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Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

‘The Eleven of England’ 1847. Original early silk commemorative handkerchief depicting the England eleven of 1847, after the watercolour by Felix. The handkerchief with blue border portrays Sewell, Lillywhite, Pilch, Dorrington, O.C. Pell, N. Felix, Clarke, Dean, W. Dennison, A. Mynn, Parr & Guy with names and title printed to the lower border of the cloth. 37”x30”. Previously sold as lot 131 in the Christie’s sale of 19th June 1998. Some age toning and small... View full lot details

‘The Australian Cricket Team’ 1878. Very rare and early large cotton handkerchief commemorating Australia’s inaugural first-class tour to England. Lithographed in grey, the centre panel set in elaborate frame depicts the twelve members of the Australian touring party seated and standing, with names printed below. Players are W.L. Murdoch (Captain), T. Horan, F. Allan, G.H. Bailey, J. Conway, A. Bannerman, C. Bannerman, J. Blackham, F.R. Spofforth, D.W. Gregory, W. Midwinter, T.W. Garrett and H.F. Boyle.... View full lot details

‘At Play, Cricket’. Rare and attractive American cricket handkerchief, c.1870/80s, with delightful scenes of boys playing cricket. Cotton handkerchief with large printed image to centre of two boys playing the game holding bats at the wicket. Further images of the game to right and left quarters of the handkerchief with captions, ‘Well Caught’, ‘Fielding’, ‘The New Bat’ and ‘After Play’. The handkerchief predominately coloured in red and black with decorative border surround. To top border... View full lot details

‘The Australians 1888’. Rare printed silk handkerchief commemorating the 1888 Australian tour of England. The handkerchief with large central printed portrait in black of the team and Manager, with printed title to top and players’ names below, surrounded by decorative borders in gold. Players featured are P.S. McDonnell (Captain), A.C. Bannerman, H. Trott, C.T.B. Turner, G.J. Bonnor, C.W. Beal (Manager), H.F. Boyle, J. McC. Blackham, J. Worrall, A.H. Jarvis, J.J. Lyons, J. Edwards, F.J. Ferris... View full lot details

‘Dr. W.G. Grace. Champion Cricketer of the World’. Large cotton handkerchief produced in 1895, printed in grey, commemorating a Century of Centuries by Grace. The handkerchief has a central portrait of Grace three quarter length in cricket attire holding a cricket bat, with biography and record of each individual score and opponents to outer border. Decorated with cricket bats and balls in a floral outer border. ‘J.B. Hobbs’ faintly annotated in ink to top left... View full lot details

England v South Africa c.1907. Linen handkerchief produced to commemorate the South African tour to England. The colourful handkerchief titled ‘England v South Africa’ with cricket scene, pavilion and large crowd to circular panel to left hand side with England and South African flags, and captioned figures of a fielder taking ‘A Running Catch’, a batsman ‘Completing his Century’ and a wicket-keeper, ‘Smartly Taken’. The borders are embellished with the nations flags, balls and bats.... View full lot details

‘England’s Champion Batsman. J.B. Hobbs. Surrey & England XI’ 1922. Large linen handkerchief printed in black with printed headings and five images of Hobbs in various batting poses plus total runs and average in first class cricket up to 1922. Listed to outer border are details of centuries scored by Hobbs. 17”x17”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Cricket scarves and handkerchiefs c.1950s onwards. A good selection including eleven ladies’ headscarves in silk or acetate. Subjects include England v Australia 1876-1938 with roundels describing each Test series played in England and Australia, M.C.C. colours to borders. ‘Len Hutton’ by Kaydelon, two versions, one on white background, the other grey, with attractive and colourful scene of a cricket match in progress with players and spectators. To one corner is a large cameo image of... View full lot details

‘The Laws of the Game of Cricket c.1744’. Large silk handkerchief with printed image of Hayman’s ‘Cricket in Marylebone Fields’ to centre. ‘Jos. Ware, Cranford Kent to lower border. This handkerchief reproduced in the 1960’s by Liberty, originally printed by Joseph Ware of Cranford, Kent, the handkerchief measures 28” x 27”. Around the perimeter of this famous illustration are the oldest existing printed Laws of Cricket and date from 1744. The laws are written in... View full lot details

