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Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

‘Sussex v Surrey at Brighton 1855. Very early double sided scorecard printed by ‘Lillywhite’s Printing Tent for the match played at the Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove on the 25th & 26th June 1855. The scorecard showing the fully completed printed scores for the match. Below are printed an advertisement for Lillywhite’s Printing Tent’ and coloured prints of the United All England Eleven. To verso a full page advert for ‘Lillywhite, Islington’ selling cricket equipment and... View full lot details

‘Eleven of All England v Twenty-two of the Sheffield Collegaite School’ 1862. Early original two sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Brammall Lane, Sheffield, 22nd-24th September 1862. The All-England Eleven included Jackson, Tarrant, Hayward, Parr, Tinley, Stephenson, Willsher, Anderson etc. The scorecard, printed by Brittlebank & Wrigley of Mulberry Street, measures 3.5”x4.75”. An advert for Edwin F. Jackson’s Cricketing & Archery Depot of High Street, Sheffield. Minor wear and soiling... View full lot details

Gentlemen v Players 1866. Early official fully printed scorecard for the match played at Surrey County Cricket Club, The Kennington Oval on 28th June ‘and following days’ 1866 with advertising to reverse. Scorecard printed at The Oval by Merser & Gardner of Kensington Cross. The Gentlemen beat the Players by 98 runs. W.G. Grace made 7 and 34 and took nine wickets in the match, seven in the Players second innings, Alfred Shaw top scored... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen v. Players’ 1875. Early original scorecard with incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil, for the match played at Kennington Oval, July 1st and following days. Players included Jupp, Lockwood, Ulyett, Pooley, Shaw for the Players, W.G. Grace, Webbe, Hornby, G.F. Grace, Walker, Fryer for the Gentlemen. Printed by Arthur Williams & Co., Fleet Street. Advertising to verso for outfitters, Kent & Lewin, and the sports outlets of James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co., and... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1882. ‘Australians v. Gentlemen of England’. Early original double sided scorecard for the match played at the Kennington Oval, 22nd June and following days... The scorecard with incomplete and pencil printed scores. The Gentlemen eleven included W.G. Grace, Hornby, Read, Steel, Studd, Tylecote, Lucas etc, the Australian team included Murdoch (Cpt), Spofforth, Bannerman, Massie, Giffen, Bonnor, Palmer, Garrett, Blackham etc. To the verso, advertisements include for ‘Cricket. A Weekly Record... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1896. ‘England v. Australia’. Early original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the first Test, Lord’s 22nd - 24th June 1895. In a topsy-turvy match, Australia may have regretted their decision to bat first, being bowled out before lunch on the first day for only 53, the speed of Tom Richardson taking 6/39. In reply, England then scored 292, Bobby Abel with 94 and W.G. Grace 66 being the... View full lot details

Middlesex, M.C.C. and other Lord’s scorecards 1897-1939. A large selection of over seventy official scorecards, mainly Middlesex ‘home’ County Championship matches with some tour and other matches, all played at Lord’s. The majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Includes County benefit matches for J.E. West v Kent 1909, H.R. Murrell v Sussex 1922, H.W. Lee v Sussex 1927, J. Durston v Sussex 1929, G. Hart & J. Hulme v Surrey 1939. Others include... View full lot details

Surrey scorecards 1901-1939. A good selection of over sixty official Surrey scorecards for County Championship, tour, university and other matches played at Kennington Oval, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Includes tour matches v South Africa 1929 & 1935, v India 1932, v West Indies 1933 and v Australia 1938. Also Minor Counties v Australia 1934, Young Amateurs of Surrey v Young Amateurs of Kent 1921, Essex 1921, 1922, and Middlesex 1922,... View full lot details

Oxford v Cambridge 1901-2022. A good run of seventy five official scorecards for Varsity matches played at Lord’s, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. The odd later scorecard signed. Seasons are 1901, 1909, 1911-1914, 1919-1923, 1925, 1926, 1928-1931, 1934-1938, 1943, 1945-1956, 1958-1966, 1968-1970, 1972-1976, 1979, 1981-1983, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995-1999, 2003-2005, 2007, 2009-2011 and 2022. The 1983 scorecard signed by Robin Boyd-Moss, 1995 by Iain Sutcliffe, 1996 by G.H. Kahn,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1902. ‘England v. Australia’. Fifth Test. ‘Jessop’s Match’. Early original double sided scorecard with fully completed printed scores for the 5th Test at Kennington Oval, 11th- 13th August 1902. With Australia 2-0 ahead and the series already won, Australia elected to bat first and closed the first day 324 all out, with Hugh Trumble making 64no, Monty Noble 52, Victor Trumper 42 and George Hirst taking 5-77 for England. In reply,... View full lot details

