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M.C.C. and Ground 1874 & 1878. Two early original scorecards for M.C.C. matches played at Lord’s. Matches are v. South of England 18th & 19th May 1874, complete printed scores. South (145 & 139) beat M.C.C. (131 & 60) by 93 runs. The other is for the match v. England, 13th & 14th May 1878, incomplete printed scores. M.C.C. (93 & 58) lost to England (115 & 37/7) by three wickets, Alfred Shaw bowled throughout... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1877. Two early original scorecards for Surrey matches played at Kennington Oval. One for the match v. Gloucestershire 7th & 8th June with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink. Surrey (110 & 160) lost to Gloucestershire (226 & 45/1) by nine wickets. W.G. Grace (4 wickets) and his cousin, W.F. Gilbert (6) shared the first innings wickets for Gloucestershire. The other is for the match v. Nottinghamshire 19th- 21st July with complete... 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

Surrey C.C.C. 1886 & 1887. Two early original scorecards for matches played at Kennington Oval. One for the match v. Kent 19th- 21st August 1886 with complete printed scores. Surrey (176 & 130) beat Kent (142 & 125) by 39 runs. Kent’s ‘Nutty’ Martin took twelve wickets in the match. The other scorecard, with incomplete printed scores, is for Surrey v. Cambridge University, 20th- 22nd June 1887. Surrey (543) beat Cambridge (251 & 225) by... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Sussex’ 1887. Early original scorecard for the match played at Kennington Oval 29th- 31st August 1877. Complete printed scores. Surrey batted first reaching 118, Sussex then posted a first innings lead with 163. Surrey then scored 362 (K.J. Key 99). Anxious to get Sussex in again to bat on a worsening wicket, last man Ted Bowley ran down the wicket trying to get himself stumped but wicket-keeper Dudney refused to dismiss him. Sussex... View full lot details

Cambridge University C.C. 1887 & 1890. Two early original scorecards for matches played at Fenner’s Ground, Cambridge, both with complete printed scores. The first for the ‘Seniors’ Match. Mr. [C.D.] Buxton’s Side v. Mr. [F.] Marchant’s Side’, dated 7th May 1887. Played twelve per side, Buxton’s XII (110 & 91) beat Marchant’s XII (130 & 66) by five runs. A.M. Sutthery took ten wickets for Marchant’s XII in the second innings, thirteen in the match.... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen v. Players’ 1892. Early original scorecard for the match played at Kennington Oval 11th- 13th July 1892. Complete printed scores. Players scored 325 with Arthur Shrewsbury carrying his bat for 151no. In reply Gentlemen were bowled out for 182 and, following on, 178. Players ended 36/0 to win by ten wickets. Printed on the ground by Wright & Co., London. Very good condition.... 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

Lancashire C.C.C. 1897-1900. Six original scorecards for County matches played at Old Trafford. The scorecards with printed and handwritten scores unless stated. Matches are v. Middlesex 31st May- 2nd June 1897 (ex C.P. Foley collection, who played for Middlesex), fully printed scores, laid to tightly trimmed card, v. Middlesex 27th- 29th June 1898, v. Nottinghamshire 30th June- 2nd July 1898, v. Sussex 7th- 9th July 1898, v. Essex 14th- 16th July 1898, and v. Nottinghamshire... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. 1897-1901. Three original scorecards for Warwickshire County matches with fully printed scores unless stated. Matches are v. Surrey, Kennington Oval 13th- 15th May 1897, v. Hampshire, Southampton 12th- 14th August 1897, players listed at start of play, and v. Yorkshire, Edgbaston 13th- 15th June 1901 (Lilley’s benefit). Foxing to the Hampshire card, wear and age toning to the Yorkshire card, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Somerset C.C.C. 1898-1928. Four original scorecards for Somerset County matches with fully printed scores unless stated. Matches include one ‘away’ match, v. Gloucestershire at Gloucester 14th- 16th July 1898. Also three scorecards for ‘home’ matches against Middlesex at Taunton, 5th- 7th August 1901, players listed at start of play, 4th- 6th August 1901, and a commemorative silk scorecard for the match played 9th- 11th May 1928 lightly laid to black page. Horizontal fold and light... View full lot details

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‘Nottinghamshire v. Gloucestershire’ 1901 & 1903. Two early original commemorative silk scorecards for the matches played at Trent Bridge 18th- 20th July 1901 and 23rd- 25th July 1903. The 1901 drawn match was high scoring, three players scoring centuries, Arthur Jones (147) and Arthur Shrewsbury (167no) for Nottinghamshire, Harry Wrathall (148) for Gloucestershire. The 1903 match featured Jones’ career best innings of 296, Nottinghamshire winning by an innings and 256 runs, originally from Jones’ personal... View full lot details

