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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

George Rubens Cox (Snr). Sussex 1895-1928. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Cox, full length, wearing cricket attire and Sussex cap and in bowling pose at the wicket. Nicely signed by Cox in ink to image ‘Yours truly, G.R. Cox’. Cabinet card by Foster of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

Ernest Harry Killick. Sussex 1893-1913. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Killick, full length, wearing cricket attire and Sussex cap and in batting pose at the wicket. Nicely signed by Killick in ink to image ‘Yours truly, Ernest H. Killick’. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Light crease to right hand corner, odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

Frank William Marlow. Sussex 1891-1904. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Marlow, full length, wearing cricket attire and Sussex cap and in batting pose at the wicket. Nicely signed by Marlow in ink to image ‘Yours truly, F.W. Marlow’. Cabinet card by Foster of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

William Lloyd Murdoch. New South Wales, Sussex, London County & Australia 1875-1904. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Murdoch, head and shoulders, in formal attire. Cabinet card by W.Blackhall of Oxford and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Very good/excellent condition. Rare... View full lot details

William Newham. Sussex & England 1881-1905. Good sepia cabinet card photograph of Newham, three quarter length, wearing cricket attire and cap holding a bat in his left hand. Appears to be signed in ink by Newham to verso. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Pin holes to corners, slight loss to two of the corners, slight fading otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Henry Phillips. Sussex 1868-1891. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Phillips, full length in cap, wearing wicket keeping equipment. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Some browning to advertising to the back of the card, odd minor faults otherwise in good condition. A rare early cabinet card... View full lot details

Robert Richard Relf. Sussex 1905-1924. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Relf, full length in Sussex cap, in batting pose at the wicket Cabinet card by E. Hawkins of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

John Seymour. Sussex and Northamptonshire 1904-1919. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Seymour, full length, wearing cricket attire and in bowling pose holding a ball at the wicket. Nicely signed in ink by Seymour to image ‘Yours truly, John Seymour’. Cabinet card by Foster of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Very good condition... View full lot details

Alfred Shaw. Nottinghamshire, Sussex & England 1864-1897. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Shaw, three quarter length in cricket attire holding a cricket ball. Cabinet card by E. Hawkins of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Alfred Shaw. Nottinghamshire, Sussex & England 1864-1897. Early original sepia cabinet card studio photograph of Shaw, three quarter length wearing cricket attire and cap. Handwritten name in ink to lower margin, ‘Alfred Shaw’. The photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company. 4.25”x6.5”. Small stain to centre of the photograph, minor age toning, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Charles Lawrence Arthur Smith. Sussex 1898-1911. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Smith, full length in cricket attire at the wicket in batting pose. Signed in black ink by Smith. Cabinet card by Foster of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Joseph ‘Joe’ Vine. Sussex, London County & England 1896-1922. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Vine, full length in cricket attire and wearing Sussex cap in fielding pose. Signed in black ink by Vine. Cabinet card by Foster of Brighton and measures 4.25”x6.5”.Minor fading to image and browning to signature otherwise in good/very good condition. Inscription to the back of the card ‘From Mrs Joe Vine (widow of Joe) 32 Titian Road, Hove, Sussex, Sept... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England, 1870-1899. Original cabinet photograph of W.G. Grace playing a golf stroke, wearing plus-fours and a flat cap. The cabinet card by Alfred Ellis & Walery of Baker Street, London. The card measures 7”x9”. Some surface wear and soiling to image and mount and bump to mount edge otherwise in good condition. Previously sold by Knights in 2014... View full lot details

Edward Mark Sprot. Hampshire 1898-1914. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Sprot, full length in batting attire and Hampshire cap, stood at the wicket. Name printed to lower edge of photograph. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.25”. Old tape marks to verso, odd faults otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

