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‘Kent and Sussex’ 1847. Early small original double sided scorecard showing the scores at the close of the first day’s play in the match Sussex v Kent at the Royal New Ground, Brighton, 24th- 26th June 1847. In a high scoring match for its time, Kent batted first and made 259, Nicholas Felix top scoring with 113. At the end of play Sussex had reached 31/1. Sussex were dismissed the following day for 142, Hillyer... View full lot details

‘Kent v. Sussex’ 1849. Early small original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at the Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells, 16th- 18th August 1849. To one side are the two innings for Kent (126 & 54), and to the verso those of Sussex (54 & 108), Kent winning by 18 runs. Notable players include W. & F. Pilch, Martingell, A. Mynn, Felix, Hillyer, Hinkly (Kent), Box, E. & W. Napper,... View full lot details

‘Cricket Match. Kent v. Sussex’ 1852. Early small original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at the Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells, 29th- 31st July 1852. The scorecard shows Sussex scoring 104 & 107, Kent 72 & 37, Sussex winning by 53 runs. Players who featured include Willsher, A. Mynn, F. & W. Pilch, Martingell, Hinkly, Felix, Hillyer (Kent), John & James Lillywhite, Box, Bushby, Wisden, Wynch (Sussex) etc. John... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Sussex- Return Match’ 1855. Early small original single sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil for the match played at Kennington Oval, 5th & 6th July 1855. The scorecard shows the completed printed scores for Surrey’s two innings, scoring 111 & 70, Sussex’s first innings of 128 and, in pencil, their second innings of 55/5, Sussex winning by five wickets. Players who featured include Caffyn, Lockyer, Mortlock, Martingell, Sherman (Surrey),... View full lot details

‘The United All-England Eleven v. Sixteen of Reigate and District’ 1856. Early small original double sided scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the match played at Park Lane, Reigate, 14th- 16th August 1856. The scorecard lists the complete first innings of the Reigate team who reached 102, James Dean taking 8/34 for United England. Top scorer for Reigate was Fred Chadband with 24. In reply, the scorecard depicts United England at 27/3. They went on... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. Eleven of All England v. Earl of Stamford’s Twenty-Two’ 1856. Rare and early commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at the Earl of Stamford’s Ground at Enville Hall, 23rd- 25th June 1856. All England batted first and made 121, Julius Caesar recording the highest score in the match with 60. In reply the Twenty-Two scored 125 with Edgar Willsher taking thirteen wickets for 50 runs. All England were then dismissed for... View full lot details

‘United South Eleven v. 20 of Lewes’ 1865. Early original scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the match played at Dripping Pan, Lewes, 7th- 9th September 1865 for the benefit of C.H. Ellis. The twenty of Lewes batted first and reached 129 in their first innings, United South replying with 125. In the second innings Lewes made 201 (H.R.J. Charlwood 54, C.H. Smith 43, Lewes’ Francis Pelham taking seven wickets). The match was declared a... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match- Canterbury. North [of the Thames] v. South of the Thames’ 1866. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Canterbury, 6th- 8th August 1866. Both teams featured notable names, the South of the Thames team with the three Grace brothers, E.M., W.G. and G.F. Grace, also Jupp, Lubbock, Griffith, Humphrey, Stephenson, James Lillywhite, Pooley and Willsher. For the North of the Thames, Hearne, Shaw, Walker, Buller,... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match- Canterbury. North [of the Thames] v. South of the Thames’ 1867. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Canterbury, 5th- 7th August 1866. North of the Thames (169 & 141) beat South of the Thames (122 & 71) by 117 runs. Players features for the North were Grundy, Summers, Wilkinson, Shaw, Mitchell, McCormick, Walker, Rose, Hearne, Biddulph and Wootton. For the South, E.M. Grace, Payne,... View full lot details

‘T. Lockyer’s Benefit. Surrey & Sussex v. England’ 1867. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval, 26th- 28th August 1867. Batting first, Surrey & Sussex scored 168 (Pooley 68, James Lillywhite 64no) and 59, in reply England made 159 and 88/1, England winning by nine wickets. England’s side comprised E.M. & W.G. Grace, Ricketts, Emmett, Hearne, I.D. & V.E. Walker, Round, Bennett, Greenwood and Willsher. Representing... View full lot details