Charity matches 1901. Two original scorecards for charity matches. One titled ‘Komic Kriket’, Music Hall Artists’ Team v. Old English Team, Kennington Oval 5th September 1901. The dismissals of the 28 members of the Music Hall team are amusingly described as ‘Kicked out’, ‘Carried out’, ‘Slung out’, ‘Rejected’, ‘Assaulted Umpire’, ‘Caught by mistake’ etc. Tear to lower portion of the card with tape repairs to verso. The other scorecard is for the XVIII of Twickenham... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1902-1938. Nine original scorecards for ‘home’ County and representative matches. The scorecards with printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Lancashire County matches are v. Middlesex, Aigburth 21st- 23rd July 1902, complete printed scores, v. Hampshire, Old Trafford 14th- 17th July 1928, v. Middlesex, Aigburth 6th- 8th August 1930, v. Sussex, Old Trafford 29th June- 1st July 1932, v. Essex, Aigburth 23rd- 25th August 1933, v. Essex, Old Trafford 23rd- 25th May 1934,... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1902-1914. Ten original pre- WWI scorecards for ‘home’ County matches played at Lord’s. Matches are v. Sussex 1902, 1904 (complete scores, ex C.P. Foley collection, laid to trimmed card), 1907 (complete scores), v. Yorkshire 1911, 1912, v. Hampshire 1913, 1914, v. Essex 1913, v. Lancashire 1914, and v. Surrey 1914. Minor faults to the odd scorecard, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Representative and trials matches 1904-1937. Eight original scorecards with printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Matches are M.C.C. Australian Team v. Rest of England, Lord’s 9th- 11th May 1904, G.L. Jessop’s Team v. P.F. Warner’s Team, Bramall Lane, Sheffield 1st- 3rd June 1911, souvenir scorecard with complete printed scores, M.C.C. South African Team v. The Rest, Lord’s 22nd- 24th June 1914, England v. The Rest, Lord’s 5th- 8th June 1926, Champion County [Nottinghamshire] v.... View full lot details

London County C.C. 1904. Two original scorecards for London County matches played at Crystal Palace. Matches are v. Guy’s Hospital, dated 18th June 1904 with W.L. Murdoch playing for London County. Small loss to two corners, horizontal fold with tape repair to verso and some age toning. The other scorecard is for the match v. Oundle Rovers 5th & 6th August 1904 in which W.G. Grace played for London County, and his son, W.G. Junior,... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1904 & 1905. Two original commemorative silk scorecards for Nottinghamshire matches played at Trent Bridge. One, for the match v. Yorkshire played 9th- 11th June 1904, was notable for three centuries from Arthur Jones (113) and John Dixon (135) of Nottinghamshire, John Tunnicliffe making 119 for Yorkshire. Originally from the collection of A.O. Jones, captain of Nottinghamshire in this match. The other is for the match v Middlesex 17th- 19th August 1905 in... View full lot details

South Africa tours to England 1904 & 1907. Four original scorecards including two tour matches at Lord’s. One v. M.C.C. 11th- 14th August 1904, the other v. Middlesex, 10th- 12th June 1907, both with incomplete scores. The others, both with complete printed scores, are for the 2nd Test at Headingley, 29th- 31st July 1907 (England won by 53 runs), and the drawn 3rd Test at Kennington Oval, 19th- 21st August 1907. The Headingley Test was... View full lot details

Worcestershire C.C.C. 1905-1921. Three original scorecards for matches played by Worcestershire, all with incomplete scores. Matches are v. Oxford University at Oxford 25th- 27th 1905, Ted Arnold taking a career best 9/64 in the second innings, v. Warwickshire at Dudley 1st- 3rd June 1914, Warwickshire’s Frank Foster achieving his career best score of 305no., and v. Nottinghamshire at Worcester 13th- 16th August 1921, Humphrey Gilbert taking thirteen wickets in the match. Odd minor faults, otherwise... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1906-1914. Twelve original pre- WWI scorecards for ‘home’ matches played by Hampshire at Southampton unless stated, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v. Derbyshire 4th- 6th June 1906, v. Worcestershire, Bournemouth 1st- 3rd September 1910, v. Middlesex 17th- 19th July 1911, v. Warwickshire 31st July- 2nd August 1911, v. Lancashire, Bournemouth 31st August- 2nd September 1911, v. Yorkshire 25th- 27th July 1912, v. Leicestershire 1st- 3rd August 1912, v. Middlesex... View full lot details

Eton v. Harrow 1907-1937. Six original scorecards for matches played at Lord’s. Includes a commemorative silk scorecard for the match played 12th & 13th July 1907 in which the Harrow captain, Morice Bird, became the first to score a century in each innings (100no & 131) in this fixture. Very good condition. Other scorecards, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores, are for matches played in 1913 (G. Wilson 173), 1914, 1923, 1936 and 1937,... View full lot details

‘Middlesex v. Somerset. A.E. Trott’s Benefit’ 1907. Albert Trott two hat-tricks in one innings. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Lord’s 20th- 22nd May 1907. Middlesex (286 & 213) beat Somerset (236 & 97) by 166 runs. The match was remarkable for the second innings bowling performance of Albert Trott in his benefit match, taking four wickets in four balls to dismiss Lewis, Poyntz, Woods and Robson, and then a further three... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1907-1939. Five original scorecards for Yorkshire matches played at Headingley, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v. Lancashire (David Denton’s Benefit) 5th- 7th August 1907, heavy wear and soiling, v. Lancashire 30th May- 2nd June 1936, v. Gloucestershire 26th- 28th May 1937, v. Warwickshire 10th- 12th August 1938, and v. Lancashire 5th- 8th August 1939. Also two original Champion County match scorecards, Yorkshire v. Rest of England, played at Kennington... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1907, 1908 & 1910. Nine original scorecards comprising all three from each of the Festival matches held in August/ September 1907, 1908 and 1910, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. From 1907 the matches are M.C.C. v. Yorkshire, North v. South and C.I. Thornton’s XI v. South Africans. 1908 matches are M.C.C. v. Yorkshire (fully printed scores), Gentlemen v. Players, and Lord Londesborough’s XI v. A.O. Jones’ Australian XI.... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. 1908-1914. Fifteen original pre WWI scorecards for Kent matches comprising ten ‘home’ County matches and five others, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. Home matches are v. Yorkshire, Dover 1908, v. Surrey, Blackheath 1908, v. Gloucestershire, Canterbury 1910, v. Middlesex, Canterbury 1910, v. Middlesex, Maidstone 1911, v. Hampshire, Canterbury 1911, v. Lancashire, Canterbury 1911, v. Surrey, Blackheath 1913, v. Gloucestershire, Gravesend 1913, and v. Surrey, Blackheath 1914 (ex Percy Fender collection). Other... View full lot details