M.C.C. v Cambridge University 1836. Early original advertising handbill titled ‘Cricket. A Grand Match will be played in Lord’s Ground, Marylebone’ for a match to be played 13th & 14th June 1836 between ‘The Marylebone Club’ and the ‘Under Graduates of Cambridge’. The players are listed below, the M.C.C. team featuring notable names including Charles Gordon (Earl of Aboyne), Henry Lowther, John Ponsonby, John Bayley, James Cobbet and Roger Kynaston. For Cambridge Henry Snow, Charles... View full lot details

‘County of Surrey against the County of Nottingham’ 1853. Early original advertising handbill with printed titles and listed teams for a match to be held ‘On Thursday, September 8th, and following days’ at the Oval, Kennington. The players listed below correspond with the match played in 1853. Surrey’s team was comprised of Julius Caesar, Ponsonby, Miller, Caffyn, Chester, Heath, Hinkly, Lockyer, Martingell, Mortlock and Sherman. The Nottinghamshire team was very much a family affair, made... View full lot details

Sussex cricket posters. Five original advertising posters for the Eastbourne County Cricket Week, including two from 1955 for the matches v Hampshire and v Gloucestershire, one 20”x30”, the other 15”x20”, one for the 1956 matches v Derbyshire and v Hampshire, 15”x20”, one for 1958 matches v Somerset and v Hampshire 20”x30”, and another for 1989. Sold with an original poster for the ‘Exhibition of Sussex Cricket’ at the Hove Museum of Art 1957, 15”x20”, a... View full lot details

Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire, Europeans, Patiala & England 1898-1930. ‘King Wilfred Dies’. Original Daily Mirror advertising poster with the handwritten inscription, announcing Wilfred Rhodes death, retrieved from the main entrance at Headingley Cricket Ground on Monday 9th July 1973. The poster measures 19”x30”. Fold marks, odd nicks, tears and small loss to edges otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Albert Craig. ‘What the Surrey Champions say about the famous Australian Team’. ‘WAIT TILL WE MEET EM’ AGAIN!’. Dated May 17th 1888. ‘The Surrey crowd hail with delight, Our brothers from over the main, But our lads mean to beat em’ outright, Just wait till we meet ‘em again!’. Original broadsheet poem/rhyme regarding the match. With Craig’s printed initial’s ‘A.C.’ and ‘Printed by H. J. Wright, “Prima” Printing Works, 2, Brixton Road, S.W. to lower... View full lot details

W.G. Grace. Original ‘Colman’s Mustard’ advertising poster/ show card c.1890 of Grace walking down the steps of the pavilion going out to bat. With the wording ‘Colman’s Mustard like Grace heads the field’. The poster measures 16.5”x22”, laid to tightly trimmed contemporary board with fixing holes to corners. Some wear to edges and apparent age toning to surface, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Frank Sugg Ltd. Lord Street, Liverpool 1906. Original advertising show card for Suggs’ ‘The Famous Boundarie, Jessop & Invinsa Cricket Bats. The colour image depicts a close-up view of a batsman wielding a ‘G.L. Jessop Boundarie’ bat, while facing a ball delivered by a bowler in the background, the ball inscribed ‘Special County. Frank Sugg Ltd’. The image laid to board, the title and left edge sadly have been trimmed, otherwise an excellent image with... View full lot details

‘Famous English Cricketers 1880’. Stevengraph woven silk panel of a design taken from an early lithograph by Willatt Grove of Nottingham for the ‘Boy’s Own Paper’. The image depicts famous players of the period including W.G. Grace, Lillywhite, Ulyett, Hornby, Lucas, Daft, Lockwood, Shaw, Lord Harris, Pooley, Emmett, Bates etc. The panel measures 8”x5.75”. Date unknown. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Sri Lanka inaugural Test v England 1982. Eight full copies of original English language newspapers published in Sri Lanka covering the one-day International series and the first Test match to be played by Sri Lanka. The one-off Test was played at Colombo, 17th- 21st February 1982. The newspapers, all with back page coverage of the tour, some front page, are ‘Daily News’ 8th- 11th, 18th, 20th & 23rd February and ‘Sunday Observer’ 21st February 1982.... View full lot details

