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Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

‘Lord Sheffield’s Eleven at Sheffield Park, August 26 & 27, 1881’. Early original sepia photograph of Lord Sheffield’s team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire for the match v A. Shaw’s XI, 26th- 27th August 1881. Players featured include Emmett, Pinder, Ulyett, Ellis, Greenfield, Lockwood, Gilbert etc. The photograph by Hennah & Kent, Brighton, measures 10”x8”, laid to photographer’s mount with printed players’ names and title to lower border, overall 16”x13”. Ex Lord’s... View full lot details

‘St. Wilfred’s Club, 1886’. Early original sepia photograph of the St. Wilfred team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion at Sheffield Park, Sussex. The photograph by E. Hawkins & Co, ‘Late Hennah & Kent’, Brighton, measures 11.5”x9.5”, laid to photographer’s mount with printed title to lower border, overall 17.5”x13.5”. Light foxing to mount, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

‘Mr. John Gilbert’s Team’ and ‘Rev. W. Summers’ Team’ 1886. Two early original sepia photographs of each team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion at Sheffield Park, for a match played 13th September 1886. The photographs by E. Hawkins & Co., ‘Late Hennah & Kent’, Brighton, each measures 11.5”x9.5”, laid to photographer’s mount with printed title and players’ names to lower border, overall 17.5”x13.5”. Both photographs in very... View full lot details

A.C. Maclaren and F.S. Jackson. ‘Harrow [Football] Eleven 1888’. Early original sepia photograph of the Harrow School football team seated and standing in rows wearing football attire. The photograph laid to official photographer’s mount with hand printed title and colour school emblem to top margin, and players’ names to lower margin. The players featured include two future England Test cricket captains, Archibald Campbell ‘Archie’ MacLaren (Lancashire & England 1890-1914) and Francis Stanley Jackson (Cambridge University,... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen versus Players. At Lord’s, July 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1901’. A wonderfully evocative original mono photograph of the Gentlemen XI seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers. In the background spectators can be seen looking on over an ivy-covered wall. Players featured are MacGregor (Captain), Bradley, Jones, Foster, Mason, Jephson, Ranjitsinhji, Wells, Fry, Jessop and Warner. The photograph by Elliott & Fry, of Baker Street, measuring approx. 11.5”x9.25”, is laid... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire County Cricket Team. Season 1905’. Excellent early official mono photograph of the Yorkshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Players are Lord Hawke (Captain), Jackson, Hirst, H. Wilkinson, Tunnicliffe, Denton, Haigh, Grimshaw, W.H. Wilkinson, Rhodes, Hunter and Myers. The photograph by Walter Scott of Bradford, measures 11.25”x9.25”, laid to official photographer’s mount with printed title and player’s names to borders. Overall 18”x14”. Minor foxing and age toning to... View full lot details

‘Cambridge University v New Zealand Cricket 1927’. Excellent official mono photograph of the two teams together seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers, for the match played at Fenner’s 18th- 20th May 1927. New Zealand players featured include Lowry (Captain), Blunt, Mills, Dempster, Bernau, Merritt, Blundell etc. Notable names who appeared for Cambridge include Dawson (5 Tests), Morgan, Killick (2 Tests), Longrigg, Robins (19 Tests), Seabrook, Longfield, Allom (5 Tests), Machin and... View full lot details

Robert ‘Bobby’ Abel. Surrey & England 1881-1904. Two excellent images of Abel. One is a studio portrait of Abel, head and shoulders wearing formal attire and a straw boater, laid to tightly trimmed original mount. 9.5”x12”. The other is of Abel with fellow Surrey players J.M. Read and Brockwell. 5.5”x8”. Photographers unknown. Nice images in very good condition.... View full lot details

Bodyline. ‘England v Australia. 1st Test Sydney 1932-3’. Original mono panoramic photograph depicting the match in progress with huge crowds looking on from packed stands. Originally from the collection of Hedley Verity (Yorkshire & England 1930-1939) with a letter of provenance signed by Verity’s son, Douglas, dated 26th July 2001. The photograph was taken on the second day’s play, the scoreboard showing Australia having been dismissed for 360 in their first innings, England’s reply at... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia (Bodyline) 1932/33. Large and original mono action photograph from the 2nd Test match played at Melbourne on the 30th December 1932- 3rd January 1933. The photograph, which is laid down to photographer’s mount, with handwritten title to lower mount border, ‘Taking the shine off the new ball, shortly after the commencement of the match. Woodfull and Jardine playing tip and catch while the crowd roars with laughter’. The photograph, by ‘Kodak’... View full lot details