Eton v Harrow 1902-2011. A good selection of over sixty official scorecards for the annual fixture played at Lord’s. Includes an original commemorative silk scorecard for the 1907 match which Harrow won by 79 runs, Harrow’s captain M.C. Bird scoring centuries (100no & 131) in both innings. Other matches are for seasons 1902, 1913, 1914, 1923-1926, 1932, 1934-1937, 1946-1956, 1958-1969, 1971-1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007 and 2011. Odd faults to earlier scorecards, otherwise in... View full lot details

University and other pre-war scorecards 1905-1939. Nine original scorecards for university, school, minor counties and representative matches, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are Cambridge University at Fenner’s v Yorkshire 1907 & 1913, v Somerset 1921. Oxford University at The Parks v Middlesex 1939. Eton v Winchester, at Eton College 1919, R.M.A. v R.M.C., Woolwich 1927, Bowes Park & District XVI v J. Durston’s XII, Barts Hospital Ground 1929, Norfolk v... View full lot details

Frank Edward Woolley. Kent & England 1906-1938. Two official scorecards for charity matches between ‘F.E. Woolley’s County XI and XV of Tunbridge Wells & District’ played at Linden Park, Tunbridge Wells, 28th April 1928 and 27th April 1929, both with handwritten scores in pencil. Woolley’s team featured Kent players including Seymour, Hubble, Legge, Knott, Todd, Cornwallis, Freeman, Wright etc. and the Tunbridge Wells teams featured notable players including The Nawab of Pataudi and ‘Hopper’ Levett.... View full lot details

Lancashire and Midlands pre-war scorecards 1911-1939. A good selection of original scorecards for County Championship matches, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Includes Lancashire County and tour matches played at Old Trafford v Yorkshire 1921, v Surrey 1928, v South Africa 1929, v Yorkshire 1932, v Australians 1934, v Leicestershire 1935, v Indians 1936, v Northamptonshire 1938, v Leicestershire 1938, v Australians 1938, v Middlesex 1939, North v South 1923, and Liverpool... View full lot details

Yorkshire pre-war scorecards 1912-1938. A good selection of twenty four original scorecards for County Championship and tour matches, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Lancashire, Bradford 1912 (split at fold), v Rest of England (Champion County Match), Kennington Oval 1912, 1923, 1924, 1932 and 1935, v Lancashire, Headingley 1924, v Lancashire, Bramall Lane 1925, v South Africa, Hull 1929, v Leicestershire, Bramall Lane 1931, v Sussex, Headingley 1932, v... View full lot details

‘Lord’s Centenary 1814-1914’. Large original commemorative printed scorecard for the Centenary in 1914. The scorecard is headed ‘Lord’s Cricket Ground Centenary 1814-1914. M.C.C. South African Team v The Rest. June 22nd 1914’. With colour decorative border depicting Lord’s cricket ground through the ages and scorecard to centre. 9.75”x12”. Printed by Tom Browne & Co (Nottm) Limited. Excellent decorative images. Colours bright. Some age toning other wise in good condition. Sold with an official commemorative scorecard... View full lot details

Gentlemen v Players at Scarborough 1921-1961. Fourteen official scorecards for matches played at Scarborough, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Seasons are 1921, 1934, 1938, 1947, 1951-1958, 1960 and 1961. Odd folds and minor faults, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Scarborough Cricket Festival pre-war scorecards 1921-1939. Thirteen original scorecards for Scarborough Festival matches, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are Yorkshire v M.C.C. 1921, 1937 and 1938, v Leicestershire 1936, v Warwickshire 1939. C.I. Thornton’s XI v Australians 1921, v South Africans 1929. H.D.G. Leveson Gower’s XI v Australians 1934 and 1938, v M.C.C. Team for Australia 1936 and 1937, v All India 1936, and v New Zealand 1937. Odd faults,... View full lot details