George Hillyard Swinstead. Artist, cricketer and writer. Excellent original sepia cabinet card photograph of Swinstead, three quarter length wearing suit and tie. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower left corner of the photograph ‘Yours faithfully, G. Hillyard Swinstead’. The photograph, by A.J. Chapman of Crouch End, London, measures 4.25”x6.5”. Very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Sir Kingsmill James Key. Surrey & Oxford University 1882-1904. Excellent original sepia cabinet card photograph of Key, full length in batting pose at the wicket, wearing Surrey cap. The photograph by E.Hawkins & Co., Brighton, measures 4.25”x6.5”. Minor foxing to the mount, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Harrow XI 1884. Early original sepia cabinet card photograph of the Harrow team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and caps. Players’ names neatly annotated in black ink to verso. Players featured who went on to play first-class cricket are E.M. Butler (Captain, Middlesex & Cambridge University 1885-1889), A.K. Watson (Oxford University & Middlesex 1886-1894), C.D. Buxton (Cambridge University 1885-1888), A.R. Cox (Cambridge University 1887), W.A.R. Young (Somerset 1891-1893), and M.J. Dauglish (Middlesex... View full lot details

Warren Bardsley. New South Wales & Australia 1903-1927. Excellent extra large sepia ‘Imperial’ size cabinet card of Bardsley standing full length wearing batting attire and leaning on his bat. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours very sincerely, Warren Bardsley’. Photograph by T.W. Bolland of London, taken in 1909 during the Australian tour to England. Photographer’s gilt titles to lower border and gilt to card edges. The card measures 7.5”x13” with three... View full lot details

‘The Australian Cricketers 1882’. Original cabinet card photograph of twelve members of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing caps and blazers. Printed title ‘The Australian Cricketers 1886’ and players names printed to lower border of mount. Players include Murdoch (Captain), Boyle, Massie, Horan, Palmer, Garrett, McDonnell, Giffen, Beal, Bonner, Spofforth and Jones. The photograph by the London Photographic Company. 6.5”x4.25”. Some fading to the photograph, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Australian Cricketers 1886’. Original cabinet card photograph of the team that toured England in 1886. The players seated and standing in rows wearing caps and blazers, with printed title ‘The Australian Cricketers 1886’ to top and players names to lower border of mount. ‘Photographed by Messrs Gillman & Co, 107 St Aldates, Oxford and published by C. Humphreys, 152 Fleet Street. E.C.’ Players include Scott (Captain), Spofforth, Blackham, Jarvis, Garrett, Trumble, Giffen, Jones, Bruce... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1909. Large original panoramic mono photograph of a view of the tour match, Sussex v Australians at Hove, 26th- 28th August 1909. The photograph depicts the match in progress with large crowds in attendance, the church and town in the background. In the foreground can be seen the back of one of the score boxes on which is a poster advertising the game. The title label applied to the frame states... View full lot details

Australian tour of England ‘Triangular Test Tournament’ 1912. Excellent fully signed sepia photograph of the Australian touring party 1912. The photograph, by Thomas Bolland, laid down to official photographers mount and is signed by all fifteen players in ink. Signatures are Syd Gregory (Captain), Warren Bardsley, Barlow Carkeek, Sid Emery, Gerry Hazlitt, Charles Kelleway, John McLaren, Charlie Macartney, James Matthews, Edgar Mayne, Roy Minnett, David Smith, Harold Webster, Bill Whitty and controversial Manager George Crouch.... View full lot details

Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.) Cricket Team in England 1918 (1919). Original sepia photograph of the A.I.F. team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Handwritten title in ink to lower edge of the photograph, ‘Australian Imperial Forces C.C. 1918’. Players featured include Herbie Collins, Nip Pellew, Bill Stirling, Carl Willis, Bill Trennery, Bert Oldfield, Johnny Taylor, Jack Gregory, Jack Murray, Allan Lampard etc. The photograph by ‘Bassano’ of London measures 9.75”x7.5”,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1921. Excellent original sepia photograph of fourteen playing members of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows in front of a thatched pavilion, eleven wearing cricket attire, tour blazers and caps, the others in suits. Players are Warwick Armstrong (Captain), Warren Bardsley, Charlie Macartney, Herbie Collins, Arthur Mailey, Johnny Taylor, Hanson Carter, Tommy Andrews, Bert Oldfield, Jack Ryder, Jack Gregory, Edgar Mayne, Stork Hendry, and Ted McDonald. Nip Pellew... View full lot details

‘Australia v Sussex. Hove- Aug 1934’. Very large original mono photograph of the two teams and officials seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers for the tour match played at Hove, 25th- 28th August 1934. The photograph, by E.W. Pannell of Hove, measures 19”x10.5”, and is laid down to mount which has been nicely and fully signed by both teams and officials in ink to the lower border, hand printed title to... View full lot details

