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Yorkshire 1902-1922. Eight mono postcards, of which three are real photographs, of Yorkshire teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1902 (published by Durhams Ltd., Leeds), 1903, 1905 (both Queen Series, T.T.S. Scarborough), 1908 (Davidson Brothers, London, no. 4107), 1909 (Rosemont, Leeds), 1911 (E. Hawkins & Co./ W.H. Smith, Manchester), 1919 (Charles Harris, Dover), and 1922 (Rowntree & Co., York). Players featured include Lord Hawke, Jackson, Denton, Tunnicliffe, Rhodes,... View full lot details

Yorkshire 1923-1939. Ten mono postcards, of which nine are real photographs, of Yorkshire teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1923/24 (published by Fielding, Leeds), 1925 (unknown), 1931 (Fielding), 1932, 1933, 1935, c.1936 (all Charles, Leeds), 1937 (A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich), 1938 and 1939 (both Charles, Leeds). Players featured include Wilson, Dolphin, Rhodes, Robinson, Holmes, Oldroyd, Kilner, Leyland, Macaulay, Sutcliffe, Waddington, Turner, Lupton, Barber, Verity, Greenwood, Sellers,... View full lot details

Yorkshire 1946-1956. Ten mono postcards, of which nine are real photographs, of Yorkshire teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1946 (A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich), 1947, 1948 (printed, pin holes to corners), 1949, 1950 (all Chas. P. Price, Leeds), 1952 (Hull Press Agency), 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1956 (all appear to be by Chas. P. Price, Leeds). Players featured include Yardley, Sellers, Halliday, Wilson, Brennan, Watson, Smailes,... View full lot details

Yorkshire 1957-1975. A good selection of nineteen mono postcards, all with possibly one exception (1974) being real photographs of Yorkshire teams covering each season from 1957 to 1975, players depicted seated and standing in rows. The 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961 postcards by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, the 1962 by Photopress, Leeds, others unknown. Players featured include Sutcliffe, Wilson, Watson, Wardle, Lowson, Binks, Close, Padgett, Appleyard, Trueman, Cowan, Illingworth, Sharpe, Bolus, Bird, Burnet,... View full lot details

Yorkshire 1904 & 1905. Three ‘Umpire Favourites’ postcards published by ‘The Umpire: The Best Weekly Paper for General News and Sports’. Each features a mono cameo portrait image of a Yorkshire player to left hand side and biography to right hand side. Players are G.H. Hirst, reproduced from the issue of 31st July 1904, Lord Hawke, 4th September 1904, and F.S. Jackson 28th May 1905. The Hawke postcard postally unused. Some age toning to the... View full lot details

Lord Hawke. Yorkshire. Early original colour printed postcard size advertising trade card titled ‘Humours of Cricket. “Evening of the Great Match”’ with illustration of Lord Hawke, and newspaper vendors in the background announcing the ‘Result of the Third Test Match’ and ‘The Evening Lyre’. Date unknown, possibly 1896. Petty & Sons. Advertising and price list printed to verso for The Pioneer Bedding Company, Vicar Lane, Leeds. Some wear to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Lord Hawke. Yorkshire. Rare and early original mono real photograph postcard comprising a photographic image of the head of Hawke imposed on a cartoon background depicting Hawke in batting pose surrounded by birds and a cat, Hawke holding a wide bat inscribed ‘Made of Real Barkston Ash’. The card with decorative borders, ‘F.O.S. Series no. 250’. Postmarked 1906. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good condition. Sold with five modern homemade photocopies of cards in... View full lot details

Yorkshire 1906. Mono ‘In Memoriam’ style postcard depicting a mono line drawing of a gravestone by ‘Kid’ with Yorkshire rose and inscribed ‘In Loving Memory of that 1 Run which deprived Yorkshire of the Cricket Championship 1906. They fought a splendid fight. Resurgam’. Published by J.S. Savile & Co., Headingley. Postmarked 1906. Minor wear to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

David Hunter. Yorkshire 1888-1909. Rare and early sepia postcard produced as ‘A Memento of David Hunter the G.O.M. of Yorkshire County Cricket’. The postcard depicts a printed image of Hunter in wicket-keeping pose and facsimile signature, with printed title and details of Hunter’s feat of taking six catches in one innings in the match v Middlesex at Leeds, 16th August 1909, also his career record of 343 stumpings and 882 catches. Published by W.H. Smith,... View full lot details

Yorkshire. George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes. Mono real photograph postcard of the ‘Two Real Tykes’ depicting two mugs with images of the players to the sides. Printed title and description to margins, ‘Photo of an old semi-porcelain mug (designed for George Hirst’s benefit Aug. 1st 1904) the property of Mr. W. Ellis of “Moorcroft”, Bramley, Leeds’. To verso, a printed description of ‘A Test Match Thrill’ in which the last wicket pairing of Hirst and... View full lot details

Evelyn Rockley Wilson. Cambridge University, Yorkshire & England 1899-1923. Mono real photograph postcard of Wilson standing full length wearing batting attire and Yorkshire cap, assumed to be at Bournemouth. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Wilson. Photograph by Bailey of Bournemouth. Creasing to one corner, small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire & England 1898-1930. Excellent mono real photograph postcard of Rhodes, three quarter length, wearing Yorkshire blazer and cap and looking straight into the camera lens. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Rhodes. Printed title to lower margin. Fielding of Leeds, series no. 454. Adhesive marks to verso where previously laid down, otherwise in very good condition. Lovely image.... View full lot details

Yorkshire. Roy Kilner and Herbert Sutcliffe. Sepia real photograph postcard of Kilner and Sutcliffe standing full length on the outfield, both wearing batting attire. Early 1920s. Location and publisher unknown. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by both players. Correspondence to verso written and signed in ink by Kilner appears to relate to booking accommodation for the team, partly obscured by label laid down. The postcard slightly trimmed, but otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Percy Holmes. Yorkshire & England 1913-1933. Mono real photograph advertising postcard of Holmes, full length wearing batting attire and Yorkshire cap. The postcard with printed title to lower portion of the image, ‘Holmes, Famous Professionals at Gamages’. Photograph ‘Courtesy of Sport & General’. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Holmes. Slight staining to the image, small adhesive mount marks to verso, otherwise in good, very good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice Leyland. Yorkshire & England 1920-1947. Sepia real photograph postcard of Leyland standing full length in cricket attire and Yorkshire blazer. Very nicely signed in ink by Leyland to the photograph. Photograph by Charles, Leeds. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Cyril Turner. Yorkshire 1925-1946. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Turner in cameo, full length walking out to bat at Scarborough. Nicely signed in blue ink by Turner to the photograph. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wilfred ‘Wilf’ Barber. Yorkshire & England 1926-1947. Mono real photograph postcard of Barber in cameo, full length walking out to bat at Scarborough. Nicely signed in blue ink by Barber to the photograph. Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Wood. Yorkshire & England 1927-1948. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Wood standing full length wearing wicket-keeping attire on the outfield at Scarborough in 1935. Very nicely signed in ink by Wood to the photograph. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Frank Smailes. Yorkshire & England 1932-1948. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Smailes, full length walking out to bat at Scarborough in 1936. Very nicely signed in blue ink with dedication by Smailes to the photograph. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Paul Anthony Gibb. Yorkshire, Cambridge University, Essex & England 1935-1956. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Gibb, full length wearing batting attire on the outfield at Scarborough in 1938. Very nicely signed in ink by Gibb to the photograph. Appears to be by Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition. A rarer signature.... View full lot details