Gentlemen v Players at Lord’s 1922-1962. A good selection of thirty one official scorecards for matches played at Lord’s, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Seasons are 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927-1930, 1932, 1934, 1936-1939, and 1946-1962. The 1936 scorecard with signature of J.W.A. Stephenson (9/46 in the first innings, ten wickets in the match) on piece laid down. The 1951 scorecard with accompanying printed M.C.C. card marking five hundred years of cricket,... View full lot details

Essex pre-war scorecards 1927-1939. Twelve original scorecards for Essex ‘home’ matches, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Includes County Championship and one tour match v Yorkshire, Leyton 1927, v Yorkshire, Southend 1934, v Gloucestershire, Westcliffe 1934, v Yorkshire, Colchester 1935, v Middlesex, Ilford 1935, v Derbyshire, Chelmsford 1937, v Kent, Westcliff 1937, v Yorkshire, Ilford 1938, v Australians, Southend 1938, v Somerset, Chelmsford 1938, v Surrey, Westcliff 1939, and v Middlesex, Southend... View full lot details

Kent, Sussex and West Country pre-war scorecards. Nineteen original scorecards, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Includes County and tour matches for Kent v Derbyshire, Tonbridge 1930, v Essex, Folkestone 1933, v Yorkshire, Dover 1933, v Leicestershire, Gravesend 1935, v Derbyshire, Folkestone 1937, v Yorkshire, Dover 1938, v Essex, Gillingham 1939, v Gloucestershire, Maidstone 1939. Sussex v Worcestershire, Eastbourne 1930, v Lancashire, Eastbourne 1930, v Essex 1939. Somerset v Middlesex, Taunton 1925,... View full lot details

‘All-India vs. The Australians’ 1935/36. Rare original scorecard for the second unofficial ‘Test’ match played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 31st December 1935- 3rd January 1936. The ‘Tea Time Score Card’ with printed scores on the first day’s play, shows India bowled out for only 48 in their first innings, Oxenham and Macartney each taking five wickets, the Australians in reply having reached 72/4. They went on to be dismissed for 99 (Mohammad Nissar 6-35). In... View full lot details

Wartime Lord’s scorecards 1940-1945. Binder comprising thirty official scorecards for wartime matches played at Lord’s. Teams featured include The Army, Royal Air Force, The Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, London Fire Service, Public Schools XI, Sir Pelham Warner’s XI, Club Cricket Conference, West Indies, Metropolitan Police, Civil Defence Services, British Empire XI, The Dominions, Buccaneers etc. Also official scorecards for The Army v The Royal Air Force, Trent Bridge 19th July 1941, Metropolitan Police v... View full lot details

‘The Cricket Championship of India. The Ranji Trophy 1944-45’. Official folding scorecard for the tournament Final, Holkar v Bombay, played at the Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, 4th- 9th March 1945. The scorecard with fully printed scores and facsimile signatures printed in red by the Alliance Art Printing Works, Girgaum, Bombay. In the timeless match played over six days, Bombay (462 & 764) beat Holkar (360 & 492) by 374 runs. Notable performances for Bombay included Modi... View full lot details

