Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Sydney Edward Gregory. New South Wales & Australia 1889-1912. Early original mono postcard of Gregory in batting pose wearing Australian Test cap. Printed title ‘Mr. S.E. Gregory’. Very nicely signed in black ink to lower margin ‘Syd Gregory’. Wrench Series no. 1396. Postally unused. Adhesive mark to verso where previously laid down, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Victor Thomas Trumper. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1914. Early original mono postcard of Trumper in batting pose wearing Australian Test cap. Printed title ‘Mr. V. Trumper’. Very nicely signed in black ink to lower margin ‘V. Trumper’. Wrench Series no. 1687. Postally unused. Odd minor marks to front, small crease to lower left corner, adhesive mark to verso where previously laid down, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Warwick Windridge Armstrong. Victoria & Australia 1898-1922. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Armstrong in batting pose wearing Australian Test cap. Printed title ‘Armstrong (Victoria)’. Beautifully signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours faithfully, Warwick W. Armstrong’. Ralph Dunn & Co., London, series no. 1006. Photo by Thiele. Postally unused. Adhesive mark to verso where previously laid down, otherwise a nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details

James Joseph Kelly. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1907. Early original mono postcard of Kelly in wicket-keeping pose wearing Australian Test cap. Printed title ‘J.J. Kelly’. Nicely signed in black ink to the image ‘Yours truly, J.J. Kelly’. T. Bolland, London. Postally unused. Small surface marks to the image, minor soiling and slight wear to edges and corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

John McCarthy ‘Jack’ Blackham. Victoria & Australia 1874-1895. Early original sepia cabinet card photograph of Blackham, head and shoulders, wearing shirt and tie. Nicely signed to the verso in black ink by Blackham and dated 12th April 1889. The photograph by Stilliard & Co. of Oxford. The card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Foxing to the photograph, some wear to corners and edges, minor creasing, otherwise in good condition. A very rare and sought after signed card of... View full lot details

Edward Lambert ‘Ted’ a’Beckett. Victoria & Australia 1927-1932. Sepia real photograph postcard of a’Beckett, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink by a’Beckett to the photograph and also to verso. Printed title ‘Australian Test Team- E. a’Beckett’ to lower margin. Published in 1930 on the Australian tour to England. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1948. Three mono real photograph plain back postcards of head and shoulder player portraits. Players are Ray Lindwall, Lindsay Hassett and Colin McCool, all depicted in cricket attire and Australia Test cap. Each postcard signed in blue ink to the lower border by the featured player, some fading to signatures. All three with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Minor soiling and wear, otherwise in good... View full lot details

Richard ‘Richie’ Benaud. New South Wales & Australia 1948-1964. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Benaud three quarter length walking off the field wearing Australian tour blazer. Signed in blue biro to the photograph by Benaud. Publisher unknown. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Donald ‘Don’ Tallon. Queensland & Australia 1933-1954. Mono real photograph player portrait postcard of Tallon, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the lower margin by Tallon. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, and date annotated ‘September 1948’. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Ronald Arthur ‘Ron’ Saggers. New South Wales & Australia 1939-1951. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Saggers depicted head and shoulders wearing a suit and tie. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Saggers. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, and date annotated ‘September 1948’. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

‘The Gregorys in the Test Matches of the World 1877 to 1921’. Real photograph postcard with title in shield to centre, cameo images of ‘David W. Gregory, Captain, 1st Test 1877’, ‘Edward J. Gregory, 1st Test 1877’, ‘Sydney E. Gregory, 53 Test matches’ and ‘Jack M. Gregory, Tests 1920/21’ and to lower border ‘Australia. England. South Africa.’. Kodak Series. Postally unused. Minor wear and crease to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A rare... View full lot details

Warwick Windridge Armstrong. Victoria & Australia 1898-1922. A rarely seen mono ‘Jaeger’ advertising postcard of Armstrong standing full length wearing Australia blazer and cricket attire. Caption to image ‘W.W. Armstrong 1921. Capt. Australia Team in Jaeger shirt and sweater taken especially for the Jaeger Co. Ltd. April 28th 1921. Photo by Bolland’. Postally unused. Wear to edges and corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Don Bradman and Bill Brown. Australia c.1938. Mono real photograph plain back advertising postcard of Bradman and Brown standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazers. Printed caption to lower margin ‘There are Three Champions in this picture- Bradman, Brown and Elasta- Strap Self- Supporting Trousers. All the Team wear them!’. Undated, possibly 1938. Postally unused. Small tape mark to verso, very minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1953. Five sepia real photograph postcards of members of the Australian team. Four players, depicted head and shoulders, are Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall, Bill Johnston and Keith Miller, the other of Ian Craig ‘padding up’. Each card with facsimile signature to the photograph, printed title to lower margin and, to verso, the message ‘Greetings from the 1953 Australian Team in England’. Published by Playfair Books Ltd. All postally unused. Creases to... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1930. Excellent complete set of fifteen sepia real photograph plain back postcards of each member of the Australian touring party. Each player featured on the postcards has been taken head and shoulders, wearing Australian sweater, nine wearing Australian caps. Each card has been very nicely signed by the player featured in ink. The players are Bill Woodfull (Captain), Vic Richardson, Don Bradman, Alan Fairfax, Archie Jackson, Bill Ponsford, Alan Kippax, Stan... View full lot details

Herbert Leslie Collins. New South Wales & Australia 1909-1926. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono plain back real photograph trade card of Collins, full length in batting pose at the wicket, taken at Lord’s. No. 9.C. Printed title to lower border ‘H. Collins Australian Team’. 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent v Australians 1956. Mono real photograph postcard of the captains, Doug Wright of Kent and Ian Johnson of Australia tossing for innings for the match played at Canterbury, 16th- 19th June 1956. The postcard nicely signed to the photograph in blue ink by Wright. Sold with a mono real photograph postcard of the Kent and Australian teams seated and standing in rows in front of the pavilion for the match at Canterbury on the... View full lot details

‘Australian Team 1902’. Scarce and early sepia real photograph postcard of the 1902 Australian touring party to England, standing and seated in rows, wearing tour caps and blazers. Title to top and players named to lower border. Players include Darling (Captain), Noble, Trumper, Kelly, Trumble, Armstrong, Duff, Carter, Gregory etc. Published by ‘R. Thiele. Produced in Berlin’. Postally unused. Slight silvering to the image, small adhesive tape marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good... View full lot details

Australian cricket postcards. Two rarer postcards, one in colour of the ‘Sydney Cricket Ground’ 1904, Private Post Card Co and the other again in colour of ‘Melbourne Cricket Ground. An English Eleven at Play 1904’. E.P. Series. Some wear, good condition G... View full lot details

‘The Australians, 1905’. Early and rarer mono postcard of the Australian team who toured England in 1905. T. Bolland series. Vertical card with image of the touring party and printed title and players’ names to lower border. Players featured include Darling (Captain), Noble, Kelly, Armstrong, Laver, Trumper, Hill, Gregory etc. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1905. ‘Australian Eleven 1905’. Rare and early mono postcard of the Australians featuring excellent vignettes of all fifteen members of the Australian touring party, each named. Players are Darling (Captain), Duff, Hopkins, Cotter, Howell, Newland, Laver, Armstrong, McLeod, Hill, Noble, Gregory, Gehrs, Trumper and Kelly. H. Lindley & Co, Nottingham. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Australians v Dublin University Eleven (Past and Present), June 1905’. Early and rarer mono postcard of the Dublin University XI with two umpires, seated and standing in rows in cricket attire and blazers for the match played at College Park Dublin, 19th- 21st June 1905. The photograph by Lafayette, printed by Eason & Son Ltd., Dublin & Belfast. Postmarked 1905. Initials annotated in ink to lower right corner, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1905. A collection of fourteen early mono postcards by T. Bolland of Hanwell & Southall, each depicting a member of the Australian touring party full length in various batting and bowling poses. Players featured are Darling (Captain), Trumper, McLeod, Duff, Hill, Laver, Gregory (all postally unused), Howell, Newland, Cotter, Armstrong, Hopkins, Gehrs, and Noble (various postmarks). Creasing to the Armstrong postcard, minor wear to some edges, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1905. Rare and early selection of eight early mono postcards from the ‘Australian Cricketers’ series c.1905, four titled ‘Sports Series’ the others ‘Cartoon Series’. Each depicts a full length photographic image of a member of the 1905 Australia touring party with a disproportionally large head on a black background. The postcards titled ‘Sport Series’ are No. 1 A.J. Hopkins, No. 3 R.A. Duff, No. 13 C.E. McLeod and No. 14 W.P.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1905. Six sepia real photograph postcards of Australian cricketers who toured England in 1905, each player depicted standing full length in cricket attire in various poses with printed title to lower part of the image. All postcards from the same series of 1905, Thiele Photograph, published by Ralph Dunn & Co. Postcards are Trumper (Series No. 1001), Darling (1002), Gregory (1004), Howell (1005), Armstrong (1006), and Kelly (1007). Three postally unused.... View full lot details

‘Australian Test cricketers c.1909. Six original colour postcards of Australian players depicted full length in cricket attire. All ‘National Series’ No. 829 Players are Cotter, Armstrong, Bardsley, Trumper, Noble and Gregory. Postally unused. Odd minor faults, some wear to card edges otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Sussex v Australians 1909’. Mono real photograph postcard of the crowd in attendance during the match, many of the men wearing boaters. Handwritten message to verso, postmarked 1909. Odd faults, good condition... View full lot details

‘Australian Eleven. Season 1911-1912’. Rare and early mono printed postcard featuring vignettes of fifteen members of the Australian team with larger vignette of the Captain Clem Hill to centre, surrounded by Trumper, Gregory, Macartney, Bardsley, Hordern, Carter, Minnett, Cotter, Armstrong, Kellaway, Ransford and Whitty. Published by ‘The Empire Press, Melbourne’. Some rounding to corners, minor soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1912. Sepia real photograph postcard of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and caps. Rotary Series 9475A. Printed title and players names to lower border. Players include Gregory, Jennings, Bardsley, Macartney, Carkeek, Kelleway, Mayne, Whitty, Hazlitt etc. Postmarked 1912. Very good condition. Sold with a mono team postcard of the 1912 Australians by T. Bolland, postally unused in good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