Gentlemen v. Players 1908-1928. Seven original scorecards for matches played at Kennington Oval and Lord’s, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Matches played at The Oval are 1908, 1909 and 1910 (complete printed scores), and at Lord’s 1924 (complete, ex Jack Hobbs collection), 1925, 1926 and 1928. Uneven trimming to the 1924 card, other odd minor faults and folds to some cards, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1909. ‘England v. Australia’. Fifth Test. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the 5th Test, played at Kennington Oval, 9th- 11th August 1909. Australia batted first and reached 325, Bardsley scoring 136, Trumper 73 and Macartney 50, with Carr taking 5/146. In reply England made 352, (Sharp 105, Rhodes 66, Fry 62, Hutchings 59, Cotter taking 6/95). In their second innings Australia made 339/5 declared with a second century from Bardsley... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. County Champions 1909. Eight original scorecards from Kent’s Championship winning season of 1909, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v. Middlesex, Lord’s 31st May- 2nd June, v. Essex, Catford 10th- 12th June, v. Lancashire, Tonbridge 17th- 19th June, v. Northamptonshire, Gravesend 1st- 3rd July, v. Somerset, Gravesend 19th- 21st July, v. Surrey, Blackheath 22nd- 24th July, v. Middlesex, Canterbury 2nd- 4th August, and v. Rest of England (Champion County Match),... View full lot details

Oxford v. Cambridge 1911-1938. Nine original scorecards for Varsity matches played at Lord’s, eight with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores unless stated, and one commemorative silk. Years of matches are 1911 (fully printed scores), 1913, 1914, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931 (silk), and 1938. The silk scorecard for the 1931 match featured two double centuries, Alan Ratcliffe scoring 201 for Cambridge, the Nawab of Pataudi with 238no for Oxford. Oxford won by eight wickets. Very... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1911-1939. Fifteen scorecards, the majority for County matches, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores unless stated, except one, a commemorative silk. Matches are v. Essex, Leyton 1911, v. Rest of England (Champion County Match), Kennington Oval 1912, v. Warwickshire, Edgbaston 1912 (complete printed scores, ex David Denton collection who scored 200no), v. Warwickshire, Hull 1932, v. Somerset, Bramall Lane 1932, v. Essex, Hull 1934, v. Sussex, v. Lancashire, both Bramall Lane 1934,... View full lot details

Gentlemen v. Players 1911-1932. Four original scorecards, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores with one exception. Three are for matches played at Kennington Oval in 1911, 1914 (complete printed scores, ex Percy Fender collection) and 1932. The other for the match played at Scarborough in 1913. The Scarborough scorecard with light folds, the 1932 card with slight uneven trimming, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Gentlemen v. Players at Lord’s 1911-1939. Twelve original scorecards for matches played at Lord’s, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Years of matches are 1911, 1913, 1914 (complete printed scores), 1922 (complete, laid to tightly trimmed card), 1923, 1931, 1932 (complete, tape to verso), 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939. Odd folds and minor faults, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1911-1934. Four original scorecards all for matches played at Trent Bridge. Two are commemorative silk scorecards for matches v. Gloucestershire 27th- 29th July 1911, comprising three Nottinghamshire centurions, Arthur Jones with 103 in the first innings, and Wilf Payton (131no) and John Gunn (150no) in the second, Nottinghamshire winning by 288 runs. v. Warwickshire, 28th- 31st May 1927, George Gunn scoring a century in each innings (100 & 110), Willis Walker 144 in... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1911-1914. Nine original pre WWI scorecards for Surrey County matches played at Kennington Oval, some with complete printed scores where indicated. Matches are v. Worcestershire 1911 (complete printed scores, E. Kirk career best bowling figures of 7/130), v. Lancashire 1911, v. Middlesex 1911 and 1912, and the following five scorecards from Percy Fender’s collection, v. Somerset 1914 (complete), v. Essex 1914 (complete), v. Middlesex 1914, v. Lancashire (Archie Maclaren’s last County match), and... View full lot details

M.C.C. [& Ground] 1912-1939. Thirteen original scorecards for M.C.C. matches played at Lord’s (one exception), all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v. Oxford University 1912, 1925, 1929, v. Cambridge University 1912, 1931, 1935, v. Yorkshire at Scarborough 1913, v. Scotland 1922, v. Yorkshire 1925, v. Surrey 1931, 1939, v. The Army 1931, v. Kent 1932. Odd folds and minor faults to some cards, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Shanghai v. Hongkong’ 1911. Original scorecard for the ‘Interport’ match played on the Shanghai Cricket Ground, 31st May- 1st June 1911. Complete printed scores for the match in which Hong Kong scored 56, Shanghai replying with 175, and Hong Kong being dismissed a second time for 93, Shanghai winning by an innings and 26 runs. The Shanghai team included E.I.M. Barrett (Hampshire 1896-1925) who also represented England in rugby union. The scorecard originally from Barrett’s... View full lot details