Australian Services tour to England 1945. Rare signed original mono photograph of the players and officials of the Australian Services touring party seated and standing in rows, the players wearing cricket attire and tour blazers. The photograph laid to mount with printed title ‘The Australian Services Cricket Team visited and played England- India- Australia 1945-46’ to top border and players’ names to lower border. Nicely signed in ink to the side borders by all nineteen... View full lot details

‘Australians v Sussex 1948’. Large original mono photograph of the two teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers for the tour match played at Hove, 5th- 7th June 1948. The photograph signed in ink by ten members of the Sussex team and one Australian, eleven signatures in total. Sussex signatures are Bartlett (Captain), C. Oakes (faded but legible), Carey, Cornford, J. Oakes, Cox, James, Parks, James and John Langridge. Also the... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1948. Official Orient Line ‘R.M.S. Orontes’ photograph of the ship which brought the Australian team to England in 1948. The photograph laid down to official mount with printed title below. Nicely signed to photograph in ink by all seventeen members of the touring party including the manager Keith Johnson. Signatures are Bradman, Hassett, Miller, Harvey, Hamence, Ring, Brown, Saggers, Morris, I. Johnson, McCool, W.Johnston, Toshack, Lindwall, Tallon, Barnes and Keith Johnson... View full lot details

‘20th Australian Team to Great Britain 1948’. Original official mono photograph of the Australian touring party, standing and seated in rows, wearing tour blazers. The photograph laid down to official photographer’s mount. Printed title to top border and players’ names to lower border. Players featured are Bradman (Captain), Hassett, Hamence, Johnson, Brown, Morris, McCool, Harvey, Barnes, Lindwall, Saggers, Ring, Johnston, Toshack, Miller, Tallon and Loxton. The photograph by Sport & General Press Agency, London measures... View full lot details

Australia circa 1905. Two original mono photographs, taken by Frank Laver who was a member and team Manager of the Australian 1905 tour of England, one of Victor Trumper, Warwick Armstrong and Clem Hill in shirts and ties sitting at a dining table eating a meal and the other of W.P. ‘Bill’ Howell sitting at a table writing a letter. The photographs laid down to a card album page which appears to have been halved.... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1921. Mono original press photograph of the Australian team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, the crowds and stand in the background. The photograph taken at the opening match of the tour v Leicestershire at Aylestone Road, Leicester, 30th April- 2nd May 1921. Players are Armstrong (Captain), Bardsley, Macartney, Collins, Carter, Taylor, Andrews, Ryder, Gregory, Hendry, McDonald and Mailey. Photograph by Reuter, 5.5”x3.5”. Minor creasing and wear to edges,... View full lot details

Albert Edwin Trott. Victoria, Middlesex, London County, Australia & England 1892-1910. Early original sepia press photograph from 1914 of Trott standing in cricket attire, ball in hand wearing a Middlesex cap. The caption to verso describes Trott being critically ill at his home in Willesden Green, ‘He was “tapped”, and no less than a gallon and a half of fluid removed from his body’. Central News, London. 6.5”x8.5”. G/VG... View full lot details

North v South (Test trial) 1927. Original mono photograph of the South team who played the North at Bramall Lane on the 25th to 28th June 1927. The players, standing and seated in rows, wearing blazers and caps. Signed to the image in ink by all eleven members of the team. Signatures include Chapman (Capt), Jardine, Ashdown, Hammond, Shepherd, Freeman, Sandham, Livsey, Tate, Nichols etc. The photograph, 8”x6.5” is laid down to photographers mount and... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Australians’ 1884. Original and early sepia photograph of the three Sussex players who played starring roles in the drawn tour match that took place at Hove, 24th- 26th July 1884. The players featured are H. Phillips and G.N. Wyatt, both seated in chairs, with Walter Humphreys standing behind. All three are depicted in cricket attire, Phillips and Wyatt with bats, Humphreys holding a ball. Wyatt is resplendent in his striped blazer and sun... View full lot details