‘Australian Cricketers. American Tour 1913’. Scarce mono postcard of the Australian touring team, standing and seated in rows, wearing tour caps and blazers. Title and players names to top border, further players names to lower border. Players include Diamond (Captain), Cody, Mayne, Macartney, Collins, Mailey, Crawford, Barsdley etc. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor soiling, otherwise in good condition. A rare postcard.... View full lot details

‘Australia 1921’. ‘Photo reproduction of Autograph Signatures of the Captain and Members of the Australian Cricketers who played in the 2nd Test Match at Lord’s Ground 11th-14th of June 1921’. Very rare mono postcard depicting the signatures of the Australian team. J. White. Littlehampton. Postally unused. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1926. Rarer sepia real photograph postcard of the Australian team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, some in caps, grandstand in the background. Annotation in green ink to verso is dated 7th September 1926, suggesting the photograph was taken at Chiswick, Kent where the tour match v Civil Service was played 4th & 6th September 1926. Blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Halksworth Wheeler of Folkestone. Sold... View full lot details

Northamptonshire v Australia 1926. Original sepia real photograph postcard of both the Northamptonshire and Australian teams, standing and seated in rows wearing blazers and caps, who played in the tour match on the 30th June- 2nd July 1926. Players include Bardsley (Captain), Woodfull, Grimmett, Mailey, Richardson, Ponsford, Fitzroy (Captain), Timms, Woolley, Clark, Bagnall, Walden etc. Blind embossed stamp for Greenway of Northampton to lower right corner. Players’ names annotated in ink to verso. Appears to... View full lot details

Australia tours to England 1930-1938. Six mono/ sepia postcards, four of which are real photographs, the other two being mono printed advertising postcards. Each depicts the Australian teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, some in blazers. Tours are 1930 by J. Smith Oval Bookstall, and a Jaeger mono printed advertising postcard, postmarked 1930. 1934 by Photo-Work Ltd., Brighouse, and a mono printed advertising card for Gripu Trousers with players’ names and title... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1948. Three mono/ sepia real photograph postcards of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, one with tour blazers. Players featured include Bradman, Hassett, Brown, McCool, Barnes, Toshack, Miller, Tallon, Lindwall, Harvey etc. Printed players’ names and titles to borders. Publishers are F.C. Dick Oval Bookstall, A. Wilkes and Son, the other unidentified. All three postally unused. Very minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1953. Two mono/ sepia real photograph postcards of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. One with printed title ‘The Australian Cricket Touring Team 1953 at Worcester, April 29th’, plain back with official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. The other an official team postcard with facsimile signatures to verso. Also a real photograph plain back postcard of the Australian team lined up at... View full lot details

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

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

‘First Australian Cricket Team Touring West Indies & British Guiana March- June 1955’. Official mono real photograph postcard of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. Published by Chan’s of British Guiana. Players include Johnson, Morris, Harvey, Miller, Lindwall, Benaud, Langley, Burge, Watson etc. Sold with two mono plain back team postcards of the 1961 Australian touring party to England. Good/ very good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1956. Two mono/ sepia official real photograph postcards of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire with printed players’ names to lower border. One slightly larger format with facsimile signatures to verso. Publishers unknown. Also a mono real photograph plain back postcard of the Australian team lined up at Scarborough with the pavilion in the background by Walker’s Studios, Scarborough. Players include Johnson, Lindwall, Harvey, Langley,... View full lot details

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

‘The Covered Stand’. Newlands C.C. during the M.C.C. v South Africa March 1906. Mono printed postcard with large crowd in attendance during the match. Handwritten message to verso talks of the two Sussex players Hartley and Relf who are on the tour, postmarked 1906. Good condition... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of New Zealand 1906/07. Fifteen of the set of sixteen mono postcards featuring members of the M.C.C. touring party and team group to New Zealand 1906/07. Players include De Trafford, Douglas, Simpson-Hayward, Page, Burns, Torrens, May, Fox, Curwen, Brandston etc. Lacking the postcard of Wynyard. Littlebury cricket series cards. Good condition. An almost complete set of these rarer postcards... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1907/08. Two similar but different early original mono real photograph postcards, both with cameos of the fourteen members of the England touring party set on a plain background with printed titles below. Players featured on both are A.O. Jones (Captain) to the centre, surrounded by Young, Blythe, Fane, Humphries, Hayes, Braund, Barnes, Hardstaff, Fielder, Rhodes, Crawford, Hutchings and Hobbs. One published by Rotary Photo, series no. 3827A, the other unidentified. Both... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1924/25. Official ‘P&O S.S. Maloja’ real photograph postcard of the ship that brought the M.C.C. team from Australia back to England following the tour. Very nicely signed in ink by sixteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Gilligan (Captain), Tate, Freeman, Sandham, Tyldesley, Wysall, Kilner, Sutcliffe, Howell, Hobbs, Douglas, Woolley, Hearne, Hendren, Strudwick and Toone (Manager). Lacking the signatures from the full touring party of A.P.F. Chapman as he sailed... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of India, Burma and Ceylon 1926/27. First English cricket tour of the sub continent since 1902/03. Large format mono real photograph postcard of the P&O liner, ‘R.M.S. Ranpura’. Published by the Ocean Trading Co., Southampton. Signed in black ink to the skyline above the ship by twelve members of the touring party. Signatures are Gilligan (Captain), Tate, Astill, Boyes, Geary, Parsons, Earle, Wyatt, Eckersley, Hill, Sandham and Brown. 10.5”x5.5”. Smudge to the Tate... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1932/33. ‘Bodyline’. Rare sepia real photograph postcard from a series produced by the Melbourne Herald Feature Service from the infamous Ashes series, Australia v England 1932/33. This postcard depicts ‘[Wally] Hammond’s Brilliant Catch’ at square leg to dismiss Richardson off Voce in Australia’s first innings of the 2nd Test at Melbourne. Copyright stamp with printed caption laid down to verso. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. Cricket Team Touring West Indies 1934-1935’. Rarer original real photograph postcard depicting fifteen members of the M.C.C. touring party in cameo. Players are Wyatt (Captain), Townsend, Holmes, Farnes, Smith, Hendren, Leyland, Paine, Hollies, Farrimond, Hammond, Ames, Harbord, Iddon and Levitt (Manager). Printed title to centre. Deckled edges. Ace Studios. Postally unused. Tape marks to edges, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Levi George Wright. Derbyshire 1883-1909. Two early mono printed postcards of Wright from the same series, one in landscape format of Wright in fielding pose, very nicely signed in black ink ‘Yours very truly, L.G. Wright’. The other in portrait format of Wright in batting pose in the nets. Both with printed title ‘Mr. L.G. Wright’ to lower border. Publisher unknown. Both postally unused. Slight wear to edges and corners with minor soiling, otherwise in... View full lot details

George Owen Dawkes. Leicestershire & Derbyshire 1937-1961. Original real photograph mono postcard of Dawkes, full length, wearing cricket attire and Derbyshire sweater. Nicely signed in ink to lower border ‘George Dawkes’. Series unknown. Postally unused. The card appears to have been trimmed, adhesive marks to verso otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1947 & 1948. Excellent mono real photograph plain back postcard of the 1947 team, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire with title and players names to lower border. Sold with a postcard sized photograph of the 1848 team, again with title and players names to lower border. Both stamped A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. VG... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1949 & 1950. Two excellent mono real photograph plain back postcard of the 1949 and 1949 teams, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire with title and players names to lower borders. Both stamped A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. VG... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1951 & 1952. Two excellent mono real photograph plain back postcard of the 1951 and 1952 teams, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire with title and players names to lower borders. Both stamped A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. VG... View full lot details

John William Arthur Stephenson. Europeans, Madras, Essex & Worcestershire 1928-1947. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Stephenson, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Stephenson. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, date annotated in pencil 1947. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Bernard Hedges. Glamorgan 1950-67 and Allan Watkins. Glamorgan & England 1939-1963. Mono real photograph postcard of each player, head and shoulders, with name and county printed to lower border. Signed in ink by both Hedges and Watkins. Sporting Handbooks Ltd. Good condition... View full lot details

Wilfred Wooller. Glamorgan 1935-1962 and Don Shepherd. Glamorgan 1950-1972. Mono real photograph postcard of each player, head and shoulders, with name and county printed to lower border. Signed in ink by both Wooller and Shepherd. Sporting Handbooks Ltd. Good condition... View full lot details

Majid Jahangir Khan. Lahore, Punjab, PIA, Glamorgan & Pakistan 1961-1985. Mono real postcard of Khan walking out to bat. Nicely signed by Khan in black ink. Title to lower border. ‘C. Goodman of Newmarket’ postcard. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Harry Wrathall. Gloucestershire & London County 1894-1907. Early mono printed postcard of Wrathall standing full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing Gloucestershire cap. Boldly signed in black ink Wrathall ‘Yours Faithfully’. Series unknown. Postally unused. Good condition. A rarer signature... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire, London County & England 1865-1908. Excellent and early mono real photograph postcard of Grace standing full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing a London County[?] cap. Printed title ‘Dr. W.G. Grace’. Very nicely signed in black ink by Grace to the lower portion of the image. Photograph by Russell. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

George Malcolm Emmett. Gloucestershire & England 1936-1959. Mono real photograph postcard of Emmett, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Emmett. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with title stamp ‘Emmett. G. Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1937’. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Mr. G.L. Jessop’s XI v. Uddingston, 19th and 20th June, 1908’. Rare and early mono printed postcard of the teams standing and seated in front of the pavilion, wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers and headgear for the match played at Uddingston, South Lanarkshire. Players featured from Jessop’s XI feature some County cricketers including Gilbert Jessop and his brother Osman (2 matches for Gloucestershire), Jimmy Iremonger, George Gunn, Wilf Payton, Albert Hallam (Nottinghamshire), Thomas Langdon,... View full lot details

John Brian Mortimore. Gloucestershire & England 1950-1975 and Douglas Martin Young. Worcestershire & Gloucestershire 1946-1964. Mono real photograph postcards of each player, head and shoulders, with name and county printed to lower border. Signed in ink by both Mortimore and Young. Sporting Handbooks Ltd. Good condition... View full lot details