David Denton. Yorkshire & England 1894-1920. ‘David Denton’s Benefit Fund’ 1907. Official four page Balance Sheet for Denton’s year recording that he made a ‘handsome profit’ of £1,915, 13s, 2d. The sheet dated 31st October 1907. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice Leyland. Yorkshire & England 1920-1946. ‘Maurice Leyland’s Benefit’ 1934. Official four page leaflet with printed notice to front page from Lord Hawke announcing the benefit match to be held, Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire at Headingley, 30th June- 3rd July 1934. Cameo portrait image of Leyland to centre. The centre pages comprise names and addresses of local Club secretaries, and tear off forms for the return of donations. Folds and light creasing, splitting along the fold,... View full lot details

Yorkshire Gentlemen’s Cricket Club 1901-1911. A selection including disbound pages from a large scrapbook, individual scorecards and fixture card and press cuttings, relating to Yorkshire Gentlemen C.C. from the collection of Club member, Lieut. T.G.N. Bardwell. Individual items include an official Club fixture booklet for season 1908 with Bardwell’s name annotate to front cover (and another laid down for 1909), and original scorecards for matches played v Gentlemen of Northumberland 2nd & 3rd August 1901... View full lot details

‘The Daisy Tour. Yorkshire Wanderers Dutch Tour’ 1893. An unusual and intriguing first-hand account of the tour that took place over two weeks in August 1893, neatly handwritten in ink by tour member, Samuel R. Jackson. Bound in red cloth, title and ‘With S.R.J.’s Compliments’ in gilt to front cover. The first page lists the members of the tour, and the facing page features a typed summary of the tour and averages. The following pages... View full lot details

Longwood. Hampshire country house cricket 1881 & 1882. Early original scorebook with scores in pencil and ink of twenty five matches played by Longwood in seasons 1881 and 1882. Opposing teams played include Hockley House Boys, Dreshaw, Lord Rosehill’s XI, Excelsior, Winchester, Brookwood, Corhampton, Worthy Park, Swanmore, Garrion etc. Slipped in is an original sepia photograph of the Longwood team, laid to original photographer’s mount. Photographer unknown. Some wear to the covers of the scorebook,... View full lot details

‘H.M.S. Tenedos Scorebook’ 1884-1886. Original scorebook with scores in ink for matches played by the officers and company of H.M.S. Tenedos against other ships’ companies and local cricket clubs. Includes matches played in the Caribbean at Moresby’s Plain, Somerset, Boaz Island (all Bermuda), and Antigua, also at Sydney (Nova Scotia), and St. John’s (Newfoundland). To the rear are handwritten pages, loose and laid down, of analyses of results and individual performances, and a newspaper cutting... View full lot details

Cricket scrapbooks 1880-1930s. Two large nicely presented scrapbook albums comprising an extensive collection of magazine and newspaper cuttings of cricket related articles. One with cuttings from Chambers’s Journal, The Kaleidoscope, Illustrated London News, Bailey’s Magazine, Country Life, Fry’s Magazine, The Strand, The Graphic etc. The majority cover the period 1880-1909 with some later newspaper cuttings from the 1930s. The other album is dedicated to cuttings from Baily’s Magazine for the period 1904-1913. Both albums include... View full lot details

Cricket scrapbooks 1858-1912. Four early scrapbooks covering Test and County cricket, tours, club and representative matches. One, titled ‘Local Cricket History. The Annals of the Malton [Yorkshire] Cricket Club 1862 to 1906’ comprises a comprehensive collection of cuttings of ‘The series of articles [that] appeared in the Malton Messenger from May 1906 to January 1907’, compiled by Cecil Spiegelhalter. The handwritten title page includes an additional annotation, ‘Note: the whole was rewritten in 1920 under... View full lot details