D.H. Robins XI tour to Sri Lanka 1977. ‘Derrick Robins’ XI vs C.P.C.A. President’s XI’. Official folding scorecard for the match played at St. Anthony’s College Grounds, Katugastota 15th- 17th October 1977. The centre pages with printed scorecard, the players listed at the start of play. Signed by all fifteen playing members of the touring party. Signatures are Denness (Captain), Intikhab Alam, Lever, Tolchard, Willey, Howarth, Smith, Carrick, Cowdrey, Emburey, Gurr, Jarvis, Gower, Pilling and... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1994 & 2008. Two signed official Test match scorecards. One for the drawn 2nd Test, Lord’s 1994, complete printed scores, with twelve signatures including Atherton, Gooch, Fraser, Such, Stewart, DeFreitas, Hick, White, Smith and Rhodes of England, Fleming and Nash of New Zealand. The other scorecard is for the 3rd Test at Trent Bridge 2008 with players listed at the start of play. Profusely signed by over thirty mainly former Test... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. pre-World War I. Five original scorecards for ‘home’ matches played at Trent Bridge with complete printed and handwritten scores (unless stated). v Lancashire (W. Flowers’ Benefit), 17th- 19th June 1895, complete printed scores, Lancashire won by an innings and 188 runs, Nottinghamshire being dismissed for 35 in their first innings, Lancashire’s Mold taking fifteen wickets in the match including four wickets in four balls. v Yorkshire, 20th- 22nd June 1901, Yorkshire won by... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1897-1909. Six early original scorecards, five for Nottinghamshire County matches and one other. Complete printed scores unless stated. Includes three commemorative silk scorecards for matches played at Trent Bridge, v Middlesex 19th- 21st August 1897, Middlesex won by 56 runs, Sydney Webb taking ten wickets for Middlesex on his first-class debut. v Surrey 19th- 21st May 1902, match drawn, George Gunn made his first-class debut. v Gloucestershire 22nd- 24th July 1909, Nottinghamshire won... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1921-1929. Ten original scorecards for ‘home’ matches played at Trent Bridge, all with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Hampshire 13th- 15th July 1921, match drawn. v Derbyshire 9th- 12th August 1924, won by seven wickets. v Yorkshire 18th- 21st July 1925, drawn. v Kent 29th- 31st July 1925, lost by four wickets. v Northamptonshire 19th- 21st August 1925, won by an innings and 48 runs. v Essex 12th- 14th... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1922-1928. Ten original scorecards for ‘away’ matches, the majority with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Middlesex, Lord’s 31st May- 2nd June 1922, lost by 85 runs. v Middlesex, Lord’s 31st May- 3rd June 1924, drawn. v Surrey, Kennington Oval 1st- 4th August 1925, drawn. v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham 12th- 14th August 1925, won by seven wickets. v Middlesex, Lord’s 15th- 18th August 1925, won by three wickets. v Northamptonshire, Northampton... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1929-1932. Ten original scorecards for ‘home’ matches played at Trent Bridge, all with complete printed and handwritten scores. Matches are v Derbyshire 10th- 13th August 1929, match drawn, the scorecard with three cigarette burn holes to centre. v Hampshire 2nd- 4th July 1930, drawn, Whysall scored centuries in both innings. v Leicestershire 9th- 12th August 1930, won by nine wickets. v Worcestershire 30th August- 2nd September 1930, won by ten wickets. v Surrey... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1929-1934. Eleven original scorecards for ‘away’ matches, all with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Middlesex, Lord’s 25th- 28th May 1929, lost by nine wickets. v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane 15th- 18th June 1929, lost by five wickets. v Somerset, Taunton 24th- 26th July 1929, drawn. v The Rest (Champion County Match), Kennington Oval 14th- 18th September 1929, lost by eight runs. v Middlesex, Lord’s 19th- 22nd July 1930, drawn. v... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1932-1935. Eleven original scorecards for ‘home’ matches played at Trent Bridge, all with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Lancashire 6th- 8th August 1932, won by 124 runs. v Glamorgan 6th- 9th May 1933, drawn. v Surrey 3rd- 6th June 1933, drawn. v West Indians 8th- 11th July 1933, drawn. v Leicestershire 29th July- 1st August 1933, drawn. v Kent 26th- 29th August 1933, drawn. v Somerset 5th- 8th May... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1934-1939. Fourteen original scorecards for ‘away’ matches, all with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Matches are v Sussex, Horsham 9th- 12th June 1934, drawn. v Middlesex, Lord’s 29th- 31st August 1934, drawn. v Essex, Westcliffe-on-Sea 12th- 14th June 1935, drawn. v Lancashire, Old Trafford 20th- 23rd June 1936, won by five wickets, Larwood ten wickets in the match. v Surrey, Kennington Oval 1st- 4th August 1936, won by 45 runs,... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1935-1939. Seventeen original scorecards for ‘home’ matches played at Trent Bridge, all with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v South Africans 6th- 9th July 1935, drawn. v Derbyshire 13th- 16th July 1935, won by three wickets. v Glamorgan 17th- 20th August 1935, won by three wickets. v Warwickshire 24th- 26th June 1936, won by an innings and 101 runs. v Kent 29th- 31st July 1936, drawn. v Sussex 8th- 11th... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1940-1944. Fifteen original wartime scorecards for matches played at Trent Bridge, all with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are Nottinghamshire v Royal Air Force [Services XI] 13th July 1940, v Royal Air Force 5th August 1940, v British Empire XI 21st June 1941, v R.A.F. England XI 25th May 1942, v British Empire XI 20th June 1942, v Royal Air Force 27th June 1942, v National Fire Service XI 5th August... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire 1947-1957. Seven original scorecards for matches played at Trent Bridge. Incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Includes one Test match, England v West Indies 20th- 25th July 1950 (West Indies won by ten wickets). Tour matches for Nottinghamshire v West Indies 17th- 20th June 1950 (complete printed scores), v South Africa 26th- 29th May 1951, v India 5th- 8th July 1952, and County Championship matches v Warwickshire 1947 (complete printed and handwritten... View full lot details