George Gibson Macaulay. Yorkshire & England 1920-1935. Excellent early mono real photograph postcard of a studio photograph of Macaulay, head and shoulders, wearing cricket attire. Very nicely and boldly signed in black ink to the photograph by Macaulay. Official stamp for M.V. Richards of Wakefield to verso. Postally unused. Small adhesive mount marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. A beautiful image and nice signature.... View full lot details

Willie Watson. Yorkshire, Leicestershire & England 1939-1964. Excellent mono real photograph plain back postcard of Watson full length in batting pose. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Watson. Photographer and location unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Charles Lee. Yorkshire & Derbyshire 1952-1964. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Lee, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin by Lee. Photographer unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Henry ‘Johnny’ Wardle. Yorkshire & England 1946-1958. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Wardle, full length in bowling pose. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Wardle. Photographer and location unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

William Herbert Hobbs ‘Billy’ Sutcliffe. Yorkshire 1948-1959. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Sutcliffe, full length in batting pose. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Sutcliffe. Photographer and location unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Leonard ‘Len’ Hutton. Yorkshire & England 1934-1955. Mono real photograph advertising postcard of Hutton, full length in batting pose in the nets. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Sutcliffe. Printed advertisement to verso for Len Hutton’s ‘Cricket Batting Strokes’ instructional films produced by the Realist Film Unit, London. Postally unused. Pin holes to two corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Philip John ‘Phil’ Sharpe. Yorkshire, Derbyshire & England 1956-1976. Mono real photograph postcard of Sharpe full length wearing batting attire in cameo. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Sharpe. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Raymond ‘Ray’ Illingworth. Yorkshire, Leicestershire & England 1951-1983. Mono real photograph postcard of a youthful Illingworth full length wearing batting attire and Yorkshire cap in cameo, c.1955. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Illingworth. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Douglas Ernest Vernon ‘Doug’ Padgett. Yorkshire & England 1951-1971. Mono real photograph postcard of Padgett full length walking out to bat in cameo, c.1957. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Padgett. Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Abraham ‘Abe’ Waddington. Yorkshire & England 1919-1927. Mono real photograph postcard of Waddington half length wearing cricket attire in cameo. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Waddington. Official stamp for Walkers Studios, Scarborough to verso. Postally unused. Light creasing, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

William Bryan Stott. Yorkshire 1952-1963. Mono real photograph postcard of Stott full length walking out to bat at Scarborough in cameo. Dated 1957. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Stott. Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Frederick Sewards ‘Fred’ Trueman. Yorkshire & England 1949-1969. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards of Trueman, one full length in bowling pose by Photo Press, Leeds, signed to the photograph by Trueman. The other of Trueman and Len Hutton walking on to the field wearing cricket attire, signed by Trueman and Hutton. Photographer unknown. Both postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Geoffrey Boycott. Yorkshire & England 1962-1986. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of a youthful Boycott, half length wearing cricket attire and spectacles. Official stamp to verso for The Yorkshire Post. Signed to the photograph in ink by Boycott. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Eric ‘Eddie’ Leadbeater. Yorkshire, Warwickshire & England 1949-1958. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Leadbeater, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in ink to the lower margin by Leadbeater. Photographer unknown. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent 1903-1909. Eight mono postcards, of which one is a real photograph, of Kent teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1903 (from a photograph by H.B. Collis, Canterbury), 1904 (published by H.J. Goulden, Canterbury), 1905 (Real Photo Series, Lankester Co., Tunbridge Wells), 1906 (J.F. Mockford, Tonbridge), 1906 (Mockford), 1907 (E. Hawkins & Co.), 1908 (Mockford), and 1909 (De’Ath & Dunk, Maidstone). Players featured include Burnup, Mason, Dillon, A.&... View full lot details

Kent 1908-1920. Five mono real photograph postcards of Kent teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1908 (Davidson Bros, London, series no. 4110), 1912 (Lankester, Tunbridge Wells), 1919 (two different, both publishers unknown), and 1920 (unknown). Players featured include Marsham, Dillon, A. & S. Day, Huish, Blythe, Woolley, Fielder, Hutchings, Hardinge, Humphreys, Fairservice, Seymour, Collins, Hubble, Cornwallis, Troughton, Freeman etc. All postally unused. Minor wear otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Kent v All Indians. July 1911’. Rare sepia real photograph postcard of the two teams and officials seated and standing in rows in cricket attire and blazers for the match played at Catford, 3rd & 4th July 1911. W.G. Grace attended and is seated in the middle row. Players featured include Lord Harris, Dillon, Troughton, Hardinge, Humphreys, Huish, Blythe, Woolley, Fielder, Fairservice (Kent), Kanga, Baloo, Shafqat Hussein, Mulla, Seshachari, Syed Hussain, Bulsara, Meherhomji, Shivram, Salam-ud-din,... View full lot details

Kent 1921-1925. Five mono real photograph postcards of Kent teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925. All published by B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Players featured include Troughton, Wood, Solbe, Seymour, Beeching, Freeman, Collins, Fairservice, Woolley, Hubble, Hardinge, Blackmore, Ashdown, Fawcus, Fenner etc. All postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent 1926-1930. Five mono real photograph postcards of Kent teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930. All published by B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge with the exception of the 1929 by Fisk-Moore of Canterbury. Players featured include Cornwallis, Chapman, Hardinge, Bickmore, Seymour, Collins, Hubble, Wright, Woolley, Ashdown, Freeman, Evans, Legge, Woolley, Wright, Capes, Ames, Beslee, Evans, Knott, Marriott, Todd, Bryan etc. All postally unused.... View full lot details

Kent 1931-1939. Five mono real photograph postcards of Kent teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1931, 1932, 1937, 1938 and 1939. The 1931, 1938 and 1939 postcards by Flemons of Tonbridge, the others unknown. Two for 1931 and 1938 annotated to verso by H.W. ‘Plum’ Warner. Players featured include Chapman, Woolley, Freeman, Valentine, Hardinge, Ashdown, Ames, Wright, Watt, Longfield, Crawley, Akers-Douglas, Marriott, Pearce, Levett, Bryan, Lewis, Todd, Sunnucks,... View full lot details

Kent 1946-1951. Five mono real photograph postcards of Kent teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950 and 1951. All postcards by Flemons of Tonbridge with the exception of the 1947 by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromidge. Three for 1946, 1950 and 1950 annotated to verso by H.W. ‘Plum’ Warner. Players featured include Valentine, Ames, Pearce, Todd, Martin, Wright, Sunnucks, Harding, Evans, Lewis, Murray-Wood, Edrich,... View full lot details

Kent 1952-1960. Nine mono real photograph postcards of Kent teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960. The 1952 postcard by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, the remainder by J.D Hunt, Tonbridge. Four for 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1958 annotated to verso by H.W. ‘Plum’ Warner. Players featured include Murrary-Wood, Dovey, Fagg, Wright, Evans, Phebey, Hellmuth, O’Linn, Mayes, Edrich,... View full lot details

