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Australia tours to England 1968 and 1972. Two official menus for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the Australia cricket teams held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 29th April 1968, with accompanying table plan, and 24th April 1972. Both menus with cartoon covers by Roy Ullyett, menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. The 1968 table plan signed in ink to the front by Colin Cowdrey, John Gleeson and Bill Lawry. The... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1972. Official menu for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheon given to the Australia cricket team held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 24th April 1972. The menu with cartoon cover by Roy Ullyett, menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. Signed in blue ink to the front by sixteen playing members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Colley, I. Chappell, Marsh, Watson, Mallett, Gleeson, Inverarity, Stackpole, Walters, Lillee, Taber,... View full lot details

New Zealand tours to England 1983 and 1986. Two official menus for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the New Zealand cricket teams held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 29th June 1983 (with accompanying table plan) and 18th June 1986. The menus with cartoon covers by Roy Ullyett, menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. The 1983 menu signed in ink to the inside by fourteen members of the New Zealand touring... View full lot details

Australia tours to England 1975-1989. Three official menus for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the Australia cricket teams held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 2nd June 1975, 26th April 1977 and 3rd May 1985. All three with accompanying table plans, and an additional table plan for the luncheon held 2nd May 1989. The menus with cartoon covers by Roy Ullyett, menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. The 1977 menu signed... View full lot details

Wombwell Crickets Lovers’ Society 1960-2006. Red binder comprising a selection of almost fifty official menus and the odd letter with a good selection of signatures, many multi-signed. Menus cover annual dinners including a 40th Anniversary dinner profusely signed to the front by thirty seven attendees, and tribute dinners to and signed by Ray Illingworth, Denis Compton, John Arlott, Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook, Dickie Bird, Martyn Moxon, Derek Underwood, Geoff Boycott, Don Wilson, Kevin Sharp, Ian... View full lot details

Nottingham menus 1956-1964. Three official folding menus, each signed in ink to the front. Menus are England v Australia, 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 5th June 1964, ten signatures of Gubby Allen, Peter West, Reg Simpson, Donald Carr, Len Hutton, Willie Watson, Norman Yardley, Denis Compton, Brian Johnston and Doug Insole. Wollaton C.C. Annual Dinner Dance, Welbeck Hotel, Nottingham 24th February 1956, three signatures of Herbert Sutcliffe, Johnny Wardle and Norman Yardley. Old West Bridgfordians’ C.C.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. ‘Bestwood Park Cricket Club Centenary Dinner 1868-1968’. Official folding menu for the dinner held at Daybrook House, Nottingham 26th April 1968. Signed in ink to the front by fourteen Nottinghamshire players. Signatures are Garry Sobers, Brian Bolus, Deryck Murray, Dave Halfyard, Mike Taylor, Ian Moore, Mike Smedley, Harold Larwood, Basher Hassan, Graham Frost, Chris Grant, Bob White, John Parkin and Carlton Forbes. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. signed menus 1981-1989. Six signed original menus. Includes two dinners held for Richard Hadlee’s testimonial fund, one for the Test Match Dinner at The Albany Hotel, Nottingham 9th August 1986, signed in ink to the front by Mike Brearley, Ken Taylor and Hadlee, the other a Sportsmans Dinner at The Grand Hotel, Jersey 20th September 1986, signed to the inside by Hadlee, Steven Rhodes and Tommy Docherty. A dinner held for Garry Sobers,... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. signed menus 1986-1991. Five multi-signed original menus. Includes the Sportsmans Dinner held for Richard Hadlee’s testimonial fund, at The Grand Hotel, Jersey 20th September 1986 signed to the front and back by Hadlee, Arnie Sidebottom, Tommy Docherty, Basher Hassan, Graham Roope, Steven Rhodes, Chris Broad, Eddie Hemmings etc. Other are ‘150 Years of Cricket at Trent Bridge’, Royal Moat House, Nottingham 28th May 1988, twenty nine signatures to the centre pages, Test Match... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. signed menus 1991-1993. Five multi-signed original menus. Includes the Nottingamshire C.C.C. Annual Dinner Dance 20th September 1991 (9 signatures) and Sportsmans’ Dinner 20th May 1992 (6). Nottingham Cricket Lovers Society ‘A Night of Knights’ dinner 11th May 1993 (3) signed by the three featured knights, Colin Cowdrey, Richard Hadlee and Garry Sobers. ‘Eve of Challenge Match Gala Dinner’ 12th June 1993 (15). ‘Luncheon to mark the official opening of the New Mound Stand,... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. signed menus 1992-2006. Eight signed original menus relating to Nottinghamshire and Trent Bridge cricket. Includes Caythorpe C.C. ‘Sportsmen’s Dinner’ 2nd November 1992 (5 signatures), Cricket Memorabilia Society 10th Anniversary Lunch 5th April 1997 (3), M.C.C. Club Dinner at Lord’s 11th November 1998 signed by Derek Randall with official invitation (both laid to white page), Mick Newell Benefit Year ‘World Cup Dinner’ 24th May 1999 (6), Nottinghamshire C.C.C. ‘Cricket Dinner’, 27th March 2001 (3),... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1956. Official menu for a ‘Dinner to Welcome the Australian Touring Side’ given by Worcestershire C.C.C. at the Guildhall, Worcester, 2nd May 1956. The folding menu signed in ink to the inside and rear cover by eighteen attendees. Signatures include Roy Booth of Worcestershire, Colin McDonald (Australia), A.E. James (masseur), also guests, ‘Mervyn’ Bishop of Worcester, Sir Richard Gale etc. Some soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1957. Official menu for a ‘Dinner to Welcome the West Indies Touring Side’ given by Worcestershire C.C.C. at the Guildhall, Worcester, 1st May 1957. The folding menu signed in ink to the inside and rear cover by thirty five attendees. West Indians’ signatures include Goddard (Captain), Asgarali, Gilchrist, Sobers, Weekes, Hall, Ganteaume, Dewdney, Alexander, Pairaudeau, Kanhai, Ramadhin etc. Worcestershire players’ signatures include P. Richardson (Captain), Horton, D. Richardson, Booth, Jenkins,... View full lot details