County scorecards 1911-1939. Nine original scorecards for County and other matches, one signed. Includes one commemorative silk scorecard for Warwickshire v. Nottinghamshire played at The Butts Ground, Coventry, 23rd- 26th June 1928. The high scoring drawn match comprised six centuries, George Gunn (148), William Whysall (132), Willis Walker (146no) and Fred Barrett (139no) for Nottinghamshire, Tiger Smith (108) and R.E.S. Wyatt (134no) for Warwickshire. Lightly laid to black page. Other matches are Warwickshire v. Rest... View full lot details

Jack Hobbs Benefit Year 1914. Commemorative silk scorecards, on one piece of silk, for Surrey v Kent, 10 & 11th August 1914 and Surrey v Yorkshire, 13th-15th August 1914. Surrey won the first match by eight wickets, Hobbs made 16 and 26no. Hitch took nine wickets in the match and Blythe took 9-97 in the Surrey first innings. In the Yorkshire match, Surrey won by an innings and 30 runs. Hobbs made 202, Hayward 116... View full lot details

Jack Hobbs Benefit Years 1914 and 1919. Commemorative silk scorecards, on one piece of silk, for Surrey v Kent, 10th & 11th August 1914, ‘War Declared 1914’ printed to bottom of scorecard, and Surrey v Kent, 18th August 1919, ‘Peace signed 1919’ printed to bottom of scorecard. Surrey won the first match by eight wickets, Hobbs made 16 and 26no. Hitch took nine wickets in the match and Blythe took 9-97 in the Surrey first... View full lot details

‘Lord’s Centenary 1814-1914’. Large original commemorative printed scorecard for the Centenary in 1914. The scorecard is headed ‘Lord’s Cricket Ground Centenary 1814-1914... M.C.C. v Hertfordshire. June 22nd 1814’ with colour decorative border depicting Lord’s cricket ground through the ages. Printed by Tom Browne & Co (Nottm) Limited. 9.75”x11.75”. Colours nice and bright. Very good condition.... View full lot details

India ‘Quadrangular Cricket. Season 1916’. ‘Presidency [Europeans] vs. Parsis [Parsees]’. Two rare official programmes/ scorecards for the Bombay Tournament final played at the Bombay Gymkhana Ground 11th- 13th September 1916. The programmes each comprise eight pages with printed titles to fronts, with rhymes, articles, advertising etc. One, titled to the front ‘Second Day’, shows the Parsees’ first innings score at 197/7. The other, titled ‘Third Day’ shows the scores as they stood at the close... View full lot details

World War I charity matches, Lord’s 1917 & 1918. Three original scorecards for wartime charity matches played at Lord’s. Matches are English Army XI v. Australian Imperial Force XI 14th July 1917 (incomplete printed scores), England XI v. Dominions XI 29th June 1918 (complete printed scores), and F.S. Jackson’s XI v. P.F. Warner’s XI 31st August 1918 (complete printed and handwritten scores). Wear and creasing to one scorecard, other odd faults, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. 1919-1939. A good selection of eighteen original pre-World War II scorecards for Kent ‘home’ matches. All with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores (one exception). Includes a scorecard for the tour match v. Australians at Canterbury, 7th- 9th August 1919. Others are for County matches against Surrey 1919, 1922, 1931, 1935, 1938, Hampshire 1920, 1921, 1931, 1939, Northamptonshire 1921, Lancashire 1928 (complete printed scores), Yorkshire 1930, Glamorgan 1932, Derbyshire 1932, Middlesex 1938, Somerset 1939,... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1919-1938. Twenty nine original scorecards from matches played at Scarborough, the majority for the annual Festival, also County Championship matches. Teams featured include Yorkshire, M.C.C., Gentlemen v. Players, touring teams etc. Seasons are 1919 (Qty 2), 1920 (3), 1922 (3), 1923 (2 including West Indies), 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933 (3 including West Indies) 1934 (3), 1935 (2), 1936 (3), 1937, and 1938 (3). Odd folds and minor faults to some cards,... View full lot details

Representative match scorecards 1919-1935. Seven original scorecards for the period, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores (one exception). Matches are Gentlemen of England XI v Australian Imperial Forces XI, Lord’s 23rd- 25th June 1919. C.I. Thornton’s (England) XI v Australian Imperial Forces XI, Scarborough 8th- 10th September 1919. Free Foresters v Royal Fusiliers, Lord’s 16th & 17th June 1919. Lords & Commons v Mr. Norman Seagram’s Canadian XII, Lord’s 11th August 1922 (complete printed... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1919-1929. Twenty two original scorecards for Surrey ‘home’ matches played at Kennington Oval. Includes one commemorative silk scorecard for Surrey v Middlesex (Charity Match) played 17th- 19th July 1919, comprising six centuries. Lightly laid down to black page. The other scorecards are for County Championship matches, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores are for Surrey matches v Essex 1922, 1927, 1928, 1929, v Gloucestershire 1925 (ex Jack Hobbs collection), v Warwickshire 1925,... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1921-1929. Twenty two original scorecards for Middlesex ‘home’ County Championship matches played at Lord’s (one exception), all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Surrey 1921, 1922, 1923, v Rest of England (Champion County Match), Kennington Oval 1921, v Nottinghamshire 1922, 1925, v Somerset 1922, v Hampshire 1922, 1923, v Sussex 1923, 1926, 1928, v Yorkshire 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, v Gloucestershire 1924, 1929, v Kent 1925, v Warwickshire 1928, v... View full lot details