David Carpenter. Gloucestershire 1954-1963 and Barrie John Meyer. Gloucestershire 1957-1971. Mono real photograph postcards of each player, head and shoulders, with name and county printed to lower border. Signed in ink by both Carpenter and Meyer. Sporting Handbooks Ltd. Good condition... View full lot details

Gloucestershire post-war player postcards. Three mono real photograph postcards of Gloucestershire players, each depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire, and signed in ink to the photograph by the featured player. Players are B.H. Lyon (Gloucestershire, Oxford University & Europeans 1921-1947) dated 1947, F.P. McHugh (Yorkshire & Gloucestershire 1949-1956) dated 1952 and signed again to the back, and C.T.M. Pugh (Gloucestershire 1959-1962), dated 1959. All three with official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes &... View full lot details

Charles Philip ‘Phil’ Mead. Hampshire & England 1905-1936. Original mono real photograph postcard of Mead depicted head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire and M.C.C. touring cap. Nicely signed in ink to the below the image by Mead. Thin paper strip attached to lower border with Mead’s name, county and date of birth printed to it. The postcard appears to be by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich but has at some point been... View full lot details

Charles Philip ‘Phil’ Mead. Hampshire & England 1905-1936. Early mono real photograph postcard of Mead standing full length in cricket attire and Hampshire cap, leaning on his bat. The photograph taken at Bournemouth with printed caption to the photograph ‘Mead. Hants C.C.C. Bournemouth Cricket Week 1913. 171 not out v Gloucester’. Hampshire (278 & 358) had beaten Gloucestershire (238 & 83) by 315 runs, Mead scoring 51 and 171no in the match. Photograph by The... View full lot details

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

Hampshire C.C.C. 1912. Mono real photograph postcard of the Hampshire team, taken at Bournemouth, for the match Hampshire v Warwickshire, 29th to 31st August 1912. Bournemouth View Co Ltd. A rarer postcard. G/VG... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1914. Mono real photograph postcard of the Hampshire team, taken at Bournemouth, believed to be the team for the matches v Lancashire, Essex and Kent, 24th August to 2nd September 1914. Bournemouth View Co Ltd. A rarer postcard. G/VG... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1947 & 1948. Excellent mono real photograph plain back postcard of the 1947 team, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire with title and players names to lower border. Sold with a postcard sized photograph of the 1848 team, again with title and players names to lower border. Both stamped A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. VG... View full lot details

Derek Shackleton. Hampshire & England 1948-1969, David White. Hampshire & England 1957-1971 and Peter Sainsbury, Hampshire 1954-1976. Three mono real photograph postcards of each player, head and shoulders, with name and county printed to lower border. Signed in ink by all three to their images. Two are Sporting Handbooks Ltd, the other similar but not with standard verso of card. Good condition... View full lot details

Kent c.1905. Two early mono postcards of groups of Kent players. One of C.H.B. Marsham, Sammy Day and Dick Blaker three quarter length in blazers, the other with five seated wearing cricket attire in front of a pavilion of Marsham, Cuthbert Burnup, Kenneth Hutchings, Arthur Fielder and Colin Blythe. Both postcards with printed names to right margin. G.& F. Wellington Series. Both postally unused. Some soiling and creasing to the corner of one, otherwise in... View full lot details

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

Kent C.C.C. Two postcards, one of the Kent team of the mid 1930’s by Flemons and the other, a plainback postcard of Godfrey Evans in wicket keeping pose, gain by Flemons. Good condition... View full lot details

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

Kent C.C.C. 1947. Mono real photograph plainback postcard of the Kent team with title and players names to lower border. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Good condition.... View full lot details

Colin Blythe. Kent & England 1899-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of a youthful Blythe standing full length at the wicket in cricket attire and Kent cap, holding a ball. The postcard appears to be by Foster of Brighton. Minor wear to edges, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise an excellent image in good condition. Sold with a further sepia real photograph postcard of Blythe being presented with a ball by a man in a cap.... View full lot details

Frank Edward Woolley. Kent & England 1906-1938. Mono real photograph postcard of Woolley standing three quarter length wearing an M.C.C. blazer for the 1929/30 tour to New Zealand. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Woolley. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Deckled edges. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Frank Edward Woolley. Kent & England 1906-1938. Three early real photograph postcards of a youthful Woolley in his debut first-class season wearing cricket attire and Kent cap in different poses, all apparently taken at the Angel Ground, Tonbridge in 1906. Each with printed title ‘F. Woolley. K.C.C.C.’ to lower portion, all by the Alma Studio, Tonbridge. One, postmarked 1906, has interesting cricket content, ‘This lad [Woolley] made the Hampshire bowling look very poor stuff. He... View full lot details

Kent. The Bryan brothers c.1925. Original mono real photograph postcard of the three Bryan brothers, Ronnie (Kent 1920-1937), Godfrey (Kent 1920-1933) and Jack (Kent & Cambridge University 1919-1932) standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazers, their parents seated in front, Jack wearing M.C.C. tour blazer. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Leslie Ethelbert George ‘Les’ Ames. Kent & England 1926-1951. Mono real photograph postcard of Ames standing three quarter length behind a marquee, wearing an M.C.C. blazer for the 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’ tour to Australia. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Ames. Printed title to lower edge. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Deckled edges. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Alan Edward Watt. Kent 1929-1939. Mono real photograph studio portrait of Watt, half length wearing cricket attire and Kent blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Watt. Printed title ‘Alan Watt’. Date ‘1936’ annotated in pencil to verso. B. & W. Fisk-Moore of Canterbury. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent and Hampshire c.1932. Percy Chapman and Lord Tennyson c.1932. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Chapman (Cambridge University, Kent & England 1920-1938) and Lord Tennyson (Hampshire & England 1913-1935) standing together full length wearing cricket attire and blazers. The postcard by Baileys Glen Fern Studio, Bournemouth, probably taken at the Hampshire v Kent match at Portsmouth 18th- 21st June 1932 when both captained their respective teams. Printed title to photograph. Postally unused. Very good... View full lot details

Kent. Percy Chapman, Freeman and Frank Woolley. Three mono real photograph postcards of Chapman, Freeman and Woolley standing together wearing England blazers and cricket attire, probably late 1920s. Two appear identical, both by B.&. W. Fisk-Moore of Canterbury, one with players’ names printed below. The other very slightly different with white box to lower border with facsimile signatures of the three, publisher unknown. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

James William Travis Grimshaw. Cambridge University & Kent 1932-1935. Rarer sepia real photograph postcard of Grimshaw standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and jacket. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Grimshaw. Printed title ‘J.W.T. Grimshaw’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Light crease, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Peter Geoffrey Foster. Oxford University & Kent 1936-1946. Mono real photograph postcard of Foster standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and striped blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Foster. Printed title ‘P.G. Foster. Kent’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Raymond Randall ‘Ray’ Dovey. Kent 1938-1954. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Dovey standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and holding a ball. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Dovey. Printed title ‘R.R. Dovey. Kent’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Godfrey Evans. Kent & England 1939-1967. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Evans standing three quarter length wearing wicket-keeping attire. Nicely and fully signed in black ink ‘Thomas Godfrey Evans’ to the photograph. Printed title ‘T.G. Evans’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John William ‘Jack’ Martin. Kent & England 1939-1953. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Martin standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Signed in black ink with dedication to the photograph ‘To Plum [H.W. Warner?] by Martin. Printed title ‘J.W. Martin’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Edmund ‘Eddie’ Crush. Kent 1946-1949. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Crush standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and Kent 2nd XI blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Crush. Printed title ‘E. Crush. Kent’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent. Brian Edrich and Peter Hearn. Two post-war mono real photograph plain back postcards, one of Brian Robert Edrich (Kent & Glamorgan 1947-1956), the other of Peter Hearn (Kent 1947-1956), both depicted three quarter length wearing cricket attire, Hearne with Kent blazer. Both postcards with printed titles and nicely signed in ink by the player. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent. Alan Dixon and Alan Shirreff. Two post-war mono real photograph postcards, one of Alan Leonard Dixon (Kent 1950-1970), the other of Alexander Campbell ‘Alan’ Shirreff (Cambridge University, Hampshire, Kent & Somerset 1939-1958), both depicted half length wearing cricket attire. Both postcards with printed titles and nicely signed in ink by the player. J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

James ‘Jimmy’ Wootton. Kent & Hampshire 1880-1900. Rare early fan shaped trade card with cameo of Wootton, named, to left hand side and title ‘Play Up Kent’ above. J. Baines Litho, Bradford 1890s. With advertising to reverse. Minor soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. c.1905. Two early mono real photograph postcards, both with Lancashire players standing full length in one row wearing cricket attire, printed title and players’ names to lower borders. One features five ‘Gentlemen’, Findlay, Poidevin, McLaren, Hornby and Spooner, the other features seven ‘Professionals’, Heap, Cuttell, Kermode, Tyldesley, Hallows, Sladen and Sharp. Both ‘The Grosvenor Series’ published by W.H.S. & S from photographs by Hawkins of Brighton. The ‘Professionals’ postcard postally unused, the other... View full lot details

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

Lancashire C.C.C. c.1910. Early mono postcard of the Lancashire players seated and standing in rows wearing blazers, all bar one with straw boaters. Players are A.H. Hornby (Captain), W.K. & J.D. Tyldesley, Huddleston, Cook, G.E. & J.T. Tyldesley, Makepeace, Sharp, A. Hartley, Dean, Worsley and Heap. The image from an original by E. Hawkins of Brighton with printed players’ names to lower portion. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Some soiling to verso, otherwise in good/ very... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1950-1952. Three mono real photograph plain back postcards of Lancashire teams of 1950, 1951 & 1952 seated and standing rows wearing cricket attire. Printed titles and players’ names to lower borders. Players featured include Howard, Tattersall, Grieves, Hilton, Place, Statham, Ikin, Edrich, Pollard, Washbrook, Wharton etc. All three with official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Jack Tyldesley Batting’. Early colour postcard with an illustration of Tyldesely depicted in batting pose on a green background, with decorative ‘Lancashire’ title and emblem above. Dainty series. Postally unused. Good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Lancashire at Bournemouth 1914. Early mono real photograph postcard of the Lancashire team standing in one row wearing cricket attire and caps, with the pavilion and spectators in the background for the match v Hampshire. Printed title to lower margin ‘Lancashire Team. 24/8/14’. Players include Garnett, Makepeace, J.T., G.E. & W.K. Tyldesley, Heap, Dean, Parkin etc. The Bournemouth View Co. Postally unused. Very good condition. Nice image.... View full lot details