Devon cricket 1840s onwards. A selection of ephemera relating to cricket in Devon including nine early small original advertising handbills for North Devon C.C. matches against Teignbridge, meetings, Ladies’ Days, practice sessions (with a professional) etc. for seasons 1849-1851. Each laid to page, some back-to-back with press cuttings of match reports. An early engraving of a cricket match in progress at ‘The Den’ on Teignmouth seafront by G. Townsend, published by H. Besley, Exeter, 4th... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1934. Single page with printed title ‘Australian Cricket Team July 14th 1934. Maynard Arms, Grindleford’, mono image of the hotel and printed signatures of all sixteen playing members of the Australian touring party. The page measures 8”x9”. Horizontal and vertical folds, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Illinois Cricket Association Festival 1933. Official folding fixture card for matches played from 22nd August to 4th September 1933 at grounds at Winnetka, Washington Park, Oak Park etc. Local teams, including Chicago C.C., Pakenham’s Oak Park, Illinois etc., took on the visiting teams of Winnipeg St. Georges C.C. (Canada), Cambridge University Vandals, Missouri, and Sir Julian Chan’s touring team. The card with printed fixtures and names of touring team players, also a lengthy description of... View full lot details

Australia v West Indies 1931. Official Grandstand admission ticket for the 2nd Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground January 1st to 6th 1931. N.S.W. Cricket Association. Very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

South Australia 1934-35 to 1951-52 seasons. Thirteen South Australia Junior members tickets for the Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground. The seasons being 1934-35, 1936-37, 1937-38, 1939-40, 1940-41, 1941-42, 1943-44, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51 and 1951-52. Good condition... View full lot details

South Australia 1948-49 to 1975-76 seasons. Eleven South Australia Lady members tickets for the Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground. The seasons being 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74 and 1975-76. Good condition... View full lot details

Original Patents. Parlour & Outdoor Games 1884-1903. Folder comprising six original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents. Subjects are ‘Apparatus for Playing Outdoor and Indoor Games’ A.S. King 1884, ‘Miniature Automatic Cricket Players’ T. Cloke & W.A. Ellis 1884, ‘A New or Improved Parlour Game’ M.F. Bailey 1885, ‘A New Out Door Game with Requisites for Playing the same’ E. Flemons 1886, ‘An Indoor Game in Imitation of Cricket, and Apparatus therefor’ H. Lamplough 1895, and... View full lot details

Original Patents. Cricket Equipment & Accessories 1885-1903. Folder comprising seventeen original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents. Subjects include ‘Improvements in Leg Guards’ F.H. Ayres 1885, ‘A Groin Protector or Shield for Cricketers’ A.M. Palmer 1888, ‘Improvements in or relating to Hand Guards or Protectors...’ H. Hayley 1888, ‘Improvements in Batting Gloves’ P.B. & D. Cow,

J. Crump 1892, ‘’...Pad or Protector for the Abdomen Hips and Thighs...’ R.H. Fish & H. Peace 1903, and others relating... View full lot details

Original Patents. Cricket Equipment & Accessories 1876-1904. Folder comprising nineteen original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents. Subjects include ‘Apparatus for Scoring Games’ W. Walton 1876, ‘Improvements in Cricket Stumps or Wickets’ W.G. Boorn-Thompson 1884, ‘Improvements in Machinery for Making Cricket-bats’ W.H. Cook 1888, ‘Improved Cricket Sight Boards’ W. Browning 1897, and others relating to wickets, bails, umpires’ counters, pitch measurement and marking etc. Documents include Patent Specification, description and some with diagrams. Three are bound... View full lot details

Original Patents. Cricket Bats 1876-1885. Folder comprising twenty four original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents, all relating to the construction of cricket bats, bat and tennis racquet handles and covers ‘and other Implements of the like kind’. Includes patents applied for by notable manufacturers of the day including G.W. Frowd of Lillywhite & Frowd 1881, R. Slazenger Moss of Slazenger & Sons 1884, W.R. Lake (for Cady of U.S.A.) 1884, W.H. Cleave of Clapshaw &... View full lot details