New Zealand tour to England 1958. Official menu for a ‘Dinner to Welcome the New Zealand Cricket Touring Side’ given by Worcestershire C.C.C. at the Guildhall, Worcester, 30th April 1958. The folding menu signed in ink to the rear cover by nineteen attendees. New Zealand signatures include Reid (Captain), Sutcliffe, Cave, Alabaster, Hayes, D’Arcy, Sparling, Miller, Harford, Meale, Blair, Petrie, Playle, Moir, Ward, MacGibbon, also by ‘Mervyn’ Bishop of Worcester etc. Smudge to the Harford... View full lot details

India tour to England 1959. Official menu for a ‘Dinner to Welcome the India Touring Side 1959’ given by Worcestershire C.C.C. at the Guildhall, Worcester, 29th April 1959. The folding menu signed in ink to the rear cover and inside by eleven attendees. Worcestershire signatures include Broadbent, Outschoorn, Richardson, Booth, Aldridge, Kenyon, Flavell etc. Minor soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1960. Official menu for a ‘Dinner to Welcome the South African Touring Side’ given by Worcestershire C.C.C. at the Guildhall, Worcester, 4th May 1960. The folding menu signed in ink to the rear cover and inside by twenty three attendees. Players’ signatures include Pothecary, Wesley, C.F. Walters of Worcestershire, and South African players including Dews, Kenyon, Flavell, Coldwell, M. Horton, Outschoorn and others including John Woodcock etc. Minor soiling, otherwise... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Official menu for the ‘Committee Dinner to celebrate the winning of the Benson & Hedges Cup 1988’ held at The County Club, Southampton, 7th September 1988. The folding menu signed to the back page by the twelve members of the Hampshire team that beat Derbyshire at Lord’s by seven wickets. Signatures are Nicholas (Captain), Cowley, Turner, Connor, C. Smith, R. Smith, Terry, Jefferies, Parks, Andrew, Ayling and James (12th man). Good/ very good... View full lot details

West Indies v England 1953/54. Garry Sobers’ Test debut. Original blank menu card for the South Camp Road Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica, very nicely signed in ink to the verso by the thirteen members of the West Indies team for the 5th Test played at Sabina Park, Kingston, 30th March- 3rd April 1954. Signatures are Stollmeyer (Captain), Worrell, Weekes, Gomez, Walcott, Ramadhin, Pairaudeau, Sobers, King, Atkinson, Holt, Valentine and McWatt. Minor age toning, otherwise in very... View full lot details

Signed cricket menus 1971-2014. Blue binder comprising nine official signed menus. ‘Cricket Society Tour of Australia Dinner’, Melbourne 1971, twenty one signatures to rear page, cricketers include Ben Brocklehurst, Ray Robinson, Jim Swanton, Rad Grace (Australian race walker) etc. Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society ‘Special Dinner & Tribute to Don Wilson and Philip Sharpe’ 1999, signed by Wilson and Sharpe, with official ticket. Luncheon given by Lancashire C.C.C. ‘To Honour the Retirement of Neal Smith’ 1989,... View full lot details

England 1953 Ashes winning team. Official menu booklet for the Sheffield Cricket Lovers’ Society ‘Reunion Dinner for Members of the 1953 Ashes Winning Team’. Held at Cutlers Hall, Sheffield, 18th October 1980. Signed to rear cover autograph page by fifteen England players including Hutton, Tattersall, Edrich, Statham, Kenyon, Trueman, Laker, May, Evans, Bedser, Wardle, Graveney, Simpson, Compton and Bailey. Additionally signed to the centre pages by Brian Johnston, Sebastian Coe and Nicholas Parsons. Good/ very... View full lot details