Edward Paynter. Lancashire & England 1926-1945. Original mono real photograph postcard of Paynter depicted head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the below the image by Paynter. Thin paper strip attached to lower border with Paynter’s name, county and date of birth printed to it. The postcard appears to be by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich but has at some point been laid down to card so paper... View full lot details

Frank Marshall Sibbles. Lancashire 1925-1937. Mono real photograph postcard of Sibbles standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Sibbles. Official stamps to verso for Nias and A.G. Spalding of Brighton. Postally unused. A nice image and good signature in very good condition.... View full lot details

Sonny Ramadhin. Trinidad, Lancashire & West Indies 1949-1965. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Ramadhin, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Ramadhin. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with date annotated in ink for 1950, taken on the 1950 tour to England. Postally unused. Minor indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘County Cricket Match at Hinckley August 1911, Leicestershire v Warwickshire’. Rarer early sepia real photograph postcard of the Leicestershire team taking the field with sparse groups of spectators and marquee in the background. Printed title to lower border with series no. 0335. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Leicestershire v Warwickshire- The first County Match at Nuneaton, June 13th, 1912’. Two rarer early mono real photograph postcards from the match played at Weddington Road, Nuneaton, 13th & 14th June 1912. The images depict the Leicestershire players exiting the pavilion onto the pitch, probably after the tea interval on the first day, the scoreboard in the background of one image showing the total at 47/7, which corresponds with Warwickshire’s first innings. Both postcards with... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1947-1949. Three mono real photograph plain back postcards of Leicestershire teams of 1947, 1948 & 1949 seated and standing rows wearing cricket attire. Printed titles and players’ names to lower borders. Players featured include Berry (Captain), Lester, Sperry, Jackson, Prentice, Watson, Tompkin etc. All three with official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

William Ewart Astill. Leicestershire & England 1906-1939. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Astill in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Astill. Official stamp to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Small adhesive mark to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

George Geary. Leicestershire & England 1912-1938. Mono real photograph advertising postcard entitled ‘Famous Professionals at Gamage’s’ showing Geary half length, wearing sweater and Leicestershire cap. Signed to verso by Geary in ink. Photographs by Sport & General. Odd faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Norman Foster Armstrong. Leicestershire 1919-1939. Mono real photograph postcard of Armstrong in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin by Armstrong. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Edward ‘Jack’ Walsh. Leicestershire & New South Wales 1937-1956. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Walsh, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Walsh. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Small adhesive mark to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Plum Warner at Point’. Early colour postcard with an illustration of Warner depicted in fielding pose on a green background, with decorative ‘Middlesex’ title and emblem below. Dainty series. Postally unused. Good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Robert Walter Vivian Robins. Middlesex, Cambridge University & England 1925-1951. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Robins standing three quarter length at Scarborough, wearing an M.C.C. tour blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Robins. Date annotated in pencil to verso ‘1952’. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Joseph Harold Anthony ‘Joe’ Hulme. Middlesex 1929-1939. Mono real photograph postcard of Hulme, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing cricket attire and Middlesex cap. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Hulme. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Thomas Murray. Middlesex & England 1952-1975. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Murray, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Murray. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, date stamped 1957. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Northamptonshire C.C.C. c.1920. Sepia real photograph postcard of three Northamptonshire players standing together full length on the outfield, wearing cricket attire and caps, each leaning on a bat. Players are J.V. Murdin (Northamptonshire 1913-1927), F.I. ‘Fanny’ Walden (1910-1929), and A.E. Thomas (1919-1933). Signed in ink to the photograph by all three players. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Slight fading to the Thomas signature, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Northamptonshire C.C.C. 1947-1949. Three sepia real photograph postcards of Northamptonshire teams of 1947, 1948 & 1949 seated and standing rows wearing cricket attire. Printed titles and players’ names to borders. The 1947 postcard signed in blue ink to the photograph by six players, P. Davis, Childs-Clarke, Brookes and Fiddling, also E. Davis and Webster (not depicted). Others featured include Nutter, Garlick, Timms, Oldfield, Jakeman etc. All three photographs by Eric Ager. Postally unused. Very good... View full lot details

Arthur Owen Jones. Nottinghamshire & England 1892-1914. Early original mono postcard of Jones in batting pose at the wicket. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘A.O. Jones’. Wrench Series. No. 1694 from a photograph by Hawkins. Postally unused. Creasing to top corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

James ‘Jimmy’ Iremonger. Nottinghamshire 1899-1914. Early mono real photograph postcard of the Nottinghamshire team c.1902 nicely signed in ink to the right margin, ‘Yours faithfully, J. Iremonger’. Iremonger’s name neatly written to the image where he is seated in the middle row on the left. Publisher unknown. Annotations and tape to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur William Carr. Nottinghamshire & England 1910-1934. Original mono real photograph postcard of Carr depicted head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the below the image by Carr. Thin paper strip attached to lower border with Carr’s name, county and date of birth printed to it. The postcard appears to be by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich but has at some point been laid down to... View full lot details

Samuel James ‘Sam’ Staples. Nottinghamshire & England 1920-1934. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Staples standing full length wearing Nottinghamshire cap and blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph, ‘Yours truly, S.J. Staples’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Some wear and creasing to corners, pin hole to top edge, adhesive marks and age toning to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Leonard Charles Braund. Surrey, Somerset, London County & England 1896-1920. Early original mono real photograph postcard of Braund, full length at the wicket in batting pose. Printed title to lower portion of the photograph. Very nicely signed in black ink to the lower border by Braund. Rotary Photographic Series. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Tom Hayward Batting’. Early colour postcard with an illustration of Haywood depicted in batting pose on a green background, with decorative ‘Surrey’ title and emblem to side. Dainty series. Postally unused. Good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. c.1905. Early mono postcard of the Surrey team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers, some in caps. Printed players’ names to lower border. Very nicely signed in black ink to the verso by ten Surrey players, some of whom feature in the image. Signatures are Raphael, Smith, Spring, Baker, Nice, Hayes, Hobbs, Holland, Strudwick and Hayward. The signatures date the card to 1905/06. Some wear to corners, otherwise... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Sepia real photograph postcard of Hobbs standing full length wearing a formal suit, cigarette in hand. Signed in ink to the photograph by Hobbs. Publisher unknown. Sold with a mono advertising postcard of Hobbs for ‘The Star’ newspaper for whom Hobbs was reporting on the 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’ tour to Australia. Postmarked 21st October 1932. Very minor wear to corners of both postcards, otherwise in good/ very good... View full lot details

Jack Hobbs. Mono real photograph plainback postcard depicting Hobbs’ ‘World’s Batting Records 1925’. With rare original paper sleeve with printed wording ‘World’s Batting Records. By J.B. Hobbs. Surrey & England XI. Aug. 17th 1925’. The card rarely seen with this protective sleeve. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Hobbs standing full length in batting pose in the nets. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Hobbs with greeting handwritten to top corner ‘To F.G. Berkeley’. Also signed by Hobbs to verso (signature smudged) with message ‘With compliments and wishing you success in the cricketing world’, dated ‘London 20-2-[19]30’. Publisher unknown. Sold with a page extract from Punch magazine... View full lot details

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

John William ‘Bill’ Hitch. Surrey & England 1907-1925. ‘My Choice? The “Force” Waterproof Ball’ sepia real photograph advertising postcard with Hitch, half length, wearing Surrey cap and blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Hitch. Postally unused. ‘Force Bat’ series by Summers Brown & Co., London. Photograph by C. Debenham, West End Lane. Some light creasing, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Robert James ‘Bob’ Gregory. Surrey 1925-1947. Sepia real photograph postcard of Gregory standing full length wearing Surrey blazer, spectators and marquees in the background. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Gregory and dated 25th August 1934. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Hugh Tryon Bartlett. Surrey, Cambridge University & Sussex 1933-1949. Mono real photograph postcard of Bartlett, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire in cameo. Nicely signed in ink to the lower margin by Bartlett. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Date annotated in pencil to verso ‘1938’. Postally unused. Small crease to one corner with minor soiling, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Stewart Cathie ‘Billy’ Griffith. Cambridge University, Surrey, Sussex & England 1934-1954. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Griffith standing full length wearing cricket attire and M.C.C. tour blazer. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Griffith. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Date annotated in pencil to verso 1938. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Sussex and All India’ Hove 1911. Rare and early sepia real photograph postcard of the Sussex and Indian teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers for the match played at Hove, 21st- 23rd August 1911. Players who featured in the match include Kanga, Meherhomji, Warden, Gaekwad, Mulla, Salam-u-din, Bulsara, Baloo, Syed Hussain (India), Chaplin, Vine, Killick, Calthorpe, Relf, Smith, Leach, Butt (Sussex) etc. Foster of Hove (Brighton). Postally unused. Minor... View full lot details

Sussex v All India Hove 1911. Rare and early sepia real photograph postcard with printed title ‘Sussex v All India, Hove, 1911. Practising in the nets before the match’. A group of players are seen waiting in turn to bowl in the nets prior to the match played at Hove, 21st- 23rd August 1911. Amongst the players is a youthful Maurice Tate who was then on the Sussex ground staff and yet to make his... View full lot details

‘Sussex v India Hove 1911. Indian team entering the field for first day’s play’. Rare sepia real photograph postcard for the match played at Hove, 21st- 23rd August 1911. The postcard shows the Indian players being led on to the field from the pavilion by the Captain, Kanga. Other players include Seshachari, Warden, Gaekwad, Shivram etc. Wiles of Hove, no. 3. Postally unused. An excellent image. Minor age toning, small adhesive mount marks to verso,... View full lot details