‘North v. South’ 1869. Early single sided scorecard with decorative engraved header depicting a cricket scene, for the match played at Canterbury 9th- 10th August 1869. Dated ‘Monday, August 9th’ the scorecard with complete printed scores. The North scored 107 and 154, in reply The South scored 83 and 179/2 to win by eight wickets. Players include A.N. Hornby, G. Summers, T. Bignall, R.A.H. Mitchell, F. Wyld, W. Price, A. Appleby, W. McIntyre, G. Wootton,... View full lot details

‘Gentlemen of England v. Players of England. John Lillywhite’s Farewell Benefit’ 1871. Early single sided scorecard for the match played at the Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove, 14th- 16th August 1871. The scorecard with complete printed scores with the Gentlemen making 159 and 496, the Players 193 and 147/6, the match ending in a draw. Players featured include W.G. Grace, J.W. Dale, C.E. Green, G.F. Grace, R.A.H. Mitchell, C.I. Thornton, A. Appleby (Gentlemen), H. Jupp, M.... View full lot details

‘Kent v Sussex’ 1875. Rare early original single sided scorecard for the match played at Catford Bridge, 31st May- 2nd June 1875. The scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores. In the inaugural first-class match to be played at the Private Banks Sports Ground at Catford, Kent batted first and reached 158, Lord Harris top scorer with 84. In reply, Sussex made 204 (Charlwood 47, Lillywhite 42no), and then dismissed Kent in the second innings... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Gloucestershire’ 1877. Early original ‘Authorised Cricket Score’ card with complete printed scores for the match played at the County Ground, Hove, 11th- 13th June 1877. Gloucestershire batted first and scored 129, Robert Bush, making his final first-class appearance, top scoring with 42, Sussex’s Charles Brown taking 7/58. In reply, Sussex reached 140, Joseph Cotterill scoring 60. In the second innings Gloucestershire made 181 (W.G. Grace 52, Richard Fillery 6/53). Set a target of... View full lot details

Australia inaugural tour to England 1878. ‘Australia versus Leicestershire’. Very rare and early official double sided scorecard for the tour match played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, 15th- 17th July 1878. The scorecard with incomplete printed and faintly handwritten scores in pencil. Leicestershire (193 & 145) lost to the Australians (130 & 210/2) by eight wickets. The Australian team included Murdoch, Bannerman, Horan, Gregory, Garrett, Spofforth, Bailey, Allan, Blackham, Conway and Boyle. Bannerman top scored in... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Gloucestershire’ Cheltenham Cricket Festival 1878. Early official folding scorecard for the match played at the College Ground, Cheltenham, 19th- 21st August 1878. The scorecard with complete printed scores with advertising and programme of music to one side, and further advertising to verso. Gloucestershire batted first and in their only innings reached 198, P. Hattersley-Smith top scorer with 51no, and J.B. Hide taking 7/48 for Sussex. In reply Sussex were dismissed for only 29... View full lot details

The Ashes. ‘England v. Australia’ 1880. The First Test Match held in England. Early and rare original single sided scorecard for the match played at Kennington Oval, 6th- 8th September 1880. The scorecard with the players listed for the start of play and incomplete scores for England’s first innings in pencil. England batted first with W.G. and E.M. Grace opening the batting and putting on 91 for the first wicket before E.M. Grace was dismissed... View full lot details

The Ashes. ‘England v. Australia’ 1882. Early and original double sided official scorecard for the second Test match to be played in England, Kennington Oval, 28th- 30th August 1882. The scorecard with complete printed scores. Australia batted first and were bowled out for only 63, top scorer was Blackham (17), R.G. Barlow taking 5/19 off 31 overs of which 22 were maidens. Replying, England were dismissed for 101, George Ulyett scoring 26 and Fred Spofforth... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Sussex’ 1881. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval 1st & 2nd August 1881. Despite fielding a strong side, Sussex could muster only 95 in their first innings, Edward Barratt doing the damage with the ball, taking seven wickets for 45 runs. In reply Surrey reached 193 (Walter Read 62). In the second innings Sussex fared a little better, scoring 136, Walter Bettesworth making... View full lot details