‘The Greats of ‘48’. 32pp brochure published by The Primary Club of Australia 1979. Sixteen of the seventeen players on the 1948 tour of England have signed the brochure to his individual page with picture and biography, the exception being Sid Barnes who died in 1973 prior to the brochure’s publication. Signatures in ink are Don Bradman, Hassett, Ring, Morris, Miller, Lindwall, Toshack, Johnston, Harvey, Tallon, Brown, Johnson, Loxton, Saggers, McCool and Hamence. Minor wear... View full lot details

Thomas Godfrey Evans. Kent & England 1939-1967. Nine original elaborate Christmas cards sent to Evans from Sir Paul Getty, each signed by Getty and/or his wife. Sold with an original order of service booklet for Getty’s Memorial Mass held at Westminster Cathedral, 9th September 2003 with official invitation issued to Evans’ wife, Mary. Also a collection of modern newspaper extracts and cuttings from the estate of Evans. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Cricketer’s signed letters 1960s-1990s. Ten original letters signed by Colin Cowdrey (Qty 2), Dennis Amiss, Chris Balderstone, Brian Close, David Gower, also Australians Alan Davidson and Ian Johnson, Ezra Mosely (West Indies), and one other signed on behalf of Rachel Heyhoe Flint. Sold with a Geoff Boycott ‘Facts & Figures’ leaflet signed twice by Boycott, and a large page signed in ink by eleven members of the Essex team c.1970. Signatures are Taylor, Hobbs, Fletcher,... View full lot details

Henry Cecil Lowther. M.C.C., Surrey, Hampshire & England 1819-1843. Original signed free-front envelope to a Henry Stephenson, dated and sent from Penrith ‘October Eleven 1824’. Nicely signed by Lowther in black ink. A rare early signature of Lowther whose long political service as a conservative M.P. saw him become the Father of the House. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

William Ward. Surrey, Hampshire & M.C.C. 1810-1845. Signed free-front envelope to ‘Mifs Chapman of Cowes’ stamped with date 27th January 1830. Signed ‘W. Ward’ in black ink to the lower left corner. A rare early signature of Ward, a right handed batsman and occasional lob-bowler who played 130 first class matches and was considered for many years one of the leading batsman in England. Some wear to corners otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Edward Harbottle Grimston. Oxford University 1834-1837. Nice ink signature of Grimston on piece laid to slightly large piece. Sold with a signature in thick black ink of Geoffrey George Lockwood Hebden (Hampshire 1937-1951, six matches), signed to a pre-printed page, with accompanying letter from a collector dated 1998 requesting his autograph. Qty 2. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

David Cecil Fowler Burton. Yorkshire & Cambridge University 1907-1921. Single page letter from Burton handwritten in ink to a school boy. Dated ‘July 14th’ (year unknown but probably early 1950s), Burton asks whether the boy is a batsman or bowler, and suggests he attends his cricket school in the winter months, ‘I shall have Jack O’Connor [Essex & England 1921-1939] the England Essex cricketer with me’. Nicely signed ‘D.C.F. Burton’. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Charles Stewart ‘Stewie’ Dempster. Wellington, Leicestershire, Warwickshire & New Zealand 1921-1948. Single page handwritten letter from Dempster on his business letterhead in Wellington, to a schoolboy in England, dated 15th April 1952. Dempster is replying to a request for his autograph, stating ‘Your letter arrived in time to catch another N.Z. cricketer in my office, so this gives you two instead of one’. Nicely signed ‘C.S. Dempster’ and also by Ken James (Wellington, Northamptonshire &... View full lot details

John Morris ‘Johnny’ Taylor. New South Wales & Australia 1913-1927. Single page handwritten letter from Taylor in Australia, to a schoolboy in England, dated 5th May 1952. Taylor is replying to a request for his autograph, and wishes the correspondent well with his cricket and his school. Nicely signed ‘J.M. Taylor’. Light folds, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Ernest Asplan Beldam. Middlesex 1903-1907. Single page handwritten letter from Beldam from his home in Surrey, to a schoolboy ‘Mr Thom[?]’, dated 12th November 1953. Beldam is replying to a request for his autograph, and wishes the correspondent well with his school cricket. Nicely signed ‘Ernest A. Beldam’. Light fold, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Richard Parr Daft. Nottinghamshire 1886 (1 match). Two page handwritten letter in ink from Daft to the collector and dealer, A.J. Gaston. Dated 4th March 1905, Daft is offering ‘a few letters... for your scrapbook’ and wishes to sell some ‘old annuals’ of which he has duplicates, listing green Lillywhites for 1866 & 1878, Lillywhite’s Guide for 1864, and Wisden almanacks for 1868, 1876, 1882 and 1883. Nicely signed ‘R.P. Daft’. One page unevenly trimmed... View full lot details