Oxford and Cambridge Universities 1907-1938. Seventeen original scorecards for ‘home’ matches played at The Parks, Oxford, and Fenner’s, Cambridge, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. Cambridge University matches are v Yorkshire 1907 (ex J.R. Mason collection), v Free Foresters 1921 (Percy Chapman 138). Oxford University matches are ‘C.H. Knott’s Side v T.B. Raike’s Side’ (Freshmen’s Match) 1924, v Middlesex 1925, v Leicestershire 1933, 1936, 1938, v Oxfordshire 1935, v Gloucestershire 1936, v Yorkshire 1936,... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1923 & 1928. Two original commemorative silk scorecards for matches played at Trent Bridge. One for Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire, 20th & 21st June 1923 in which 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... View full lot details

Gloucestershire and Somerset County scorecards 1923-1939. Ten original scorecards for ‘home’ matches played at various grounds, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. Gloucestershire matches are v Lancashire, played at Gloucester 1923, v Kent, Bristol 1932, and v Devon, Cornwall & United Services, Plymouth 1934. Somerset matches are v Sussex, Taunton 1934, v Essex, Frome 1935, v Kent, Wells 1938, v Gloucestershire, Taunton 1937, v Kent, Bath 1937, v Worcestershire, Taunton 1939, and v Hampshire,... View full lot details

Gentlemen v Players 1925 & 1930. Two original commemorative silk scorecards, one for the match played at Kennington Oval, 8th- 10th July 1925. Gentlemen won by four wickets, Gubby Allen (130) scoring his maiden first-class century. Maurice Tate took 7/148. 6.25”x10”. The scorecard mounted to card with tape to verso and lightly mounted to black page. The other for the drawn match played at Lord’s 16th- 18th July 1930 in which K.S. Duleepsinhji scored centuries... View full lot details

Jack Hobbs ‘Record’. Somerset v Surrey 1925. Official scorecard from the match played on the 15th-18th August 1925, where Hobbs made his 126th and 127th centuries equalling and breaking W.G. Grace’s record of number of centuries scored. Hobb’s made 101 in the first and 101no in the second. Surrey won the match by ten wickets. Odd very minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. 1926-1938. Eight original scorecards for Kent County and first-class ‘home’ matches, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores, and one other signed, played at various grounds. Matches are v M.C.C., Folkestone 1926, v Derbyshire, Tonbridge 1930, v Surrey, Blackheath 1932, v Derbyshire, Tunbridge Wells 1934, v Surrey, Blackheath 1934 & 1936, v Lancashire, Canterbury 1938, and v Yorkshire, Dover 1938. The other is for a Single Wicket Match, C.S. Marriott (Kent) v T.W.... View full lot details

Test, tour and County scorecards 1926-1953. Twenty two original scorecards, all with printed and/ or handwritten scores. Includes Test matches for England v Australia at Kennington Oval 1926, 1953, and Lord’s 1948. Tour match scorecards for M.C.C. v Australians, Lord’s 1948, Surrey v New Zealanders, The Oval 1949, and Middlesex v West Indies, Lord’s 1950. Also Gentlemen v Players at Lord’s 1949, 1950, a good number of Surrey home County matches, and two matches played... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1930-1939. Thirty seven original scorecards for Surrey County Championship matches, all with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. All, with two exceptions are for matches played at Kennington Oval. Matches are v Sussex 1930, 1933, 1939, v Essex 1930, 1934, 1938, v Somerset 1930, 1931, 1934, v Derbyshire 1930, 1931, v Hampshire 1931, 1935, 1938 (at Guildford), v Nottinghamshire 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, v Yorkshire 1931, 1937, v Lancashire 1932, 1934, 1935, v Kent... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1930-1939. Forty seven original scorecards for Middlesex County Championship matches played at Lord’s with one exception. The majority with incomplete and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Leicestershire 1930, 1931, v Derbyshire 1930, v Worcestershire 1930, 1932, v Somerset 1930, 1934, 1935, 1938, v Hampshire 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1939, v Essex 1930, 1935, 1939, v Kent 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, v Glamorgan 1931, 1934, v Sussex 1931, 1934, 1939, v Lancashire... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. silk scorecards 1932 & 1934. Two rare official commemorative silk scorecards for the matches played at Trent Bridge v Leicestershire, 22nd- 24th June 1932 and v Australians, 11th- 14th August 1934. Both scorecards from the collection of Bill Voce who, in the 1932 Leicestershire match, bowled unchanged with Harold Larwood through both innings taking ten wickets apiece. Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 111 runs. In the Australian’s drawn tour match of 1935,... 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. Following on in the second innings,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1899. ‘The Australians v. an England XI’. Very rare official scorecard for the match played at Tremorvah, Truro, 7th & 8th July 1899. Players listed at start of play. The Australians batted first and reached 214, Joe Darling the top scorer with 55, Richardson and Peel taking four wickets each for the England XI. In reply, England were dismissed for only 87, Ernie Jones taking 7/31. Following on, the England XI... View full lot details