Sir T.E.W. Brinckman’s tour to South America 1937/38. Original sepia photograph of the touring party on board the S.S. Arlanza, the players wearing cricket attire and tour caps. The photograph nicely signed in black ink by all sixteen members of the touring party and the ship’s Captain. Signatures include Brinckman, Wyatt, Santall (Warwickshire), Sandham, Watts (Surrey), Eastman (Essex), Covington, Price, Durston (Middlesex), Tate (Sussex), Wood (Yorkshire) etc. The photograph measures 6”x4.5”, laid to card mount,... View full lot details

United South of England Cricket Team at Chichester 1871. Excellent rare, very early and large original mono photograph of fifteen members of the United South of England team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted caps for the match v the twenty two of Chichester Priory Park played at Chichester, 18th- 20th September 1871. The players featured include W.G. and Fred Grace, Richard Humphrey, Henry Jupp, James Southerton, Ted Pooley, James... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen of Philadelphia, 1889’. Early original sepia photograph of the sixteen members of the Philadelphia team who toured England in 1889. The players are seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, the majority in striped blazers. The photograph, by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton, measures 11.5”x9”, laid down to official photographer’s mount with printed title and players’ names to lower border. Players featured include Newhall (Captain), Baily, Etting, Thomson, Stoever, Palmer, Brewster, Clark, Scott,... View full lot details

South v North 1892. Excellent early original mono photograph of ten members of the South team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire for the match played at Hastings 8th- 9th September 1892. Players featured are W.G. Grace (Captain), R. Abel, W.W. Read, T.C. O’Brien, G.A. Lohmann, S.M.J. Woods, J.J. Ferris, H.T. Hewett, H. Wood, F. Martin, also the umpires Carpenter and Thoms. Faint pencil annotation to the lower corner of the mount in... View full lot details

‘South of England v. Australia 1896. Excellent early original sepia photograph of the eleven members of the South team for the match played 21st- 23rd May 1896 at The Saffrons, Eastbourne. The players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted caps and blazers. Players featured are Ranjitsinhji (Captain), Mitchell, A. Hearne, Mason, Druce, Brann, Kortwright, Brown, Butt, Martin and W. Mead. The photograph by G. Churchill of Eastbourne measures 11”x9.5”, laid to... View full lot details

‘England v. Australians, 1896’. Early original mono photograph of the eleven members of the England team for the 1st Test at Lord’s 22nd- 24th June 1896. The players, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire are W.G. Grace (Captain), A.F.A. Lilley, J.T. Hearne, W. Gunn, T.W. Hayward, T. Richardson, F.S. Jackson, G.A. Lohmann, A.E. Stoddart, J.T. Brown and R. Abel. The photograph, taken at Lord’s by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton, measures 11.25”x9.25”, laid... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. and Ground v. Australians’ 1896. Early original mono photograph of the eleven members of the England team for the remarkable match played at Lord’s 11th- 13th June 1896. The players, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, are W.G. Grace (Captain), A.E. Stoddart, K.S. Ranjitsinhji, F. Marchant, J.T. Hearne, W. Gunn, A.D. Pougher, W. Attewell, F.S. Jackson, G.A. Davidson and G. MacGregor. Also featured are the Earl of Pembroke (M.C.C. President) and West... View full lot details

‘Surrey, 1899’. Early original sepia photograph of the Surrey eleven of 1899. The players, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers, are Key (Captain), Lockwood, H.B. Richardson, Knox, Brockwell, Lees, T. Richardson, Hayes, Wood, Abel and N. Miller. The photograph, by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton, measures 11.75”x8.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount with printed title and players’ names to the lower border. Overall 17”x13”. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