Gentlemen of Sussex v M.C.C. and Ground ‘Official Score for 1881’. Original double-sided scorecard with near complete printed and handwritten scores for the match played at Hove 12th & 13th August 1881. The two day match (not first-class) was drawn, M.C.C. scoring 120 (Hearn 76) and 164/5, Gentlemen of Sussex 121 in their only innings. The Sussex team comprised two professionals, W. Payen and H. Mitchell. Others who played for the County include Greenfield, Ellis,... View full lot details

Sussex v Derbyshire ‘Official Score for 1882’. Original single-sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Hove 5th- 7th June 1882. In a closely fought match Derbyshire batted first and scored 283 (Shuker 86, Ducker 60, James Lillywhite 5/70), Sussex replied with 182 and, following on, 222 (Trevor 63). Derbyshire were then dismissed for 118 (Juniper 7/61), Sussex winning by just three runs. Printed by H. Crowhurst & Bishop of Brighton. 4.75”x7.25”.... View full lot details

‘Cricket Extraordinary’. F.P. Howlett’s XII v A.B. Holman’s XII 1883. Original scorecard with complete printed scores for a ‘Boy’s Match’ played at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne on 16th August 1883. In a remarkable game, F.P. Howlett’s XII batted first and were dismissed for 75, W. Hitchens top scorer with 42. A.B. Holman’s XII then replied with 76 (E. Owen 27), a first innings lead of one run. Howlett’s team then went in to bat only for... View full lot details

‘Lord Sheffield’s XI. v Dr W.G. Grace’s Eleven’ 1883. Early original single sided scorecard with printed complete scores for the match played at Sheffield Park, Uckfield, 5th-7th July 1883. Grace’s team batting first made 266 all out, in reply Lord Sheffield’s team made 231, in Grace’s teams second innings they were bowled out for 167, Lord Sheffield’s Eleven duly scored the 204 runs required for the loss of four wickets winning the match by six... View full lot details

‘Grand Cricket Match. Kent v. Sussex’ 1884. Original single sided scoresheet, printed on paper with complete printed scores, for the match played at the Angel Ground, Tonbridge, 17th- 19th July 1884. Sussex (98 & 294) beat Kent (116 & 163) by 113 runs. Top scorer in the match was Newham of Sussex (137 in the second innings). On a difficult wet wicket, twenty one wickets fell on the first day. Others who featured in the... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Australians’ 1884. Early original single sided scorecard printed on yellow paper with printed scores showing the position at the close of play on the second day of the tour match played at Hove, 24th- 26th July 1884. Sussex had posted a strong 396 against a full strength Australian bowling attack with centuries from George Wyatt (112) and Henry Phillips (111), both their only first-class centuries. Australia had reached 223/5 at close of play.... View full lot details

Sussex v. Yorkshire 1885. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Hove, 24th- 26th August 1885. In a high scoring match, Yorkshire elected to bat first and reached 326, George Ulyett (82) and Louis Hall (87) putting on 128 for the first wicket. In reply, Sussex made 368, Billy Newham the top scorer with 101. Yorkshire then ended 345/6, Ulyett (91) and Hall (37) sharing another century opening... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Sussex’ 1886. Early original double sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at the County Ground, Hove 16th- 18th August 1886. Sussex (277 & 75/6) beat Surrey (182 & 169) by four wickets. Sussex captain Frederick Lucas top scored in the match with 121 in their first innings. Printed on the ground by Wright & Co. (Cricket Press), London. 4.5”x6”. Advertisement to verso for ‘Cricket A Weekly Record’. Very good... View full lot details

‘Nottinghamshire v. Sussex’ 1887. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge, 25th- 27th August 1887. Electing to bat first, Sussex were bowled out for 140, Dick Attewell taking 6/30. In reply Nottinghamshire posted an impressive 570, William Gunn ending 205no, Billy Barnes making 120, Walter Humphreys taking 6/95 for Sussex who were then bowled out for 136 in their second innings. Nottinghamshire won by the significant margin of an... View full lot details