‘Sussex v India Hove 1911. Relf & Vine entering the field’. Rare sepia real photograph postcard for the match played at Hove, 21st- 23rd August 1911. The postcard shows opening batsmen, R.R. Relf and Joe Vine, walking out to bat for Sussex. Wiles of Hove, no. 4. Postally unused. An excellent image. Small adhesive marks and old tape to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Sussex v India Hove 1911. The first Ball’. Rare sepia real photograph postcard for the match played at Hove, 21st- 23rd August 1911. The postcard shows Salam-ud-din bowling the first ball of the match to R.R. Relf of Sussex. Wiles of Hove, no. 5. Postally unused. Fading to the image. Tape and adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Sussex v India Hove 1911’. Rare sepia real photograph postcard for the match played at Hove, 21st- 23rd August 1911. The postcard shows the band playing to entertain the crowds. Wiles of Hove, no. 16. Postally unused. Light creasing, some tape and adhesive mount marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Sussex v India Hove 1911’. Two rare sepia real photograph postcards for the match played at Hove, 21st- 23rd August 1911. Both postcards depict different views of the spectators at the match. Wiles of Hove, nos. 12 and 29. Postally unused. Light creasing to card no. 12, fading and small adhesive mount marks to verso of no. 29, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Essex v Sussex 1911’. Sepia real photograph postcard showing the pavilion with ‘Players Only’ sign taken in a rain delay at 11.45. Vine and Killick are highlighted on the card. Postcard by Dawson Brothers of Wanstead. Good condition... View full lot details

Edward Henry ‘Ted’ Bowley. Sussex, Auckland & England 1912-1934. Sepia real photograph postcard of Bowley standing full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing a Sussex cap. Printed title ‘Bowley’ with ‘F’ in diamond below. Very nicely signed in black ink to lower left corner by Bowley. The photograph appears to be by Foster of Brighton, published by the Brighton View Co. Postally unused. Some fading to the image, minor wear to corners, otherwise... View full lot details

Thomas Edwin Reed ‘Tommy’ Cook. Sussex 1922-1937. Sepia real photograph plain back postcard of Cook standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and Sussex sweater. Printed title ‘Tommy Cook, Sussex C.C.C.’. Signed in ink to photograph by Cook. Published by Victor Champion. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

James Henry ‘Jim’ Cornford. Sussex 1931-1952. Sepia real photograph postcard of Cornford, three quarter length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Printed title ‘Jim Cornford’. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Cornford. Appears to be by Deane, Wiles & Millar of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Walter Latter ‘Tich’ Cornford. Sussex & England 1921-1947. Sepia real photograph postcard of Cornford standing full length wearing cricket attire, Sussex cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Cornford. Official stamps to verso for Nias and A.G. Spalding of Brighton. Postally unused. A nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details

George Rubens Cox. Sussex 1895-1928. Sepia real photograph postcard of Cox standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket, wearing Sussex cap. Signed in ink to the photograph by Cox. Printed title ‘Cox’. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor surface damage and light creasing to one corner, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

George Cox (Sussex 1931-1960) and Vivian John ‘Jack’ Eaton (Sussex 1926-1946). Two sepia real photograph postcards of Cox and Eaton, both depicted half length wearing Sussex cap and sweater. Each with facsimile signature lower margin. Publishers unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan. Cambridge University, Surrey, Sussex & England 1919-1932. Sepia real photograph postcard of Gilligan, three quarter length, wearing cricket attire and Sussex cap. Signed in ink to the photograph by Gilligan. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, slight fading to the signature, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur and Frank Gilligan. Sepia real photograph postcard of the brothers, Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan (Cambridge University, Surrey, Sussex & England 1919-1932) and Frank William Gilligan (Oxford University & Essex 1919-1929) standing together full length on the outfield at Scarborough, both wearing cricket attire and blazers. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by both Arthur and Frank Gilligan. Dated in pencil to verso 1928. Photograph by Walker of Scarborough. Postally unused. Small blemish to... View full lot details

Alfred Herbert Harold Gilligan. Sussex & England 1919-1931. Mono real photograph postcard of Gilligan standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Gilligan. Official stamps to verso for Nias and A.G. Spalding of Brighton. Postally unused. A nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details

Reginald Allen ‘Reg’ Hollingdale. Sussex 1925-1930. Mono real photograph postcard of Hollingdale standing full length wearing cricket attire, cap and blazer. Signed in ink to the photograph by Hollingdale. Printed title ‘Hollingdale, R’. Blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Slight smudging to the signature, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Albert John ‘Jack’ Holmes. Sussex 1922-1939. Sepia real photograph postcard of Holmes depicted standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Holmes. The postcard has been laid to tightly trimmed card. Publisher unknown. Small blemish to the photograph, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Ernest Harry ‘Tim’ Killick. Sussex 1893-1913. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Killick standing full length at the wicket leaning on his bat. Signed in ink to the photograph by Killick. Publisher unknown, possibly Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. The photograph a little faded, slight smudging to the signature, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John George Langridge. Sussex 1928-1955. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Langridge, head and shoulders wearing Sussex cap. Signed in ink to the photograph by Langridge. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Some staining and light wear to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

George Leach. Sussex 1903-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Leach standing full length at the wicket leaning on his bat, wearing Sussex cap. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Leach. Appears to be by Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Some wear to corners and edges, otherwise a nice image in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Alan Melville. Natal, Oxford University, Sussex, Transvaal & South Africa 1928-1949. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Melville, head and shoulders wearing formal attire. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Melville. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Date annotations in ink to verso for 1947. Postally unused. Minor creasing to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John ‘Jack’ Mercer. Sussex, Glamorgan & Northamptonshire 1919-1947. Sepia real photograph postcard of Mercer standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Mercer. Official stamps to verso for Nias and A.G. Spalding of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, small adhesive mark to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John Harold Naumann. Cambridge University & Sussex 1913-1928. Mono real photograph postcard of Naumann standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Naumann. Official stamps to verso for Nias and A.G. Spalding of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. A rarer signed postcard.... View full lot details

Henry William ‘Harry’ Parks. Sussex 1926-1948. Sepia real photograph postcard of Parks standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Parks. Blind embossed stamp for Nias of Brighton to lower right corner. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Robert Richard ‘Bob’ Relf. Sussex 1905-1933. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Relf standing full length wearing cricket attire, blazer and Sussex cap. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Relf. Official stamps to verso for Nias and A.G. Spalding of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Dick Stanley Richards. Sussex 1927-1935. Sepia real photograph postcard of Richards standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire. Signed in ink to the photograph by Richards. Deane, Wiles & Millar of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Robert Strickland Gilbert Scott. Oxford University & Sussex 1930-1939. Sepia real photograph postcard of Scott standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and Oxford blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Scott. Printed title ‘Mr. R.S.G. Scott’. Publisher unknown, probably Deane, Wiles & Millar of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Arthur Campbell ‘Jacko’ Watson. Essex & Sussex 1913-1928. Mono real photograph postcard of Watson standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in ink by Watson. Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Albert Frederick ‘Bert’ Wensley. Sussex, Auckland, Nawangar & Europeans 1922-1948. Mono real photograph postcard of Wensley standing full length behind a pavilion, smoking a pipe, wearing cricket attire, Sussex cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink by Wensley. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Sussex. George Cox and Maurice Tate. Mono real photograph postcard of George Rubens Cox (Sussex 1895-1928) and Maurice William Tate (Sussex & England 1912-1937) standing together full length wearing cricket attire, Cox with Sussex cap, Tate in Sussex blazer. Signed in black ink to the photograph by both players. Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Some rounding and wear to corners with some staining, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Herbert Percy Chaplin. Europeans & Sussex 1904-1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Chaplin standing full length at the wicket, leaning on his bat. Nicely signed in ink to the lower right hand corner of the photograph by Chaplin. Printed title ‘H.P. Chaplin’. E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. Minor wear to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji. Sussex, Cambridge University & England 1924-1932. Original sepia real photograph plain back postcard of Duleep standing three quarter length at Scarborough, wearing striped blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Duleep. Postally unused. Official stamp to verso for Walker of Scarborough. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan. Cambridge University, Surrey & Sussex 1919-1932. Mono real photograph postcard of Gilligan standing full length wearing cricket attire and striped blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Gilligan. Official stamps to verso for Nias of Brighton and A.G. Spalding & Bros. of Brighton & Hove. Postally unused. Annotations and adhesive marks to verso, minor wear to corners, the photograph in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Ernest Harry ‘Tim’ Killick. Sussex 1893-1913. Early original sepia postcard of Killick standing full length at the crease in batting pose wearing Sussex cap. The postcard very nicely signed to the image in black ink ‘Yours truly, E.H. Killick’. Wrench Series no. 1382 from a photograph by Foster. Postmarked 1906. Nick to edge, wear to corners, age toning, overall in generally fair condition. Rare.... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1966. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the West Indies and Sussex teams and official seated and standing in rows, the players wearing cricket attire for the tour match played at Hove, 11th- 13th June 1966. Players featured include Sobers, Nurse, Butcher, Griffith, Hendricks, Gibbs (West Indies), Nawab of Pataudi, Suttle, Parks, Oakman, Buss, Snow (Sussex) etc. Photographer unknown. Annotation in ink to verso. Minor wear to corners, otherwise... View full lot details

George Benjamin Street. Sussex & England 1909-1923. Sepia real photograph postcard of Street standing full length wearing M.C.C. tour cap and blazer, c.1923. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Street. Official stamp to verso for Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

George Arthur Stannard. Sussex 1914-1925. Sepia real photograph postcard of Stannard standing full length wearing Sussex cap and blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Stannard. Official stamp to verso for Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Sussex postcards late 1940s. Fully set of six mono printed postcards, each depicting a Sussex player three quarter length in cricket attire. Published by Kilroy Ltd, Kingsway, Hove. Players are Jim Wood, G. Cox, James Langridge, John Langridge, C. Oakes, and J. Cornford. Each postcard is signed in ink by the featured player. Some age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Frederick Augustus ‘Dick’ Lilley. Warwickshire, London County & England 1894-1911. Early mono postcard of Lilley crouching at the stumps in wicket-keeping attire wearing Warwickshire cap. Printed title in red to lower margin. Nicely signed in black ink by Lilley. Photo by E. Hawkins. ‘Warner’s Team Series’, John Walker, London c.1904. Postally unused. Minor soiling to front, adhesive mark to verso where previously laid down, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