Kent v Australians 1956. Mono real photograph postcard of the teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion at Canterbury for the tour match played 16th- 19th June 1956. Players featured include Wright, Leary, Phebey, Page, Shirreff, Pettiford, Wilson, Halfyard, Dixon, Evans, Cowdrey (Kent), Johnson, Archer, Burge, Maddocks, Mackay, Craig, Harvey (Australia) etc. Title annotated in ink to lower margin. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent 1961-1968. Eight mono real photograph postcards of Kent teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. All appear to be by J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. The 1964 postcard signed in different coloured inks by all thirteen players. Signatures are Cowdrey, Richardson, Leary, Sayer, Wilson, Dixon, Jones, Luckhurst, Dye, Underwood, Graham, Denness and Catt. Other players featured include Halfyard, Prodger, Phebey,... View full lot details

Kent 1969-1976. Eight mono real photograph postcards of Kent teams of the period, players depicted seated and standing in rows. Teams are 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976. All by J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Players featured include Cowdrey, Brown, Denness, Dixon, Leary, Luckhurst, Knott, Woolmer, Dye, Graham, Underwood, Shepherd, Asif Iqbal, Ealham, Nicholls, Johnson, Laycock, Elms, Page, Julien, Rowe, Hills, Jarvis etc. Players’ names annotated to verso of each card by H.W.... View full lot details

Kent c.1908. Three early mono postcards of individual Kent players with printed titles to lower border. Players are ‘Captain Marsham’ and ‘R.N.R. Blaker’ both standing full length in cricket attire and blazer. Also ‘Young [Frank] Woolley’, head and shoulders wearing Kent cap. The Marsham postcard postmarked 1908, the others postally unused. All three from the same unknown series. Some creasing and soiling to the Marsham postcard, the Woolley card with pin hole to top edge,... View full lot details

Kent 1929. Two unusual mono postcards of Kent players, both from the same series of caricatures by Ronald Sinclair, dated 1929. One of Frank Woolley and ‘Tich’ Freeman standing full length facing each other, the other of Percy Chapman in batting pose. Some foxing to the Woolley/ Freeman postcard, the Chapman postcard in very good condition. Both postally unused.... View full lot details

Kent at Herne Bay 1932. Mono real photograph postcard of the players congregated together at the entrance to the ground, all wearing cricket attire and blazers. Inscription in ink to verso describes ‘Herne Bay C.C. v full Kent XI, May 1932. Group includes W. Hardinge, “Titch” Freeman & Doug Wright (Kent & England), W. Ashdown & other Kent players’. Published by Scrivens of Herne Bay. Rounding to corners and minor soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Kent v. Essex, Brentwood May 31st 1934’. Record score. Sepia real photograph postcard depicting Bill Ashdown, Les Ames and Frank Woolley standing in front of the scoreboard, Kent having recorded their record County Championship score of 803 for four wickets declared, winning the match by an innings and 192 runs. Printed details of the scores achieved by the three batsmen to the power portion of the photograph, Ashdown scoring 332, Ames 202no, and Woolley 172.... View full lot details

William John ‘Bill’ Fairservice. Kent 1902-1921. Mono postcard of Fairservice standing full length at the wicket, ball in hand, wearing cricket attire and Kent cap. Nicely signed in ink to the image by Fairservice. Mockford of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Minor soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Kent County C.C. & Whitstable C.C. Sep. 2nd 1950’. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the two teams standing and seated wearing cricket attire on the outfield at Whitstable. Printed title to lower portion of the image. Photograph by Douglas West. Postally unused. A nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. c.1912. Twelve early sepia real photograph postcards of Kent cricketers depicted in different poses at the wicket. All Kingsway Real Photo Series. Players are C. Blythe in bowling pose, series no. S11379, G.C. Collins in batting pose, no. S11381, E.W. Dillon (Captain) leaning on his bat at the crease, no. S11383, R.G. Draper bowling, no. S11384, W.J. Fairservice leaning on his bat at the crease, no. S11385, W. Hardinge batting, no. S11388, J.C.... View full lot details

John Arthur ‘Jack’ Deed. Kent 1924-1930. Sepia real photograph postcard of Deed standing full length wearing cricket attire and striped blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘A.J. Deed’. B. & W. Fisk-Moore of Canterbury. Postally unused. Slight age toning to edges, minor rounding to corners, otherwise a nice image in good condition.... View full lot details

Bryan Herbert Valentine. Kent & England 1927-1948. Mono real photograph postcard of Valentine, half length, wearing blazer. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Valentine. B. & W. Fisk-Moore of Canterbury. Deckled edges. Postally unused. Excellent image. Very good condition.... View full lot details

George Christopher Collins. Kent 1911-1928. Mono real photograph postcard of Collins, head and shoulders, wearing Kent cap. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Collins. Appears to be by Fisk-Moore of Canterbury. Postally unused. Minor soiling and small crease to one corner, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Kent 1928. Two excellent mono real photograph postcards, each depicting Les Ames, Percy Chapman and ‘Tich’ Freeman standing together in two slightly different full length poses wearing cricket blazers. Both postcards by B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Alan Edward Watt. Kent 1929-1939. Sepia real photograph postcard of Watt standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and Kent blazer. Signed in ink to the darker part of the photograph by Watt. B. & W. Fisk-Moore of Canterbury. Postally unused. Slight creasing, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. c.1932. Mono real photograph postcard of Tich Freeman and Frank Woolley standing three quarter length with the Nawab of Pataudi in M.C.C. tour blazers. Signed to the photograph by Freeman and Woolley. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Some fading to the Woolley signature. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Lindsay ‘Jack’ Bryan. Kent & Cambridge University 1919-1932. Sepia real photograph postcard of Bryan standing full length, wearing striped blazer and Kent cap. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Bryan. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. An excellent image, nicely signed. Slight silvering to extremities, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent 1950s/ 1960s. Three mono real photograph postcards of Kent cricketers, each depicted three quarter length wearing cricket attire and nicely signed to the photograph by the featured player. Subjects are John ‘Jack’ Pettiford (Kent & New South Wales 1945-1959) wearing blazer, John Prodger (Kent 1956-1967) wearing Kent 2nd XI sweater, and John Norman Graham (Kent 1964-1977). All three published by J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent 1950s/ 1960s. Three mono real photograph postcards of Kent cricketers, each depicted three quarter length wearing cricket attire and very nicely signed to the photograph by the featured player. Subjects are John Colin Theodore Page (Kent 1950-1963), Edwin George ‘Ted’ Witherden (Kent 1951-1955), and Robert Colin ‘Bob’ Wilson (Kent 1952-1967). All three published by J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent 1950s/ 1960s. Three mono real photograph postcards of Kent cricketers, depicted wearing cricket attire and very nicely signed to the photograph by the featured player. Two subjects are three quarter length, Peter Henry Jones (Kent 1953-1967) wearing Kent 2nd XI sweater, and John Frederick Pretlove (Cambridge University & Kent 1954-1968). Also Derek Gilbert Ufton (Kent 1949-1962) in wicket-keeping pose. All three published by J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent c.1970. Five mono real photograph postcards of Kent cricketers, each depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and very nicely signed to the photograph by the featured player. Subjects are Brian William Luckhurst (Kent & England 1958-1985), John Norman Graham (Kent 1964-1977) additionally signed to verso, Michael Colin Cowdrey (Kent, Oxford University & England 1950-1976), Robert Andrew ‘Bob’ Woolmer (Kent & England 1968-1984), and Michael Henry ‘Mike’ Denness (Kent, Essex & England 1962-1980). All... View full lot details

The Ashes. ‘Warner’s English Cricket Team’ to Australia 1903/04. Early colour and mono postcard showing cameo images of the team to centre surrounded by colour England and Australian flags. Printed players’ names to top border. M’Neill & Bruce Print. Handwritten dates ‘1903 1904’ annotated in ink to front. Postally unused. Soiling, foxing and wear, otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

