Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

‘XL The Forty Club’ 1967-2002. Twelve original signed menus, the majority multi-signed, for annual Club dinners held at the London Hilton, Park Lane in 1967, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 (2 copies), 1992, 1995, 1997 (2), and 2002 (held at The Savoy). Each booklet comprises menu and toast list to centre with the remaining pages listing attendees and table plans. Some with original invitations loosely slipped or clipped in. Cricketers’ signatures include Frank Woolley, Herbert... View full lot details

‘The Playfair Club [Cricketer Magazine Club]’ 1961-1977. Eleven original signed menus, for annual Club dinners held at the Royal Air Force Club, London, in 1961 and 1968-1977. Each folding menu with ribbon tie and multi-signed to rear autographs page or inside. Signatures include Alec Bedser, Neville Cardus, Colin Cowdrey, Geoff Boycott, Brian Bolus, Roger Prideaux, Stuart Surridge, Mike Denness, Ray Illingworth, Micky Stewart, Peter Parfitt, Jackie Bond, Graham Roope, Reg Simpson, Basil D’Oliveira, Brian Luckhurst,... View full lot details

New Zealand tour of England 1937. Official menu for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheon given to the New Zealand Cricket team in 1937. The luncheon was held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 6th May 1937. The menu with cartoon cover by Tom Webster, menu and toasts to inside and rear pages. Minor soiling and age toning otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

India tours to England 1946 and 1952. Two official menus for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the India cricket teams, both held at The Savoy Hotel, London, one on 1st May 1946, the other 29th April 1952. Both menus with cartoon covers by Tom Webster, menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. Minor soiling and age toning, horizontal folds to the 1952 menu, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

New Zealand tour to England 1949. Official menu for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheon given to the New Zealand Cricket team held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 12th April 1949. The menu with cartoon cover illustration by Tom Webster. To inside and rear pages, poem by A.P. Herbert, menu and toasts. The menu page signed in ink by thirteen players from the England and New Zealand teams including Reid, Scott, Rabone, Hadlee, Scott, Compton,... View full lot details

West Indies tours to England 1950 & 1957. Official menu for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheon given to the West Indies Cricket team held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 18th April 1950. The menu with cartoon cover illustration by Tom Webster. To inside and rear pages, poem by A.P. Herbert, menu and toasts. The menu page signed in ink by ten of the West Indies team including Weekes, Stollmeyer, Walcott, Pierre, Williams, Gomez, Marshall,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1953. Official menu for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheon given to the Australian Cricket team held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 16th April 1953. The menu with cartoon cover by Tom Webster. To inside and rear pages menu, toasts and an Australian cricket poem by A.P. Herbert. Signed in pencil to front cover by two Australian players, Gil Langley and Arthur Morris, and to rear cover by Arthur Mailey in... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1956. Official menu and table plan for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheon given to the Australian Cricket team held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 30th April 1956. The menu with cartoon cover by Tom Webster. To inside and rear pages menu, toasts and an Australian cricket poem by A.P. Herbert. Good/very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

South Africa tours to England 1960 and 1994. Two official menus for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the South African cricket teams. Both held at The Savoy Hotel, London, one on 21st April 1960, the other 22nd June 1994. The 1960 menu with cartoon cover by Tom Webster, the 1994 by Roy Ullyett. Menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. The 1994 menu signed in ink to the front cover by Edward... View full lot details

Australia tours to England 1961 and 1964. Two official menus with accompanying table plans for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the Australian cricket teams. Both held at The Savoy Hotel, London, one on 24th April 1961, the other 22nd April 1964. The 1961 menu with cartoon cover by Tom Webster, the 1964 by Roy Ullyett. Menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. The 1964 menu signed in ink to the front cover... View full lot details

Pakistan tours to England 1962 and 1992. Two official menus for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the Pakistan cricket teams. Both held at The Savoy Hotel, London, one on 26th April 1962, the other 1st May 1992. The 1962 menu with cartoon cover by Tom Webster and accompanying table plan, the 1992 by Roy Ullyett. Menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. The 1992 menu signed in ink to the front cover... View full lot details

West Indies tours to England 1963-1995. Three official menus for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the West Indies cricket teams. Held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 17th April 1963, 10th May 1976, and 12th May 1995. All three menus with cartoon covers by Roy Ullyett, the 1963 and 1976 with accompanying table plan, and an additional table plan for the luncheon held 13th June 1973. Menus and toasts to inside and rear... View full lot details

New Zealand tours to England 1965, 1969 and 1973. Two official menus for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the New Zealand cricket teams held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 26th April 1965 with original table plan, and 27th April 1973. Both menus with cartoon covers by Roy Ullyett. Menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. Also an original table plan for the luncheon held 23rd June 1969. The 1965 menu and... View full lot details

India tours to England 1967 and 1974. Two official menus and accompanying table plans for the British Sportsman’s Club luncheons given to the India cricket teams held at The Savoy Hotel, London on 24th April 1967 and 25th April 1974. Both menus with cartoon covers by Roy Ullyett, menus and toasts to inside and rear pages. The 1967 menu and table plan with some age toning, otherwise in good condition. Qty 4.... View full lot details

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

No lot £0/0... View full lot details

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