‘Surrey Club and Ground v. Hastings & St. Leonards C.C.’ Hastings Cricket Week 1887. Early original double sided scorecard for the match played at Hastings 24th & 25th August 1887. The scorecard with complete printed scores is printed on an original sheet laid down presumably to an earlier version of the scorecard. The scores show Surrey Club & Ground scoring 238, Hastings & St. Leonards 37 & 153, Surrey winning by an innings and 48... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Australians’ 1888. Early original double sided scorecard for the tour match played at Hove 19th- 21st July 1888. The scorecard with complete printed scores in a low scoring match in which Sussex made 98 & 116, Australians 68 & 88, Sussex winning by 58 runs. Top scorer in the match was Billy Newham of Sussex with 44 in the first innings. Charlie Turner took ten wickets in the match for the Australians. Printed... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Sussex’ 1888. ‘The Largest Innings Recorded in an Inter-County Match’. Early original commemorative silk scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Kennington Oval 9th- 11th August 1888. In a very one-sided affair, Surrey amassed 698 in their only innings, Walter Read scoring 171 and Monty Bowden a career best 189no. All eleven Sussex players bowled. In reply an exhausted Sussex were bowled out for 114 and 99, Surrey winning by... View full lot details

‘North v. South’ 1888. Early original double sided folding scorecard for the match played at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings, 13th- 15th September 1888. The scorecard with complete printed scores in which South batted first and scored 258 (W.W. Read 96, W.G. Grace 44), with North restricted to 187 (J.A. Dixon 53). In the second innings South made 206 (K.J. Key 79no) setting North 278 to win. Led by 91 from William Gunn, the North... View full lot details

‘Hastings and St. Leonards Grand Cricket Week. Gentlemen v Players’ 1889. Early original 12pp ‘Randle’s Authorised Scorecard’ with complete printed scores for the match played at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings, 16th- 18th September 1889. In a closely fought match, the Players batted first and scored 179, Albert Ward top scorer with 50. In reply, the Gentlemen, captained by W.G. Grace, reached 226 with contributions of 41 from Kingsmill Key, Herbert Pigg (35) and Hylton... View full lot details

‘Sussex v. Australians’ 1890. Early original double sided scorecard for the tour match played at Hove 24th- 26th July 1890 with complete printed scores. The Australians batted first, scoring 363 (Murdoch 158, Barrett 83, Humphreys 5/65). In reply Sussex made 91 (Lyons 6/38) and, following on 227 (Bean 100, Charlton 5/27). Australians won by an innings and 45 runs. Printed by Crowhurst of Brighton with local advertising to verso. Previously sold in the M.C.C. Bicentenary... View full lot details

‘Lord Sheffield’s Eleven v. M.C.C. & Ground’ 1891. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Sheffield Park, Uckfield, 25th & 26th May 1891. M.C.C., comprising W.G. Grace, Webbe, O’Brien, Cranston, Pope, Ferris, Attewell etc., batted first in a rain affected match and were dismissed for 109. Lord Sheffield had six Sussex players in his team, including Newham, Murdoch, Marlow, Somerset, Phillips and Lowe, and they scored 172 in... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1893. ‘Lord Sheffield’s XI. v. Australians’. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Sheffield Park, Uckfield, 8th- 10th May 1893. In the opening match of the 1893 tour, a strong Lord Sheffield’s XI elected to bat first and posted 258, W.G. Grace (63) and Arthur Shrewsbury (62) making an opening stand of 101. For the Australians George Giffen and Arthur Coningham shared the wickets... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1896. ‘Lord Sheffield’s XI. v. Australians’. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Sheffield Park, Uckfield, 11th- 13th May 1896. In the opening match of the 1896 tour, the Australians batted first, reaching 257 (Joe Darling 67). Lord Sheffield’s XI replied with 195 (Ranjitsinhji 79, Ernie Jones taking 7/84). In the second innings the Australians made 194 (Trott 59no) and the match ended in... View full lot details

Leicestershire v Australia 1905. Early original double-sided/ folding scorecard for the tour match played at Aylestone Road, Leicester on the 12th, 13th & 14th June 1905. Players listed at the start of play. The match was drawn. For Australia, Howell and Noble took six wickets in the match, Noble top scoring with 79 in the first innings and Trumper 70 in the second. For Leicestershire, De Trafford top scored with 63 in the first innings... View full lot details

Derbyshire v Australians 1905. Original early single-sided scorecard for the tour match played at the County Ground, Derby, 10th- 12th July 1905 with complete printed scores for the Australians’ first innings of 252. The match was won by Australia by 105 runs. For Australia, Armstrong took five wickets in the first innings and Cotter six in the second innings, Gehrs top scored with 72 in the first innings and Laver 78 in the second. For... View full lot details