M.C.C. Tour to Australia, 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’. ‘Marylebone Cricket Team, Toronto, Canada. April 26th 1933’. Original sepia photograph of members of the M.C.C. team standing in front of a large building in the centre of Toronto with crowd to background. Players noted include Jardine (Captain), Hammond, Paynter, Ames, Sutcliffe, Mitchell, Duckworth, Voce, Bowes, Wyatt, Brown, Warner, Palairet etc. Printed title to lower portion of the image. 10.75”x6.75”. Tear to left hand border, repaired with tape otherwise... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1938. Original mono photograph of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The photograph nicely signed in black ink by all sixteen players and the manager, Jeanes, seventeen signatures in total. Players’ signatures are Bradman (Captain), Brown, Chipperfield, McCabe, Barnett, Waite, Ward, Barnes, McCormick, O’Reilly, White, Fleetwood-Smith, Fingleton, Walker, Badcock and Hassett. The photograph measures approx. 11”x8.5”, mounted with modern title panel and printed players’ names... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1938. ‘Australian Cricket Team 1938’. Large official mono photograph of the Australian touring team to England 1938, standing and seated in rows at Lord’s, wearing tour blazers and cricket attire. The photograph is laid to official photographer’s mount with printed title and players’ names to borders, and is fully signed in ink to the lower mount border by all eighteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Bradman (Captain), McCabe, Brown... View full lot details

England v All India 1936. Original sepia press photograph of the two captains, Gubby Allen and Maharaj Vizianagram, tossing for innings at the start of the drawn second Test match at Old Trafford, 25th- 28th July 1936. The photograph nicely signed in ink by the two captains. 6”x8”, laid to grey album page with typed press caption laid down below. Photographer unknown. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. A nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details

Indian tour of Australia 1947. Original press photograph of the Indian touring team prior to the first Test match v Australia played at Brisbane 28th, 29th November, 1st-4th December 1947. Players include Armanath (Cpt), Nayudu, Hazare, Mankad, Gul Mohammed, Sarwate, Irani, Adhikari etc. Photograph by Sidney Riley, Brisbane. Officially mounted with printed title above and player names below. 13”x9”. Very good condition. Sold with a team photograph of the Australian team prior to the same... View full lot details

‘Derbyshire v Australians 1886’. Original early sepia photograph of the Derbyshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire for the tour match v Australians at the County Ground, Derby, 7th & 8th June 1886. The photograph with handwritten title and players’ names in ink to lower portion of the image. Players featured are Maynard (Captain), Walker, Cochrane, Docker, Eadie, Sugg, Cropper, Coup, Chatterton, Disney and Davidson. The photograph measures approx. 9.5”x8”, mounted, framed... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1894. Early original sepia photograph of the Derbyshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire on the steps of the pavilion. Printed title and players’ names below. Players are Evershed (Captain), Marsden, Walker, Wright, Sugg, Chatterton, Malthouse, Porter, Evans, Hulme, Davidson and Storer. The photograph by W.W. Winter of Derby, measures 11”x9”, laid to official photographer’s mount, framed and glazed overall 22”x18”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1906. Early original sepia photograph of the Derbyshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire in front of a pavilion. The photograph measures approx. 12”x10”, mounted, framed and glazed with handprinted title and players’ names to mount. Overall 24”x19.5”. Players are Wright (Captain), Buckston, Ashcroft, Hunter, Needham, Humphries, Ollivierre, Morton, Warren, Bestwick and Cadman. Photographer unknown. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 1914. Original sepia photograph of the Derbyshire team and umpires seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion for the drawn match played at Derby, 20th- 23rd June 1914. The photograph measures approx. 11”x9”, mounted, framed and glazed with handprinted title and players’ names to mount. Overall 24”x20”. Players are Baggallay (Captain), Chapman, Forrester, Curgenven, Oliver, Cadman, Morton, Horsley, Wild, Beet, Slater and Bowden. Photographer unknown. Very... View full lot details