Pelham Francis Warner. Middlesex, Oxford University & England 1894-1920. Two page handwritten letter from Warner, dated 10th April 1907, regarding his ability to sing or recite. ‘I have never sung a song in my life or recite, also I have five or six men staying in the house for the match next week I shall have to look after.’ Nicely signed in full ‘Pelham F. Warner’. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Ian William Geddes Johnson. Victoria & Australia 1935-1957. Single page handwritten letter in ink dated 22nd December 1947 from Johnson to a correspondent in South Africa who had congratulated Johnson on his ‘performances against the M.C.C. team last year [1946/47]’. Nicely signed by Johnson. Light folds, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Richard ‘Richie’ Benaud. New South Wales & Australia 1948-1964. Two page typed tribute to Keith Miller and Denis Compton, written by Benaud with covering typed letter dated 18th December 1995 from Benaud to Mick Pope of the Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society. Benaud is ‘delighted the Society is offering Keith Miller and Denis Compton a tribute’, and Benaud recollects playing with Miller and against Compton, ‘two great names in cricket’ who both had ‘flair’. Both the... View full lot details

Frederick Edward ‘Fred’ Rumsey. Worcestershire, Somerset, Derbyshire & England 1960-1970. Four typed letters from Rumsey to the comedian, Eric Morecambe, from Morecambe’s personal collection. All the letters relate to Morecambe attending a Lords Taverners function at Burghley Park, Stamford with content relating to his availability, followed by details for accommodation, travel arrangements, payment etc., closing with thanks for his attendance. All signed ‘Fred’. File holes, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Charles Bowmar Harris. Nottinghamshire 1928-1951. Official 1949 ‘Benefit Souvenir’ folding card for Harris. Signed to the front in ink by Harris, and to the internal autograph page by a further nine Nottinghamshire players. Signatures are Sime, Butler, Hardstaff, Woodhead, Winrow, Voce, Harris, Giles and Harvey. Additional players’ names annotated in ink to front and rear. Some soiling otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Benefits 1948 & 1950. Three official Benefit booklets/ folding cards, one signed. One booklet for the 1948 benefit to Joe Hardstaff Jnr. (Nottinghamshire, Europeans, Auckland & England 1930-1955). Very good condition. Also two folding booklets for the 1950 benefit to Harold Butler (Nottinghamshire & England 1933-1954), one signed to the rear page by four Nottinghamshire players, Reg Simpson, Frank Woodhead, Fred Winrow and Eddie Rowe. Light creasing/ fold, otherwise in good condition. Qty... View full lot details

Eric Alfred Meads. Nottinghamshire 1939-1953. Original folding ‘Autographs and Photograph’ card produced by Nottinghamshire C.C.C. for Meads’ Benefit Fund 1953. The inside autograph page signed by sixteen members of the Nottinghamshire team and staff, opposite an official mono photograph of the team. Players’ signatures are Simpson, Meads, Hardstaff, Dooland, Hill, Clay, Jepson, Kelly, Poole, Matthews, Butler, Giles, Stocks, Goonesena and Harvey. Minor wear, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

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Cricket autographs. Selection of signed album pages, paper pieces, scraps etc. Gubby Allen, Norman Oldfield, Maurice Tate, Wilfred Rhodes, Herbert Sutcliffe, John Gunn and Reggie Spooner and Johnny Douglas all dated 1920, Andrew Sandham, C.B. Fry, Arthur Gilligan, Ted Bowley, Warwickshire c1950’s, three small album pages with the signatures of the West Indies touring party 1933, the signatures on smaller paper pieces laid down to album pages and all back to back etc. Odd faults,... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire v Lancashire 1849-1949. Outstanding Performances and Records during one hundred years’. Compiled by E.R. Wilson for the Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Folding card comprising batting, bowling and other notable performances. Tipped in to green cloth with gilt title to spine, this was Wilson’s personal copy with his ownership signature in ink and instructions to the book binder in pencil to the front. Bookplate of A.E. Winder to inside front cover. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Marylebone Cricket Club membership and fixture card 1896. The folding leather (?) card with letters ‘M.C.C.’ to one side and to the other in gilt shield the year ‘1896’. The card belonged to cricketer and noted cricket writer and historian Arthur Haygarth, he has printed and signed his name to card. Some wear and fading to the card covers, some loss of printed surface to the inside of the card. G... View full lot details

