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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

M.C.C. ‘114th Anniversary Dinner’ 1901. Excellent official menu for the M.C.C. Dinner held at Lord’s Hotel on the 1st May 1901. The four page card menu with decorative front cover showing the M.C.C. emblem to centre in black and titles in red. Menu, wines and Toast list to centre pages, programme of music to rear page. ‘D.M. Sherwill, Manager’ printed to lower border. Small splitting to fold, otherwise in very good condition. A rare and... View full lot details

Carlton Cricket Club Annual Dinner 1922. Official menu booklet for the dinner held at the North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh, 14th December 1922. Menu and Toast List to centre pages, card wrappers with green cord tie. Adhesive marks to rear page where previously laid down, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘New Zealand Society. Luncheon to The Members of the M.C.C. Touring Team’. Original large folding table plan for the luncheon held at the Savoy Hotel on Friday 27th September 1935. Titles to front, menu and toast list to internal pages and a listing of the members of the team to the rear cover. Pre tour luncheon menu. Vertical crease otherwise in good condition. This was probably Joe Hardstaff’s menu... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1935. Official four page folding menu for the ‘Complimentary Dinner’ given to the South African team by the Yorkshire Rugby Football Union, held at the Royal Victoria Station Hotel, Sheffield, 22nd June 1935. Six signatures in pencil to the rear page of Eric Rowan, Cyril Vincent, Herby Wade and Eric Dalton of South Africa, Herbert Sutcliffe and Hedley Verity of Yorkshire. Some foxing and light pencil marks, otherwise in good... View full lot details

‘The 150th Anniversary of the Marylebone Cricket Club 1937’. An official menu and invitation card for the Dinner held at the Savoy Hotel, 15th July 1937. The menu with ribbon tie, centre pages with an engraving of a ‘Grand Cricket Match’, Lord’s 1793, menu and toast list. Also an official card issued to a Dr. G.O. Gauld giving his table number for the dinner. Minor ageing, otherwise in good condition. Sold with an official menu... View full lot details

Surrey County Cricket Club ‘County Champions’ Annual Dinner 1953. Official menu for the Dinner held at The Grosvenor House, Park Lane, 2nd December 1953. The menu with raised silver club emblem of the Prince of Wales feathers and titles to front cover, inside pages with Toast List and Menu and a photograph of the team. Light crease to top left corner, minor foxing, otherwise in good condition. Sold with an official Surrey single sided Christmas... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1953. ‘The Final Test 1953’. Official menu for the private players’ Dinner held at the Oval following the Fifth Test Match played in August 1953. Printed title to front, the menu to centre pages featuring very amusing plays on words of the players’ names such as ‘Fishlock cakes’, ‘Hammond eggs’, ‘Roast leg of Hutton’, ‘Plums Warner’ etc. Hand written annotation to top of centre pages. Small adhesive marks to cover, other... View full lot details

‘Dinner to Sir Pelham Warner to celebrate his 80th Birthday’, Lord’s, 24th November 1953. Official menu with ribbon tie in M.C.C. colours with printed guest list, official invitation and place name for S.M. Gow slipped in. Good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tours to England 1953 & 1956. ‘The Cricket Writers’ Club Dinner in honour of the Australian Team’. Two official folding menu cards for the Dinners held at Skinners’ Hall in 1953 and 1956. Sold with an official folding menu for the ‘Test Match Dinner’ held at the Queens Hotel, Leeds, 11th July 1956. Signature to the inside of R.S. Whitington who was one of the speakers. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition. Qty... View full lot details

