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Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

Kent County Cricket Club Annual 1886-1887. Hardback ‘blue book’. Original decorative boards. Gilt titles with silver gilt Kent emblem to centre. Printed by J. Burgiss-Brown, Maidstone 1887. Some light wear, age toning and odd mark otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare tenth issue of the ‘blue book’... View full lot details

Kent County Cricket Club Annual 1887-1888. Hardback ‘blue book’. Original decorative boards. Gilt titles with silver gilt Kent emblem to centre. Printed by J. Burgiss-Brown, Maidstone 1888. Some light wear, age toning and odd mark otherwise in good/very good condition. Eleventh issue of the ‘blue book’... View full lot details

Kent County Cricket Club Annual 1905 to 1908. Four editions of the hardback ‘blue book’, all printed by Cross & Jackman, Canterbury. Original decorative boards, gilt to page edges. Gilt titles and Kent emblem in gilt to centre. Light fading to the spines of all four editions to a greater or lesser degree, some discolouration to the boards of the 1905 edition, minor faults to the boards of the other three editions otherwise in good/very... View full lot details

Kent County Cricket Club Annual 1909 to 1911 and 1913. Four editions of the hardback ‘blue book’, all printed by Cross & Jackman, Canterbury or The Kentish Gazette Office, Ashford. Original decorative boards, gilt to page edges. Gilt titles and Kent emblem in gilt to centre. Light fading to the spines of all four editions to a greater or lesser degree, minor faults to boards, some breaking to the internal hinges of the 1913 edition... View full lot details

Kent County Cricket Club Annual 1910 to 1913 and 1915. Five editions of the hardback ‘blue book’, all printed by Cross & Jackman, Canterbury, The Kentish Gazette Office, Asford and Gibbs and Sons, Canterbury. Original decorative boards, gilt to page edges. Gilt titles and Kent emblem in gilt to centre. Light fading to the spines of all four editions to a greater or lesser degree, minor faults to boards, the 1915 edition with worn boards,... View full lot details

‘Cricket’. W.G. Grace. Bristol 1891. ‘Crown Quarto Edition de Luxe’ edition bound in black half leather, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original black boards with gilt lettering, appears to have had new spine with original spine leather with gilt titles applied, tape repairs to internal hinges at front and rear, hand stamp of Kent C.C.C. to front end paper. Limited de luxe edition of 652 numbered copies, signed by the author Grace, this being... View full lot details

‘The Noble Game of Cricket. Illustrated and described from Pictures, Drawings and Prints in the Collection of Sir Jeremiah Colman at Gatton Park, Surrey. With an introduction by Clifford Bax’. Published for the collector by B.T. Batsford, London. 1941. 105 plates, some coloured and mounted. Original green buckram with gilt lettering and decoration, with top edge gilt with original dustwrapper, some tape repairs to underside edges of the dustwrapper. Published in an edition of... View full lot details

‘Imperial Cricket’. P.F. Warner. London 1912. Original faded red morocco, gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Limited subscribers edition of 900 copies, this being an un-numbered edition. Padwick 83. Some minor wear and slight bowing to boards otherwise in good condition. Sold with three oversize hardback titles, ‘British Sports and Sportsmen’. Compiled and edited by ‘The Sportsman’, London 1917. Volume 1. Cricket & Football. Leather bound limited edition no. 657/1000, gilt to page edges.... View full lot details

Britcher’s Scores 1790-1805’. A boxed set of the fifteen issues in facsimile, with a commentary by David Rayvern Allen. Christopher Saunders, Newnham on Severn 2003. Published in a limited edition of 212, each set signed by Sir Tim Rice, President of M.C.C., this copy being number 193. Before Britcher, scores were notched on sticks of wood. He was among the first to put them down on paper and between 1790 and 1803 he produced an... View full lot details

‘The Force. Bat Series’ postcards. Seven real photograph sepia postcards issued by Summers Brown, London c.1911, of players depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and caps, printed titles and facsimile signatures to lower margins. Players are Bill Hitch, Jack Hobbs, Ernie Hayes, Herbert Strudwick of Surrey, J.W. Hearne of Middlesex (2 copies), and Phil Mead of Hampshire. Photos by C. Debenham, London. Sold with a mono postcard of the 1905 Surrey team from a... View full lot details