‘Derbyshire Cricket Club 1928’. Large original mono photograph of the Derbyshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The photograph measures approx. 15”x11.5”, framed and glazed with handprinted title and players’ names to mount. Overall 24”x20”. Players are Jackson (Captain), Slater, Richardson, Lee, Elliott, Alderman, Hutchinson, Townsend, Smith, Worthington, Bowden and Storer. Photographer unknown, possibly A. Wilkes & Son of West Bromwich. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Derbyshire v. Essex Record Score’ 1929. Large original mono photograph of the Derbyshire opening batsmen, H. Storer and J. Bowden standing in front of the scoreboard having made a then record first wicket partnership in the match played at Derby 29th June- 2nd July 1929. The scoreboard shows the score at the fall of the first wicket of Derbyshire’s only innings at 322, Storer having been dismissed for 209, Bowden on 94no (he went on... View full lot details

‘Derbyshire County Cricket XI 1931’. Original sepia photograph of the Derbyshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. The photograph measures approx. 11.5”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, framed and glazed with handprinted title and players’ names to lower mount border. Overall 19”x16”. Players are Richardson (Captain), Storer, Elliott, Lee, Slater, Alderman, Townsend, Smith, Hutchinson, Mitchell and Worthington. Photographer unknown. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

‘Derbyshire Cricket Club 1933’. Large original mono photograph of the Derbyshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. The photograph measures approx. 15”x11.5”, mounted, framed and glazed with handprinted title and players’ names to mount borders. Overall 24”x20.5”. Players are Richardson (Captain), Elliott, Clarke, Lee, Storer, Copson, Smith, Pope, Worthington, Townsend, Alderman and Mitchell. Photographer unknown, possibly A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Vertical folds, otherwise a nice image in good... View full lot details

‘Cambridge [University] XI 1887’. Early original sepia photograph of the Cambridge University team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. Notable players include the captain, Frank Marchant (Kent 1883-1905), F. Thomas (Sussex 1886-1890), H. Hale (Gloucestershire & Tasmania 1886-1911), F.G.J. Ford (Middlesex & England 1886-1899), F.M. [Meyrick-]Jones (Kent 1893-1896), also C. Toppin, C. Buxton, L. Orford, L. Martineau, E. Crawley and W.C. Bridgeman. The photograph measures approx. 10”x8”, mounted with handwritten title... View full lot details

‘Cambridge University 1889’. Early original sepia photograph of the Cambridge University team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Notable players include the captain, F.G.J. Ford (Middlesex & England 1886-1899), E.M. Butler (Middlesex 1885), H.J. Mordaunt (Hampshire & Middlesex 1885-1893), R.C. Gosling (Essex 1894-1896), H. Hale (Tasmania & Gloucestershire 1883-1911), G. MacGregor (Middlesex & England 1892-1907), C.P. Foley (Middlesex 1893-1906), F. Thomas (Sussex 1886-1890), S.M.J. Woods (Somerset, England & Australia 1891-1910),... View full lot details

Cambridge University 1898. Early original sepia photograph of the Cambridge University team seated in rows on the steps of a pavilion, apparently at Aigburth, Liverpool, wearing cricket attire, blazers and assorted headgear. Notable players include the captain, C.E.M. ‘Clem’ Wilson (Yorkshire & England 1896-1899), Frank Mitchell (Yorkshire, England & South Africa 1894-1912), Gilbert Jessop (Gloucestershire & England 1894-1914), C.J. Burnup (Kent 1896-1907), G.E. Winter (Middlesex 1900) etc. The photograph measures approx. 11.5”x9.5”, mounted, framed and... View full lot details

‘Hampshire County Eleven 1896’. Large early original sepia photograph of the Hampshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Players are E.G. Wynyard (Captain), Steele, Lacey, Quinton, Robson, Webb, Baldwin, Ward, Quinton, Wooton and Barton. The photograph measures 11.5”x9.25”, laid to official photographer’s mount with printed title to top border. Mounted with players’ names handwritten to lower mount border. Framed and glazed overall 23.5”x19.5”. Photographer unknown. Very good condition. A... View full lot details