John Tunnicliffe. Yorkshire 1891-1907. Signature in pencil of Tunnicliffe on piece laid down to small trimmed page. Sold with a colour postcard of Tunnicliffe in batting pose, Valentine’s Series, postmarked 1905. The two items loosely mounted to a printed page with biographical details. The postcard with small tear to top edge and some wear, the signature in good condition.... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1955. Trimmed section of a scorecard nicely signed in ink by twelve members of the South African touring party. Signatures are Goddard, McLean, Cheetham, Endean, Winslow, Murray, Mansell, Heine, Smith, Fuller, Keith and Duckworth. Vertical fold, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

West Indies. ‘The Three W’s’. Three individual signatures in ink of Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott, each signed to piece laid to a large page with biographical information about the respective player. Good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Godfrey Evans. Kent & England 1946-1959. Large photograph album personally compiled by Evans to record events and matches played to mark his 70th birthday celebrations in 1990. Contents include magazine page extracts, newspaper cuttings, colour and mono candid and some press photographs including an Old England(?) colour team photograph at Northumberland C.C.C., numerous photographs of Evans signing bats, at functions and dinners, being presented to The Queen, and menus including for a lunch given... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1974-5’. Large souvenir autograph sheet produced for Derek Underwood’s benefit in 1975. The sheet with decorative colour borders in blue, gold and green, printed titles, photographic images of the captains, Mike Denness and Ian Chappell to top corners, and Derek Underwood to centre. Signed to the sheet by the eighteen members of the England touring party, signatures are Denness (Captain), Greig, Fletcher, Amiss, Lloyd, Edrich, Hendrick, Titmus, Arnold, Knott, Old, Cowdrey,... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1950s-1980s. Black file comprising newspaper and magazine cuttings, pages etc. with well over two hundred signatures of individual players and multi-signed Derbyshire teams. Signatures include Bolus, Gibbs, Taylor, Rumsey, Morgan, Rhodes, Swarbrook, Hendrick, Borrington, Carr, Miller, Steele, Barnett, Buxton, Barlow etc. Heavy duplication of signatures. Good condition.... View full lot details

Essex C.C.C. 1950s-1980s. Black file comprising newspaper and magazine cuttings, pages etc. with over four hundred signatures of individual players and multi-signed Essex teams. Signatures include Bailey, Insole, Barker, Boyce, East, Fletcher, Hobbs, Taylor, Turner, Hardie, Pont, Acfield, Lever, Gooch, Saville, McEwan, Edmeades, Knight etc. Heavy duplication of signatures. Good condition.... View full lot details

Glamorgan C.C.C. 1950s-1980s. Black file comprising newspaper and magazine cuttings, pages etc. with over three hundred signatures of individual players and multi-signed Glamorgan teams. Signatures include Wooller, Shepherd, Nash, Lewis, A. Jones, Llewellyn, Cordle, Lyons, Wheatley, Pressdee, Fredericks, Majid Khan, Walker, Hedges, Hopkins, Ontong etc. Heavy duplication of signatures. Good condition.... View full lot details

Northamptonshire C.C.C. 1950s-1980s. Red file comprising newspaper and magazine cuttings, the odd piece etc. with approx. one hundred and fifty signatures of individual players and multi-signed Northamptonshire teams. Signatures include Mushtaq Mohammad, Cook, Willey, Larkins, Steele, Virgin, Yardley, Bedi, Tait, Kettle, Reynolds, Crump, Griffiths, Hodgson, Andrew, Johnson, Wills etc. Heavy duplication of signatures. Good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1950s-1980s. Black file comprising newspaper and magazine cuttings, pages etc. with over two hundred signatures of individual players and the odd multi-signed Yorkshire team. Signatures include Wilson, Padgett, Trueman, Boycott, Bore, Carrick, Cope, Hampshire, Leadbeater, R. Hutton, Sharpe, Lumb, Bairstow, Dalton, Close, Old, Illingworth, Johnson, Sharp, Athey etc. Heavy duplication of signatures. Good condition.... View full lot details

West Indies Test cricketers 1920s onwards. A large selection of over ninety signatures, mainly modern, some earlier, the majority signed to white ‘West Indies Test Player’ cards, some on pieces laid down, some loose, and other cards. Earlier signatures include Constantine, Marshall, C. Smith, Alexander, Worrell, Weekes, Walcott, Shepherd, Carew, also Lara, Logie, Garner, Croft, Richardson, Holding, Hooper, Bishop, Walsh etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

West Indies 1950s onwards. Blue file comprising signed cuttings, press photographs, prints, cards, pieces etc. of West Indies Test players. Over one hundred signatures in total, mainly modern, some earlier including Worrell, Griffith, Hunte, Gibbs, Weekes, Lloyd, Gibbs, Ramadhin, also Holding, Gayle, Lara, Walsh, Bishop, Adams, Chanderpaul etc. Some duplication of signatures. Good condition.... View full lot details