Lancashire v Glamorgan 1947. Official single sided scorecard for the match played at Aigburth, Liverpool, 11th- 13th June 1947. Complete handwritten scores in ink for the drawn match. Nicely signed in ink to the verso by all eleven members of the Glamorgan team, Wooller (Captain), Lavis, Dyson, Porter, Robinson, Clay, Watkins, Muncer, Jones, Haydn Davies and Emrys Davies, also Cranston (Captain), Brierley, Place and Price of Lancashire. Fifteen signatures in total. Vertical fold, the scorecard... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1950. Lancashire v West Indians. Official scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores for the match played at Aigburth, Liverpool, 5th- 7th July 1950. The scorecard signed in ink by six members of the West Indies touring party. Signatures are Valentine, Stollmeyer, Worrell, Gomez, Ramadhin and Weekes. West Indians won by an innings and 41 runs, Pierre taking 8/51 in Lancashire’s first innings, Valentine taking 7/57 in the second, and... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1950. England v West Indies, Lord’s 24th- 29th June 1950. Official scorecard for the 2nd Test match with incomplete printed scores. Profusely signed in ink by all seventeen members of the West Indies touring party and seven members of the England team who played in the match, which West Indies won by convincingly by an innings and 326 runs. West Indies signatures are Goddard (Captain), Marshall, Rae, Weekes, Stollmeyer (signed... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1909. ‘Trent Bridge Ground. Final Test Match. Ladies of the City and County v Veterans of the Crimea and Indian Mutiny’. Unusual and rare early silk commemorative scorecard for the fundraising match played at Trent Bridge, 2nd August 1909. The scorecard, with ornate design of war medals to top, shows the thirteen members of the Ladies team (captained by Mr. J.A.H. Green) scoring 183. In reply seventeen Veterans had reached 74, and a... View full lot details

‘India v West Indies’. Prudential World Cup Final 1983. Official match programme and fully completed printed scorecard for the Final, India v West Indies, played at Lord’s 25th June 1983. VG... View full lot details

‘Bicentenary Match M.C.C. v Rest of the World’. Official souvenir scorecard produced for the match played at Lord’s, 20th-25th August 1987. The card with decorative colour front signed in by six cricketers including Vengsarkar and Kapil Dev of India, Chris Broad, Fred Titmus etc. Good condition... View full lot details

Signed England Lord’s Test scorecards. Two scorecards, one for England v India 1990 in which Graham Gooch scored 333 and 123, the other for England v New Zealand 1986, Richard Hadlee taking 6/80 in the first innings, seven in the match. Both scorecards boldly signed in black ink by Gooch and Hadlee respectively. Mounted together, framed and glazed, overall 15”x14”. Good condition.... View full lot details

Brian Lara. 501 not out 1994. Official scorecard with complete printed scores for Warwickshire v Durham, 2nd- 6th June 1994, when Lara made the record score of 501. Sold with a colour press photograph in batting action, 8”x10”, and a Futura ‘Elite’ 1996 series trade card no. 46 of Lara and Richie Richardson, nicely signed by Lara. Qty 3. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Graham Gooch record 333 & 123. England v India. Lord’s 1990. Official scorecard with complete printed scores for the Lord’s Test match 26th- 31st July 1990 in which Gooch scored 333 and 123. Signed by Gooch. Sold with an official T.C.C.B. commemorative cover for the Lord’s Test match signed by three of the centurions in the match, Gooch, Allan Lamb (139) and Ravi Shastri (100). Also a signed Cornhill Insurance (Series G) collectors’ card of... View full lot details

Test and County signed scorecards 1990-2023. Eight signed scorecards including two Test matches. England v Australia, The Oval 2005, signed by Kevin Pietersen who scored 158 in England’s second innings. England v India, Lord’s 1990, Graham Gooch 333 & 123 (signature on label laid down). County Championship matches, Worcestershire v Sussex, Worcester 1998, Graeme Hick 104 & 132. Sussex v Kent, Hove 2004, Min Patel 5/138. Essex v Worcestershire, Chelmsford 2006, Phil Jacques 244. Sussex... View full lot details

‘World Record Test Innings’. Radial score chart of Brian Lara’s world record Test Innings of 375 for West Indies v England 1994 by Bill Frindall. Limited edition 187/375. Personally signed by Bill Frindall and with laid down signature of Lara on paper piece. Mounted, overall 12.5”x15”. Good condition... View full lot details

‘In Quest of the Ashes 1934. The Don Bradman Souvenir Booklet and Scoring Records’. Published by Wrigley’s Limited of Australia. Pre-tour booklet and separate folding ‘Don Bradman Scoring Sheet and Record of the Tour’. Some wear and creasing, rusting to staples, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘South African Cricket Tour 1947’. Official souvenir brochure for the South African tour of England. Edited by A.W. Simpson. Pictorial covers. Fully signed in blue ink to inside pen pictures by all seventeen playing members of the South African touring party. Signatures are Melville (Captain), Nourse, Mitchell, Viljoen, Rowan, Lindsay, Tuckett, Begbie, Dyer, Fullerton, Plimsoll, Payn, Ovenstone, Mann, Dawson, Harris and Smith. Also signed to the pen pictures by ten England players, Edrich, Hardstaff, Bedser,... View full lot details