India Test and domestic cricketers 1950s-2010s. A good selection of approx. 150 original press photographs of Indian cricketers depicted in match action, player portraits etc., mainly mono, some more modern in colour with the odd copy photo. Players featured include A. Gaekwad, Ghavri, Kapil Dev, Parkar, M. Amarnath, Doshi, Y. Sharma, Srikkanth, Ayub, G. Viswanath, Sidhu, Chauhan, Vengkataraghavan, Vengsarkar, Kambli, Binny, Prabhakar, Manjrekar, Wassan, More, Raju, Azharuddin, Sehwag, Patil, Jadejar, Srinath, Tendulkar, Kartik, Mongia, Dhoni,... View full lot details

Pakistan and Sri Lanka cricketers 1950s-1990s. A good selection of approx. seventy original press photographs of Pakistan cricketers depicted in match action, player portraits etc., mainly mono, some more modern in colour with the odd copy photo. Players featured include Saadat Ali, Majid Khan, Mushtaq Mohammad, Imran Khan, Sarfraz Nawaz, Javed Miandad, Sadiq Mohammad, Mudassar Nazar, Ashraf Ali, Ijaz Ahmed, Asif Mujtaba, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram, Salim Malik, Manzoor Elahi, Younis Ahmed, Shoaib Mohammad, Rameez... View full lot details

Test and County photographs 1990s. A comprehensive selection of over 450 original colour press photographs from the 1990s and early 2000s including approx. 340 of match action from Test, one-day internationals, County and tour matches, teams, presentations, awards, official openings etc. and over 120 official player portrait photographs of County players, some Minor Counties and overseas touring players, one signed by Courtney Walsh of West Indies. Photographs include action from England home Test series v... View full lot details

Cricket press photographs c.1950s. A selection of seventeen original mono press photographs. Subjects include Fred Trueman dismissing McDonald of Australia, Leeds 1956. Garry Sobers of West Indies playing a pull shot with Godfrey Evans keeping wicket at Lord’s 1957. Jack Hobbs, Trevor Bailey and Peter May in batting action, Tony Lock bowling, Colin Cowdrey walking out to bat, Ted Dexter in the nets. Four official player press portraits members of the 1955 South African touring... View full lot details

Colour candid photographs 1980s/1990s. Red storage box containing a collection of over five hundred candid photographs, the majority colour, of cricketers and match action from the 1980s/ 1990s, with strong Worcestershire interest at New Road. Approx. forty are signed including four smaller mono photographs of the members Australian touring party of 1964(?). Signatures are Bob Simpson, Bill Lawry and Brian Booth, also Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie of Hampshire. Other signatures to photographs include Malcolm Marshall (Qty 3),... View full lot details

India tour to England 1946. A good selection of approx. forty original mono press photographs, plus the odd copy and printed photograph. Subjects include player portraits of Nawab of Pataudi (Captain), Gul Mohammad, Nimbalkar, Sarwate, Hazare, Modi, Shinde, Mankad, Banerjee etc. Others feature Pataudi, Banerjee and Amarnath arriving at Hurn Airport (Bournemouth), excursions, team photographs, match action, players walking on to the field etc. Photographers/ agencies (some Indian) include Olympic Niloo of Calcutta, Times of... View full lot details

M.C.C. overseas and minor tours to England 1946-1989. A nice selection of over thirty original mono press photographs (one colour) and one postcard depicting scenes of players arriving and departing from aeroplanes and at airports, at practice, match action, team photographs etc. Tours include M.C.C. to Pakistan 1955/56, to East Africa 1957/58, to South America 1958/59 & 1964/65, to Canada 1959, M.C.C. Schools to South Africa 1965/66, International XI to Africa, Asia & New Zealand... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1948. A good selection of over fifty original mono press photographs, plus the odd candid, copy and printed photograph, postcard etc. Subjects include match action from Test and tour matches, teams, player portraits of Don Bradman, Ron Saggers, Bill Johnston, Don Tallon, Ernie Toshack, also Saggers, Colin McCool, Arthur Morris in the nets, Ian Johnson, Ernie Toshack bowling, Neil Harvey, Keith Miller, Syd Barnes (signed by Len Hutton) batting, Bradman being... View full lot details

England (M.C.C.) tours 1953/54-1969/70. A good selection of approx. eighty original mono press photographs including ‘wire’ photographs, the majority covering M.C.C. overseas tours. Series include to West Indies 1953/43 (Qty 2), to South Africa 1956/57 (14), to West Indies 1959/60 (8), to India & Pakistan 1961/62 (2), to India 1963/64 (4), to West Indies 1967/68 (32), also the Commonwealth tour to India 1953/54 (2) and West Indies in England 1973 (15). Subjects covered include team... View full lot details