Eton College magazines. Collection of Eton college magazines with cricket articles and photographs. Includes The Tonic’ July 1914 with five page article on the Eton v Harrow match at Lord’s, ‘College Days No.2’ 1917 with two page coverage of the Gentlemen v Players at Eton, ‘It! 1919 with four various pages covering the Eton v Harrow match at Lord’s, ‘The Limit’ 1920 with article on George Hirst, ‘College Days’ 1920 with four page coverage... View full lot details

Eton v Harrow. Good selection of Eton v Harrow press photographs taken at various matches at Lord’s from 1949 to 1969. Includes action images, spectator and crowd scenes, various coaches parked on the grass at Lords with drinks being served 1955, 1960, 1963, 1964 etc, The Duchess of Kent and Princess Margaret arriving 1949, boys playing ‘Rag’ on the steps of the pavilion 1954 etc. The majority of photographs 10”x8”, some smaller. Odd faults, good.... View full lot details

Essex Benefits 1953-1963. Three original official Benefit brochures for Frank Vigar 1953, ‘County Cricket in Essex’ booklet for Ken Preston 1959, and Bill Greensmith 1963. Wear and old tape repairs to rear wrapper of the Greensmith brochure, light folds to two, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Glamorgan Benefits 1954-1964. Three original official Benefit brochures for Len Muncer 1954, Bernard Hedges 1963, and Jim Pressdee 1964. Light creasing to the Pressdee brochure, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Gloucestershire Benefits 1934-1965. Four original official Benefit brochures/ leaflets including Walter Hammond for the Gloucestershire v Hampshire match played at Bristol 4th-7th August 1934, Sam Cook 1957, Martin Young 1963 and John Mortimore 1965. Light folds/ creasing to all four, minor soiling to the Hammond brochure, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Kent and Sussex Benefits 1950-1960. Four original official Kent and one Sussex Benefit brochures for Arthur Fagg 1950, Godfrey Evans 1953, Doug Wright 1957, Arthur Phebey 1960 (all Kent), and George Cox 1951 (Sussex). Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition. Qty 5.... View full lot details

Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Benefits 1950-1960. Two original official Leicestershire and one Nottinghamshire Benefit brochures/ leaflets. Includes a four page folding leaflet for Jim Sperry’s 1952 Testimonial Fund (subscription label to rear page clipped), and souvenir brochure for Terry Spencer’s Benefit 1964. The Nottinghamshire booklet is for Joe Hardstaff’s Benefit 1948. Folds to the Sperry leaflet, otherwise in good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details

Lancashire Benefits and Testimonials 1948-1964. Five original official Benefit and Testimonial brochures for Cyril Washbrook 1948, Dick Pollard 1949, Jack Ikin 1953, Alan Wharton 1958, and Tommy Greenhough 1964. The Ikin brochure wrappers split at the spine and detached. Some wear to the wrappers of the others, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Northamptonshire Benefits and Testimonials 1949-1958. Seven original official Benefit and Testimonial brochures/ leaflets for Jack Timms 1949, Bert Nutter/ Buddy Oldfield 1953, Vince Broderick 1954, Jock Livingston 1955, George Tribe 1956, Bob Clarke 1957, and Dennis Brookes 1958. Wear and tape repairs to the Clarke brochure, other odd faults, overall in good condition.... View full lot details

