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

Rugby Union. Wakefield Trinity Rugby Football Club c.1879. Large and early original mono photograph heightened in club colours of red and blue of the Wakefield Trinity team with the Yorkshire Challenge Cup trophy, standing on the stone steps of what appears to be the entrance to Leeds Town Hall. The players, depicted wearing rugby football attire, include A. Hayley (Captain), G. Steel, H. Hayley, J.W. Kilner, T. Parry, C.E. Bartrum, W. Ellis, J. Whitehead, A.... View full lot details

Rugby Union. Ireland v England 1898. Original mono photograph of the Ireland team for the Home Nations Championship match played at the Athletic Ground, Richmond, 5th February 1898. The players seated and standing in rows wearing rugby attire and international caps. The photograph by Reinhold Thiele & Co., London, measures 11.25”x9”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 15.5”x13.5”. Players’ names annotated in pencil to verso include Lee (Captain), Davis, McIlwaine, Lindsay, Lytle, Allen, Gwynn, J.... View full lot details

Rugby Union. Cornwall Rugby Football Club 1898/99. Excellent large original mono photograph of the Cornwall team seated and standing in rows wearing rugby attire. The photograph by Gunn & Stuart of Richmond and London measures 11.5”x8.75”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 20.5”x16”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Rugby Union. The Barbarians tour of South Wales 1901. Large original mono photograph of the Barbarians team seated and standing in rows wearing rugby attire on the pitch for the match against Swansea at St. Helens, Swansea, Easter Sunday, 9th April 1901. Players featured include Skrimshire (Captain), Elliot, Boyd, Douglas, Fraser, Hartley, Forrest, Tufton, Dudgeon, Brettargh, Drysdale etc. The photograph by H.A. Chapman of Swansea measures 11.5”x7.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 17.5”x14.5”. Very... View full lot details

Rugby Union. ‘Northampton [Rugby] Football Club, Season 1928-29’. Large original mono photograph of the Northampton team seated and standing in rows wearing rugby attire. The photograph by S.H. Greenway of Northampton measures 11.5”x9”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 14”x12”. Players’ names, title and season statistics ‘Record: Played 38 Won 32 Lost 6, Points for 552. Points against 228’ printed to lower mount border. Players featured include Weston (Captain), Loverock, Webb, Harris, Coley, Haselmere, Vaughan,... View full lot details

Rugby Union. ‘Northampton [Rugby] Football Club. Season 1933-34’. Large original mono photograph of the Northampton team seated and standing in rows wearing rugby attire. The photograph by The Greenway Studio of Northampton measures 11.5”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 20”x15.5”. Players’ names and title printed to lower mount border. Players featured include Longland, Dicks, Treen, Weston, Harris, York, Bradley, Baillon, Garratt, Chorlton, Stimpson, King, Percival etc. The mount with loss to one corner, wear... View full lot details

Rugby Union. British Isles Lions team tour of Australia & New Zealand 1930. Large original mono photograph of the British and Irish Lions team taken in New Zealand. The players and Manager, James Baxter, standing and seated in rows, wearing Lions playing attire. Players featured include Prentice (Captain), O’Neill, Rew, Sobey, Farrell, Bowcott, Parker, Jennings, Martindale, Aarvold, Hodgson, Dunne, Novis, Kendrew, Reeve, Beamish, Bonner, Spong, Poole etc. The photograph by Crown Studio of Wellington measures... View full lot details

Rugby Union. ‘Welsh Team v. New Zealand’ 1935/36. Large original mono photograph of the Wales team that defeated the New Zealand tourists 13-12 at Cardiff, 21st December 1935. The players standing and seated in rows, wearing playing attire. Players featured include Davey (Captain), Jenkins, Payne, Prosser, J.I. Rees, Wooller, Rees-Jones, T.J. Rees, Lang, A.M. Rees, Tarr, Jones, Tanner etc. The photograph by J.E. Thomas of Newport measures 11.5”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 18”x14”.... View full lot details

Rugby Union. ‘Scotland v. Wales played at Murrayfield 1st February 1936. Scottish XV’. Excellent official sepia photograph of the Scottish team seated and standing in rows wearing rugby attire. The photograph, by Alex Ayton of Edinburgh, measures 14”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 22”x17”. Printed title, players’ names and match result to mount borders. Players featured are Dick (Captain), Logan, Burnet, Shaw, Beattie, Waters, Grieve, Fyfe, Murdoch, Marshall, Cooper, Duff, Murray, Druitt and Shaw.... View full lot details

Rugby League. ‘Wakefield Trinity Rugby League Football Club’ 1960. Large official mono photograph of the victorious Wakefield Trinity team who beat Hull 38-5 in the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final at Wembley, 14th May 1960. The players and officials are depicted seated and standing in rows with the trophy, crowds in the stand in the background. The photograph by S.T. Richards measures 14”x9”, laid to official photographer’s mount with printed title and players names to... View full lot details

England Rugby Internationals at Twickenham 1994-2002. Six official match programmes, each signed or multi-signed. Matches are England v Wales 1994 signed by Scott Quinnell (Wales), v South Africa 2000 (4 signatures), v France 2001 (12), v Australia 2001 (10), v Wales 2002 (14), and v New Zealand 2002 (10). England signatures include Jason Leonard, Julian White, Mike Catt, Richard Hill, Dan Luger, Kyran Bracken, Ben Cohen, Steve Thompson etc. Sold with two unsigned programmes for... View full lot details

Rugby Union. ‘South African National Rugby Team’ tour to Scotland, Wales & Ireland 1994. Printed colour photograph of the team with title, players’ names and official sponsor’s logo for Lion Lager. Signed to the borders by over thirty members of the touring party. Signatures include Francois Pienaar (Captain), Joost van der Westhuizen, Joel Stransky, Rudolph Straeuli, Andre Joubert, Kevin Putt, Uli Schmidt etc. 11.75”x16.5”. Slight fading to the odd signature, small nick to top edge,... View full lot details

Rugby League. A selection of signed ephemera including a small album page nicely signed in ink by sixteen members of the Salford Rugby League team of the early 1930s. Signatures include Miller, Dalton, Day, Osbaldestin, Watkins, Bradbury, Edwards, Williams, Risman, Gear etc. Sold with three commemorative covers, one for the Rugby League Centenary 1895-1995, signed by Billy Boston, a ‘Sport Aid Race Against Time’ cover of 1986 signed by Martin Offiah, and a Hull... View full lot details

Rugby Union autographs and commemorative covers. A good selection of signed player promotional cards, commemorative covers, the odd photograph etc., the majority of England internationals with some Wales and New Zealand. Signatures include Jason Robinson (4 different), Will Greenwood (2), Lawrence Dallaglio (3), Jeremy Guscott, Rob Andrew (2), Richard Hill, Fran Cotton, Ben Kay, Neil Back, Scott Quinnell, Gareth Edwards etc. Also includes a New Zealand All Black booklet signed by Jonah Lomu, and ten... View full lot details