24th June, England v. Australia, Old Trafford 20th- 22nd August, Daily Dispatch War Fund XI v. A Mixed Counties XI, Wakefield 29th July, Daily Dispatch War Fund XI v. A Rest of England XI, Blackpool 15th August, Odd folds, otherwise in good/... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge 1944 & 1945. Fourteen official scorecards for matches played at Trent Bridge. Matches are v. R.A.F. England XI 29th May, v. A Services XI 24th June, v. Leicestershire 8th July, v. Derbyshire 22nd July, v. Midlands R.A.F. XI 5th August, v. E.A. Marshall’s XI 7th August 1944, v. R.A.F. XI 21st May, v. Leicestershire 19th May, v. Notts. Collieries XI 2nd June, v. N.F.S. XI 30th June, v. R.A.F. XI 14th... View full lot details

West of England wartime cricket 1944 & 1945. Six official scorecards/ programmes for matches played by West of England. Matches are West of England XI v. Westland Sports Club XI, Yeovil 2nd & 3rd September 1944, v. Somerset, Bristol 21st May 1945, v. Bridgewater, Bridgwater 26th May, v. New Zealand XI, Worcester 2nd June, v. Birmingham & District Cricket League, Dudley 29th July, and v. Westland Sports XI, Yeovil 25th August. Sold with two scorecards... View full lot details

Australian Services XI in India 1945. Four official scorecards/ programmes for matches played by Australian Services in India. Matches are v. Princes XI, Delhi 1st- 3rd November 1945, v. West Zone XI, Bombay 6th- 8th November 1945, v. South Zone, Madras 2nd- 4th December 1945, and v. All India, Madras 7th- 10th December 1945. Odd folds and creasing, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Prudential World Cup Final 1983. India v. West Indies. Official scorecard with complete printed scores for the final played at Lord’s 25th June 1983. India won by scoring 183 (Srikkanth 38), and then bowling out West Indies for 140 (Viv Richards 33). Sold with a commemorative cover, ‘India- Winners Prudential World Cup- 1983’ issued by the Baroda Philatelic Society in India ‘On the occasion of 10th Foundation Day’. Qty 2. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Surrey v Australians 1956. Official scorecard for the tour match played at the Oval, 16th- 18th May 1956. Jim Laker took all ten Australian wickets in the first innings and finished with figures of 46 overs, 18 maidens, ten wickets for 88. In the second innings he took 2-42. Complete handwritten scores. Signed in ink by Laker. Horizontal fold and some wear, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Tour programmes 1967-1982. Selection of five rarer tour brochures and programmes. ‘Ireland versus The Indians 1967’ tour match held at Castle Avenue, Dublin, July 1967, ‘The East Africans’, East African tour of the United Kingdom 1972, Bangladesh v M.C.C., Dacca Stadium January 1977, South Zone v M.C.C., Jessore January 1977, ‘England in India 1981-82’. Issued by Adamjee E.M. Perrbhoy & Sons, Bombay. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

West Indies tour of England 1939. ‘The Ashes. The West Indies are Here!’. Rare tour souvenir brochure for the tour in 1939. Printed by Love & Malcomson Co of Surrey. Lacking original decorative covers. Signed to pen pictures in ink by fifteen members of the West Indies team. Signatures include Headley, Barrow, V.Stollmeyer, Constantine, Hylton (signed twice), Martindale, Johnson, Gomez, Clarke, J. Stollmeyer, Grant (cpt), Weekes etc. Also fading signatures of C.B. Fry, A. Wood,... View full lot details

Gala and Sports in Centre Vale Park. Also Grand Cricket Match’ Todmorden, Yorkshire 1917. Official 26pp programme with original paper wrappers for the charity event held on Todmorden Cricket Ground, 26th May 1917. Contents relate mainly to the gala and other sports events, but p3 lists the teams for the cricket match, Lancashire v Yorkshire, with scores neatly annotated in black ink. Notable names who played include C.R. Hartley, A.E. Lawton, B. Blomley (Lancashire), G.H.... View full lot details

‘Dewsbury & Savile C.[Cricket] & F.[Football] Club Bazaar’ 1926. Official 120pp handbook with original green paper wrappers for the Club fundraising bazaar held in the Town Hall, Dewsbury, 12th- 16th October 1926. Comprises pages relating to admission, Club officers, daily opening ceremonies, stalls, entertainments, histories of the cricket, football and other sporting sections of the Club, and advertising throughout. Printed by Terry & Nephew of Dewsbury. Does not appear to be listed in Padwick. Some... View full lot details