‘The Force. Bat Series’ postcards. Five real photograph sepia postcards issued by Summers Brown, London c.1911, of players depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and caps, printed titles and facsimile signatures to lower margins. Players are Frank Tarrant, Patsy Hendren, J.W. Hearne of Middlesex, Jack Hobbs of Surrey, and Phil Mead of Hampshire. Photos by C. Debenham, London. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1909. Four original sepia real photograph postcards of members of the Australian touring party. Each player is depicted standing full length in batting attire at the wicket with player’s name and ‘The Australian Cricket Team 1909’ printed to lower margin. Players are W.W. Armstrong, V.T. Trumper, C.G. Macartney and M.A. Noble. Published by Davidson Bros. London 1909. Sold with two colour postcards of Australians, one of S.E. Gregory, the other W.... View full lot details

England Test cricketers c.1909. Seven original colour postcards of England players depicted full length in cricket attire. Includes four ‘National Series’ No. 773 of A. Lilley, G.[sic] Hobbs, G. Hirst and G.L. Jessop, and three Series No. 828 of A.C. Maclaren, Hayward, and C.B. Fry. All postally unused. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Cricket postcards, photographs early 1900s. A selection of original postcards, photographs, printed supplements etc. Real photograph postcards include ‘Razor’ Smith in bowling pose by Woodland-Fullwood, D. Denton in batting pose, B.H. Spooner at the wicket, both Rival Photographic Series nos. 1378 & 1407, G. Gunn, head and shoulders wearing Nottinghamshire cap and blazer, publisher unknown. Also two real photograph postcards of unknown cricketers and ground, and nine Star Series mono postcards of Test and County... View full lot details

‘The West Indies Touring Team [to England] 1950’. Official mono printed photograph of the team with printed title players’ names and facsimile signatures to borders. Signed in ink to verso by twelve members of the touring party. Signatures are Weekes, Christiani, Trestrail, Marshall, Valentine, Williams, Goddard, Walcott, Jones, Gomez, Ramadhin and Pierre. 7.75”x5.5”. Some soiling and creasing, otherwise in generally good condition.... View full lot details

South Africa early 1900s. Mono real photograph studio portrait of V.C. Robbins (Natal 1919-1927), depicted head and shoulders wearing military attire. Signed in ink to the lower, darker part of the photograph by Robbins and dated 9th April 1917. 3.5”x5.5”. Sold with an original sepia photograph of the ‘Durban Team 1910’, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players named in pencil below include South African Test cricketers Horace Chapman, Len Tuckett, Herbie Taylor... View full lot details

Arthur Conan Doyle. Brighton College v M.C.C. 1908. Original mono panoramic photograph of the M.C.C. team standing in one row wearing cricket attire on the pitch at Brighton College Ground, Brighton, for the match played 18th June 1908. The players’ names are listed in pencil to verso, and feature Arthur Conan Doyle, and other first-class cricketers including John Rawlin, Alec Hearne, Campbell Hulton, Evelyn Metcalfe, Hugh Poyntz etc. 10.5”x4”. Photographer unknown. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tours to Devon 1911-1913. Four early original sepia photographs of M.C.C. teams depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, some in boaters and caps, one in formal attire. Two are annotated to verso in ink, one ‘MCC XI Devon Tour 1911’, another similarly for 1912, and a third is dated to the front 1913. The other photograph is annotated to verso ‘MCC v Fareham [Hampshire]’, undated but of the same period. Some... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1928/29. Original mono photograph of the M.C.C. and opposing teams and officials in a joint photograph set behind a pavilion. The players are wearing cricket attire and blazers and feature Chapman (Captain), Jardine, Ames, Freeman, White, Hammond, Mead, Tate, Larwood, Duckworth, Tyldesley and the tour manager, Toone. Missing from the M.C.C. group are Hobbs and Sutcliffe and research suggests the location may be for the tour match v Newcastle and Hunter... View full lot details