Overseas tours 1953-1988. A good selection of thirty eight original mono press photographs, including the odd postcard and copy photograph, of team photographs, match action, crowd scenes etc. Tours are New Zealand in South Africa & Australia 1953/54 (Qty 2), West Indies to India & Pakistan 1958 (1), West Indies to Australia 1960/61 ‘tied test’ series (6), India to West Indies 1961/62 (3), South Africa to Australia 1963/64 (17), M.C.C. in New Zealand 1965/66 (1),... View full lot details

England (M.C.C.) tours to Australia 1954/55-1962/63. A comprehensive selection of approx. one hundred and fifty original mono press photographs including ‘wire’ photographs, covering M.C.C. tours to Australia. Series are 1954/55 (Qty 42), 1958/59 (40), and 1962/63 (75). Subjects include team photographs, on board ship, on excursions, training, match action, player portraits etc. Players featured include Wardle, Edrich, Wilson, May, Simpson, Graveney, Appleyard, Loader, Cowdrey, Tyson, Evans, Bailey, Hutton, Barrington, Trueman, Sheppard, Coldwell, Flavell, Benaud, Burke,... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1965. A very good selection of around eighty original mono press photographs. Subjects include match action from Test and tour matches, player portraits of Ali Bacher, Michael Macaulay, Dennis Gamsy, Peter van der Merwe, Tiger Lance, Norman Crookes, Harry Bromfield, Colin Bland, Denis Linsday, Eddie Barlow, also van der Merwe, Jackie Botten, Graeme and Peter Pollock practicing in the nets, arriving off the plane at London Airport, packed crowds at... View full lot details

M.C.C./ England v Australia 1970-1978. A good selection of over sixty original mono press photographs including ‘wire’ photographs, covering match action, teams, celebrations, crowd disturbances, player portraits, travelling etc. Tours are M.C.C. to Australia 1970/71 (Qty 54) and Australia to England 1972 (5) including some signed by Tony Greig, Ian and Greg Chappell, Keith Stackpole, Bob Massie etc. Other players featured include Illingworth, Boycott, Edrich, Snow, Fletcher, Knott, Underwood, Cowdrey, D’Oliveira, Willis, Lever (England), Jenner,... View full lot details

Torquay Cricket Club 1891 onwards. A good selection of original and copy photographs and the odd postcard relating to cricket at Torquay. Includes an excellent original sepia photograph of the Crystal Place C.C. team taken for the tour match v Torquay 14th & 15th August 1891. The players are depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, blazers and assorted headgear in front of the Torquay pavilion with distinctive wooden steps behind. The photograph... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to North America 1905. Francis Anthony Hoste Henley. Oxford University & Middlesex 1903-1908. Large original and personal photograph/ scrap album with title in gilt to front ‘Tour of the M.C.C. in America and Canada July 11th- August 26th 1905’ and the owner’s initials in gilt ‘F.A.H.H.’, assumed to be Henley’s personal copy compiled by himself. The contents comprise some thirty original mono photographs, the majority candid in style, also a good selection of... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1924/25. Six original mono candid photographs of Australian players departing from the Australian mainland and on board the ‘Miramar’ to visit Launceston, Tasmania for the tour match in late January 1925. Players featured include Warren Bardsley, Eddie Mayne, Arthur Richardson, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford etc. Each photograph, measuring approx. 6”x3.5”, is lightly laid down to black disbound album page, or with light adhesive marks where previously laid down, with pencil annotations... View full lot details