Middlesex Benefits and Testimonials 1949-1964. Seven original Benefit and Testimonial brochures/ leaflets including an official Denis Compton benefit brochure 1949 with accompanying Benefit Fund leaflet, and additional souvenir brochures by Background Sports-Photo and Daily Graphic. Also official benefit booklets/ leaflets for Jack Robertson 1951, Alan Moss 1962, and Don Bennett 1964. Some wear to the wrappers of the Compton brochure, other odd faults, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Somerset Benefits and Testimonials 1947-1963. Four original Benefit and Testimonial brochures/ leaflets including two copies of ‘Facts & Figures of Somerset County Cricket Club 1891-1946’ published for Frank Lee’s benefit 1947, both in original wrappers, one in pale blue, the other in buff. Also brochures for Arthur Wellard’s testimonial 1951, and Peter Wight’s benefit 1963. Creasing and some soiling to the Wellard brochure, rusting to some staples, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Surrey Benefits 1948-1953. Three original official Benefit brochures for Stan Squires 1948, Jack Parker 1951, and Alec Bedser 1953. Rusting to staples, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Warwickshire Benefits and Testimonials 1948-1964. Eight original official Benefit leaflets/ brochures for Eric Hollies 1948 (staple holes to one corner), Tiger Smith & Chicko Austin 1954 (two copies), Fred Gardner 1958, Bert Wolton 1959, Alan Townsend 1960, Ray Hitchcock 1963, and Jack Bannister 1964 with an original scorecard for Rothmans Cavaliers v A Warwickshire XI, 26th July 1964. Good/ very good condition. Sold with an official ‘Dick Howorth [Worcestershire] Benefit Booklet’ 1949, lacking the first... View full lot details

Yorkshire Benefits and Testimonials 1947-1961. Five original Benefit brochures including two souvenir brochures for Bill Bowes 1947 and Len Hutton 1950, both published by the Yorkshire Evening News, and another for Hutton, published by the ‘Hull District’ of Yorkshire C.C.C. Also official benefit booklets for Vic Wilson 1958, and Brian Close 1961. Tape repair to spine of the Wilson booklet, general light wear and soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Kent benefit brochures 2004-2019. A selection of eight official Kent player benefit brochures, four signed by the beneficiary (one multi-signed). Signed brochures are Min Patel 2004 signed to the autographs page by Patel, Matthew Walker 2008 signed to page by Walker, Geraint Jones 2012 signed to the rear autographs page by Jones and thirteen others including Jimmy Adams, Sam Northeast, Ben Harrison, Azhar Mahmood, Brendon Nash, Rob Key, Darren Stevens etc., and Joe Denly 2019... View full lot details

‘Thornbury Cricket Club Honours the Grace Family’. First day cover with the set of three stamps featuring W.G. Grace issued 16th May 1973 to mark the centenary of County Cricket 1873-1973. The cover with printed names and signed by four members of the Grace family, Dr. E.M. Grace, Capt. N.V. Grace, Lt. Col. G.F. Grace and E.M. Grace. Postmarked at Lord’s. Good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire. ‘The Hedley Verity Memorial Bed Match’. Official programme for Jack Appleyard’s XI v Herbert Sutcliffe’s Yorkshire XI played at Roundhay Park, Leeds, 3rd September 1944. Players who took part include Hammond, Paynter, Duckworth, Gunn, Sutcliffe, Hutton, Leyland, Barber, Watson, Robinson etc. The match was played to raised funds for a bed at Leeds Infirmary in Verity’s memory. Nicks and wear to page edges, some creasing, otherwise in good condition. Sold with two further official... View full lot details