Cricket related ship menus 1950s. Two official Union-Castle Line four page menus, both featuring a decorative front cover in colour of a village cricket scene. One for the R.M.S. ‘Edinburgh Castle’ dated 17th December 1953, signed to back page in ink by twenty three passengers (non cricket), the other for the R.M.S. Arundel Castle dated 14th March 1954. Good condition. Sold with a card menu featuring a colour aerial view of a match in progress... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. 1950-1953. Three official menus for dinners including a folding menu for ‘The President’s Invitation Dinner to Welcome the West Indies Touring Team’ held at Edgbaston, 9th August 1950. Official menu booklet for the ‘Dinner in honour of the President of the Warwickshire County Cricket Club and the Captain and Members of the County Eleven, Winners of the County Championship, 1951’. The booklet with card wrappers, ribbon tie, Menu, Toasts and table plans to... View full lot details

‘The South African Tour 1901. List of Cricket Matches’. Small colourful and attractive folding card with title in a shield to front, fixtures to inside pages. Printed by Chorley and Pickersgill, The Electric Press, Leeds. Good+ condition... View full lot details

South African cricket membership tickets 1903-1905. Original Cape Town C.C. membership card/ fixture list booklet for season 1904/05, leather covers with gilt title. Sold with a similar membership booklet for Western Province C.C. 1904/05. Both issued to ‘The Hon. J.D. Logan’. Good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

John Lillywhite. Sussex & Middlesex 1850-1869. Lillywhite’s Benefit 1871. Original ornate admission ticket for the match played ‘Under the Patronage of the Sussex County Cricket Club. The Gentlemen of England versus the Players of England. John Lillywhite begs respectfully to announce that the above Match will be Played for his Benefit at Brighton, Aug. 14th, 15th & 16th 1871. The Gentlemen will be selected by V.E. and I.D. Walker Esqs.’. The large ticket, more akin... View full lot details

‘Sussex County Cricket Club Bazaar, Clarence Rooms, Hotel Metropole, Brighton, December 4th, 5th & 6th, 1894. A descriptive catalogue of the Unique Collection of Cricket Trophies, Curios, Historic Bats, Balls, Early Cricket Pictures, Engravings, and Prints. Arranged by W.L. Murdoch, Esq., & Mr. Alfred J. Gaston. Exhibited in aid of the funds of the Sussex County Cricket Club’. 16 page catalogue including original printed paper wrappers bound in to later green cloth. Articles for exhibition... View full lot details

Sussex County Cricket Club Bazaar, Clarence Rooms, Hotel Metropole, Brighton, December 4th, 5th & 6th, 1894. Original poster advertising the bazaar held to raise funds for the Sussex County Cricket Club, specifically ‘to pay off their Debt, and to establish a 2nd XI so as to help them to keep well up in the First Class Counties’, arranged by W.L. Murdoch and A.J. Gaston. Printed by The Southern Publishing Company, Brighton. 11.25”x17.5”. Horizontal and vertical... View full lot details

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Marylebone Cricket Club 1925. Official invitation to the ‘Complimentary Dinner to Mr. A.E.R. Gilligan and the M.C.C. Team’ held at the Savoy Hotel, 15th July 1925. This was the invitation to ‘Mr J.L. Bryan’ (Jack Bryan, Kent & Cambridge University 1919-1932) who was a member of the 1924/25 M.C.C. tour to Australia led by Gilligan. Very good condition. Sold with an official invitation to the ‘Farewell Cocktail Party in honour of the M.C.C. Cricket Team’... View full lot details

‘Bodyline’. Official Orient Line ‘S.S. Orontes’ brochure for the ‘M.C.C. Australasian Tour 1932-33’. Pictorial front cover. With team detail and photographs, itinerary, player profiles etc. to inside pages. Light soiling to covers, rusting to staples, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Albert Craig. ‘To John Briggs. The Brilliant Lancashire Cricketer’. Original broadsheet poem/ rhyme, comprising five stanzas of eight lines each, regarding the Surrey v Lancashire match on 16th- 18th August 1888, in which Briggs took seven wickets and scored 45 runs inflicting on Surrey the Champions’ only defeat of the season. ‘Take him as a fielder, take him as a bat, we don’t find him falter, you depend on that’. Craig’s printed initial’s ‘A.C.’ to... View full lot details