M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Scarborough 1928. Original mono photograph depicting the M.C.C. team lined up in front of the pavilion at Scarborough with crowds in the background for the match played 1st- 4th September 1928. The photographs fully signed in black ink by the eleven featured players. Signatures are Enthoven, A.E.R. Gilligan, Hendren, F.W. Gilligan, Jupp, Leveson-Gower, Douglas, Haig, Dawson, Astill and Durston. The photograph by H. Walker of Scarborough. 10.5”x5.25”. Included is a trimmed handwritten... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1946/47. Official Union-Castle Line R.M.V. ‘Stirling Castle’ photograph of the ship that took the M.C.C. to Australia for the 1946/47 tour. Signed to the verso in ink by all seventeen playing members of the touring party. Signatures are Hammond (Captain), Evans, Yardley, Hutton, Wright, Voce, Washbrook, Pollard, Langridge, Ikin, Gibb, Compton, Smith, Bedser, Hardstaff, Fishlock and Edrich. 7.75”x6”. Horizontal crease, some foxing to verso, otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1946/47. Six original mono and sepia press photographs of England and Australia players. Images depict Laurie Fishlock packing his cricket bag prior to the tour, Alec Bedser and others amongst the audience at a social event, players training in the gym, Cyril Washbrook in batting pose at Perth, Keith Miller and Lindsay Hassett being measured for their blazers, Bill Brown and his wife cutting the cake at their wedding. Australian press... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1958/59. Official mono photograph of the M.C.C. touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. The photograph by Allan Studios, Collingwood (Melbourne) measures 10”x7.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount with printed title and players’ names to mount borders. Players include May (Captain), Cowdrey, Bailey, Laker, Trueman, Watson, Statham, Lock, Dexter, Graveney etc. Overall 14.5”x11”. Some trimming to mount affecting the M.C.C. logo, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C./ England tours to Australia 1978/79, 1994/95 and 1998/99. Three official colour photographs of the touring parties seated and standing in rows. Tours are 1978/79, photograph by Robert S. Woolmore of Adelaide, laid to official photographer’s mount with printed title and players’ names to mount borders. Fully signed in ink to the borders by the twenty players and officials. Overall 13”x12”. 1994/95 tour by Graham Morris, signed to the mount borders by ten players. Overall... View full lot details

George Herbert Hirst. Yorkshire & England 1891-1929. Large and impressive mono studio photographic portrait of Hirst, full length, in batting pose wearing Yorkshire cap. Printed by H. Lindley & Co, Nottingham. Mounted, framed and glazed, overall 23”x29”. An excellent image. Slight discolouration to image otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Donald George Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. Original sepia press photograph of Bradman, wearing Australian cap, playing a late cut with a fielder diving, and failing, to stop the ball. Very nicely dedicated and signed by Bradman ‘To Bert Sayer, with many thanks for his kindness, Sincerely yours Don Bradman. Mounted, framed and glazed. The photograph measures 7.5”x9.5” and overall 11”x13”. An excellent original image with inscription. VGC.... View full lot details

H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI at Scarborough 1935 & 1936. A pair of large original mono photographs of teams. One for Leveson-Gower’s team v M.C.C. West Indian Touring Party, 11th- 13th September 1935. Players featured are Verity, Townsend, Bowes, Baxter, Sellers, Wellard, Smith, Mitchell, Brown, Sutcliffe and Wood. The other for the team v M.C.C. Australian Touring Party, 5th- 8th September 1936 featuring Smailes, Gover, Nichols, Wellard, Hendren, Sellers, Brown, Smith, Griffith, Mitchell and Sutcliffe. Both photographs... View full lot details

South Africa 1940s-1960s. Four large official team photographs, each laid to photographer’s mount with printed titles and players’ names to mount borders. Three are ‘South Africa versus England 1948-49’, ‘South Africa versus Australia 1949/50’, and ‘South Africa vs England 1956-7’, all by Rembrandt Studios of Port Elizabeth. Each measures approx. 14”x11”, mounted overall approx. 20”x16”. The fourth, titled ‘”Sprinboks”- First Test vs. England, Johannesburg, December 1956’, 11.5”x9.75”, mounted overall 18”x15”, photographer unknown. Some faults to... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Two volumes of ‘Men and Women of the Day’, each containing a set of impressive large ‘Woodburytype’ mono photographs of actors, authors and other celebrities of the day with accompanying biographies by Barraud of London, 1888. Includes a photograph of Grace, three quarter length, wearing cricket whites and holding a cricket bat under his arm. Each photograph is laid down to official photographer’s mount with printer’s name to lower border. The photographs... View full lot details

Harrow XI 1884. Early original sepia cabinet card photograph of the Harrow team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and caps. Players’ names neatly annotated in black ink to verso. Players featured who went on to play first-class cricket are E.M. Butler (Captain, Middlesex & Cambridge University 1885-1889), A.K. Watson (Oxford University & Middlesex 1886-1894), C.D. Buxton (Cambridge University 1885-1888), A.R. Cox (Cambridge University 1887), W.A.R. Young (Somerset 1891-1893), and M.J. Dauglish (Middlesex... View full lot details