‘Cricket. A Magazine devoted exclusively to Cricket’. Vol 1. No. 4, 1st January 1925. Published by the Melbourne Press Agency ‘by arrangement and with the sanction of the V.C.A. and M.C.C.’ to coincide with the start of the ‘106th Test Match England v. Australia’ 2nd Test at Melbourne. Original decorative paper wrappers with photo images to the front of the two captains, A.E.R. Gilligan and H.L. Collins. Nicks to some pages edges, light horizontal folds,... View full lot details

Don Bradman. ‘Australian Cricketers Goodwill Tour 1932’. Australian tour of Canada & America 1932. Very rare variant of the official brochure for the tour comprising the original brochure (in itself scarce) with paper wrappers and pen pictures, biographies and itinerary. Unusually this is bound in to an additional twelve pages and outer wrapper titled ‘Australian- Canadian Goodwill Cricket tour, 1932. Sponsored by Calgary & District Cricket League’. The additional pages feature scorecards for the two... View full lot details

Essex tour and County scorecards 1936-1970. Eleven official scorecards including Essex v All India, Brentwood, 27th- 29th May 1936, incomplete printed scores, Essex won by 7 wickets. Essex v Lancashire, Valentine’s Park, Ilford, 14th & 16th May 1938, Lancashire won by an innings and 177 runs. Also two matches played at Chelmsford, v Somerset 1953 (file holes), and v Lancashire 1959. One at Brentwood v Lancashire 1961, and five played at Ilford, v Leicestershire 1961,... View full lot details

‘Amateur Sport. A Weekly Journal Devoted to Cricket, Football, Cycling, Lawn- Tennis &c., &c.’ Volume I, 1889 (only year of issue). Published in Bristol by J.W. Arrowsmith. Complete run of issue nos. 1-26, 24th April- 16th October 1889 bound in contemporary maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. The first fourteen issues with masthead illustration depicting a cricket scene and figures of W.G. Grace and a footballer to either side. Good cricket content with strong... View full lot details

The Ashes 1946/47. ‘”Ball by Ball” Record together with Averages & Summary of 1946-1947 Series Test Matches, England v Australia in Australia. Series No. 1’. Compiled & Published by S.G. Miller of Ryde, New South Wales. Eleven page large format publication comprising highly detailed printed scorecards of each of the five Test matches played, in which is recorded every ball faced by each batsman and by which bowler, and each ball bowled to which batsman.... View full lot details

Cricket magazines 1884 onwards. Box comprising a selection of cricket magazines, the majority loose, some bound. Titles are ‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Vol. III nos. 63-79 (26th June to 25th December 1884). Bound in maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, title page and contents page to front, lacking original wrappers. Wear to boards. ‘The Cricketer’ Vol. VII nos. 2, 3, 6-8 (22nd May to 3rd July 1926) bound in red cloth lacking... View full lot details

‘Cricket Lore’. Complete run of the magazine from the first issue, November 1991 (Issue one) to July 2005 (Vol 5, Issue seven). Loosely bound in five official blue binders with titles to front board and spine. Very good condition. Sold with a box of cricket auction and dealer catalogues. Good selection including Bonhams, Christie’s Knights, McKenzie, Saunders,... View full lot details

Playfair Cricket Monthly. Complete run of the magazine in binders from May 1960 to April 1973. Only lacking the first issue. Good condition. Sold with three blue binders of ‘Cricket Lore’ magazines loosely bound from the first issue, November 1991 (Issue one) to January 1998 (Vol 3, Issue four). Twenty ‘Cricket Lore’ magazines in total... View full lot details

‘Women’s Cricket’. The Official Magazine of the Woman’s Cricket Association. Edited by Marjorie Pollard. Individual issue of the magazine for May, July and August 1926, May to August 1930, June to September 1931 and May to September 1932. Some faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Women’s Cricket’. The Official Magazine of the Woman’s Cricket Association. Edited by Marjorie Pollard. Bound volumes of the magazine for 1950 to 1952, 1954 to 1958. , with wrappers, with year title to spine, each volume with ten editions for each year, seven volumes with ‘Autumn Annual’ included. Sold with a quantity of individual loose copies of the magazine covering the period 1935 to 1967, twelve copies pre war. Plus ‘Women’s Cricket Association. Annual... View full lot details