The Ashes. ‘Souvenir of the First Test Match England v Australia’ 1903/04. Rare early mono postcard of the scorecard for the match played at Sydney, 11th- 17th December 1903, with ornate decorative borders, title and emblems. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition. A rare postcard.... View full lot details

The Ashes. ‘Souvenir of the Second Test Match England v Australia’ 1903/04. Rare early mono postcard of the scorecard for the match played at Melbourne, 1st- 5th January 1904, with ornate decorative borders, title and emblems. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition. A rare postcard.... View full lot details

The Ashes. ‘Souvenir of the Fifth Test Match England v Australia’ 1903/04. Rare early mono postcard of the scorecard for the match played at Melbourne, 5th- 8th March 1904, with ornate decorative borders, title and emblems. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor age toning and soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A rare postcard.... View full lot details

The Ashes. ‘Test Match Statistics. England v Australia’ 1903/04. Rare early mono postcard with printed summary, ‘Matches Played 5. England won 3, Australia won 2’ and results of the five match Test series. Ornate decorative borders, title and emblems. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Some wear, age toning and soiling, otherwise in good condition. A rare postcard.... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. Team 1909-10 On Board S.S. Saxon’. Rarer ‘Officers Mess Cigarettes’ mono advertising postcard of the M.C.C. team, standing and seated in rows, who toured South Africa in 1909/10. Players featured include Leveson-Gower, Fane, Wynyard, Strudwick, Woolley, Hobbs, Denton, Rhodes, Blythe etc. Postally unused. Minor soiling, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘English Team 1913-1914’. Rarer ‘Officers Mess Cigarettes’ mono advertising postcard of the M.C.C. team who toured South Africa in 1913/14. The players, depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, include Douglas, Barnes, Hearne, Hobbs, Mead, Rhodes, Strudwick, Tennyson, Woolley etc. Tour fixtures printed to verso. Postally unused. Light vertical crease and to corner, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

England v Australia, 1926. Two sepia real photograph postcards each featuring cameos of thirteen England players. One for the first Test at Trent Bridge 12th-15th June 1926, the other for the third Test at Leeds, 10th-13th July 1926. Players featured include Carr (Captain), Root, Hobbs, Parker, Sutcliffe, Hendren, Macauley, Strudwick, Larwood etc. Both postcards by J. Webb, Douglas Studio, Nottingham. The Trent Bridge postcard postally used in later years, the other unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1928/29. ‘The Team Who Brought Back The Ashes’. Mono real photograph postcard featuring seventeen members of the M.C.C. touring party. Players featured include Chapman (Captain), White, Mead, Tyldesley, Hammond, Freeman, Duckworth, Ames, Larwood, Sutcliffe, Jardine, Hendren, Geary etc. Signed in black ink to the verso by four members of the touring party, Patsy Hendren, Andy Sandham, Harold Larwood and George Geary (not featured in the photograph). Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very... View full lot details

‘Historic Test Match at Lord’s. England v West Indies’ 1928. Original mono real photograph postcard of the two teams and umpires seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers for West Indies’ inaugural Test match, 23rd- 26th June 1928. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Published by Lord’s and Oval Bookstalls, printed by B.P. & Co., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to India 1933/34. Mono postcard of the M.C.C. touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and tour blazers. Fully signed in ink by the sixteen featured members of the M.C.C. touring party. Signatures are Jardine (Captain), Clark, Mitchell, Levett, Townsend, Langridge, Barnett, Verity, Elliott, Walters, Valentine, Marriott, Nichols, Bakewell, Gregory and Ricketts (Manager). Additional unidentified signature to verso. Fading to some signatures, all legible. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Creasing, wear... View full lot details

Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough 1931. Sepia real photograph postcard of the tea interval in the match played 5th- 8th September 1931 showing the players being served on the pitch with tea by a waiter and (obscured) waitress, players stood having a cigarette. David Denton is noted as one of the umpires, Jupp and Stevens also noted. Walker’s Studio postcard. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Robin Henry Rowland Buckston. Derbyshire 1928-1939. Mono real photograph postcard of Buckston in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to lower border by Buckston. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Michael Harry ‘Mike’ Page. Derbyshire 1964-1939. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Page, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by Page. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Richard George ‘Dick’ Duckfield. Glamorgan 1930-1938. Mono real photograph postcard of Duckfield in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and Glamorgan cap. Nicely signed in blue ink to the lower border by Duckfield. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Kenneth Richard ‘Ken’ Graveney. Gloucestershire 1947- 1964. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Graveney, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and Gloucestershire blazer. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Graveney. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich and date stamped 26th May 1950. Postally unused. Minor creasing to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas William ‘Tom’ Graveney. Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Queensland & England 1948-1972. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of a youthful Graveney, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by Graveney. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Vesey Claude Griffiths. Gloucestershire 1952-1957. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Griffiths, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Griffiths. Typed name and county to lower border. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, dated stamped 24th May 1952. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Peter Rochford. Gloucestershire 1952-1957. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Rochford, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Rochford. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, dated stamped 18th June 1953. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Donald Frederick ‘Hooky’ Walker. Hampshire 1937-1939. Mono real photograph postcard of Walker, head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Walker. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Victor Henry Douglas ‘Vic’ Cannings. Warwickshire & Hampshire 1947-1959. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Cannings, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Cannings. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, date stamped 7th June 1951. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Charles Stewart ‘Stewie’ Dempster. Wellington, Leicestershire, Warwickshire & New Zealand 1921-1948. Mono real photograph postcard of Dempster, head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Dempster. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Small adhesive mark to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

William Henry ‘Sam’ Flamson. Leicestershire 1938-1939. Mono real photograph postcard of Flamson, head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire and Leicestershire cap. Nicely signed in blue ink to the lower border by Flamson. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Stanley Jayasinghe. Leicestershire 1961-1965. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Jayasinghe, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Jayasinghe. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Peter Howard Parfitt. Middlesex & England 1956-1972. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Parfitt, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Parfitt. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, date stamped 23rd May 1958. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

William Eric Russell. Middlesex & England 1956-1972. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Russell, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Russell. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, date stamped 23rd May 1958. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Martin Ashenden. Northamptonshire & Gloucestershire 1959-1965. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Ashenden, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Ashenden. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, date stamped 13th May 1959. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Reginald Addington ‘Reggie’ Ingle. Somerset & Cambridge University 1923-1939. Mono real photograph postcard of Ingle in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Ingle. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Harold William Stephenson. Somerset 1948-1964. Mono real photograph postcard of Stephenson, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by Stephenson. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Keith Robert Dollery. Queensland, Auckland, Tasmania & Warwickshire 1947-1956. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Dollery, full length walking off the field wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Dollery. Appears to be by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Maurice Alex ‘Jack’ Marshall. Warwickshire 1946-1950. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Marshall, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Marshall. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Harold Harry Ian Haywood Gibbons. Worcestershire 1927-1946. Mono real photograph postcard of Gibbons in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the lower border by Gibbons. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Date annotated in ink to verso ‘April 30th 1939. Autographed June 24th 1939’. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Sydney ‘Syd’ Buller. Yorkshire & Worcestershire 1930-1946. Mono real photograph postcard of Buller in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the lower border by Buller. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Date annotated in ink to verso ‘July 15th 1939’. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Percy Frederick ‘Peter’ Jackson. Worcestershire 1929-1950. Mono real photograph postcard of Jackson, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Jackson. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Notts. County Cricket Team. The Champions of 1907’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Nottinghamshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted caps and blazers. Published by J. Godden, Nottingham, ‘Sport Series No. 3’ in a series of twelve. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include Jones (Captain), Iremonger, J. Gunn, Payton, Hardstaff, G. Gunn, Alletson, Oates etc. Postmarked 1908 with cricket-related correspondence to verso. 6.25”x4.75”. Wear and... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire County Cricket Team. Champions 1900- 1- 2’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Yorkshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and caps. Published by J. Godden, Nottingham, ‘Sport Series No. 4’ in a series of twelve. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include Lord Hawke (Captain), Hirst, Hunter, Haigh, Rhodes, Denton, Tunnicliffe, Bates etc. Postally unused. 6.75”x5”. Some wear and rounding to corners, otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