Cricket commemorative covers. A large selection of 119 commemorative covers covering Test matches, Lord’s County Cup finals, tours, benefits etc. including the odd numbered limited edition. Each cover signed or multi-signed. Subjects include Lord’s ‘Treasures from the M.C.C. Collection’ Series 1 (2003) nos. 1-5, Series 2 (2004) nos. 1, 3 & 4, Series 3 (2005) no. 3 with duplicates, Sheffield Cricket Lovers Society Tour 1968 (Qty 12), M.C.C. Bicentenary 1987, Gillette Cup Finals 1971... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. ‘One Hundred Years of Test Cricket at Old Trafford 1884-1984’. Official commemorative cover loose mounted to card with printed title below, ‘Test Match Cricketers’. The mount card nicely signed in ink by twenty seven former Test cricketers. Signatures include Farokh Engineer, Peter Parfitt, Fred Trueman, Alec Bedser, Brian Statham, Tom Graveney, Ted Dexter (signed twice), Ray Illingworth, Graham Gooch, Frank Hayes, Roy Tattersall, Keith Fletcher, Brian Close, Richard Hadlee, Clive Rice etc. Overall... View full lot details

Women’s cricket 1930s-1980s. Official post tour brochure by Marjorie Pollard (‘A Diary written by Marjorie Pollard’) for the Australian Women’s Cricket Team in England 1937, with mono press photograph laid down to inside front cover of H. Pritchard and P. Antonio walking out to bat on the opening match of the tour. Wear to wrappers with tape repair and splitting to spine. Printed illustrated extract of an article ‘A Good Length and a Straight Bat’... View full lot details

Women’s cricket brochures and programmes 1973-1989. Souvenir programme for the Women’s Cricket World Cup 1973, signed to centre player profile pages by six England players. Souvenir brochure for the Women’s Cricket Association Golden Jubilee 1926-1976, England v Australia. Official programme for ‘Rachel Heyhoe’s International Ladies XI v Vic Lewis C.C.’, East Moseley 31st August 1980, signed to inside and front by ten. Official folding itinerary for the England team to the Women’s Cricket World Cup... View full lot details

‘The All England Cricket & Football Journal and Athletic Review’ Volume One 1878. Issues nos. 1 (April 1877, first issue) to 12 (March 1878). Published by Martin Hurst of Sheffield. Bound volume of the Journal containing all twelve editions from April 1877 to March 1878, each issue featuring a real photograph portrait of a player or team to the front wrapper. The issues bound together in modern pale blue cloth with facsimile title label to... View full lot details

‘The All England Cricket & Football Journal and Athletic Review’ 1879. Two bound volumes in modern pale blue cloth of the Journal published by Martin Hurst of Sheffield. Volume Two complete with issues nos. 13 (April 1878) to 24 (April 1879), each issue featuring a real photograph portrait of a player or team to the front wrapper. Original large full page frontispiece real photograph portrait of ‘The Derbyshire Cricketers’, title page, and index bound in... View full lot details

‘Bat and Ball: A High-Class Journal of Football, Cricket and Amateur Athletics’. 13th September (first issue)- 11th October 1882 (final issue). Weekly journal published in Manchester. 60pp. Includes articles on notable players and the Australian tour to England 1882. All five issues bound together as one volume in later green cloth boards, gilt title to front, red speckled page edges, lacking original wrappers. Padwick 1181. Small tear to p3/4, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Cricket Field. An Illustrated Record and Review’ 1892-1895. Published by ‘Pastime’, London (later issues Horace Cox, London). Illustrated. Three bound volumes of the magazine. Vol. I nos. 1- 24, 7th May- 31st December 1892. Bound in dark cloth, gilt title to spine, complete with original front wrapper for the first issue, lacking other wrappers and appears to be lacking title page and index. Vol. II nos. 25- 52, 28th January- 30th December 1893. Bound... View full lot details

‘The Golden Penny Cricket Album 1902. Special Photographic Groups of the Australians and all the first-class counties’. London 1902. Original pictorial wrappers. Centre two-page image of the Australian team 1902. Bound in green cloth, gilt title to spine, original wrappers retained. Padwick 1080. Some foxing to wrappers, nicks and wear to some page edges, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

‘The New South Wales Teachers on Tour. Xmas 1912. North Island, New Zealand’. Printed by McMillan & Goddard, Sydney. Rare and early post-tour booklet for the tour to New Zealand 1912. Described in the introduction as the Third Tour to New Zealand undertaken by the New South Wales Teachers having previously visited in 1907 and 1909. 32pp in original wrappers comprising full scores for the eight matches played in Wellington, Napier and Auckland, averages and... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1928/29. ‘Souvenir of the England v Australia Test Matches 1928-1929’. Souvenir brochure for the series, published by Austin Rogers & Co. Ltd., Chancery Lane, with fully printed scorecards of the five Test matches plus the averages of both teams. Ownership name in ink to inside front cover. Decorative card wrappers. Minor wear to wrapper edges, otherwise in good/very good condition. A rarer post tour brochure.... View full lot details

