Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Mono real photograph postcard of Tate, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing M.C.C. touring blazer. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Tate and dated ‘May 1929’. Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Sepia real photograph postcard of Tate standing full length wearing cricket attire on the outfield at Hastings. Signed in black ink to the photograph by Tate. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Excellent mono real photograph postcard of Tate standing three quarter length wearing M.C.C. blazer and holding pipe. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Tate. Official stamps to verso for Nias of Brighton and A.G. Spalding of Brighton & Hove. Postally unused. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. M.C.C. tour to Australia 1924/25. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Arthur Gilligan leading the team on to the field. Printed caption below the photograph reads ‘Marching to Victory. Gilligan’s men, who won the 4th Test Match for England, at Melbourne [13th- 18th February 1925], taking the field when Australia had to follow on’ with players’ names listed below. Players are Tate, Hendren, Gilligan, Sutcliffe, Strudwick, Hobbs, Hearne,... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Two original sepia real photograph postcards of Tate depicted full length in indoor nets, one playing a forward defensive shot, the other standing at the wicket with a ball in hand. Both signed in black ink to the photographs by Tate. Deane, Wiles & Millar of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Original sepia press action photograph of Tate in bowling pose mid-delivery wearing cricket attire and cap. The photograph by Sport & General, London c.1920, measures 6”x8”. Wear and nicks to edges, otherwise in good condition. A good image.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Original candid style sepia photograph of Tate standing full length on the beach in swimming attire. Signed in ink to the front with dedication by Tate, with further annotation in ink to verso ‘All of us have been [?] in the sea here’. Presumably taken on tour c.1920s. 3”x5”. Good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. M.C.C. tour to Australia 1924/25. Original mono studio portrait photograph of the touring team taken on their arrival at Perth for the 1924/25 tour. The players standing and seated in rows wearing suits and ties on a white background. Players are Arthur Gilligan (Captain), Sandham, Whysall, Chapman, Hearne, Sutcliffe, Freeman, Woolley, Douglas, Hobbs, Strudwick, Howell, Hendren, Tate, Kilner, Bryan, also Toone (Manager), and Tyldesley in cameo to top... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Excellent mono studio portrait photograph of a smiling Tate, head and shoulders wearing a suit and tie, nicely signed in ink to the darker part of the photograph by Tate. The photograph, by May Moore of Sydney, measures 8”x12”, laid to slightly larger photographer’s mount. Probably taken on the 1924/25 to Australia. Pin holes to mount corners with some creasing to top mount edge, the photograph in very... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Test Trial, North v South 1927. Official mono photograph of the South team seated and standing in rows wearing caps and blazers, for the match played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 25th- 28th June 1927. Signed in ink to the mount borders by all eleven players. Signatures are Chapman (Captain), Sandham, Jardine, Shepherd, Freeman, Tate, O’Connor, Hammond, Nicols, Livsey and Ashdown. Initials ‘M.T.’ to top left mount corner, this... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Original sepia press photograph of Tate, half length wearing cricket attire, taken on 8th August 1930 during the match Sussex v Surrey at Hastings. Photograph by L.N.A., London. 6.5”x8.5”. Wear, creasing and small losses to edges and corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Excellent original sepia studio portrait photograph of Tate, head and shoulders wearing a suit and tie, pipe in his mouth. The photograph, with blind embossed stamp for Monte Luke Studio, 101 The Strand, Sydney, measures 6.25”x8.25”. Appears to have been taken on the 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’ series. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Two page handwrittten letter in ink from Tate to ‘Dear Tony’ with good cricket content relating to the 1930/31 M.C.C. tour to South Africa, of which Tate was a member. Dated 10th February 1931, he reports ‘I am afraid we have not won any gold medals out here so far, but I am writing this on the eve of the most important [4th] Test. We must wait &... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. M.C.C. 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’ series. Single page typed letter on M.C.C. official letterhead from Ronnie Aird, Assistant Secretary of the M.C.C., to Tate at his home in Brighton, dated 20th September 1932. Aird writes to say ‘how very sorry I am to hear that you will not be fit enough to go to Australia. It is cruel luck but I think you have acted wisely in the circumstances’. Signed... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. M.C.C. 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’ series. Original newspaper poster for ‘The Star’ announcing ‘Tate: Final Decision’, Tate having decided to join the 1932/33 M.C.C. touring party to Australia late having previously pulled out of the tour shortly before departure due to illness. The poster measures 19”x30”. Horizontal and vertical folds, small tear to top edge, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England, 1912-1937. Four page hand written letter dated 13th July 1949 from Tate to John Arlott responding to Arlott’s request for an action photo. ‘I know I had some but I expect the “Kids” have given them away to their boy & girl friends’. He suggests that the best photo was taken by the late E.H.D. Sewell when he was assigned to the Daily Sketch. ‘If you could possibly obtain... View full lot details

‘Maurice Tate’. John Arlott. London ‘Cricketing Lives’ series, 1st Edition 1951. Arlott’s original 62pp typescript for the book with amendments and alterations in ink in Arlott’s distinctive hand. The typescript is contained in a paper folder, which is preserved in a specially made box by Bayntuns with green cloth-covered boards and leather title label to the front. Inset into the box is a first edition copy of the published book. Padwick 8118. Some fraying to... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. ‘It Kent Be Done!. Tate settled Kent’. Original pen and ink cartoon by Samuel Wells depicting a large and burly Tate standing on a pile of cricket stumps while squeezing the life out of a diminutive Kent player. The illustration is undated, but most likely refers to the match, Kent v Sussex, played at Tunbridge Wells 1st- 4th July 1933 in which Tate took 5/28 and 3/69 to... View full lot details