Albert Craig. ‘On the brilliant defence of Dr. W.G. Grace and Captain Shuter, against the Australians at Lord’s, on May 28th, 1888’. Original printed poem by ‘A.C.’ (Albert Craig, Surrey poet) comprising four stanzas of six lines each. The poem describes Grace and Shuter’s efforts in the match Gentlemen of England v Australians at Lord’s 28th- 29th May 1888, in which ‘Mr. Shuter secured 71 runs in fine style, Dr. Grace obtained 150 not out,... View full lot details

Albert Craig. ‘Our Grand Old Man. England v Australia Match at the Oval, August 12, 1886’. Original poem printed on card, comprising five stanzas of six lines each, regarding W.G. Grace scoring 170 runs, ‘in grand style’, in the game. ‘That you are still our Champion in the fray, We proudly add to many a brilliant score, a hundred and seventy notches more’. ‘A. Craig’ printed below. Plain back. 4.5”x6”. Minor foxing otherwise in good/very... View full lot details

‘The Eton [and Harrow] Fan. Lord’s 1875’. A concertina hand fan with chromolithographic print in gold ink on a cornflower blue paper background comprising title to centre and players for both Eton and Harrow teams listed to either side within decorative borders, mounted to folding wooden sticks. Notable players featured include, for Eton, Alfred Lyttelton (Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1876-1887), and Herbert Whitfield (Sussex 1878-1885), for Harrow Charles Kemp (Kent 1878), and George Grundy... View full lot details

Australian cricketers’ orders of service. Four original orders of service for former Australian cricketers. Bill O’Reilly, Blakehurst Church October 1992. Ray Lindwall, Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane 27th June 1996. Alan McGilvray, Darling Point Church, 22nd July 1996. David Hookes, Adelaide Oval 27th January 2004. Good condition.... View full lot details

Harold Larwood. Nottinghamshire & England 1924-1938. Two official orders of service including one rarer for the Memorial Service held for Larwood at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kingsford, Sydney, Australia 28th July 1995, the other for the Service of Thanksgiving held at West Bridgford Church 12th September 1995. Light fold to one, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire cricketers’ orders of service. Four original orders of service for former Yorkshire cricketers. Sir Leonard Hutton, York Minster 16th November 1990. Brian Close, St. Chad’s Church, Headingley 30th September 2105. Two for David Bairstow, one at St. Andrews Church, Aldborough 13th January 1998 (with official press release), the other at Ripon Cathedral 27th February 1998. Good condition.... View full lot details

Middlesex cricketers’ orders of service. Three original orders of service for former Middlesex cricketers. Gubby Allen, St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey 2nd April 1990. Freddie Brown, St. Mary’s Church, Bryanston Square, London 18th October 1991. Denis Compton, Westminster Abbey 1st July 1997. Good condition.... View full lot details

Kent cricketers’ orders of service. Five original orders of service for former Kent cricketers. Colin Cowdrey, Westminster Abbey, 30th March 2001 (with official admission ticket). Derek Ufton, Canterbury Cathedral 24th February 2002. Brian Luckhurst, St. Anthony’s Church, Alkham 14th March 2005. Mike Denness, Canterbury Cathedral 1st July 2013. Derek Underwood, Canterbury Cathedral 4th March 2025. Each order of service with accompanying press obituaries. Good condition.... View full lot details

‘W.G. Grace 1848-1915: to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his death, 23October 1965’. Andrew Neville Burn Sugden. Privately published 1967. Reprint of an address delivered at a service held at Elmers End Cemetery, when a plaque was unveiled on the grave in 1965. Sold with an official order of service and accompanying booklet compiled by Canon Derek. G.E. Carpenter, Rector of Beckenham, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Grace’s death, 22nd October 1990, both signed... View full lot details