William George ‘Willie’ Quaife. Warwickshire, London County & England 1894-1928. Early sepia postcard of Quaife standing full length at the crease in batting pose, wearing a cap. Nicely signed in black ink ‘W.G. Quaife’ to the lower border. Wrench series 2932. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

James Frederick ‘Fred’ Byrne. Warwickshire 1897-1912. Early postcard printed in mauve of Byrne depicted head and shoulders. Printed title to top ‘J.F. Byrne. Captain of the Warwickshire Cricket Team who scored 222 runs against Lancashire June 1st & 2nd [1905]’. Scott Russell & Co., Birmingham, Series No. 650, photo by A.J. Whitlock & Sons. Postmarked 1905. Minor wear to corners, light creasing, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Warwickshire v. Sussex. June 30th 1925’. Rarer real photograph postcard of the Warwickshire centurions, E.J. Smith (139no), J.H. Parsons (124) and F.S.G. Calthorpe (109no) standing full length wearing batting attire in front of the scoreboard at Edgbaston. The three had combined to chase down a remarkable total of 392 in Warwickshire’s second innings to defeat Sussex by nine wickets. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

R.E.S Wyatt and W.E. Astill. Scarborough c.1928. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Bob Wyatt (Warwickshire, Worcestershire & England 1923-1951) and Ewart Astill (Leicestershire & England 1906-1939) walking out to bat at Scarborough, the pavilion in the background. Nicely signed to the photograph in blue ink by Wyatt and black ink by Astill. Official stamp to verso for Walker of Scarborough. Postally unused. Adhesive marks to verso with minor wear to top edge, otherwise... View full lot details

Bryan Lobb. Warwickshire & Somerset 1953-1969. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Lobb, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin by Lobb with typed title ‘B. Lobb, Warwick’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Henry Knollys ‘Harry’ Foster. Oxford University & Worcestershire 1894-1925. Mono real photograph postcard of Foster in fielding pose catching a ball with title ‘H.R.[sic] Foster (Worcester). I was waiting for that’. Very nicely signed in black ink by Foster to lower border. Hartmann series no. 1370. Postally unused. Very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Reginald Erskine ‘Tip’ Foster. Oxford University, Worcestershire & England 1897-1912. Early mono postcard of Foster standing full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing a cap. Printed title in red to lower margin. Nicely signed in black ink to lower margin by Foster. Photo by E. Hawkins. ‘Warner’s Team Series’, John Walker, London c.1904. Postally unused. Minor soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Edward George Arnold. Worcestershire & England 1899-1913. Early mono postcard of Arnold standing full length at the wicket in cricket attire leaning on his bat, wearing Worcestershire cap. Printed title in red to lower margin. Nicely signed in black ink to lower margin by Arnold. Photo by Foster. ‘Warner’s Team Series’, John Walker, London c.1904. Postally unused. Light adhesive mark to verso where previously laid down, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Charles Victor Tarbox. Worcestershire 1921-1929. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph trade card of Tarbox, half length, wearing Worcestershire cap. No. 172.C. 4”x6”. G/VG... View full lot details

Iftikhar Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi. Oxford University, Worcestershire, England & India 1928-1946. Mono real photograph postcard of a youthful Pataudi standing full length at the crease in batting pose, titled ‘The Nawab of Pataudi’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Small crease to lower corner, otherwise an excellent image in very good condition. A rare postcard.... View full lot details

Martin John Horton. Worcestershire, Northern Districts & England 1952-1971. Mono real photograph postcard of Horton, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Horton. Printed title to lower border ‘M.J. Horton, Worcestershire County Cricket Club. County Champions 1964’. Appears to be an official club issued postcard. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Lord Martin Bladen Hawke. Cambridge University, Yorkshire & England 1881-1912. Early sepia postcard of Hawke in batting pose at the crease. Nicely signed in ink to lower border ‘Hawke’. Wrench series no. 2933. Postally unused. Some creasing to corners, nicks to edges and age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

George Herbert Hirst. Yorkshire & England 1891-1929. Early sepia postcard of Hirst standing full length at the wicket, ball in hand, wearing Yorkshire cap. Nicely signed in black ink ‘G.H. Hirst’ to the lower border. Wrench series 1391. Postally unused. Slight smudging to the signature, minor soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘George Hirst Bowling’. Early colour postcard with an illustration of Hirst depicted in bowling pose on a green background, with decorative ‘Yorkshire’ title and emblem to side. Dainty series. Postally unused. Good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Tom Launcelot Taylor. Yorkshire 1899-1906. Early sepia postcard of Taylor full length in batting pose at the crease wearing Yorkshire cap. Nicely signed in black ink ‘T.L. Taylor’ to the image. Wrench series 2944. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

William Ederick ‘Eddie’ Bates. Yorkshire & Glamorgan 1907-1931. Sepia real photograph postcard of Bates standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘Yours truly, W.E. Bates’. Blind embossed stamp to lower right corner for Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

John Thomas ‘Jack’ Brown. Yorkshire & England 1889-1904. Early mono postcard of Brown standing full length at the crease in batting pose, wearing Yorkshire cap. Nicely signed in black ink ‘Yours truly, J.T. Brown’ to the image. Wrench series 1386. Postmarked Forest Hill 1904 and addressed to Brown with a request that he sign and return the card, signed ‘W. Reginald Bray’. Wear to corners, some age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Dolphin. Yorkshire, Patiala & England 1905-1927. Sepia real photograph postcard of Dolphin standing full length wearing cricket attire and Yorkshire cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Dolphin. Official stamps to verso for Nias of Brighton and A.G. Spalding & Bros. of Brighton & Hove. Postally unused. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

David Cecil Fowler Burton. Cambridge University & Yorkshire 1907-1921. Rarer early sepia real photograph postcard of Burton standing full length wearing cricket attire, Yorkshire cap and blazer. Typed title ‘D.C. Burton, Yorkshire’. E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally unused. Slight silvering to top corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Edgar Oldroyd. Yorkshire 1910-1931. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Oldroyd, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire, Yorkshire cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘Sincerely yours, E. Oldroyd’. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Three postcards of Sutcliffe. One, a sepia real photograph postcard, is a head and shoulders image of Sutcliffe in Yorkshire cap, set in a cameo frame with titles superimposed, ‘The Test-Ed, the hero Herbert Sutcliffe’. The four corners of the frame show his batting scores in his four innings of the first two Test matches of the 1924/25 Ashes series in Australia, ‘1 59, 2 115, 3 176, 4... View full lot details

Maurice Leyland. Yorkshire, Patiala & England 1920-1946. Sepia real photograph postcard of Leyland standing full length wearing cricket attire and Yorkshire cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Leyland. Blind embossed stamp to lower left corner for Nias of Brighton and official stamps to verso for Nias and A.G. Spalding & Bros. of Brighton & Hove. Postally unused. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Cyril Turner. Yorkshire 1925-1946. Mono real photograph postcard of Turner in cameo, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink to the lower border by Turner. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Alan Theodore Barber. Oxford University & Yorkshire 1927-1930. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Barber standing full length wearing cricket attire, leaning on his bat. Nicely signed to the photograph in blue ink ‘A.T. Barber. Oxford Univ. & Yorkshire’. Official stamp to verso for Walker Studio, Scarborough. Postally unused. Minor creasing to extremities, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

William Eric ‘Bill’ Bowes. Yorkshire & England 1929-1947. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Bowes, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘”Bill” Bowes’. Official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with title stamp ‘Bowes. Yorkshire C.C.C. 1935’. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire. Record opening stand. Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes. Yorkshire and England 1932. Mono real photograph postcard of the scoreboard at Leyton in 1932 showing the Yorkshire record 1st wicket stand of 555 and Hutton and Holmes stood beneath shaking hands. Signed in ink by both players. Sutcliffe scored 313 and Holmes 224no. This is still the record opening stand for Yorkshire and is second in the overall record for the first wicket. Publisher unknown.... View full lot details

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

Alexander ‘Alec’ Coxon. Yorkshire & England 1945-1950. Mono real photograph postcard of Coxon in cameo, standing full length wearing cricket attire and Yorkshire cap. Nicely signed to the photograph in black ink ‘Best wishes, Alec Coxon’. Official stamp to verso for Walker Studio, Scarborough. Postally unused. Slight spotting in green ink to the photograph, minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Charles William ‘Bill’ Foord. Yorkshire 1947-1953. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Foord, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Bill Foord’. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Frederick Sewards ‘Fred’ Trueman. Yorkshire & England 1949-1968. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of a very youthful Trueman, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Trueman. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. player postcards early c.1920. Five early mono/ sepia real photograph postcards of Yorkshire players, each depicted standing full length in cricket attire and Yorkshire cap and/ or blazer, possibly at the rear of the Bramall Lane pavilion. Players featured are Wilfred Rhodes, Geoffrey Wilson, Norman Kilner, Roy Kilner and Arthur Dolphin. Official stamp to the verso of the Dolphin postcard for A. Robinson of Sheffield. The others appear to be by the same... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. player postcards early 1900s. Seven early mono postcards of Yorkshire players, all ‘The “Dainty” Series’, each depicted full length in various poses. Players featured are George Hirst, Wilfred Rhodes, John Tunnicliffe (all postally unused), Lord Hawke, David Denton, David Hunter and Frank Mitchell (postmarked 1903-1905). Some wear to edges and corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire player postcards early 1920s. Two rarer sepia real photograph postcards of Yorkshire players, each depicted standing full length. One of George Macaulay (Yorkshire & England 1920-1935) in cricket attire, the other of Edgar Oldroyd (Yorkshire 1910-1931) in Yorkshire cap and blazer. Both postcards by T.A. Cornall of Harrogate. Postally unused. Small crease to one corner of the Oldroyd postcard, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire County C.C. 1950’. Official mono real photograph postcard of the Yorkshire team seated and standing in rows wearing Yorkshire blazers. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Very nicely signed to the verso by all twelve featured players. Signatures are Yardley (Captain), Brennan, Aspinall, Wardle, Wilson, Smithson, Lowson, Lester, Hutton, Halliday, Coxon and Close, also Heyhurst (masseur). Published by Chas. P. Price, Leeds. Very good condition.... View full lot details