‘Sussex County Cricket Team’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Sussex team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Published by J. Godden, Nottingham, ‘Sport Series No. 6’ in a series of twelve. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include C.B. Fry (Captain), Nason, Butt, R. Relf, Vine, Dwyer, Killlick, A.E. Relf etc. Postally unused. 6.25”x4.75”. Good/ very good condition. Rare. Not previously seen by the auctioneer.... View full lot details

‘Kent County Cricket Team. The Champions of 1906’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Kent team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Published by J. Godden, Nottingham, ‘Sport Series No. 7’ in a series of twelve. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include Mason (Captain), Dillon, Day, Blaker, Hardinge, Huish, Blythe, Woolley, Fielder, Humphreys, Fairservice, Seymour etc. Postmarked 1908 with handwritten cricket-related correspondence to the front side... View full lot details

‘Hampshire County Cricket Team’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Hampshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Published by J. Godden, Nottingham, ‘Sport Series No. 8’ in a series of twelve. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include Sprot (Captain), Bacon, Hill, Hoare, Mead, Langford, Badcock, Llewllyn, Stone etc. Postally unused. 6.25”x4.75”. Minor soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare. Not previously seen by the... View full lot details

‘Worcester County Cricket Team’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Worcestershire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Published by J. Godden, Nottingham, ‘Sport Series No. 9’ in a series of twelve. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include H.K. Foster (Captain), R.E. Foster, G.N. Foster, Simpson-Hayward, Cuffe, Bowley, Arnold, Bird etc. Postally unused. 6.25”x4.75”. Minor soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare. Not previously seen... View full lot details

‘Surrey County Cricket Team’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Surrey team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Published by J. Godden, Nottingham, ‘Sport Series No. 10’ in a series of twelve. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include Leveson-Gower (Captain), Lord Dalmeny, Lees, Crawford, Hayward, Strudwick, Hayes, Hobbs, Marshal etc. Postally unused. 6.25”x4.75”. Good/ very good condition. Rare. Not previously seen by the auctioneer.... View full lot details

‘Hampshire County Cricket Team’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Surrey team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Publisher/ series unknown but similar to the previous lots. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include Sprot (Captain), White, Stone, Kennedy, Johnston, Campbell, Llewellyn, Bowell, Mead, Newman etc. Postally unused. 6.75”x4.5”. Some creasing and minor soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire at Scarborough 1924-1932. Four mono/ sepia real photograph postcards of Yorkshire teams standing in one row wearing cricket attire, the pavilion and crowds in the background. Teams are for the matches v M.C.C. 3rd- 5th September 1924, 3rd- 5th September 1930 (Wilfred Rhodes’ last match for Yorkshire), 2nd- 4th September 1931, and v Essex, 10th- 12th August 1932. Players’ names annotated in ink to verso of each including Wilson, Kilner, Dolphin, Robinson, Waddington, W.... View full lot details

Cricket at Scarborough 1925-1932. Four mono/ sepia real photograph postcards of teams standing in one row wearing cricket attire, the pavilion and crowds in the background. Two feature M.C.C. touring teams to Australia for matches v C.I. Thornton’s XI, 5th- 8th September 1925 and 5th- 7th September 1928, including Gilligan, Kilner, Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Sandham, Hendren, Douglas, Tate, Strudwick, Chapman, Hammond, Macaulay, Geary, Duckworth, Tyldesley etc., the Gentlemen team v Players 5th- 8th September 1931, including... View full lot details

Yorkshire at Scarborough 1932 & 1933. Three mono real photograph plain back postcards of Yorkshire teams, in two the players are standing in one row wearing cricket attire, the pavilion and crowds in the background, in the other the team is walking on to the field. Matches are v Essex 10th- 12th August 1932, v M.C.C. 31st August- 2nd September 1932, and v Glamorgan 2nd- 4th August 1933. Players’ names annotated to verso of all... View full lot details

Cricket at Scarborough 1936-1938. Three mono real photograph plain back postcards of Yorkshire teams, the players standing in one row wearing cricket attire, the pavilion and crowds in the background. Teams are H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI for the match v India, 9th- 11th September 1936, and two M.C.C. teams, both v Yorkshire, 1st- 3rd September 1937 and 3rd- 6th September 1938. Titles handwritten in ink to lower borders, players’ names annotated to verso of all three... View full lot details

New Zealand tour matches at Scarborough 1931 & 1937. Two mono real photograph postcards of New Zealand teams, the players standing in one row wearing cricket attire, the pavilion and/ or crowds in the background for matches v H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI, 9th- 11th September 1931 and 8th- 10th September 1937. Players’ names annotated in ink to verso of both postcards, including Lowry, Page, Mills, Matheson, Talbot, James, Merritt, Dempster, Weir, Blunt, Kerr, Cowie, Wallace, Roberts,... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1947. Four mono real photograph postcards of teams at Scarborough. One depicts the Yorkshire team entering the field for the match v M.C.C. 3rd- 5th September 1947. The others with players standing in one row in front of the pavilion wearing cricket attire, one for the North XI, another for the South XI for the match played 6th- 9th September 1947, the other of the Gentlemen team v Players, 10th- 12th September... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1948. Four mono real photograph postcards of teams at Scarborough. Teams are one of Yorkshire, another of the M.C.C. XI for the match played 1st- 3rd September, M.C.C. South African touring team v Leveson-Gower’s XI 4th- 7th September, and H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI v Australians 8th- 10th September 1948. Players’ names annotated to verso of three and to front border of one, including Sellers, Coxon, Wardle, Brennan, Smailes, Yardley, Lester, Hutton, Halliday, Wilson,... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1949 & 1950. Five mono real photograph plain back postcards of teams at Scarborough, the players depicted standing in one row wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion. Includes one each of the teams for Yorkshire v M.C.C. 31st August- 2nd September 1949, Yorkshire team v M.C.C. 2nd- 5th September 1950, and one of each team, North v South, 6th- 8th September 1950. Yorkshire players include Yardley, Hutton, Coxon, Lester, Lowson,... View full lot details