Sussex cricketers’ orders of service. Seven original orders of service for former Sussex cricketers. George Cox, booklet published by the Sussex Cricket Society 1985. David Sheppard, Liverpool Cathedral 23rd May 2005. Tony Greig, St. Martin-in-the-Fields 24th June 2013. Hubert Doggart, Chichester Cathedral 27th April 2018. Derek Semmence, Hurstpierpoint College Chapel 6th August 2021. Jim Parks, Worthing Crematorium 25th June 2022. Robin Marlar, St. John’s Wood Church 17th April 2022. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Surrey cricketers’ orders of service. Seven original orders of service for former Surrey cricketers. Jim Laker, Southwark Cathedral 11th July 1986, signed in ink to the front by Richie Benaud and Pat Pocock. Freddie Brown, Bryanston Square Church 18th October 1991. Stuart Surridge, Southwark Cathedral 16th June 1992. Tony Lock, Perth Cathedral 7th April 1995. Alf Gover, Kennington Oval Church 23rd January 2002. Ben Hollioake, Southwark Cathedral 15th July 2002. Alec Bedser, Southwark Cathedral 12th... View full lot details

Middlesex cricketers’ orders of service. Four original orders of service for former Middlesex cricketers. Bill Edrich, St. Clement Danes Church 3rd October 1986, with original invitation. Tagge Webster, St. John’s Wood Church 6th October 1986. Gubby Allen, St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster 2nd April 1990. Denis Compton, Westminster Abbey 1st July 1997. Good condition.... View full lot details

Worcestershire cricketers’ orders of service. Three original orders of service for former Worcestershire cricketers. Bob Wyatt, St. John’s Wood Church 6th September 1995. Basil D’Oliveira, Worcester Cathedral 27th January 2012. Tom Graveney, Worcester Cathedral 29th April 2016. Also a Service of Thanksgiving for the centenary of the election of Worcestershire C.C.C. to the County Championship, held at the County Ground 4th July 1999. Qty 4. Very good condition.... View full lot details

West Indies cricketers’ orders of service. Two original orders of service for former West Indies cricketers. One for the Unveiling Ceremony for the Malcolm Marshall Memorial Trophy held at Lord’s 29th August 2000. The other for the Service of Thanksgiving for Clyde Walcott, St. John’s Wood Church 7th December 2006. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Cricket and other orders of service. Seven original orders of service for Cedric Settle Rhodes 1920-1990 (Lancashire Chairman 1960/70’s), Derrick Robins 1914-2004 (Warwickshire), Eddie Barlow 1940-2006 (Derbyshire & South Africa), Vic Lewis 1919-2009 (musician), Christopher Martin-Jenkins 1945-2013 (writer and commentator) with original invitation, Ian Riddington 1937-2017 (son of Leicestershire player, Tony Riddington), and John Woodcock 1926-2021 (writer and journalist). Very good condition.... View full lot details

Original Patents. Parlour & Outdoor Games 1884-1903. Folder comprising six original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents. Subjects are ‘Apparatus for Playing Outdoor and Indoor Games’ A.S. King 1884, ‘Miniature Automatic Cricket Players’ T. Cloke & W.A. Ellis 1884, ‘A New or Improved Parlour Game’ M.F. Bailey 1885, ‘A New Out Door Game with Requisites for Playing the same’ E. Flemons 1886, ‘An Indoor Game in Imitation of Cricket, and Apparatus therefor’ H. Lamplough 1895, and... View full lot details

Original Patents. Cricket Equipment & Accessories 1876-1904. Folder comprising nineteen original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents. Subjects include ‘Apparatus for Scoring Games’ W. Walton 1876, ‘Improvements in Cricket Stumps or Wickets’ W.G. Boorn-Thompson 1884, ‘Improvements in Machinery for Making Cricket-bats’ W.H. Cook 1888, ‘Improved Cricket Sight Boards’ W. Browning 1897, and others relating to wickets, bails, umpires’ counters, pitch measurement and marking etc. Documents include Patent Specification, description and some with diagrams. Three are bound... View full lot details