M.C.C. Australian touring team 1904. Early original mono photograph of the victorious M.C.C. touring team to Australia 1903/04 that played The Rest at Lord’s 9th- 11th May 1904, depicted seated and standing in rows, the majority wearing tour blazers and caps. Players are Warner (Captain), Hirst, Foster, Hayward, Lilley, Tyldesley, Knight, Braund, Bosanquet, Rhodes, Arnold and Relf (presumably 12th man). The photograph, by Gunn & Stuart of London, measures 11”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount,... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire County Cricket Team. Season 1905’. Excellent early official mono photograph of the Yorkshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Players are Lord Hawke (Captain), Hirst, Smith, Tunnicliffe, Haigh, Myers, Denton, Ringrose, Rhodes, Dolphin, Rothery, Grimshaw, also Hoyland (scorer). The photograph by E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton, measures 10.75”x8.25”, laid to official photographer’s mount with printed title and player’s names to lower border. Overall 17.75”x14”. Minor foxing and... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1922/23. Original sepia photograph of the M.C.C. touring team to South Africa 1922/23, standing and seated in rows wearing cricket attire and tour blazers, some in caps. Players featured are Mann (Captain), Gilligan, Fender, Carr, Stevens, Jupp, Sandham, Kennedy, Brown, Russell, Woolley, Mead, Livsey, Macaulay, also Bond (Manager). The photograph by Akkersdyk Studio, Cape Town measures approx. 11.5”x9.5”, mounted overall 18.5”x15.5” with handprinted title and players names to the lower... View full lot details

‘The South African Cricket Team 1924’. Large and impressive sepia photograph of the South African touring team to England in 1924, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire and tour caps. The photograph is laid down to official photographers mount with printed title to top and players names to lower borders. Players are H.W. Taylor (Captain), Pegler, Carter, Commaille, Nourse, Nupen, Hearne, Bissett, Dixon, Susskind, Hands, Deane, Ward, Blanckenberg, Meintjes, Catterall, also Allsop (Manager).... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1886. Early original sepia photograph of the Surrey team and officials seated and standing in rows, the players wearing cricket attire, caps, some in blazers. The photograph taken prior to their match against Nottinghamshire, 14th June 1886. Players are J. Shuter (Captain), Robert Abel, W.W. Read, W.E. Roller, G. Jones, J.M. Read, H. Wood, E.J. Diver, G.A. Lohmann, J. Beaumont and T. Bowley. The photograph, by H.E. Bird of Nottingham, measures 8.5”x6”, laid... View full lot details

Old England v Surrey 1946. Original mono press photograph of the Old England team who played Surrey at the Oval, 23rd May 1946. Players are Percy Fender, Douglas Jardine, Patsy Hendren, Herbert Sutcliffe, Frank Woolley, Donald Knight, Tich Freeman, Errol Holmes, Maurice Allom, Maurice Tate, Ted Brookes and Andrew Sandham. The photograph, by Central Press Photos, London, measures 10”x 8.25”. Good condition. Sold with two official scorecards for the match, one with complete printed scores,... View full lot details

Bodyline. ‘M.C.C. Team- Australian Tour- 1932-33’. Large and impressive official mono photograph of the M.C.C. touring party who toured Australia in 1932/33. The team, standing and seated in rows, wearing M.C.C. touring blazers and cricket attire. The photograph laid down to official photographer’s mount with title to top border and names of players printed to lower border. Players include Jardine (Captain), Duckworth, Nawab of Pataudi, Leyland, Larwood, Paynter, Ames, Verity, Voce, Bowes, Brown, Tate, Sutcliffe,... View full lot details

‘Mr A.W. Carr. Captain. Notts County C.C. and England XI. Trent Bridge 1926. Original photograph of Carr, taken at Trent Bridge. The photograph by J. Webb, Douglas Studio, Nottingham. Laid down to card. 6”x8”. Adhesive marks to card back otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Bombay/ Mumbai, Yorkshire & India 1988-2014. Three original mono press photographs of Tendulkar, two in batting action pose by Allsport, the other celebrating a wicket with Hirwani by PA Sports. Each photograph signed by Tendulkar. Two measure 8”x10” and 9.5”x7”. Nice images in very good condition.... View full lot details

Indian tour of England 1967. Selection of four mono press photographs from the tour including a large excellent image of the touring party posing in front of the cathedral at Worcester on the opening day of the tour, one photograph from the Lord’s Test and the other two from play in the third Test and the Oval. Players featured include Engineer, Pataudi batting, Venkat, Wadekar, Bedi, Borde etc. 12”x8.5” and the other three slightly smaller.... View full lot details

‘Birmingham Nondescripts Cricket Club’ 1908 & 1910. Two early photographs of the Nondescripts cricket team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Both photographs by De’Ath & Condon of Ashford, laid down to official photographer’s mounts with printed titles and players names to mount borders. One describes the team for the ‘Sixth Annual Tour in Kent Aug. 1st to 9th, 1908’, the other for the ‘7th [sic] Annual Tour in Kent, May 14th to... View full lot details