‘Cricketers from South Africa’. Official Playfair tour brochure for the South African tour of England 1960, edited by Gordon Ross. Fully signed in ink to inside pen pictures by all sixteen members of the touring party. Signatures are McGlew (Captain), Goddard, Adcock, Carlstein, Duckworth, Fellows-Smith, Griffin, McKinnon, McLean, O’Linn, Pithey, Pothecary, Tayfield, Waite, Wesley and Nourse (Manager). Wear to front wrapper, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘All India Cricket Tour of England 1946’. Official souvenir brochure for the Indian tour of England. Edited by A.W. Simpson. Pictorial covers. Fully signed in ink to inside pen profile pictures by all sixteen members of the Indian tourists plus the manager Gupta. Players’ signatures are Nawab of Pataudi (Captain), Merchant, Amarnath, Modi, Banerjee, Mushtaq Ali, Hindlekar, Mankad, Hafeez, Nimbalker, Sohni, Hazare, Nayudu, Shinde, Gul Mohamed and Sarwate. Rusting and some staining to staple, adhesive... View full lot details

Pakistan tour to England 1987. Official T.C.C.B. tour guide fully signed in ink to the pen pictures by all eighteen playing members of the touring party. Signatures are Imran Khan (Captain), Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir, Asif Mujtaba, Ijaz Ahmed, Iqbal Qasim, Mansoor Akhtar, Manzoor Elahi, Mohsin Kamal, Mudassar Nazar, Rameez Raja, Saleem Jaffer, Saleem Malik, Saleem Yousuf, Shoaib Mohammad, Tauseef Ahmed, Wasim Akram and Zakir Khan. Minor wear to wrappers, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1989. Official T.C.C.B. tour guide signed in ink to the pen pictures by all seventeen members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Border (Captain), Marsh, Alderman, Boon, Campbell, Healy, Hohns, Hughes, Jones, Lawson, May, Moody, Rackemann, Taylor, Veletta, Waugh and Zoehrer. Additionally signed to pages by the captains, David Gower (twice) and Allan Border (3), also Phil DeFreitas, Jimmy Cook, Graeme Hick, Tim Curtis, Curtley Ambrose, Graham Gooch, Franklyn Stephenson,... View full lot details

Lala Armanath (India) Benefit Match. ‘President’s XI v Pakistan XI’ played at the Brabourne Stadium, Bombay on the 18th-20th February 1961. Original programme for the match with pictorial covers, sixty pages with pen pictures and biographies. A rare programme... View full lot details

Australia. ‘Celebrating 100 Years of Sheffield Shield Cricket’. South Australian Cricket Association programme for the match against New South Wales at the Adelaide Oval, 18th- 21st December 1992. Signed to front cover by fifteen International Test players. Signatures include Andrew Hilditch, Graeme Pollock, David Sheppard, Geoff Arnold, J.J. Warr, Rex Sellers, Neil Harvey, Ali Bacher, Doug Walters, Derek Pringle, Ken Cranston, Lindsay Kline etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes. England tour to Australia 1994/95. Official souvenir programme for the one-day match played to celebrate the ‘St. George Bank Origin of the Ashes’ match, Australia XI v England XI, at Rupertswood Cricket Club, Rupertswood, Sunbury, Victoria, 18th January 1995. Published by the Sunbury Telegraph. Signed to the inside pages by eleven members of the Australian team and fifteen of England. Signatures are Border, Marsh, Jones, Thomson, Stackpole, Yallop, Lawson, Sheahan, Dodemaide, Jordon, Rixon... View full lot details

‘Centenary of Test Cricket. Australia/ England 1877-1977’. Two copies of the commemorative ‘Australia Post Cover’ issued at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 9th March 1977 for the Centenary Test in Australia. One signed to the front and verso by thirty, the other by twenty two Australia and England Test players. Signatures include Bradman, Barrington, Trueman, Statham, Lindwall, Larwood, Lillee, Boycott, Close, Miller, Hutton, Denness, Snow, Simpson, Lawry, Graveney, Morris, Dexter, Bowes, Voce, Gleeson, Compton, Brearley, G.... View full lot details

‘Somerset County Cricket Club. Commemorating 100 Years of County Championship Cricket 1891-1991’. Four copies of limited edition commemorative covers issued 27th July 1991 for the match Somerset v Kent at Taunton, each multi-signed to the fronts. Limited to 3500 copies, the limitation numbers are 2368 signed by twelve Somerset players, 2337 signed by two Somerset, 2390 signed by eleven Kent players, and 2351 signed by the two captains Tavare, and Benson. Other signatures include Tavare,... View full lot details

Lord Sheffield commemorative match 1990. Official programme for the match played at Fletching Cricket Club, Sussex, 9th September 1990, ‘to commemorate the contribution by the 3rd Earl of Sheffield to cricket between Australia and England 1884-1896’. Signed in ink to the centre spread pen pictures by twenty players. Signatures include Colin Cowdrey, Robin Hobbs, Paul Parker, Graham Roope, John Snow, Derek Underwood, Jim Parks, Bob Simpson, Tony Dodemaide etc. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1928/29. ‘International Cricket Souvenir. Visit of English Eleven to Australia 1928/29. Fifth Test Match played at Melbourne March 8th 1929’. Souvenir programme/ brochure for the match compiled by W.R. Wright. Adelaide 1929. 40pp with pen pictures, records, profiles, scorecards etc. Scores neatly annotated in ink to centre scorecard pages. Original decorative pictorial wrappers, preserved in modern brown cloth case. Padwick 4465-1. Small stain to rear wrapper, rusting to staples, otherwise in... View full lot details