Original Patents. Cricket Bats 1876-1885. Folder comprising twenty four original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents, all relating to the construction of cricket bats, bat and tennis racquet handles and covers ‘and other Implements of the like kind’. Includes patents applied for by notable manufacturers of the day including G.W. Frowd of Lillywhite & Frowd 1881, R. Slazenger Moss of Slazenger & Sons 1884, W.R. Lake (for Cady of U.S.A.) 1884, W.H. Cleave of Clapshaw &... View full lot details

Original Patents. Cricket Bats 1886-1895. Folder comprising twenty four original printed ‘Provisional Specification’ patent documents, all relating to the construction of cricket bats, including ‘An Unbreakable Bat’, bat and tennis racquet handles and covers and others ‘of the like’. Includes patents applied for by notable manufacturers of the day including S.M. Wainwright 1886, G.H. White of Aquila Clapshaw, White & Co. 1886, H.S. Dark of F. Dark (Lord’s) 1886, L.J. Nicholls 1889, A.W. Trimmings 1890,... View full lot details

Legh Barratt. Norfolk C.C..C. 1890 to 1908. ‘Cricket Cuttings’. Norfolk C.C.C. cricket 1900-1908. Half leather black scrapbook kept by Barratt with newspaper cuttings covering matches, invitation and dinner menu, handwritten notes etc. The end paper reads ‘Legh Barratt. June 1900’, in ink in Barratt’s hand. The cutting include reports and cuttings involving Norfolk against Northumberland, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire 2nd XI, Durham, West Indies in 1900, Old Rossallian Tour 1901, v Surrey 2nd XI, Hertfordshire, Cambridge, M.C.C.... View full lot details

Australian newspaper posters 1988-2003. Five original posters issued by Australian newspapers. Headlines are ‘Losers to Windies’ Reign of Terror’, The Australian 30th December 1988. ‘Magic Fingers [Shane Warne]’, Courier-Mail 27th January 1993. ‘Waughsome’, The Age 4th January 2003. ‘World Beater. Hayden’s Triumph’, Herald Sun 11th October 2003. ‘Waugh Quits’, The Australian November 2003. Each measures approx. 16”x24”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Worcestershire C.C.C. Small box comprising a selection of Worcestershire related items including a Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack for 1989, limp cloth covers, signed to photo plate by Phil Neale, one of the ‘Five Cricketers of the Year’. Commemorative ‘Worcestershire County Cricket Champions’ plate for 1974 by Coalport (cracked). Three mono press photographs of Basil D’Oliveira, Graham Dilley and the 1982 team. Four County ties including a Basil D’Oliveira Testimonial tie 1990. Benefit brochure for Ted Hemsley... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. 1950s onwards. Folder comprising a selection of ephemera, some signed, relating to Kent including signed postcards of Colin Cowdrey, the Kent team 1959 (7 signatures), printed photograph of the 1985 team (8 signatures), order of service for Derek Underwood 2025, menus, scorecards, cuttings, cigarette cards, handbooks, magazines etc. Sold with a framed and glazed caricature print of the Kent players by Micky Durling, ‘The Gillette Cup Champions of 1967’, overall 13”x17”. Signed biographies... View full lot details

‘Alexander E. Davis, Warwickshire and England scorer’. A selection of ephemera from his collection including England navy blue touring blazer, by Kent & Curwen, worn by Davis while scoring for England. M.C.C. touring emblem to breast pocket, Association of Cricket Umpires official scorers enamel pin badge, a Sun Life Under 15 Club Cricket Championship medal as Umpire in 1986, Warwickshire C.C.C. blazer pocket, M.C.C. blazer pocket, two metal Warwickshire C.C.C. credit card case presented at... View full lot details