Australia tour of England 1930. Official ‘Australian XI English Tour 1930’ brochure for the tour. To front cover ‘With the compliments of the Orient Line’ with title, Orient Line emblem and Australian colours of gold and green running diagonally through the centre of the cover. The brochure lists the members of the touring party, list of fixtures and biographies with pen picture of each of the touring Australian team members. Some soiling and wrinkling to... View full lot details

‘Souvenir of Historic Cricket Match. Australia v. Daylesford [Victoria]’ 1880. Facsimile four page scoresheet in green wrappers for the match played between twenty two of Daylesford against an Australian eleven, played at Daylesford, 18th March 1880. Produced by the Daylsesford and District Cricket Association, 1935. The Australian eleven featured Murdoch, McDonnell, Bannerman, Blackham, Boyle, Bonnor, Spofforth and Palmer, who were all members of the 1880 tour to England that followed soon after this match. Very... View full lot details

West Indies tour of England 1939. Official souvenir brochure for the West Indies tour of England. Edited by A.W. Simpson. Pictorial covers. The brochure signed in ink to the inside pen pictures by nine members of the West Indies touring party. Signatures are George Headley, Ivan Barrow, Manny Martindale, Learie Constantine, Ken Weekes, Tyrell Johnson, Foffie Williams, Gerry Gomez, and Leslie Hylton, also signed by Denis Compton to the final page. Heavy wear to the... View full lot details

A.B.C. Cricket Books. 1950-2016. Fifty three original tour guides issued by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Tours covered include England to Australia 1950/51 (lacking rear cover), 1954/55, 1958/59, 1962/63, 1965/66, 1970/71, 1974/75, 1978/79, West Indies to Australia 1951/52 (tape repair to wrappers), 1960/61, 1968/69, 1975/76, Australia to England 1961, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1977, South Africa to Australia 1963/64, Australia to West Indies 1965, 1973, 1978, Australia to South Africa 1966/67, 1969/70, Pakistan to Australia 1976/77... View full lot details

Australia tours to England 1953 & 1956. Two copies of the ‘Playfair Cricket Annual 1953’ edited by Peter West. One signed to the centre player portrait pages by fifteen members of the Australian touring party including Hassett, Morris, Archer, Benaud, Harvey, Hole, Lindwall, Miller etc., the other by five Australians, also members of the press and B.B.C. commentary team. Faults to the latter copy. Sold with ‘Cricketers from Australia’ Playfair tour booklet edited by Gordon... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1957. Two Playfair publications edited by Gordon Ross, both signed by members of the West Indies touring party. Includes an official souvenir tour brochure ‘Cricketers from the West Indies’ for the 1957 tour (sixteen signatures), and the ‘Playfair Cricket Annual 1957’ (signed by ten players). Signatures are Goddard, Hall, Sobers, Weekes, Kanhai, Pairaudeau, Walcott, Dewdney, Alexander, Worrell, Gilchrist, Smith, Valentine, Ganteaume, Asgarali and Ramadhin. The tour brochure with section torn... View full lot details

‘Cricketers from South Africa’ 1960. Official tour souvenir programme for the tour by Playfair edited by Gordon Ross. Signed in ink to pen pictures by fourteen playing members of the touring party. Signatures are McGlew (Captain), Goddard, Adcock, Carlstein, Duckworth, Fellows-Smith, Griffin, McLean, O’Linn, Pithey, Pothecary, Tayfield, Waite and Wesley. Some wear to wrappers, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Up From Somerset for the Cup’. Gillette Cup Final 1967. Souvenir brochure published and edited by John Davies for the Somerset Players Welfare Fund, Weston-super-Mare. Produced to celebrate Somerset reaching the Gillette Cup final for the first time. Profusely signed by members of the Somerset team to the front cover, centre spread team photograph, rear autographs page, and to pages. Signatures include Bill Alley, Roy Virgin, Peter Robinson, Geoff Clayton, Ken and Roy Palmer, Brian... View full lot details