England ‘Ashes’ winners 2005. Blue file comprising twelve signatures of the England Ashes winning team of 2005, each signed on card or piece and individually laid to a large page below a photographic image of the player. Signatures are Vaughan (signed to colour photograph), Flintoff, Pietersen, Bell, Trescothick, Giles, Hoggard, Strauss, G. Jones, Collingwood, Harmison, and S. Jones. Very good condition.... View full lot details

All India XI v M.C.C. 1926/1927. Paper page nicely signed in black ink by the All-India team who played M.C.C. at Eden Gardens, Calcutta on the 31st December 1926, 2nd and 3rd January 1927. Signatures are I.P.F. Campbell (Cpt), Brooke, Meyer, Nayudu, Ashton, Jamshedji, Nazir Ali, Johnstone, Hosie, Wazar Ali and Guise. Sold with two printed images of the Calcutta ground and England Captain Gilligan with Patiala. Light soiling to page otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

All-India Cricket Team, 1932’. Official mono real photograph postcard of the India team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Signed in ink to verso by sixteen members of the India touring party. Signatures include Nayudu, Limbdi, Palia, Amar Singh, Ghulam Mohamad, Naoomal, Godambe, Jahangir Khan, Nazir Ali, Colah, Nissar, Lall Singh etc. Published by Hills & Lacy for the Board of Control for Cricket in India. England won the series 1-0. VG... View full lot details

‘All-India Test Team 1933’. Large album page signed in blue and black ink by thirteen members of the India team who played England in the 1st Test in Bombay, 15th-018th December 1933 (the inaugural Test match played in India). Signatures include Nayudu (Cpt), Jai, Wazir Ali, Merchant, Ramji, Nissar, Colah, Jamshedji, Navle etc. England won the series 2-0. Good condition... View full lot details

‘All-India Test Team 1935/36’. Lined page signed in green ink by eleven members of the India team who played Australia in the un-official Tests of 1935/36. Signatures include Yuvraj of Patiala, Palia, Amarnath, C.K. Nayudu, Mustaq Ali, Navle, C.S. Nayudu etc. One signature duplicated. Good condition. A rarer set of Indian signatures... View full lot details

‘All India Cricket Team, England 1936’. Official mono real photograph postcard of the India team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Signed in ink to verso by fifteen members of the India touring party. Signatures include Palia, Nayudu, Wazir Ali, Hindelkar, Ramaswamy, Merchant, Banergee, Meher-Homji, Gopalan etc. Jarrolds’ Real Photo Series. England won the series 2-0. Good condition... View full lot details

All India tour of England 1936. A piece of ‘The Star Hotel, Worcester’ headed paper very nicely signed in ink by seventeen members of the Indian touring party to England in 1936. Signatures include Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Nayudu, Ramaswamy, Merchant, Banergee, Meher-Homji, Gopalan, Palia, Armanath, Elahi, Mustaq Ali, Jai, Hussain etc. England won the series 2-0. Handwritten title to top border of the page. Light folds otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

All India tour of England 1946. A piece of ‘Hop Market Hotel, Worcester’ headed paper very nicely signed in ink by all seventeen members of the Indian touring party to England. Signatures include Pataudi (Cpt), Merchant, Nayudu, Hazare, Mankad, Modi, Mustaq Ali, Hafeez, Sarwate, Hindlekar, Nimbalkar, Bannerjee, Shinde etc. England won the series 1-0. Light folds otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

India tour to Australia 1947/48. Very rare official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all eighteen listed members of the touring party. Signatures are Amarnath (Captain), Hazare, Nayudu, Mankad, Gul Mahomed, Sohoni, Amir Elahi, Rangnekar, Rangachary, Adhikari, Kisenchand, Phadkar, Irani, Sen, Ranvirsinhji, Rai Singh, and Gupta (Manager). Australia won the series 4-0. Horizontal and vertical folds otherwise in good/ very good condition. This was the first such official... View full lot details

India Cricket Team in England 1952. Rare official autograph sheet, with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in different coloured inks by seventeen members of the India touring party. Players’ signatures include V.S. Hazare (Captain), A.D. Adhikari, Gulam Ahmed, D.K. Gaekwad, H.G. Gaekwad, V.J. Manjrekar, G.S. Ramchand, P. Roy, C.T. Sarwate, P.R. Umrigar, Shinde, Gopinath etc. England won the series 2-0. The sheet with horizontal and vertical folds, has some soiling and wear and... View full lot details

All India tour of the West Indies 1953. A piece of ‘South Camp Road Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica’ headed paper very nicely signed in ink by all seventeen members of the Indian touring party including the manager Ramaswami. Signatures include Hazare (Cpt), Mankad, Gaekwad, Apte, Umrigar, Shodham, Roy, Ramchand, Joshi, Gadkari etc. West Indies won the series 1-0. Handwritten ink title to the top of the page. Laid down at the top edge to card. Light... View full lot details