West Indies at Scarborough 1950. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards of the West Indian team at Scarborough for the match v H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI 9th- 12th September 1950. The players depicted standing in one row wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion. Players are Stollmeyer, Marshall, Weekes, Walcott, Christiani, Gomez, Williams, Johnson, Ramadhin and Valentine. One postcard with official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough, the other publisher unknown. Very good... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1951. Four mono real photograph plain back postcards of teams at Scarborough, the players depicted standing in one row wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion. Includes the M.C.C. team for the match v Yorkshire, 1st- 4th September, one of each team for Gentlemen v Players, 5th- 7th September, and T.N. Pearce’s XI v South Africans, 8th- 11th September 1951. Players’ names annotated to verso of each postcard include Insole, May,... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1953. Four mono real photograph plain back postcards of teams at Scarborough, the players depicted standing in one row wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion. Two including one slightly smaller postcard (trimmed?) of the Yorkshire and M.C.C. teams for the match played 2nd- 4th September, the Players XI v Gentlemen 5th- 8th September, and T.N. Pearce’s XI v Australians, 9th- 11th September 1953. Players’ names annotated to verso of each... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1954 & 1955. Four mono real photograph plain back postcards of teams at Scarborough, the players depicted standing in one row wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion. Includes two postcards of Yorkshire teams for matches v M.C.C. 1st- 3rd September 1954 and 31st August- 2nd September 1955, the Canadian team v Yorkshire, 28th & 30th August 1954, and the Gentlemen for the match v Players, 4th- 7th September 1954. Players... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival. Gentlemen v Players 1956 & 1957. Four mono real photograph plain back postcards of the Gentlemen and Players teams at Scarborough. Players depicted standing in one row wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion for the matches played 1st- 4th September 1956 and 4th- 6th September 1957. Players featured include Edrich, Tyson, Wardle, Graveney, Compton, Moss, Evans, Hallam, Shepherd, Bailey, W. Sutcliffe, Warr, Singh, Pretlove, Goonesena, Close, Trueman, Dexter, Insole etc.... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival 1957 & 1958. Four mono real photograph plain back postcards of teams at Scarborough, players depicted standing in one row wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion. Teams depicted are Players (v Gentlemen) 4th- 6th September 1957, M.C.C. (v Yorkshire) 3rd- 5th September 1958, Gentlemen (v Players) 6th- 8th September 1958, and T.N. Pearce’s XI (v New Zealanders) 10th- 12th September 1958. Players featured include Hutton, Tattersall, Watson, A. Bedser, Tyson,... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Sepia real photograph postcard of Hobbs standing full length on the outfield at Scarborough, wearing cricket attire and England cap c.1925. Photograph by H. Walker of Scarborough. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Percy Holmes. Yorkshire & England 1913-1933. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Holmes standing full length on the outfield at Scarborough wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Holmes. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studio, Scarborough. Very good condition.... View full lot details

William Eric ‘Bill’ Bowes. Yorkshire & England 1928-1947. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Bowes standing full length on the outfield at Scarborough wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by Bowes. Date annotated to verso 1933. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studio, Scarborough. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire. Herbert Sutcliffe and Len Hutton. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Sutcliffe and Hutton walking out to bat at Scarborough. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by both Sutcliffe and Hutton. Date annotated to verso 1937. Appears to be by Walkers Studio, Scarborough. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Esmond Burman Lewis. Warwickshire 1949-1958. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Lewis, half length wearing cricket attire, at Scarborough with a marquee in the background. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Lewis. Date annotated to verso 1954. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studio, Scarborough. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk. Cambridge University & Sussex 1952-1960. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Silk walking out to bat with Peter Richardson at Scarborough playing for Gentlemen in 1958. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Silk. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studio, Scarborough. Very good condition.... View full lot details

William Bestwick. Derbyshire 1898-1925. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Bestwick, full length at the wicket in bowling pose. Foster of Brighton and Hove. Postally unused. Minor wear to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

John William Henry Tyler ‘Johnny’ Douglas. Essex & England 1901-1928. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Douglas, full length at the wicket in batting pose. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Frederick Luther Fane. Essex, Oxford University & England 1895-1922. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Fane, full length at the wicket in batting pose. Foster of Brighton and Hove. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Gloucestershire 1904. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the Gloucestershire team for the match v Sussex at Hove, 23rd- 25th May 1904. Players depicted seated and standing in rows wearing blazers, caps, boaters, include Jessop (Captain), Thomas, Godsell, Kitcat, Wrathall, Sellick Dennett, Board etc. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower right corner. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, slight creasing, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Malcolm Gurney Salter. Gloucestershire, Oxford University & Europeans 1907-1926. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Salter, full length at the wicket in batting pose in a studio setting. Appears to be by Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Horace Alexander William ‘Alex’ Bowell. Hampshire 1902-1927. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Bowell, full length in batting pose at the wicket wearing a sun hat. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1905. Very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

William Nicholas White. Hampshire, Barbados, Army, Combined Services etc. 1903-1922. Early sepia real photograph postcard of White, standing full length wearing blazer and Hampshire cap. Title ‘Capt. N.W. White’ to lower edge. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

David Aubrey Steele. Hampshire 1895-1906. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Steele, full length in batting pose at the wicket wearing Hampshire cap. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1905. Slight rounding to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

William Vincent Jephson. Hampshire 1903-1919. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Jephson, full length in batting pose at the wicket wearing Hampshire cap. Appears to be by Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Very minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Frederick Henry ‘Fred’ Huish. Kent 1895-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Huish, full length crouching in wicket-keeping pose at the wicket wearing Kent cap. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

John Richard ‘Jack’ Mason. Kent & England 1893-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Mason, full length in batting pose at the wicket. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Biographical printed detail laid down to verso. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Edward Wentworth ‘Ted’ Dillon. Kent & Oxford University 1900-1923. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Dillon, full length in batting pose at the wicket wearing harlequin cap. Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1906. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Kenneth Lotherington Hutchings. Kent & England 1902-1912. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Hutchings, full length in batting pose at the wicket. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Archibald Campbell ‘Archie’ MacLaren. Lancashire & England 1890-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of MacLaren standing full length wearing blazer and straw boater. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally unused. Pin holes to top corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Willis Robert Cuttell. Lancashire & England 1896-1906. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Cuttell standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower right corner. Postally used, date unknown. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Walter Brearley. Lancashire & England 1902-1912. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Brearley full length in bowling pose at the wicket. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

John Herbert King. Leicestershire & England 1895-1925. Early sepia real photograph postcard of King full length in batting pose at the wicket wearing Leicestershire cap. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Reginald Trevor Crawford. Leicestershire 1901-1911. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Crawford full length in batting pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Crawford. Photograph by E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image and good signature.... View full lot details

Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet. Middlesex, Oxford University & England 1898-1919. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Bosanquet full length in bowling pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Bosanquet. Photograph by E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Postally unused. Light creasing, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image and good signature.... View full lot details

Middlesex 1905. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the Middlesex team for the match v Sussex at Hove, 14th- 16th August 1905. Players, depicted seated and standing in rows wearing blazers, caps, boaters, are MacGregor (Captain), Douglas, C. & L. Wells, Hearne, Mignon, Beldam, Bosanquet, Warner, Tarrant, Trott and Littlejohn. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Slight creasing and minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Joseph ‘Joe’ Hardstaff Snr. Nottinghamshire & England 1902-1924. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Hardstaff full length at the wicket leaning on his bat. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire 1911. Early mono real photograph postcard of the Nottinghamshire team for the match v Sussex at Hove, 15th- 20th May 1911. Players, depicted seated and standing in rows wearing blazers, caps, boaters, are Jones (Captain), Iremonger, Payton, Hardstaff, Alletson, Riley, Oates, Lee, Stapleton, Whysall, G. & J. Gunn. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