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

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

Cambridge University C.C. 1947 & 1948. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards of Cambridge University teams of 1947 & 1948 seated and standing rows wearing cricket attire. Printed titles and players’ names to lower borders. Notable players featured include Trevor Bailey, Doug Insole, Guy Willatt, Hubert Doggart, John Dewes, Hugh Watts etc. Both postcards with official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Cambridge University C.C. 1950. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the Cambridge University team of 1950, the players seated and standing rows wearing cricket attire. Printed titles and players’ names to lower borders. Notable players featured include Hubert Doggart, Peter May, David Sheppard, John Dewes etc. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1907. Mono real photograph postcard of the South African touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, blazers etc. Printed title and players’ names to lower edge. Postcard by Scott of Manchester. Fully signed in ink to verso by all sixteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Sherwell (Captain), Hathorn, Sinclair, White, Schwarz, Faulkner, Vogler, Robinson, Nourse, Kotze, Tancred, Smith, Shalders, S.J. Snooke, S.D. Snooke and Allsop... View full lot details

South Africa tours to England 1907-1947. Seven mono/ sepia postcards of South Africa touring teams, each with players seated and standing in rows. Includes five real photograph postcards for the tours of 1907, 1912, 1929, 1935 and 1947, and two mono printed postcards of the 1907 and 1912 teams. Players featured include Sherwell, Tancred, Schwarz, Shalders, Nourse, Hathorn, Mitchell, Pegler, Taylor, Ward, Deane, Siedle, Ochse, Morkel, Christy, Cameron, Bell, Dalton, Viljoen, Melville, Rowan etc. Publishers... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1907. Three rare and early mono postcards of members of the 1907 South Africa touring party published by Gale & Polden of Portsmouth. One features Aubrey Faulkner batting in the nets with printed title to lower border ‘J.A. [sic] Faulkner (South Africans)’. The other two are of Johannes Kotze bowling in the nets, one portrait, the other landscape, both with printed title ‘J.J. Kotze, The South African “Demon” Bowling’. All... View full lot details

South Africans v C.I. Thorntons XI 1924. Sepia real photograph postcard of the Thornton’s team, lined up in front of the pavilion at Scarborough. Walkers of Scarborough. Good condition... View full lot details

‘South African International Cricketers 1929’ series. Full set of sixteen colour postcards depicting each of the original members of the touring party, with ‘S.A. 1929’ emblem to top corner of each. Produced in South Africa for the tour of England in 1929. Players are Deane (Captain), Taylor, Catterall, Cameron, Bell, Dalton, Christy, Deane, McMillan, Mitchell, Morkel, Ochse, Owen-Smith, Quinn, Siedle, van der Merwe, and Vincent. All postally unused. Odd minor faults including some light foxing,... View full lot details

Denis Warburton Begbie. Transvaal & South Africa 1933-1950. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Begbie, head and shoulders wearing tour blazer. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Begbie. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with date annotated to verso August 1947 on the tour to England. Postally unused. Minor indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Athol Matthew Burchell Rowan. Transvaal & South Africa 1939-1951. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Rowan, head and shoulders wearing tour blazer. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Rowan. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with date annotated to verso August 1947 on the tour to England. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

South Africa. Roy McLean and Trevor Goddard 1950s. Two similar mono real photograph plain back postcards, one of R.L. McLean (Natal & South Africa 1949-1966), the other T.L. Goddard (Natal, North East Transvaal & South Africa 1955-1970), both depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Small handwritten name label laid to lower right corner of each. Publishers unknown. Appear to have been taken on the 1955 tour to England. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

No lot... View full lot details

Walter Mervyn ‘Merv’ Wallace. Auckland & New Zealand 1933-1957. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Wallace, head and shoulders wearing tour blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Wallace and dated 1949. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with date stamp for 12th May 1949, early in the tour to England. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Geoffrey Osborne ‘Geoff’ Rabone. Wellington, Auckland & New Zealand 1940-1960. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Rabone, head and shoulders wearing tour blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Rabone and dated 1949. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with date stamp for 12th May 1949, early in the tour to England. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Bert Sutcliffe. Auckland, Otago, Northern Districts & New Zealand 1946-1966. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Sutcliffe, head and shoulders wearing tour blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Sutcliffe, partly to the darker part of the image, and dated 1949. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with date stamp for 12th May 1949, early in the tour to England. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

New Zealand. Ces Burke and Tom Burtt 1949. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards of C. Burke (Auckland & New Zealand 1937-1954) and T.B. Burtt (Canterbury & 1955), each depicted head and shoulders wearing tour blazer and nicely signed in ink to the darker areas of the photographs. Official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, with date stamps for 12th May 1949, early in the tour to England. Postally unused.... View full lot details

New Zealand 1949. Five mono real photograph plain back postcards of members of the 1949 New Zealand tour to England. Each player depicted head and shoulders, the majority wearing tour blazer. One, of Frank Mooney, is nicely signed in ink to the darker area of the photograph by Mooney, the signature faded but legible. Others, unsigned are Harry Cave, Martin Donnelly, John Hayes and Brun Smith. Official stamps to verso of each for A. Wilkes... View full lot details

New Zealand. Bryan Yuile and Bruce Taylor 1969. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, one of B.W. Yuile (Central Districts & New Zealand 1959-1972) depicted half length wearing cricket attire and holding a ball, the other of B.R. Taylor (Canterbury, Wellington & New Zealand 1964-1980) in batting action in the nets. Both postcards nicely signed in ink to the photograph by the featured player. Official stamps to verso for M.L. Pecker of London, assumed... View full lot details

New Zealand touring team postcards 1927-1973/74. Six postcards of New Zealand touring teams including five mono real photograph postcards for tours to England 1927, 1931, 1937, 1949 and 1958, and one colour postcard of the 1973/74 touring party to Australia. Players featured include Lowry, Dacre, Dempster, Merritt, Allcott, Kerr, Page, Weir, W. Hadlee, Lamason, Moloney, Wallace, Donnelly, Rabone, Reid, Sutcliffe, Alabaster, Playle, Meale, R. Hadlee, Coney, Morrison, Turner etc. Publishers include Topical, Angus Thomas, F.C.... View full lot details

Gerald Ethridge ‘Gerry’ Gomez. Trinidad & West Indies 1937-1956. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Gomez, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Gomez. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with date annotated in ink for 1950, taken on the 1950 tour to England. Postally unused. Minor indentations to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Prior Erskine Waverley Jones. Trinidad & West Indies 1940-1952. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Jones, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the lower border by Jones, and additionally to the verso. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with date annotated in ink for 1950, taken on the 1950 tour to England. Postally unused. Minor indentations to corners, otherwise in good/ very... View full lot details

Kenneth Basil Trestrail. Trinidad 1943-1950. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Trestrail, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Trestrail. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with date annotated in ink for 1950, taken on the 1950 tour to England. Postally unused. Minor indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Allan Fitzroy Rae. Jamaica & West Indies 1946-1960. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Rae, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the lower border by Rae. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with date annotated in ink for 1950, taken on the 1950 tour to England. Postally unused. Minor indentations to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Alfred Louis Valentine. Jamaica & West Indies 1949-1965. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Valentine, head and shoulders wearing a suit and tie. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Valentine. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with date annotated in ink for 1950, taken on the 1950 tour to England. Postally unused. Minor indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘West Indians v. Uttoxeter OldFields (West Indians)’ 1906. Rare and early sepia real photograph postcard of the West Indies team seated and standing in rows wearing caps and blazers with three silver trophies, the pavilion in the background. The printed title implies the team was for the penultimate match of the tour played at Uttoxeter v W.H. Laverton’s XI, 20th & 21st August 1906. Players featured include Challenor, Contstantine, Harragin, Ollivierre, Cumberbatch, Bancroft, Morrison etc.... View full lot details

West Indies tours to England 1906-1963. Seven mono/ sepia postcards of West Indies touring teams, each with players seated and standing in rows. Includes one mono printed postcard of the 1906 team and six real photograph postcards for the tours of 1928, 1933, 1939, 1950, 1957 and 1963. Players featured include Austin, Olliviere, Constantine, Challenor, Rae, Hoad, Nunes, Grant, Roach, Da Costa, Achong, Valentine, Headley, Weekes, Walcott, Ramadhin, Worrell, Sobers, Gibbs etc. Publishers include R.... View full lot details

West Indies tours to England 1923 & 1939. Sepia real photograph postcard of the 1923 West Indies touring party with printed title and players’ names to margins. Players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and include Austin (Captain), Nunes, Challenor, Pascal, Holt, Browne, Constantine etc. Raphael House, London. Very good condition. Sold with a rarer real photograph plain back postcard of the 1939 touring team. Players’ names neatly annotated in ink to verso,... View full lot details

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

India tours to England 1932-1952. Four mono/ sepia real photograph postcards of India teams for tours to England 1932, 1936, 1946 and 1952 with players seated and standing in rows. Players’ names printed to lower border of the 1932, 1936 and 1952 postcards, the 1946 with players’ names on press caption to verso. Players featured include Maharaja Porbander, Limbi, Naoomal Jaoomal, Palia, Kapadia, Godambe, Nayudu, Vizianagram, Merchant, Nisar, Jai, Pataudi, Amarnath, Shinde, Mankad, Hazare, Adikari,... View full lot details

‘John Gunn Batting’. Early colour postcard with an illustration of Gunn depicted in batting pose on a green background, with decorative ‘Notts’ title and emblem to side. Dainty series. Postally unused. Good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Player postcards early 1900s. A selection of mono/ sepia postcards including nine Wrench Series of individual players, H.R. Butt series no. 1385, J.T. Brown no. 1386, J.T. Tyldesley no. 1387, W. Rhodes no. 1388, L.C. Braund no. 1389, G.H. Hirst no. 1391, Clem Hill no. 1392, W.P. Howell no. 1394 and J.J. Kelly no. 1397. Three real photograph postcards by R. Thiele of T. Hayward series no. 7260, A.A. Lilley no. 7262, and R. Abel... View full lot details