‘Autographs of the players of the Indian Cricket Team touring Pakistan 1954-55’. Home crafted autograph sheet, now in two sections, very nicely signed in ink by all eighteen members of the Indian touring party including the manager Armanath. Signatures include Mankad (Cpt), Umrigar, Roy, Ramchand, Gadkari, Phadkar, Manjrekar, Mantri, Tamhane, Borde, Bhandari etc. The series was drawn. The sheet laid down to two A4 sheets of paper. Minor soiling otherwise in good condition. The signatures... View full lot details

‘India Team Tour of England 1959’. Official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names. Fully and nicely signed in ink by all nineteen listed members of the India touring party with the exception of the manager Ghose. Signatures are Apte, Borde, Contractor, Desai, D.K. Gaekwad, Ghorpade, Gupte, Jaisimha, Joshi, Kripal Singh, Manjrekar, Muddiah, Nadkarni, Roy, Surendra Nath, Tamhane, Umrigar, Ghose and H.H.F.P. Gaekwad. England won the series 5-0. Horizontal and vertical folds, the sheet... View full lot details

‘India v Australia, 4th Test, Madras January 1960’. Greetings card with handwritten title to front cover. Signed inside on one side of the card by thirteen of the Indian team and to the other by seventeen of the Australian team. Signatures include Ramchand, Roy, Desai, Patel, Sood, Kunderam, Borde and the rarer signatures of R.B. Kenny, A.G. Milkha Singh and the twelfth man A.S. Krishnaswamy for India and for Australia Benaud, Harvey, Davidson, Lindwall, Loxton,... View full lot details

India Cricketers 1961/62. Plain page signed by fifteen Indian players who comprised the squad from which India’s Test was selected for the home series against England. Signatures include Pataudi, Umrigar, Manjrekar, Desai, Ranjane, Kunderam, Prasanna, Jaisimha, Durani etc. India won the series 2-0. The page laid down to slightly larger page. Good condition... View full lot details

Indian tour of England 1967. Official autograph sheet, with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all eighteen members of the touring party. Signatures include Pataudi, Borde, Prasanna, Engineer, Chandrasekhar, Wadekar, Bedi, Saxsena, Guha, Mohol etc. England won the series 3-0. The sheet appears to have been trimmed, light fold marks otherwise in good condition. A rare tour sheet... View full lot details

India tour to Australia & New Zealand 1967/68. Rarer official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all eighteen listed members of the touring party. Signatures are Nawab of Pataudi (Captain), Borde, Nadkarni, Desai, Prasanna, Engineer, Surti, Chandrasekhar, Indrajitsinhji, Subramanyam, Sardesai, Wadekar, Saxena, Bedi, Kulkarni, Abid Ali, Ghulam Ahmed (Manager) and Ghose (Treasurer). In addition laid down to the lower border of the sheet is the signature of M.L.... View full lot details

‘All India State Bank Cricket Team- tour of Ceylon 1968. Official autograph sheet for the tour, which took place in September, with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all seventeen listed members of the touring party. Signatures include Hanumant Singh (Captain), Wadekar, Bedi, Guha, Kunderan, Mukherjee, Subramanian, Gupte, Govindraj etc. Folds otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Indian Cricket Team (Australia Tour of India 1969/70). Rare official autograph sheet with printed title signed in ink by fifteen Indian players who played Australia in India in 1969/70. Signatures include Nawab of Pataudi (Captain), Engineer, Bedi, Venkataraghavan, Mankad, Viswanath, Solkar, Roy, Prasanna and the rare signatures of Amber Roy and K.S. Indrajitsinhji. Australia won the series 3-1.Light folds otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

India tour of the West Indies 1971. Official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all seventeen members of the touring party. Signatures include Wadekar (Cpt), Venkataraghavan, Abidali, Bedi, Gavaskar, Jeejeebhoy, Mankad, Prasanna, Solkar, Vishwanath etc. India won the series 1-0. Light fold marks otherwise in good condition. An extremely rare tour sheet... View full lot details

India tour of England 1971. Official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, signed in ink by all eighteen of the listed members of the touring party. Signatures are Wadekar (Cpt), Venkataraghavan, Abidali, Baig, Bedi, Chandrasekhar, Engineer, Gavaskar, Govindraj, Jayantilal, Kirmani, Krishnamurthy, Mankad, Prasanna, Sardesai, Solkar, Vishwanath and Adhikari (Manager), only lacking the signature of Mehra (Treasurer). India won the series 1-0. Light vertical fold otherwise in good/ very good condition. A rarer... View full lot details