John Daniell. Somerset & Cambridge University 1898-1927. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Daniell standing full length at the wicket leaning on his bat. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Title to lower edge ‘J. Daniels’. Postally unused. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Walter Scott Lees. Surrey & England 1896-1911. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Lees standing full length at the wicket wearing a Surrey cap and holding a ball. Foster of Brighton. Postally used, date unknown. Minor wear to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Frederick Charles Holland. Surrey 1894-1908. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Holland full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing a Surrey cap. Signed in black ink to the photograph by Holland, slight smudging to the signature. Foster of Brighton. Postally used, date unknown. Wear and creasing, some rounding to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Walter ‘Tom’ Hayward. Surrey & England 1893-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Hayward full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing a cap. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor rounding to corners, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Surrey 1905. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the Surrey team. Players, depicted seated and standing in rows wearing blazers, caps, boaters, include Lord Dalmeny (Captain), Hayes, Hayward, Knox etc. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower right corner. Postally unused. Minor wear, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Sussex, Cambridge University & England 1893-1920. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Ranji full length at the wicket in batting pose. Foster of Brighton. Title ‘K.S. Ranjitsinhji’. Postally unused. Minor wear to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Sussex, Cambridge University & England 1893-1920. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Ranji full length at the wicket in batting stance wearing a cap. Foster of Brighton. Title ‘HH The Jam Sahib’. Postally unused. Minor wear to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Charles Burgess Fry. Sussex, Hampshire, Oxford University, Europeans & England 1892-1922. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Fry full length at the wicket in batting stance. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Joseph ‘Joe’ Vine. Sussex & England 1896-1922. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Vine full length at the wicket in batting stance wearing a Sussex cap. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Arthur Frederick Augustus ‘Dick’ Lilley. Warwickshire & England 1894-1911. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Lilley full length crouched in wicket-keeping pose wearing an England cap. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Player’s name and photographer lightly inked in to the photograph. Postally unused. Very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Percy Jeeves. Warwickshire 1912-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Jeeves standing full length at the crease in batting pose. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Jeeves. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Rounding to corners and creasing, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Frank Rowbotham Foster. Warwickshire & England 1908-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Foster standing full length at the crease in batting pose wearing a cap. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to edges, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Frederick Albert ‘Dick’ Pearson. Worcestershire & Auckland 1900-1926. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Pearson standing full length at the crease in batting pose. Foster of Brighton. Postally used, date unknown. Minor rounding to corners, some creasing, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Reginald Erskine ‘Tip’ Foster. Worcestershire, Oxford University & England 1899-1912. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Foster seated three quarter length on a white background, wearing striped blazer and hat. Foster of Brighton. Postally used, date unknown. Minor rounding and wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Frederick Lloyd Bowley. Worcestershire 1899-1923. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Bowley standing full length at the crease in batting pose wearing Worcestershire cap. Foster of Brighton. Postally used, date unknown. Minor wear to corners, small blemish to centre, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Alonzo Drake. Yorkshire 1909-1914. Early mono real photograph postcard of Drake standing full length at the wicket leaning on his bat wearing a Yorkshire cap. Very nicely signed in black ink by Drake. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postmarked 1911. Very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Thomas James Denton Birtles. Yorkshire 1913-1924. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Birtles standing full length in front of a door leaning on his bat wearing a Yorkshire cap. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

John Thomas Newstead. Yorkshire 1903-1913. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Newstead standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket. Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1908. Minor wear to corners and edges, pin hole to top and bottom edges, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

David Denton. Yorkshire & England 1894-1920. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Denton standing full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing a Yorkshire cap. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Very nicely signed to the photograph in black ink by Denton, with handwritten message to verso from Denton to a lady collector in Somerset, also nicely signed by Denton. Postmarked 1905. Minor wear to corners and edges, otherwise... View full lot details

William Herbert Wilkinson. Yorkshire 1903-1910. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Wilkinson standing full length at the wicket leaning on his bat wearing a Yorkshire cap. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Boldly signed to the photograph in black ink by Wilkinson. Postmarked 1908. Minor wear to corners and edges, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image and signature.... View full lot details

William ‘Billy’ Ringrose. Yorkshire 1901-1906. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Ringrose standing full length at the wicket holding a ball and wearing a Yorkshire cap. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower right corner. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Ringrose. Postmarked 1905. Some creasing and tear to left edge, otherwise in good condition. Excellent image and signature.... View full lot details

Hubert Myers. Yorkshire & Tasmania 1901-1925. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Myers standing full length at the wicket holding in bowling pose wearing a Yorkshire cap. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Myers. Postmarked 1905. Minor wear and silvering to edges, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image and signature.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire. Cyril Poole and John Cotton. Two player portrait postcards one of Poole (Nottinghamshire & England 1948-1962), the other of Cotton (Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire 1958-1969), depicted head and shoulders. Both postcards with printed name and county to lower border. Signed in ink by each featured player. Sporting Handbooks Ltd. Postally unused. Mount marks to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Hobbs standing full length in batting pose. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Hobbs. Publisher unknown. Some creasing, wear to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Alan Marshal. Queensland & Surrey, 1903-14. Nice mono real photograph postcard of Marshal, standing half length wearing a Surrey cap and blazer. Rival Photograph Series no. R.P. 1617. Printed title ‘A. Marshall [sic]’. Postmarked 1912. Very good condition. Scarce.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji. Sussex, Cambridge University & England 1924-1932. Excellent original mono real photograph postcard of Duleep standing full length under a tree, wearing cricket attire and striped blazer. The postcard very nicely signed in black ink to the image by Duleep. Blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Ink annotation to verso. Minor silvering to edges, otherwise a lovely image in very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1948/49. Rarer sepia postcard of the Union-Castle Line ‘Durban Castle’ which took the team to South Africa. Signed in ink to card face by fifteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Mann (Captain), Evans, Palmer, Hutton, Simpson, Watkins, Crapp, Jenkins, Bedser, Wright, Young, Washbrook, Gladwin, Compton, and the manager, Green. Postally unused. Some age toning and creasing to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

England, Australia and New Zealand Test and tour postcards 1926-1948. Five team postcards including a real photograph postcard of the England team v Australia for the 3rd Test, Headingley 1926, the players featured in cameo, J. Webb, Douglas Studio, Nottingham. Two copies of mono postcards by T. Bolland, St. Leonards of the 1930 Australian touring party, one signed to the verso by Cyril Washbrook, the other by Keith Miller. Also a sepia real photograph postcard... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1935. Original mono postcard of the Union-Castle Line R.M.S. ‘Windsor Castle’ on which the team voyaged. Very nicely signed in black ink to the verso by twelve members of the touring party. Signatures are Wade (Captain), Langton, Rowan, Cameron, Mitchell, Dalton, Nourse, Viljoen, Vincent, Tomlinson, Balaskas and Siedle. Some age toning, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. South African Tour 1938-1939’. ‘Timeless Test’ tour. Sepia real photograph postcard of the M.C.C. touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players include Hammond (Captain), Yardley, Farnes, Ames, Valentine, Edrich, Wright, Paynter, Verity, Hutton etc. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1932. Sepia real photograph postcard of the Nottinghamshire team seated and standing in rows wearing county blazers and caps, with the captain, Arthur Carr to the centre, also Larwood, S.J. Staples, A. Staples, Lilley, Voce etc. Photograph by C.H. Richards of Nottingham. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1929. Original sepia postcard of the Derbyshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players’ names on typed label laid down to verso are Jackson (Captain), Storer, Elliott, Lee, Bowden, Hutchinson, Mitchell, Smith, Worthington, L.F. Townsend and Slater. A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Small mark to front, adhesive marks to verso, minor soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1909 & 1921. Two original mono/ sepia postcards of Lancashire teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, both with players’ names printed to lower border. The 1909 postcard features MacLaren (Captain), Hornby, J.T. Tyldesley, Poidevin, Kermode, Huddleston, Makepeace etc. Rival Photographic series no. 1601. The 1921 players include E., R. and J. Tyldesley, Cook, Hallows, Blomley, Dean etc. also M.C. Bird (Lancashire, Surrey & England 1907-1921). W.H.S. & S.M. series. Both... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1956. Original mono real photograph postcard of the Australian team for the tour match v T.N. Pearce’s XI at Scarborough 5th- 7th September 1956, the players standing in one row wearing cricket attire in front of the pavilion. Players listed in pencil to verso are Archer, Rutherford, Johnson, Miller, McKay, Davidson, Maddocks, Harvey, Craig, Benaud and Burke. Official stamp to verso for Walker’s Studios, Scarborough. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Comic and other cricket postcards 1907 onwards. An interesting and varied selection of humorous postcards. Includes two colour ‘Rajar Bromide’ real photograph birthday postcards, one of a young boy in bowling pose, the other of a toddler crouching in wicket-keeping stance, both appear to be by Rotary (one series no. R.15-57) with decorative embossed borders. Postmarked c.1925-1929. Also five humorous and other postcards, series include Living Picture Series, Philco, A. & G. Taylor ‘Orthochrome’, Cynicus... View full lot details