Original Patents. Cricket Bats 1886-1895. Folder comprising twenty four original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents, all relating to the construction of cricket bats, including ‘An Unbreakable Bat’, bat and tennis racquet handles and covers and others ‘of the like’. Includes patents applied for by notable manufacturers of the day including S.M. Wainwright 1886, G.H. White of Aquila Clapshaw, White & Co. 1886, H.S. Dark of F. Dark (Lord’s) 1886, L.J. Nicholls 1889, A.W. Trimmings 1890,... View full lot details

Original Patents. Cricket Bats 1885-1903 and Cricket Balls 1876-1898. Folder comprising twenty original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents, all relating to the construction of cricket bats and balls, including blade protectors, handles, tennis, footballs, ball coverings etc. Includes patents applied for by notable and international manufacturers of the day including J. Malings of Jeffries & Malings 1876, A. Ashton (U.S.A.) 1895, H.A. Cook 1895, W.A. Jewell (New Zealand) 1896, H. Gradidge 1896, J. Lane 1896,... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1914-1996. A selection of twenty original membership tickets and rule booklets for the period. Includes ‘Rules and List of Members’ 1914, Lady Member tickets for seasons 1949, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1961 & 1962, Juvenile/ Junior Member tickets for seasons 1965-1972, Gentlemen Member tickets for 1974 & 1996, Country ‘B’ membership tickets for 1975 & 1965, and a ‘Rules’ booklet for 1946. Also four small original undated admission tickets including one for Ilkeston Cricket... View full lot details

England tour itineraries 1991-1997. Three official players’ tour itinerary booklets for the tours to New Zealand and the World Cup 1991/92, Zimbabwe 1996 and New Zealand 1997. Player unknown. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Royal Household Cricket at Balmoral 1938. Two typed team sheets on Balmoral Castle letterhead for ‘Harry Mercer’s XI’ dated 12th August 1938, and ‘Mr. Tubbs’ XI’. Both sheets with handwritten alterations and batting orders in pencil. Odd rust spots and folds, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes 1934-2005. Red file comprising a selection of Ashes related ephemera. Includes two complete sets of fifty cigarette cards, John Player & Sons ‘Cricketers 1934’ and ‘Cricketers 1938’, the latter in official album. Official ‘Australian Cricket Tour’ brochures for 1938, 1948 and 1953, edited by A.W. Simpson, some soiling to wrappers. Also two Playfair tour brochures for 1956 and 1964, both in very good condition. A heavily soiled and stained official autograph sheet for... View full lot details

Dr. W.G. Grace. Gloucestershire C.C.C. Rare folding penny card written by Albert Craig, (Surrey Poet) and published by Wright & Co., London 1888. Some adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Sold with a small bookplate photograph of Grace, head and shoulders in vignette, 2.75”x3.25”, and a printed page on pink paper of an image of Grace seated with W.L. Murdoch. Odd faults, generally good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details

‘Mr J.R. Mason’. 1897. Kent C.C.C. Folding penny card assumed to have been written by A.C. Albert Craig ‘Cricket Poet and Rhymester’. Published at 25, Temple Chambers, London, publisher unknown. Advertising to front and rear, with advertisement to inside for ‘Laws of Cricket with Hints to Young Players...’. Image of Mason to front cover. Very minor adhesive marks, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Scarborough Cricket Festival. Being an account, year by year of the matches played on the Marine Ground’. Written by W.S. Conder of Kew Gardens, Surrey. Original 92 page typescript on the festival concluding with the 1959

T.N. Pearce’s XI match against the touring Indian team of 1959 the conclusion of the seventy third annual festival. Pages loose in card folder. It is not known if this typescript was ever published. Good condition... View full lot details

John Arlott. ‘Taking Stock. Problems of County Cricket’ 1952. Original 15pp typed transcription taken from a ‘Telediphone Recording’ of a broadcast made for the B.B.C. Home Service 24th April 1952. John Arlott chaired the discussion with guests, H.S. Altham, R.W.V. Robins, Bill Bowes and H.L.V. Day. Bound in green cloth for Arlott with gilt title to spine. Bookplate of A.E. Winder to inside front cover. Good condition.... View full lot details