The Ashes. Australia v England 1998/99. ‘Quest for the Ashes Official Test Programme’. Signed to the player pen pictures by nine Australian players and fifteen of England. Signatures are Elliott, Fleming, Gillespie, Kasprowicz, Langer, Lehmann, MacGill, Slater, Warne, Atherton, Butcher, Cork, Crawley, Croft, Fraser, Gough, Headley, Hegg, Hollioake, Mullally, Ramprakash, Such, Thorpe and Tudor. Good condition.... View full lot details

Auction catalogues 1950-1978. Good and interesting selection of twenty six auction and dealer catalogues from the period stated. Catalogues for Christies, ‘The Parker Gallery’ and Sotheby & Co. Early catalogues featuring the Parker Gallery from 1950, Christie’s from 1951 and Sotheby & Co from 1951. Mixed selection, each sent to M.C.C. for their consideration, odd one with typed recommendation i.e. ‘Messrs Sotheby & Co beg to draw your attention to lot 339 in the enclosed... View full lot details

Auction catalogues 1994-2015. Box comprising a large selection of over eighty original auction catalogues including Phillips, Vennett-Smith, Tim Davidson, Mullock’s, Christies, Bonhams, International Autograph Auctions, Dominic Winter, Sportinggold etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Surrey v Warwickshire 1982. ‘National Westminster Bank Trophy Cover No. 2’. Official commemorative cover for the Final played at Lord’s 4th September 1982. Signed to the front by six members of the B.B.C. commentary team including Tony Lewis, Fred Trueman, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Trevor Bailey and Jack Bannister. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Geoff Boycott Yorkshire & England, 10 years as No. 1’. 36pp colour brochure covering Boycott’s career to date. Signed to the front cover by Boycott. Very good condition.... View full lot details

George Neville Weston. W.G. Grace biographer. Box comprising ten scrapbook albums and four exercise books compiled by Weston, comprising cuttings, photographs, original letters, postcards of local scenes etc., many with statistics and commentary handwritten in ink by Weston. The majority of the books relate to research carried out by Weston relating to the playing career and life of W.G., with particular emphasis on his research into minor matches in which Grace played. One album relates... View full lot details

‘The Cricketer’ magazine 1940-1945. Run of six bound wartime volumes of the magazine, Volumes XXI (1940) to XXVI (1945). All bound in official publisher’s green cloth, red speckled page edges, lacking original wrappers, with the exception of Vol. XXII (1941) bound in contemporary green cloth. All complete with Spring and Winter Annuals, Vol. XXII (1941) lacking issue no. 2. Some age toning to pages, some fading and wear to boards, otherwise overall in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume VI nos. 140-169 (27th January to 29th December 1887). Illustrated. Bound in original publisher’s green cloth, gilt title to front and spine, red speckled page edges. Complete with title and contents pages to front, also the six score sheet supplements issued. Wear to board extremities, some breaking to internal hinges and page block, otherwise in generally good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume VIII nos. 200-229 (24th January to 27th December 1889). Illustrated. Bound in original publisher’s green cloth with replacement spine and endpapers, gilt title to front. Complete with, unusually, original front and rear wrappers for all issues bound in, title and contents pages to front, and the eight score sheet supplements issued. Wear to board extremities, odd pages/ wrappers cleanly detached, wear and tear to some original wrappers,... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume IX nos. 230-259 (27th January to 27th December 1890). Illustrated. Bound in original publisher’s green cloth, gilt title to front and spine. Complete with title and contents pages to front. Lacking the eleven score sheet supplements issued. Newsagent’s stamp to the front page of the majority of issues. Minor wear to board extremities, crease to front board, otherwise in good condition with pages nice and bright.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume X nos. 260-289 (27th January to 31st December 1891). Illustrated. Bound in original publisher’s green cloth, gilt title to front and spine. Complete with title and contents pages to front. Lacking the five score sheet supplements issued. Newsagent’s stamp to the front page of some issues. Some wear and staining to board extremities, otherwise in good condition with pages nice and bright.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XVIII nos. 500-529 (26th January to 21st December 1899). Illustrated. Complete run of issues loosely inserted in later green binder. Lacking the poster supplement for 13th April. Title and contents pages included with final issue. Wrapper of first issue split and detached, wear and some loss to wrappers of first two issues, some age toning to pages, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XX nos. 560-589 (31st January to 19th December 1901). Illustrated. Complete run of issues loosely inserted in later green binder. Lacking the poster supplement for 11th April. Title and contents pages included with final issue. Some age toning to wrappers and pages, fading to the odd wrapper, wrappers of last issue detached, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XXVI nos. 740-769 (31st January to 19th December 1907). Illustrated. Complete run of issues loosely inserted in later green binder. Title and contents pages included with final issue. Minor age toning to wrappers and pages, odd tear and tape repair, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XXVII nos. 770-799 (30th January to 24th December 1908). Illustrated. Complete run of issues loosely inserted in later green binder. Lacking the Cricket Fixtures supplement for 9th April. Title and contents pages included with final issue. Fading to wrappers of the first and final issues, minor age toning, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XXVIII nos. 800-829 (28th January to 21st December 1909). Illustrated. Complete run of issues loosely inserted in later green binder. Lacking the Cricket Fixtures supplement for 22nd April. Title and contents pages included with final issue. Contents page included at rear of final issue. Fading to wrappers of some issues, minor age toning, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details