Kent. Official ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ printed photograph of the 1967 Gillette Cup winning team standing and seated in rows wearing blazers. Signed to the borders by all sixteen featured players. Signatures are Cowdrey (Captain), Denness, Sayer, Leary, Dixon, Wilson, Brown, Prodger, Dye, Luckhurst, Ealham, Graham, Underwood, Shepherd, Nicholls and Knott. Overall 11.25”x9”. Good condition. Sold with official tour brochures for India to England 1946 and Australia to England 1953, both edited by A.W. Simpson,... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1926. Full size ‘Warren Bardsley Specially Selected’ cricket bat by Duke and Son, Penshurst. Signed in ink to the face by all sixteen playing members of the Australian touring party and thirteen members of the England team for the deciding 5th ‘Timeless’ Test at the Kennington Oval, 14th- 18th August 1926. Australian signatures are Bardsley (Captain), Collins, Ryder, Andrews, Hendry, Ponsford, Gregory, Grimmett, Oldfield, Everett, Macartney, Taylor, Woodfull, Richardson, Mailey... View full lot details

England 1981 & 1998. Stuart Surridge ‘Perfect’ full size bat signed to the front by twelve members of the England team. Signatures are Brearley (Captain), Willis, Hendrick, Boycott, Gatting, Tavare, Emburey, Knott, Larkins, Allott, Botham and Parker. Also nicely signed to the back by seventeen members of the 1981 Kent team including Ealham, Asif Iqbal, Woolmer, Johnson, Jarvis, Dilley, Underwood, Baptiste, Taylor, Ellison, Benson, Spelman etc. Ownership name of Alan Ealham to rear shoulder. The... View full lot details

The Ashes 2009. Full size Duncan Fearnley ‘Cricket Australia’ bat for the ‘npower Ashes Series 2009 England v Australia’. Printed title and players’ name labels to face, nicely signed in ink by all sixteen listed members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Ponting (Captain), Clarke, Clark, Haddin, Hauritz, Hilfenhaus, Hughes, Hussey, Johnson, Katich, Lee, Manou, McDonald, North, Siddle and Watson. Perishing to handle rubber and slight toning to the blade, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes 2009. Full size Duncan Fearnley ‘Cricket Australia’ bat for the ‘npower Ashes Series 2009 England v Australia’. Printed title and players’ name labels to face, nicely signed in ink by all sixteen listed members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Ponting (Captain), Clarke, Clark, Haddin, Hauritz, Hilfenhaus, Hughes, Hussey, Johnson, Katich, Lee, Manou, McDonald, North, Siddle and Watson. Very good condition.... View full lot details

South Africa Women’s tour to England 2000. Full size Gunn and Moore ‘Autographing’ bat with players’ name labels for the England and South Africa teams. Fully signed by the fourteen listed England players and fifteen South Africans. England signatures in thick black ink include Connor (Captain), Edwards, Harper, Leng, Pearson, Reynard, Shaw, Claire Taylor, Clare Taylor etc. South African signatures include Price (Captain), Eksteen, Davies, Hodgkinson, Kuylaars, Lewis, Ndzundzu, Scheepers, Terblanche, van der Merwe, Viljoen... View full lot details

South Africa Women’s tour to England 2008. Full size Duncan Fearnley bat with printed title and players’ name labels for the England and South Africa teams. Fully signed in ink by the fifteen listed England players and fourteen South Africans. England signatures include Edwards (Captain), Atkins, Brunt, Greenway, Guha, Marsh, Rainford-Brent, Shaw, Shrubsole, C. Taylor, S. Taylor etc. South African signatures include Brits (Captain), Terblanche, Anderson, Chetty, Fritz, Kilowan, Letsoalo, Loubser, Minny, van der Westhuizen... View full lot details