John Tanner Neve. M.C.C. 1936. Official player’s itinerary booklet for the M.C.C. tour of Canada in 1937. The small booklet with M.C.C. colours and title to front, inside with list of players including Neve, this being his copy, fixtures and tour itinerary. Slipped in are three small newspaper cuttings reports of results of tour matches, including one in which Neve took five wickets. All contained in a brown envelope with typed ownership name of Isadore... View full lot details

‘Lancashire County & Manchester Cricket Club County Championship Celebration Dinner’ 1904. Rare official four page menu for the dinner held at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, 23rd November 1904. The menu with ornate decorative covers printed in gold, green and red, with mono cameos to the front of A.N. Hornby, President, and A.C. MacLaren, Captain to front. Menu and toast list to centre pages, list of the season’s results to rear page. Printed by G. Falkner... View full lot details

‘Lord’s Centenary Dinner 1914’. Large official menu for the Dinner held at the Hotel Cecil on Tuesday 23rd June 1914. Centre pages detached, lacking the original ribbon tie. Sold with the original printed table plan. Also an official folding menu for the ‘One Hundred and Thirty-Second Anniversary Dinner’ held at Lord’s Hotel, 2nd May 1923. Ex Wynyard collection. Good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1924/25. ‘Dinner to the M.C.C. Team’. Small and ornate folding menu for the Dinner given for the M.C.C. touring party to Australia held on the 20th November 1924 at the Hotel Wentworth, Sydney. The menu with printed title and emblem depicting flags in the colours of M.C.C. and New South Wales. Toasts and menu to centre pages. Some wear and soiling to covers, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1938. Official menu for the ‘Complimentary Dinner to Mr E.R.T. Holmes and the Surrey Cricket Team 1938’. Minor foxing, small adhesive mark to rear page, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Don Bradman. A selection of commemorative coins, books etc. relating to Bradman comprising ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Century Sir Donald Bradman’ limited edition 20c coin in presentation case, two further Bradman coins/ medals, and an Ashes Centenary 1980 medal. ‘Wisden Cricketers of the Century The Don- 100th Birthday Souvenir’ commemorative cover issued 2008. Hardback biographies ‘Sir Donald Bradman’ Anthony Davis 1960 with good dustwrapper, ‘The Don’ Roland Perry 1995, ‘The Bradman Diary 1991’ and ‘Bradman:... View full lot details

David Stuart Sheppard. The Right Reverend Lord Sheppard of Liverpool. Sussex, Cambridge University & England 1947-1962. Large format order of Service of Thanksgiving held for Sheppard, at Liverpool Cathedral, 23rd May 2005, sold with a further order of service for Evensong in thanksgiving for the life and ministry of Bishop David Sheppard at Liverpool Cathedral, 17th November 2019. Qty 2. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Talking Cricket’. Six long playing 12” vinyl records, each side comprising a narration by the cricket commentator, Martin Young, on the subject of international Test grounds. Produced by the South African Broadcasting Corporation, date unknown, probably late 1960s/ early 1970s. Each record in original decorative sleeve. Titles are No. 1 Lord’s, London, No. 2 Gabba, Brisbane, No. 3 Old Trafford, Manchester, No. 4 Old Lords and Kingsmead, Durban, No. 5 Sydney, No. 6 Kennington Oval,... View full lot details

‘Benson & Hedges’ Free Round oversized advertising beer mats 1982. Twelve original oversize beer mats decorated as large red cricket balls to one side and to the other application form to win a ‘Free Round’ of drinks. The mats in very good condition... View full lot details

Cricket ephemera. Good selection of ephemera including signed photographs and press pictures, a faded signed postcard of Jack Hobbs, signed official England touring team photographs (some fading to signatures), a cricket cap, signatures of Warwickshire Sunday League winners 1994, ‘The History of the Cricket Bat’. Scale replicas of cricket bats showing their development, in original presentation box, books include ‘Cricket Form at a Glance 1878-1902’ and ‘1901-1923’, Home Gordon, Annals of the Free Foresters 1856-1894’.... View full lot details