George Oswald Browning ‘Gubby’ Allen. Middlesex, Cambridge University & England 1921-1950. Mono (restrike?) press photograph of Allen three quarter length wearing cricket attire, seated on the balcony at Lord’s. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by Allen. 6.25”x8.25”. Central Press Photos. Also an original mono wartime press photograph of ten cricketers who were present, nine of them playing in the Sir P.F. Warners XI v West Indies XI cricket match played at Lord’s on... View full lot details

Bryan Herbert Valentine. Kent, Cambridge University & England 1927-1948. M.C.C. tour of India & Ceylon 1933-34’. ‘Entertainment to M.C.C. at the Parsee Gymkhana, Bombay on 11th December 1933’. Official photograph of members of the M.C.C. team who are wearing garlands around their necks, with dignitaries and guests at the function. The M.C.C. players featured are Bakewell, Valentine, Jardine, Mitchell and Elliott. The photograph laid down to photographers mount with titles above and below the photograph.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1924/25. Six original mono candid photographs of Australian players departing from the Australian mainland and on board the ‘Miramar’ to visit Launceston, Tasmania for the tour match in late January 1925. Players featured include Warren Bardsley, Eddie Mayne, Arthur Richardson, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford etc. Each photograph, measuring approx. 6”x3.5”, is lightly laid down to black disbound album page, or with light adhesive marks where previously laid down, with pencil annotations... View full lot details

M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Scarborough 1928. Original mono photograph depicting the M.C.C. team lined up in front of the pavilion at Scarborough with crowds in the background for the match played 1st- 4th September 1928. The photographs fully signed in black ink by the eleven featured players. Signatures are Enthoven, A.E.R. Gilligan, Hendren, F.W. Gilligan, Jupp, Leveson-Gower, Douglas, Haig, Dawson, Astill and Durston. The photograph by H. Walker of Scarborough. 10.5”x5.25”. Included is a trimmed handwritten... View full lot details

‘Kent County XI Folkestone May 1954’. Original mono photograph of the Kent team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The photograph measures 8.5”x6.5”, laid to mount. Signed in ink to the mount borders by all eleven featured players. Signatures are Wright (Captain), Cowdrey, Dovey, Ridgway, Fagg, Witherden, Pettiford, Phebey, Hearn, Woollett and Marshall. Framed and glazed, overall 13.75”x11.5”. Some foxing to the mount, minor creasing to the photograph, otherwise in good condition. Sold... View full lot details

Robert Pearson Carpenter. Cambridgeshire & United England 1861-1876. Rare and early original sepia carte de visite studio photograph of Carpenter standing full length wearing cricket attire including spotted shirt, leaning on a bat. The card with printed title to verso for the photographer, Mayland of Cambridge who received an ‘Honorable Mention’ in the International Exhibition of 1862. 2.5”x4”. Excellent condition.... View full lot details

Henry Royston. M.C.C. & Middlesex 1843-1862. Rare and early original sepia carte de visite studio photograph of Royston standing full length wearing coat and bow tie, hat in hand. The card with printed title to verso for the photographer McLean & Haes of Haymarket, London, with name ‘Royston’ annotated in ink. 2.5”x4”. Excellent condition.... View full lot details

Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Middlesex, Oxford University & England 1894-1929. Album comprising an extensive collection of candid photographs and the odd cutting relating to the cricketing, social and naval life of Warner and his family covering the period 1904 to 1910. To the first page is a handwritten dedication in ink, ‘[To] Elizabeth Mary Pelham Warner from her Father Oct 19 1905’. It is presumed that Elizabeth compiled the album in her lifetime as some... View full lot details