The Ashes. ‘Warner’s English Cricket Team’ to Australia 1903/04. Early colour and mono postcard showing cameo images of the team to centre surrounded by colour England and Australian flags. Printed players’ names to top border. M’Neill & Bruce Print. Correspondence annotated in ink to front, dated and postmarked Sydney, 23rd February 1904. Minor soiling and wear, otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

‘The All England Eleven 1905’. Two similar early original mono postcards, both with cameos of England players set on an ornate background. Players featured on one are F.S. Jackson to the centre, surrounded by Arnold, McLaren, Lord Hawke, Rhodes, Tyldesley, Hayward, Bosanquet, Haigh, Fry, Jones, Hirst and Lilley, with printed title to lower margin ‘Second Test Match, Played at Lord’s, June 15th, 16th and 17th. (Including Lord Hawke)’. Postally unused. The other, untitled, features Lees... View full lot details

‘Famous Batsmen. In the Open’ series no. 6450, first published by Raphael Tuck & Son in 1907. Set of six colour postcards of batsman being Jessop, Ranjitsinhji, W.G. Grace, Hayward, Fry and Jackson. Each card with title to lower border. Good condition... View full lot details

‘Famous Bowlers. In the Open’ series no. 6451, first published by Raphael Tuck & Son in 1907. Set of six colour postcards of bowlers being Rhodes, Trott, Blythe, Fielder, Hirst and Wass. Each card with title to lower border. One postally used. The card of Hirst with creasing and slight loss to the printed surface at the base of the card otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Famous Fielders. In the Open’ series no. 6452, first published by Raphael Tuck & Son in 1907. Set of six colour postcards of fielders being Tunnicliffe, Clem Hill, W.W. Armstrong, M. Noble, Jessop and Lilley. Each card with title to lower border. One postally used. Good condition... View full lot details

‘England Test cricketers c.1909. Twelve original colour postcards of England players depicted full length in cricket attire. Includes six ‘National Series’ No. 773 of A. Lilley, G.[sic] Hobbs, G. Hirst, J. Tyldesley, A.O. Jones and G.L. Jessop, and six Series No. 828 of A.C. Maclaren, Hayward, A.E. Ralf, C. Blythe, Thompson and C.B. Fry. Only four postally unused. Odd minor faults, some wear to card edges otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘England 1921’. ‘Photo reproduction of Autograph Signatures of the Captain and Members of the English Cricketers who played in the 2nd Test Match at Lord’s Ground 11th-14th of June 1921’. Very rare mono postcard depicting the signatures of the England team. J. White. Littlehampton. Postally unused. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

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

Early comical cricket postcards c.1901. Full set of six Victorian postcards, each depicting a caricature of a cricketer by the artist ‘A.P.F.R.’ printed in red and black. Titles are ‘I’m in’, I’m out’, ‘This may catch your eye’, ‘I’ve lost my head’, ‘It struck me’, and ‘I am afraid’. Publisher unknown. All postally used with postmarks from 1901 to 1903 (where identified). Some wear and age toning, odd nicks and creasing, overall in good condition.... View full lot details

Davidson Bros. ‘Cricket Phrases Illustrated’ Series 2504 c.1903. Full set of six Edwardian comical cricket postcards, each depicting a colour cartoon depicting visual puns of cricketing terms by the artist ‘Tom B’ (Tom Browne). Titles are ‘A “Cut” for Two’, ‘A Good “Stumper”’, ‘No Ball’, ‘A Drive for Two’, ‘The Hat Trick’ and ‘Caught’. Two postally unused, others postmarked 1903-1906. Minor creasing to the odd card, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Davidson Bros. ‘Cricket Illustrated’, Series 2506 c.1903. Early comical cricket postcards c.1903. Full set of six Edwardian postcards, each of colour cartoons of a humorous cricket scene illustrating a well-known phrase or saying by the artist ‘Tom B’ (Tom Browne). Titles are ‘A Closed Mouth Catcheth No Flies’, ‘There’s Many a Slip etc. etc.’, ‘Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth’, ‘How’s That Umpire?’, ‘Long Field’ and ‘Out’. Four cards postmarked 1903-1904. Minor creasing and age... View full lot details

Davidson Bros. ‘Humours of Cricket’ Series 2616 c.1908. Full set of six numbered Edwardian comical postcards, each of a colour cartoon of a humorous cricket scene by the artist ‘Tom B’ (Tom Browne). Titles are ‘The Penalty of Fame. Autograph Fiends’, Jumping Moses! What a Fast Wicket’, ‘Ows That?’, ‘Head or Tail?’, ‘Out First Ball. Great Snakes! How did that happen?’ and ‘Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth’. Four cards postmarked 1909-1911 and 1928.... View full lot details

‘H.G.L.’ (Henry Garner of Leicester) ‘Living Picture Series’ c. 1907. Full set of twelve humorous Edwardian postcards, each depicting a sepia printed image of a courting couple with cricket-related caption. Titles are ‘A Good Catch’, ‘A Good Innings’, ‘A Day in the Field’, ‘A Forward Stroke’, ‘A Leg Glance’, ‘Retired Hurt’, ‘How’s That Umpire?’, ‘Taking a Hot Return’, ‘The Winning Hit’, ‘Stumped Out’, ‘Out with a Duck’, and ‘Caught Out’. Two postally unused, others postmarked... View full lot details

Marcus Ward’s Series, No. 12- “Cricket” c.1903. Full set of six humorous Edwardian postcards, each depicting a cricket illustration on aquamarine background with cricket-related caption. Titles are ‘So near, and yet so far’, ‘His First Innings’, The Coming Century’, ‘The Match of the Season- Ladies v. Gentlemen’, ‘How’s that, Umpire?’, and ‘The Cricket Ball’. One postally unused, others postmarked 1903, 1907 and 1916. Minor wear to the odd postcard, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Raphael Tuck & Sons ‘Oilette Remarque. A Coming Cricketer’ c.1907. Series no. 9375. Full set of six humorous Edwardian colour postcards of cartoons of a boy cricketer by G.E. Shepheard. Titles are ‘Play’, ‘Boundary’, ‘A Cut’, ‘Hard Hitting’, ‘Well Stopped’, and ‘Out’. Sold with a further variant postcard of ‘Play’ overprinted in red to the front with ‘Christmas Greetings’. All postally used with postmarks for 1907-1919. Some wear to edges and corners of the odd... View full lot details

Raphael Tuck & Sons ‘At The Wicket’ Series 955 c.1903. Full set of six humorous Edwardian colour postcards of cartoons of a rotund cricketer by Lance Thackeray. Titles are ‘Going In’, ‘Ready!’, ‘Centre’, ‘Now for a Boundary’, ‘O! O!’, and ‘Out!’. Three with postmarks for 1903 & 1904, others postally unused. Minor age toning to the odd postcard, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘E.S. London’ Series No. 97 1906. Full set of six comical Edwardian colour postcards of cartoons cricketing scenes by Donald McGill, dated 1906. Titles are ‘I’m sorry you were out’ (staining and small tear), ‘I don’t think you’d better depend on me’, ‘Don’t let it get any farther’, ‘I am afraid’, ‘Yours to hand’, and ‘It only struck me after I got home’. Five with postmarks for 1906-1907, the other postally unused. Faults to one... View full lot details

Boy cricketer. Rotary Series A.1261 c.1912. Full set of six attractive numbered Edwardian sepia real photograph postcards with colour highlights of a young boy depicted at the wicket in various batting, bowling and wicket-keeping poses. Card nos. 3 & 4 postally unused, others postmarked c.1912/13. Sold with a variant of no. 5 in the series, lacking the colour highlights, with additional printed title to front, ‘My Friend I greet till next we meet’, published by... View full lot details

Boy cricketer. Rotary Series A.1451 c.1914. Nos. 1-5 from the set of six attractive numbered Edwardian ‘hand painted’ real photograph colour postcards of a smiling young boy depicted half length wearing a sun hat in various poses with bat and/ or ball in hand. Titles are 1. ‘I’m going to play the game’, 2. ‘Our Captain (guess who won?), 3. ‘On the winning side’, 4. ‘The pride of his side’, and 5. You can’t bowl... View full lot details

Misch & Co., ‘Cricketers’ Series No. 478 c.1907. Full set of six colour postcards of illustrations of cricketers by Fred. S. Howard depicting various batting and fielding terms. Titles are ‘Bowled’, ‘A Cut to leg’, ‘A close shave’, ‘A catch in the slips’, ‘Fielding the ball’, and ‘Caught & bowled’. One postally unused, the others postmarked 1907/08. Some minor wear to edges and corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

National Series Cricket mannequin dolls series c.1904. Full set of six humorous numbered colour postcards of mannequin dolls in various cricketing poses. Titles are 1. ‘Play’, 2. ‘Well stopped’, 3. ‘Two to leg’, 4. ‘How’s that?’, 5. ‘Out!!!’, and 6. ‘Off to the pavilion’. One postally unused, the others postmarked 1904/05. Three postcards, nos. 4-6, are lightly laid down to page, the others loose mounted. Creasing to card nos. 2 & 5, others with odd... View full lot details

Australian signed trade cards. A good selection of fifty four modern Australian issue collectors’ cards, each signed by the featured player. Signatures include Alan Davidson, Doug Walters, Arthur Morris, Neil Harvey, Ian Davies, Graham Thorpe, Stuart Broad, Alec Stewart, Graham Gooch, Shaun Tait, Tom Moody, Aaron Finch, Cameron White, Peter Siddle, Stuart Law, Brad Hodge, Shane Watson, Peter Such, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid etc. Series include ACB Select, T20 Big Bash League, World Series, ICC... View full lot details

Cigarette cards 1920s onwards. A selection of cigarette cards including complete sets of fifty cards by John Player and Sons ‘Cricketers Caricatures by “RIP”’ 1926, ‘Cricketers 1930’, ‘Cricketers 1934’, ‘Cricketers 1938’, W.D. & H.O. Wills ‘Cricketers 1928’, and ‘Cricketers 2nd Series of 50’ 1928. Other odd loose cards including Ogdens, Churchman’s, Carreras, B. Morris & Sons, Ardath, Barratt & Co., various modern County Print Services issues and reprints. Also sixteen postcards from the ‘Karizzma... View full lot details