India. National Card Centre, Bombay, postcards 1990s/ 2000s. Eight colour postcards, of which five were produced for the World Cup, England 1999. Players featured are Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Ajit Agarkar, Sourav Ganguly (2 different), and Shaun Pollock (South Africa), all signed by the featured player, also Jadeja and another of Tendulkar unsigned. Sold with three further signed Indian colour postcards of Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh (both by ‘Paradise’) and Tendulkar (by ‘Brijbasi’). Good/ very... View full lot details

‘Australian Sporting Personalities’ 1981. Set of four colour first day of issue postcards produced from the stamps of the series, each featuring a different sportsman. Includes the scarcer card of Victor Trumper (cricket), also Norman Brookes (tennis), Darby Munro (horse racing) and Walter Lindrum (billiards). Each postcard with matching stamp applied to the front and date stamped 18th February 1981 at the Philatelic Sales Centre, Sydney. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Cricket postcards and collectors’ cards. Green album comprising approx. one hundred and eighty mainly modern postcards, some earlier, of which over forty are signed or multi-signed. Signatures include Peter Parfitt, David Sheppard, Doug Wright, Peter May, Colin Cowdrey, Joe Hardstaff, Allan Border, Gubby Allen, Mike Brearley, Geoff Boycott, Alec Bedser, Bob Appleyard, Reg Simpson, Eddie Leadbeater, Fred Trueman, Ted Dexter, Len Hutton, Freddie Brown, Tom Graveney, Richard Hadlee etc. Odd duplication of signature. Subjects feature... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [J.]W. Hitch (Surrey & England 1907-1925), half length wearing M.C.C. touring blazer, no. 18.C, and [H.]A. Peach (Surrey 1919-1931) in batting pose, no. 22.C. Each 4”x6”. Minor silvering to the Hitch card with adhesive marks to verso, light vertical crease to the Peach card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Cricket teams, players and grounds. Ten original postcards of which seven are real photographs. Individuals depicted are Ranjitsinhji in batting pose, Foster of Brighton, fading to image. G.L. Jessop in batting stance, Wrench Series no. 1688, postmarked 1902. F.W. Tate in bowling pose, Wrench no. 1384. A team postcard of Warwickshire c.1905 postmarked 1905, publisher unknown, and three of cricket grounds, Tunbridge Wells Higher Ground by E.A. Schwerdtieger of Berlin, Hastings Cricket Ground by Judges,... View full lot details

Cricketing cat. Louis Wain. c.1905. Colour comic postcard of a cartoon cat wearing a blue and red cap, being struck by a cricket ball, with title ‘It has struck me’. Artwork by Louis Wain. Ink annotation to front. Postmarked 1905. Minor soiling, slight rounding to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket Memorabilia Society (C.M.S.) collectors’ cards. Complete run of signed autograph cards from no. 1, Ken Higgs, to no. 136, Phil Neale, contained in three official C.M.S. brown cloth albums. The series limited to an issue of one hundred copies of each card. Various limitation numbers. Other signatures include Dennis Amiss, Bomber Wells, Tom Graveney, Colin Bland, Harry Pilling, Bob Blair, Jeff Jones, Reg Simpson, Jeff Jones, Jon Snow, Geoff Pullar, Ken Shuttleworth, Ron Headley,... View full lot details

Collectors’ cards, postcards and beer mats. Blue album comprising a comprehensive collection of over two hundred and thirty collectors’ cards, over half of which are signed by the featured player(s). Series include Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’, 31 signed, nos. 15, 18, 21, 24, 42, 52, 57, 100, 105, 127, 131, 149, 151, 154, 180, 200, 211, 217, 256, 261-268, 274, 287, 302 and 306. Signatures include Thorpe, Edrich, McMillan, Vettori, Hadlee, Hampshire, Ganguly, Cairns,... View full lot details

Cricket collectors’ cards and postcards. A good selection of over one hundred collector’s cards and postcards, of which thirty are signed by the featured player. Series include Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’, 13 signed, nos. 9, 50, 76, 134, 314, 365-367, 369, 370, 482, 488 & 495. Signatures include Clive Lloyd, Shaun Pollock, Wasim Akram, Mark Boucher, Mike Hussey, Saeed Ajmal etc., also unsigned card nos. 9, 26, 30, 107, 108, 116, 118-120, 122-125, 130,... View full lot details

Trade and collectors cards. ‘The Official Collection of International Cricketer Postcards’. Binder comprising a complete run of T.C.C.B./ Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ postcards, nos. 1-164. Published by Stamp Publicity, Worthing, West Sussex 1995. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Signed cricket collectors’ cards 1980s onwards. Album comprising a large selection of over one hundred and thirty signed collectors’ cards, the odd postcard etc. Includes over fifty Cornhill Insurance Test Series cards (various series), eleven T.C.C.B./ E.C.B./ Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ series, Pura Milk Queensland Bulls 2000/01 (Qty 15) etc. Signatures include Tom Graveney, Mike Atherton, Graham Thorpe, Andrew Flintoff, Michael Vaughan, Nasser Hussain, Alec Stewart, Bob Willis, David Gower, Malcolm Marshall, Clive Lloyd,... View full lot details

Australia. ‘The Magnet album of Test Match Cricketers 1930 tour’. Presented with the Magnet 12th July 1930. Complete with glossy pictures laid down to album. Features the England and Australian players from the 1930 series. Good/ very good condition. Sold with ‘England v Australia. Special Test match edition of the Lord’s and Oval Annual’ 1930. Edited by Robin Baily. Small souvenir with pictorial covers. Ownership name in ink to front cover. Some nicks and wear,... View full lot details

Cricket cigarette cards 1901-1934. Five complete sets, each comprising fifty cards, each set window mounted. Sets are W.D. & H.O. Wills ‘Cricketer Series’ 1901 and ‘Cricketers 2nd Series of 50’ 1928. John Player & Son ‘Cricketers 1930’ and two sets of ‘Cricketers 1934’. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details