Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024
Category: Items From The Collection Of Percy Fender. Surrey & England
Percy George Herbert Fender (Sussex, Surrey & England 1910-1935) was an all-rounder who made 557 first-class appearances and played in thirteen Test matches for England 1920-1929 in which he scored 380 runs (highest 60) at an average of 19.00, and took 29 wickets for 1185 runs (best 5/90) at an average of 40.86. He captained Surrey from 1921 to 1931. Early in 1931 Fender offered to stand down as captain in favour of Douglas Jardine but Surrey declined. However, ongoing disagreements over expenses and team selection led to Fender being sacked prior to the start of the 1932 season, and Jardine was appointed with Fender’s support.
Lot 1097:
Estimate: £40/60
Sussex v Surrey 1913. Official double sided scorecard for the match played at Hastings, 1st- 3rd September 1913. The scorecard with complete printed scores shows Sussex scoring 170 and 141 (Fender 38 & 12), Surrey 195 and 95, Sussex winning by 21 runs, ‘Razor’ Smith took fourteen wickets for Surrey in the match. Local advertising to verso. Printed by Randle & Sons, Hastings. Ex Percy Fender collection. Vertical fold, light creasing to corners, otherwise in... View full lot details
Lot 1098:
Estimate: £30/40
Middlesex v. Surrey 1927. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Lord’s 27th- 30th August 1927. Middlesex (54 & 322/9 dec., J.W. Hearne 167no) lost to Surrey (149 & 229/5) by five wickets. In Middlesex’s first innings Surrey’s Percy Fender took 7/10 off 5.3 overs, eleven wickets in the match. For Middlesex, Hearne took 8/39 in Surrey first innings. Approx. 8”x12”. Ex Percy Fender collection. Some creasing and light foxing, otherwise in good... View full lot details
Lot 1099:
Estimate: £30/40
Irving Rosenwater to P.G.H. Fender 1992. Three single page typed letters from Rosenwater to Peter Fender (son of Percy Fender). In the first, dated 10th February 1992, Fender refers to a letter he has written about ‘P.G.H. Fender’s “Jewishness”’, which he has posted to ‘The Cricketer’ magazine, a copy of which is attached along with a copy of an article written by Barry Nathan about Jewish cricketers that had appeared in the magazine in October... View full lot details
Lot 1100:
Estimate: £80/120
Douglas Robert Jardine. Oxford University, Surrey & England 1920-1934. Two page handwritten letter in ink from Jardine to Percy Fender, dated 10th June 1931. Addressed to ‘Dear George’, Jardine is replying to Fender’s ‘very charming letter & the extraordinarily generous thought which prompted you to write. I know that you had something similar in your mind upon a previous occasion... it doubles my pleasure that you should have thought of doing so again’ and thanks... View full lot details
Lot 1101:
Estimate: £50/80
John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Two page handwritten letter from Jack Hobbs to Percy Fender dated 6th September 1931. As a professional, Hobbs is writing in his typical neat hand to ‘Dear Mr. Fender’ from the Pavilion Hotel, Scarborough. Hobbs states ‘I quite agree with your remarks that there are definite signs of improvement in our team... we shall quickly develop into quite a good side’. He thanks Fender affectionately for his... View full lot details
Lot 1102:
Estimate: £50/70
Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1924-1945. Three page handwritten letter from Sutcliffe to ‘Dear George’, dated 7th January 1934. Writing from his home in Pudsey, Sutcliffe thanks Fender for a cruise and enjoying the friendship of Fender’s parents, ‘They are two of the best even, & I think your mother is the sweetest & most charming lady I’ve ever met’. He closes saying he is ‘so glad to know you are now through with all... View full lot details
Lot 1103:
Estimate: £40/60
Old England v Surrey. The Oval 1946. Two original mono press photographs of members of the Old England team being presented to King George VI for the match v Surrey at The Oval, 23rd May 1946. One depicts the Old England XI captain, Percy Fender, shaking hands with the King, Douglas Jardine standing waiting next in line. The other shows King George sharing a joke with Patsy Hendren, with Fender, Maurice Tate and Frank Woolley... View full lot details
Lot 1104:
Estimate: £60/90
Percy George Herbert Fender. Sussex, Surrey & England 1910-1935. Twenty seven hardback and softback titles, from the Fender family collection. Some titles signed. ‘The Ramblings of a Rabbit’, Henry Grierson, London 1924, signed in ink with dedication to front endpaper by the author. ‘The Table in a Roar’, compiled by ‘Fergy’ (James Ferguson), London second edition 1933. Handwritten inscription in ink to front endpaper, ‘To Percy “Bunty” from Fergy Sept 1933’. The book was dedicated... View full lot details