The Book of Cricket. A New Gallery of Famous Players’. C.B. Fry. Editor. London 1899. A complete set of sixteen individual weekly issues with four page index loosely inserted to Part XVI as issued. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated. Minor wear and slight age toning to some wrappers otherwise in very good condition. Rarely seen in this condition. Sold with five duplicate parts and a complete bound volume of the book ‘The Book of Cricket. A... View full lot details

Cricket Memorabilia Society magazines. Numbers 1 (June 1988) to 71 and 73 to 76, 79 and 89 plus associated booklets, auction catalogue and Directories. The collection includes the minutes of the Inaugural meeting, agendas for meetings, the Constitution and Rules of the Society, various balance sheets and early copies of a Newsletter produced prior to the official magazine for May-July 1987, Autumn 1987, January 1988, September 1988 and March 1989. Sold with the two Membership... View full lot details

Wagon Wheels 1980s-1990s. A collection of hand compiled wagon wheel diagrams of individual innings in Test Matches, One Day Internationals, County Championship, NatWest Trophy, AXA (Sunday) League etc. Includes thirty six signed by the featured batsman. Signatures are Asif Din, Nick Knight, Dominic Ostler, Dermot Reeve, N.M.K. Smith, Roger Twose, Mike Atherton (2), John Crawley, Neil Fairbrother (2), Allan Lamb, Alec Stewart, Michael Bevan, David Boon, Justin Langer, Daryll Cullinan, Desmond Haynes, Mark Alleyne, Tim... View full lot details

Worcestershire C.C.C. Wagon Wheels 1985-1998. A collection of twenty seven hand compiled wagon wheel diagrams of individual innings by Worcestershire players in one day internationals, County Championship, Benson & Hedges Cup, John Player/ AXA League and NatWest Bank Trophy. Each signed by the featured player. Signatures are Tim Curtis (Qty 3), Damian D’Oliveria, Gavin Haynes, Graeme Hick (7), David Leatherdale, Tom Moody (5), Phil Neale (2), Steve Rhodes, David Smith (2), Vikram Solanki (2), Martin... View full lot details

Signed cricket first day covers 1970-2000’s. Dark green album containing one hundred and four various cricket covers each signed by one or more signatures of cricketers. The majority are English with sixty four different signatures, with eighteen of West Indies, three of Australian, seven South African, five New Zealand and four Zimbabwe cricketers. Signatures include G. Turner, M. Crowe, G. Greenidge, Heath Streak, Donald, Kallis, Trescothick, S. Pollock, H. Gibbs, I. Harvey, S. McGill, S.... View full lot details

Sachin Tendulkar. Yorkshire’s First Overseas Player 1992. Limited edition first day cover signed by both Tendulkar and Yorkshire Captain Martyn Moxon. Limited edition 29/150. VG... View full lot details

‘Ashes’ First Day Covers. Selection of five first day covers covering the period 1981-1993, signed by one or more England or Australian Test players. Seven signatures, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Lillee, Rod Marsh, Allan Border, Len Hutton and Mike Gatting. Odd limited edition cover. VG... View full lot details

England ‘Ashes’ First Day Covers. Selection of three first day covers covering the period 1980-1989, all multi signed by England Test players. One signed by twelve players, one signed by seven players and the other by ten players. Signatures include Close, Dexter, Trueman, Tyson, Evans, Wardle, Laker, Illingworth, Hutton, Wyatt, Bailey, Atherton, Gower, Fraser, Malcolm etc. Includes seven former England Captains. G/VG... View full lot details

Signed First Day Covers. Selection of seven first day covers covering the period 1976-2004, signed by one or more England Test players. Fifteen signatures including Willis, Hutton (2), Colin Cowdrey, Fletcher, Wyatt, Edrich, May, Boycott, Hussain, Dexter, Botham, Bedser, Graveney etc. Includes ten former England Captains. Odd limited edition cover. VG... View full lot details

England First Day Covers. Selection of nine first day covers covering the period 1992-1995, all signed by one or more England or opposition Test players plus Test Match Special commentators (former players). Even signatures including Hansie Cronje, Malcolm, De Freitas, Donald, Pollock, Woolmer, Colin Cowdrey, Robin Jackman, Miandad, A. Wells, Stewart, Viv Richards (2), Boycott, Marks, Agnew etc. G/VG... View full lot details

Cricket first day covers. ‘Centenary of The Sheffield Shield 1992’. Two similar covers signed by Don Bradman and Denis Lillee and a further ‘120 Years of County Cricket. The Australian tour 1993, signed by Alan Border. G... View full lot details