Edward Mark Sprot. Hampshire 1898-1914. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Sprot, full length in batting attire and Hampshire cap, stood at the wicket. Name printed to lower edge of photograph. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.25”. Old tape marks to verso, odd faults otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. c.1935. Six original mono candid photographs of Derbyshire players entering and leaving the field of play, walking out to bat etc. Players featured include Stan Worthington, Dennis Smith, Harry and Charlie Elliott, Tommy Mitchell, Alf Pope etc. Location unknown. Each photograph measures 3.5”x2.5”, laid down in pairs to black album pages. Good/ very condition.... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace, Gloucestershire, London County & England 1870-1908. Excellent original sepia photograph of Grace in batting pose at the wicket. The photograph laid down to official photographers mount with photographer’s name, E. Hawkins & Compy of Brighton, to lower mount border. Grace is depicted holding the bat with which he scored over 1000 runs in May 1895, including making his one hundredth century. The photograph measures 9.25”x11.25”, framed and glazed overall 17”x19.5”. Minor staining... View full lot details

‘England v Australians, 1884’. Early original sepia photograph of the England team who played Australia in the 2nd Test at Lord’s 21st- 23rd July 1884, standing and seated in rows wearing blazers, caps and cricket attire. The photograph laid down to official photographers mount with title and players’ names to lower border. Players include W.G. Grace, Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Ulyett, Lord Harris, Steel, Barlow, Peate, Christopherson, Read etc. The photograph by ‘E. Hawkins & Compy. Late... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Large impressive sepia photograph of Grace, three quarter length, wearing cricket whites and holding a cricket bat under his arm. The photograph mounted, framed and glazed and overall 11”x14”. W&S Ltd. Barraud of Oxford Street, London 1888. Produced as part of a series of photographs of famous actors, authors etc. Excellent image. Some vertical creasing to image otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

South Africa tours to England 1994 and 1998. A good selection of seventy two original colour press photographs from the 1994 and 1998 tours. Includes forty from the 1994 series of which eight are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Kepler Wessels, Allan Donald, David Richardson (South Africa), John Crawley, Graeme Hick, Graham Thorpe, Devon Malcolm, and Angus Fraser (England). Thirty two from the 1998 tour including four signed by Steve Elworthy, Allan Donald,... View full lot details

West Indies tours to England 1984 & 1988. A selection of sixty original mono press photographs comprising thirty from each of the 1984 and 1988 tours, depicting match action. Players featured include Larry Gomes, Jeff Dujon, Gordon Greenidge, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Clive Lloyd, Roger Harper, Viv Richards, Desmond Haynes, Winston Benjamin, Patrick Patterson (West Indies), Paul Downton, Graeme Fowler, Norman Cowans, Ian Botham, David Gower, Andy Lloyd, Paul Terry, Chris Broad, Allan Lamb,... View full lot details

England v West Indies 1991 & 1994. A selection of sixty original mainly colour, some mono press photographs comprising thirty from each of the West Indies tour to England 1991, and England in the West Indies 1994, depicting match action, net practice, awards etc. Includes six from 1991 signed by Richie Richardson, Phil Simmons (West Indies), Phil DeFreitas, Michael Atherton, Graham Gooch, and Devon Malcolm (England) etc. Also six signed from 1994 by Roger Harper,... View full lot details

England v West Indies 1995 & 1998. A selection of fifty original colour press photographs comprising thirty from the West Indies tour to England 1995, and twenty from England in the West Indies 1998, depicting match action, celebrations, awards etc. Includes six from 1995 signed by Ottis Gibson, Sherwin Campbell, Jimmy Adams (West Indies), Alec Stewart, Graham Thorpe (England) and one other. Also four signed from 1998 by Curtley Ambrose, Franklyn Rose (West Indies), Graham... View full lot details

England v India 1982-1993. A selection of thirty original mono and colour press photographs depicting match action, awards etc. from Test and one day international series of the period in England and India. Includes eight signed by Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri (India), David Gower, Alec Stewart, Paul Jarvis, Graham Gooch, Angus Fraser and Devon Malcolm (England). Other players featured include Kapil Dev, Armanath, More, Prabhakar, Botham, Fowler, Gatting, Dilley, Atherton, Lamb etc. Photographers/ agencies include... View full lot details