Lionel Hallam [Lord] Tennyson. Hampshire & England 1913-1935. A collection of original team and action photographs, all featuring Tennyson in the 1920s and 1930s. Team photographs include The Gentlemen for the match v Players, Lord’s 1920 (some staining to lower edge), two similar but different team photographs of the M.C.C. tour to Jamaica 1925/26, and another from the 1931/32 tour. Four from the 5th Test, England v Australia, Kennington Oval 1921,Tennyson going out to inspect... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to West Indies 1953/54. Large and nicely presented photo album comprising over seventy original mono candid-style photographs taken on the tour, assumed to have been compiled by the late vendor’s father. The album features views of three matches played at Sabina Park for the tour match v Jamaica and the 1st and 5th Tests, depicting the ground, various views of the grandstand/ pavilion, scoreboard, and players at the ground entering and leaving the... View full lot details

Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. ‘International Wanderers tour to South Africa March-April 1976’. mono photograph of the International Wanderers touring party, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The photograph laid down to mount and players named and signed to the borders. Seventeen signatures in total are G. Chappell (Captain), M. Denness, D. Lillee, G. Gilmour, G. Turner, J. Shepherd, A. Hurst, M. Kent, M. Walker, A. Mallett, D. Underwood,... View full lot details

Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C. v Rest of the World. Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial match, Lords 1998. ‘Publishers Presentation Copy No.5. Presented to Bob Taylor’. A framed limited edition display comprising the official scorecard from the match held at Lords on the 18th July 1998, colour photographs of the two teams, a first day cover from the match, limited edition number 16/1000 and the ink signatures on pre-printed pages of... View full lot details

England tour to Australia 1998/99. A good selection of one hundred colour press photographs of action from Tests, one day internationals, tour matches, net practice etc. Players featured include the captains, Alec Stewart and Mark Taylor, also Shane Warne, McGrath, Gilchrist, Steve and Mark Waugh, Kasprowicz, MacGill, Slater, Blewett, Healy, Lehmann (Australia), Hick, Hussain, Atherton, Tudor, Crawley, Hollioake, Mullally, Headley, Gough (England) etc. All photographs 8”x6” by PA News. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia 1990s onwards. Blue binder comprising a good selection of eighty colour and mono press photographs and magazine extracts featuring Australian players. Thirteen are signed by the featured player. Signatures include Shane Warne, Tom Moody, Justin Langer, Damien Fleming, Nathan Bracken, Glenn McGrath, Darren Lehmann, Brad Hodge, Steve Rixon, Greg Blewett, Stuart Law etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Australian Internationals signed photographs. Eight colour press photographs, each signed by the featured player. Signatures are Shane Warne, Stuart Law, Matthew Elliott, Darren Lehmann, Paul Reiffel, Greg Blewett, Jason Gillespie and Ian Harvey. Agencies include Sportsline/ David Munden, ASP etc. 10”x8”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

New Zealand tours to England 1983-1997. A selection of sixty colour and mono press photographs featuring New Zealand and England players, with the odd magazine extract, cutting etc. and a scorecard signed by Richard Hadlee. A number of photographs signed by the featured player(s). Signatures include Glenn Turner, John Wright, Martin Crowe, Dion Nash, Shayne O’Connor (New Zealand), Bill Athey, Steve Rhodes, Darren Gough, Craig White, Bruce French, Phil DeFreitas, John Emburey (England) etc. Agencies... View full lot details

India tours to England 1983-1993. A good selection of thirty mono press photographs featuring India and England players in match action, etc. Four photographs signed by the featured player. Signatures are Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar (India), Graeme Hick and Devon Malcolm (England). Other players featured include Kirmani, Raman, Kambli, Raju, Prabhakar, Malhotra, Sidhu, Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, Manjrekar, Botham, Tavare, Gower, Gatting etc. Agencies include Press Association, Associated Sports, Sportsline/ David Munden, Bob Thomas etc. The... View full lot details

India tour to England 1996. A selection of thirty colour press photographs featuring India and England players in match action, post-match celebrations, presentations etc. A number of photographs signed by the featured player(s). Signatures include Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath (India), Min Patel, Dominic Cork, Graham Thorpe, Chris Lewis and Alistair Brown (England). Other Indian players featured include Azharuddin, Tendulkar, Mongia etc. Agencies include PA News, Sportsline/ David Munden, Phil Booker etc. The majority 10”x8”. Very... View full lot details