India tour of England 1974. Official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, nicely and fully signed in blue and black ink by all nineteen listed members of the touring party. Players’ signatures are Wadekar (Cpt), Venkataraghavan, Abid Ali, Bedi, Bose, Chandrasekhar, Engineer, Gavaskar, Kirmani, Madan Lal, Mankad, Naik, Patel, Prasanna, Solkar, Viswanath and the manager and treasurer. England won the series 3-0. Very light horizontal fold otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

India tour to New Zealand and West Indies 1976. Rarer official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by the nineteen listed members of the touring party. Signatures are Bedi (Cpt), Gavaskar, M. Amarnath, S. Amarnath, Chandrasekhar, Gaekwad, Kirmani, Krishnamurthy, Madan Lal, Patel, Prasanna, Sharma, Solkar, Sudhakar Rao, Vengsarkar, Venkataraghavan, Vishwanath, Umrigar (Manager) and Alaganan (Treasurer). India drew the series in New Zealand 1-1 and lost the series in... View full lot details

India team v England, 5th Test, Bombay 1976/77 series. Sheet of ‘Bombay Cricket Association’ headed paper fully signed in ink by the Indian team. Thirteen signatures are Bedi (Cpt), Gavaskar, Chandrasekhar, Gaekwad, Kirmani, Patel, Amarnath, Singh etc. England won the Test series 3-1. Handwritten title to top border. Minor adhesive marks to corners and edges to verso otherwise in good condition. A scarce tour sheet... View full lot details

Indian tour of Australia 1977/78. Sheet of ‘Travel Lodge Brisbane’ headed paper fully signed in ink by the Indian team. Eighteen signatures including Bedi (Cpt), Gavaskar, Chandrasekhar, Kirmani, Patel, Amarnath, Reddy, Chauhan, Madan Lal, Vengsarkar, Mankad etc. Australia won the Test series 3-2. Handwritten title to top border. Folds otherwise in good condition. A scarce set of signatures from this tour... View full lot details

India tour of Pakistan 1978. Rarer official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all eighteen listed members of the touring party with the exception of the manager. Signatures include Bedi (Cpt), Gavaskar, M. Amarnath, S. Amarnath, Chandrasekhar, Chauhan, Kirmani, Prasanna, Kapil Dev, Sharma, Vengsarkar, Venkataraghavan, Vishwanath etc. Pakistan won the series 2-0. Some slight age toning and creasing to edge otherwise in good condition. Not previously sold... View full lot details

India tour of Australia and New Zealand 1980/81. Rarer official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all eighteen listed members of the touring party. Signatures include Gavaskar (Cpt), Chauhan, Kirmani, Kapil Dev, Sharma, Vengsarkar, Vishwanath, Reddy, Binny, Doshi, Patel, Singh etc. With the additional signature to the side of the sheet signed by Shastri. India drew the series 1-1 in Australia and lost 1-0 in New Zealand. Folds... View full lot details

India tour to England 1982. Large official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all eighteen members of the India touring party. Signatures are Gavaskar, (Captain), Vishwanath, Kapil Dev, Doshi, Kirmani, Madal Lal, Malhotra, Nayak, Parkar, Patil, Randhirsingh, Roy, Sharma, Shastri, Vengsarkar, Yadav, Dungarpur (Manager) and Nagaraj (Assistant). England won the three Test series 1-0 with two matches drawn and India went on to win the World Cup the... View full lot details

India tour to Pakistan 1982/83. Rarer official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, signed in ink by all eighteen listed members of the India touring party. Signatures are Gavaskar, (Captain), Kapil Dev, Doshi, Kirmani, Madal Lal, Maninda Singh, Amarnath, Patil, Shastri, Sandhu, Silvaramakrishnan, Srikkanth, Vengsarkar, Vishwanath, Sharma, Gaekwad (Manager) and Ojah (Assistant). The signature of supplementary player T.A. Sekhar is laid down to the sheet. Pakistan won the series 3-0. Light horizontal folds... View full lot details

India tour to West Indies 1983. Rarer large official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all eighteen listed members of the India touring party. Signatures are Kapil Dev (Captain), Kirmani, Arun Lal, Gaekwad, Gavaskar, Gurusharan Singh, Madal Lal, Amarnath, Malhotra, Maninder Singh, More, Sandhu, Sharma, Shastri, Sivaramakrishnan, Vengsarkar, Venkataraghavan, and Hanumant Singh (Manager). West Indies won the series 2-0. Horizontal and vertical folds, nicks to page edge otherwise... View full lot details

India tour to England, Prudential World Cup 1983. Official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by the fifteen listed members of the India touring party. Signatures are Kapil Dev (Captain), Amarnath, Azad, Binny, Gavaskar, Kirmani, Madal Lal, Patil, Sandhu, Srikkanth, Shastri, Sharma, Vengsarkar, Valson, and Malsingh (Manager). Folds otherwise in good/ very good condition... View full lot details