England v India 1996. A good selection of thirty original colour press photographs from the 1996 Test and one day international series in England, depicting match action, celebrations, practice sessions etc. Includes seven signed by the featured player(s). Signatures are Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly, Venkatesh Prasad, Javagal Srinath, Nayan Mongia (India), Dominic Cork, Ronnie Irani, and Graham Thorpe (England). Others featured include Dickie Bird umpiring his final Test match, Sachin Tendulkar, Azharuddin, Cork, Atherton, Lewis,... View full lot details

England v Pakistan 1982-1986. A selection of sixty original mono and colour press photographs depicting match action, net practice, presentations, celebrations etc. from Test and one day international series of the period in England and Pakistan. Includes three signed printed images including two earlier players, Qasim Omar, Majid Khan, also Imran Khan, and twelve signed photographs of Saeed Anwar, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Salim Malik, Ijaz Ahmed (Pakistan), Bruce French, Alec Stewart (2), Phil DeFreitas,... View full lot details

England tour to Zimbabwe 1996/97. Thirty original colour press photographs (one printed) depicting match action, practice sessions etc. from the Test and one day international series in Zimbabwe. Includes seven signed by the featured player. Signatures include Henry Olonga, Andy Flower, Murray Goodwin, Dave Houghton, Heath Streak (Zimbabwe), Graham Thorpe (England) etc. Others featured include Carlisle, Brandes, Gough, Atherton, Stewart, Hussain, Knight, Mullally etc. Photographers/ agencies include Press Association etc. The majority 10”x8”. Very good... View full lot details

England v Sri Lanka 1984 onwards. Twenty eight original colour and mono press photographs depicting match action from Test and one day international series in England (one in Australia). Includes eight signed by the featured player. Signatures are Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), John Crawley, Phil DeFreitas, Mark Ramprakash, Alec Stewart, Tim Robinson, Michael Vaughan (England) etc., also Dickie Bird. Others featured include Kaluwitharana, Ranatunga, Madugalle, Muralitharan, Fowler, Broad, Gooch, Russell, Botham, Hussain, Hick etc. Photographers/... View full lot details

England signed photographs 1990s onwards. Twenty original colour press photographs depicting match action, each signed by the featured England player. Signatures are Andrew Flintoff, Stuart Broad, Graham Thorpe, Nick Knight, Graeme Hick, Mark Butcher, Alan Mullally, Andrew Strauss, Mark Ealham, Mike Atherton, Andy Caddick, Ian Salisbury, Ian Bell, Darren Gough, Dominic Cork, Alec Stewart, Marcus Trescothick, Craig Overton, Ronnie Irani and Adam Hollioake. Sold with twenty two original mono press photographs from the 1981... View full lot details

‘England Test Squad v West Indies 2009’. Official colour photograph printed on white card with England emblem, title and players’ names to borders. Fully signed in pencil by the twenty one members of the playing and coaching staff. Signatures include Strauss (Captain), Pietersen, Anderson, Collingwood, Cook, Panesar, Prior, Onions, Broad, Bresnan, Swann, Bopara, Flower (Coach) etc. 16”x11.5”. Good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. A selection of original colour and mono press photographs of Nottinghamshire players, mainly 1980s onwards, with the odd earlier signature. Includes signed photographs of Kevin Pietersen, Jimmy Adams, Stuart Broad, Paul Franks, Samit Patel, Graeme Swann, also a signed photocard of Tim Robinson, and separate signatures of Reg Simpson, Bruce French and David Hussey. Other players featured include Nanan, Randall, Rice, Todd, Lewis, Hemmings, Saxelby, Cairns etc. Photographers/ agencies include Bob Thomas, David... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. A selection of original colour and mono press photographs, the odd cutting, player profile photo etc. featuring Surrey players. Some photographs signed by the featured player including Chris Tremlett, Mark Butcher, Jade Dernbach, Alec Stewart, Graham Thorpe, David Ward, Martin Bicknell, Adam Hollioake, also a collectors’ card signed by Ben Hollioake, cutting signed by Azhar Mahmood, a printed image signed by Ian Salisbury, and a photograph of Ingham Church, Norfolk, near where the... View full lot details