England ‘NatWest Women’s Series 2012’. Full size ‘England Cricket’ bat with printed title and players’ name labels for the England team. Signed in thick black ink by fourteen of the listed England players. Signatures are Edwards (Captain), Beaumont, Brunt, Brindle, Colvin, Elwiss, Greenway, Gunn, Hazell, Knight, Marsh, Rowe, Taylor and Wyatt. Lacking the signature of Shrubsole. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Signed miniature bats 1938/39- 1990s. A selection of nine miniature bats. Four are signed including one from the M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1938/39 by Geo. Dalton & Son, Durban ‘Zephyr’ 14”, signed in ink to the face by fifteen members of the M.C.C. touring party including Hammond (Captain), Yardley, Valentine, Ames, Farnes, Goddard, Paynter, Wilkinson, Edrich, Verity, Hutton, Perks, Bartlett, Wright and Gibb. Also signed to the back by ten members of the South... View full lot details

‘England v Pakistan Test Tour 2005’. England short sleeve white shirt with three lions and crown emblem to chest, and sponsor’s logos to chest and sleeves. The shirt fully signed to the front by the sixteen playing members of the England touring party. Signatures are Vaughan (Captain), Anderson, Bell, Collingwood, Flintoff, Giles, Harmison, Hoggard, Jones, Loudon, Pietersen, Plunkett, Prior, Strauss, Trescothick and Udal. The shirt framed and glazed with players’ names and ‘Professional Cricketers’ Association’... View full lot details

‘England v Sri Lanka ODI Series 2006’. England blue short sleeve shirt with red sleeves and trim, three lions and crown emblem to chest, and sponsor’s logos to chest and sleeves. The shirt fully signed to the front by the fifteen playing members of the England team with printed names of each player below the signature. Signatures are Strauss (Captain), Bell, Bresnan, Chapple, Collingwood, Cook, Dalrymple, Harmison, Jones, Joyce, Loudon, Sajid Mahmood, Pietersen, Plunkett and... View full lot details

Cricket plate and tankards. Three items including a Royal Albert ‘England v Australia July 1981. Howzat?’ (Botham and Willis’s Test) plate in original presentation box. 8.25” diameter. Two identical Franklin Porcelain ‘The Ashes [Centenary] Tankard 1882-1982’ tankards, one with additional inscription in gold lustre to base, ‘Visit of Leek Cricket Club/ 1982’. Both 6.5” tall. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Colin Blythe. Kent & England 1899-1914. Kent navy blue cloth cricket cap with raised embroidered county emblem of the white horse, the Kent emblem, to front. The cap, with small peak typical of a pre first world war cap, from the Sankey family collection and previously sold by Knights as lot 570 in October 1995, it was bought by well known collector Mike Smith and sold by Knights after his death in an auction held... View full lot details

Colin Blythe. Kent & England 1899-1914. England navy blue cloth cricket cap with raised wired emblem of the three lions and crown to front. The cap, by H. Ludlam & Co of Albemarle Street, London, with small peak typical of a pre first world war cap has been in the collection of Kent County Cricket Club for many years. The cap has wear and breaking to the inner lining of the cap otherwise in good... View full lot details

‘Kent County Cricket Club 1906’. Very wide panoramic style oil painting on canvas by renowned artist Albert Chevallier Tayler, the painting finally completed in 1906 as a companion piece to the larger and famous painting of ‘Kent v Lancashire at Canterbury 1906’. The portrait panel painting with central image and title, in banner, depicting portraits of Lord Harris and George Marsham, head and shoulders, within decorative cameo panels with title below. To the right and... View full lot details

‘W.G. Grace at the Wicket’. Original sepia photogravure, after Archibald Stuart Wortley 1890, of the famous painting of Grace in batting pose at Lord’s, which hangs in the Long Room at Lord’s. Published by Manson, Swan and Morgan, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st May 1891, printed in Berlin, with cricket ball remarque to lower border. Signed in pencil to lower border by the subject, W.G. Grace, and by the artist, Wortley and limited to 100 copies.... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 2005. ‘Kasprowicz, Caught Jones, Edgbaston 2005’. Large limited edition print from the original by Jack Russell depicting England wicket-keeper Geraint Jones about to take the catch down the leg side to dismiss Kasprowicz off the glove to give England victory by two runs in the nail-biting 2nd Test at Edgbaston, 4th- 7th August 2005. The print, limited to only twenty five copies, was produced for Geraint Jones’ Benefit Year in... View full lot details