Pakistan tour to England 1996. A selection of thirty colour press photographs featuring Pakistan and England players in match action, post-match celebrations, presentations etc. Eight photographs signed by the featured player. Signatures are Inzamam-ul-Haq, Waqar Younis, Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan), Alec Stewart, Robert Croft, Nick Knight, John Crawley, Dominic Cork (England). Other players featured include Wasim Akram, Ata-ur-Rehman, Moin Khan, Thorpe, Atherton, Brown, Hick, Russell, Stewart, Hussain, Caddick etc. Agencies include PA News, Sportsline/ David Munden... View full lot details

Pakistan 1996 onwards. Thirty colour and the odd mono press photographs featuring Pakistan and England players in Test and one day international match action. Five photographs signed by the featured Pakistan player. Signatures are Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Irfan, Saeed Anwar, Saqlain Mushtaq and Azhar Mahmood. Other players featured include Wasim Akram, Ata-ur-Rehman, Shadab Kabir, Mushtaq Ahmed, Ijaz Ahmed, Rashid Latif, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Asif Mujtaba, Javed Miandad, Salim Malik, Thorpe, Cork, Stewart, Atherton etc. Agencies include PA... View full lot details

South Africa v England 1982 & 1998. Thirty colour and mono press photographs featuring South Africa and England players in match action in South Africa and England. Seven photographs signed by the featured player. Signatures are Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock (South Africa), John Lever, Wayne Larkins, Dominic Cork, Mark Ramprakash, Alec Stewart (England). Other players featured include Jennings, P. Kirsten, G. Pollock, Jeffries, Rhodes, Cronje, Adams, McMillan, Boycott, Stewart, James, Butcher, Hussain, Gough, Hick, Atherton,... View full lot details

South Africa return to Test cricket 1994. Thirty colour and mono press photographs featuring South Africa and England players in Test and one day international match action in England. Three photographs signed by the featured player(s). Signatures are Kepler Wessels, Allan Donald (South Africa), Graham Thorpe, Dominic Cork, Steven Rhodes, Keith Fletcher (England). Others featured include de Villiers, Matthews, McMillan, J. Rhodes, Hudson, G. Kirsten, Atherton, Fairbrother, Gough, Gooch, Tufnell, Crawley, Hick etc. Agencies include... View full lot details

West Indies tours to England 1984-1998. Sixty mono and colour press photographs featuring West Indies and England players in Test and one day international match action. Eleven photographs signed by the featured player. Signatures are Carl Hooper, Phil Simmons (2 different), Jeff Dujon (West Indies), Graham Gooch, Derek Pringle, Graham Thorpe, Devon Malcolm, Ian Salisbury, Graeme Hick, Alec Stewart (England). Others featured include Greenidge, Marshall, Gomes, Ambrose, Richards, Haynes, Walsh, Lara, Curtis, Lamb, Lewis, Jarvis,... View full lot details

Cricket World Cups 1983-1996. Thirty original mono and colour press photographs of players and officials from the World Cups of 1983 in England, Australia/ New Zealand 1992, and India/ Pakistan 1996. Players featured include Willis, Cork, DeFreitas, White, Russell, Thorpe, Gough, Stewart, Smith, Atherton, Lewis, Pringle, Hick (England), S. Waugh, Warne (Australia), Kapil Dev (India), Matthews (South Africa) etc. Agencies include Press Association, Bob Thomas, David Munden etc. Various sizes, the majority 10”x8”. Very good... View full lot details

England 1980s/1990s. Brown binder comprising one hundred original mono and colour press photographs of England Test cricketers, of which fifteen are signed by the featured player. Signatures are David Gower, Graham Gooch, Martyn Moxon, Mike Atherton, Phil Tufnell, John Emburey, Derek Pringle, Paul Jarvis, Hugh Morris, Angus Fraser, Devon Malcolm, Ian Salisbury, Mark Ramprakash, Alec Stewart and Dickie Bird. Various sizes, the majority 10”x8” by David Munden. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘England Cricket Team. South Africa 1995/96’. Official colour photograph of the England touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. The photograph laid to official mount with printed title and players’ names. Signed to the mount in pencil by twenty one players and staff. Players signatures are Atherton (Captain), Stewart, Gough, Cork, Malcolm, Martin, Ilott, Fraser, Smith, Hick, Russell, Illingworth, Ramprakash, Crawley, Watkinson and Thorpe. Lacking two signatures of coaches Lever and Edrich.... View full lot details