Surrey v Australians 1905. Original early double-sided scorecard for the tour match played at Kennington Oval, 11th- 13th May 1905, with complete printed scores for Surrey’s first innings. Surrey scored 225 (Hobbs 94) & 286 (Hayward 129, Laver 5/61), the Australians 292 (Armstrong 83) & 199/6 (Duff 64, Armstrong 59) and the match was drawn. Printed on the ground by Merritt & Hatcher of London. 5”x8”. Fixtures to verso. Minor soiling, otherwise in good/ very... View full lot details

South Africa tours to England 1907 & 1924. Two official double-sided scorecards for tour matches. Nottinghamshire v South Africans, Trent Bridge 12th- 14th 1907, incomplete printed and untidily handwritten scores in pencil. Nottinghamshire won by five wickets. Printed by Charles H. Richards, Nottingham 4.75”x7.5”. Heavy crease and soiling. M.C.C. v South Africans, Lord’s, 24th- 27th May 1924, complete handwritten scores in pencil. 5”x9.25”. The match was drawn. Good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1909. ‘England v. Australia’. Fifth Test. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the 5th Test, played at Kennington Oval, 9th- 11th August 1909. Australia batted first and reached 325, Bardsley scoring 136, Trumper 73 and Macartney 50, with Carr taking 5/146. In reply England made 352, (Sharp 105, Rhodes 66, Fry 62, Hutchings 59, Cotter taking 6/95). In their second innings Australia made 339/5 declared with a second century from Bardsley... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1921. Two official Lord’s scorecards, one printed on paper for the 2nd Ashes Test, Lord’s 11th- 14th June 1921 with complete printed scores. England scored 187 & 283 (Woolley 95 & 93), Australia 342 & 131 (Bardsley 88 & 63no), Australia winning by eight wickets. Heavy creasing and tears. The other scorecard is for the tour match v M.C.C. 21st- 24th May 1921, with complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil.... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1924. Three official scorecards, one for the 3rd Test, Headingley 12th- 15th July 1924, with incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil. England (396 & 60/1) beat South Africa (132 & 323) by nine wickets. 10”x6.25”. Vertical folds and some soiling. Also two scorecards for tour matches, v M.C.C. at Lord’s 24th- 27th May 1924, incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil, match drawn, 5”x9.25”, and v H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1926. Three official Test match scorecards, one for the 2nd Test at Lord’s 26th- 29th June 1926 (Larwood’s Test debut), near complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil, match drawn, 5”x9.25”. 3rd Test, Headingley 10th-13th July 1926, complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil, match drawn, 10”x6.25”. 5th Test, Kennington Oval, 14th- 18th August 1926 (timeless match), complete printed scores, signed in ink to verso by Clarrie Grimmett who played... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1926. Five official scorecards for matches from the 1926 tour. Matches are Australians v Leicestershire, Leicester 1st- 4th May, players listed at start of play, 10”x8.25”. v Middlesex, Lord’s 29th May- 1st June, incomplete printed scores, 5”x9.25”. v Surrey, Kennington Oval 28th- 30th July, faintly written scores in pencil, 5”x8”. v Warwickshire, Edgbaston 4th- 6th August, complete handwritten scores in pencil, 5”x8”. v C.I. Thornton’s XI, Scarborough 8th- 10th September, incomplete... View full lot details

New Zealand inaugural tour to England 1927. Two rarer original official scorecards for matches played on the tour. One for the match v Northumberland at Jesmond, 22nd & 23rd June 1927 with complete printed scores. New Zealand (476, Blunt 195) beat Northumberland (272 & 201) by an innings and three runs. Printed on the ground by Andrew Reid, Newcastle, 4.5”x6”. The other is a small folding scorecard with incomplete printed scores for the match v... View full lot details

New Zealand inaugural tour to England 1927. Rarer official scorecard with complete printed scores for the match v Durham at Chester-le-Street, 18th & 20th June 1927. Durham (254 & 123) lost to the New Zealanders (373 &5/0) by ten wickets. Printed on the ground by W. Clarke & Son, Chester-le-Street, 5”x8.25”. Also a rarer official folding programme for the tour match v Cumberland at Whitehaven, 20th & 22nd August 1927 with teams listed to centre... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1928. Four official scorecards from the tour including two Test matches. One for their inaugural first Test v England at Lord’s 23rd- 26th June 1928, with annotated comments about Wally Hammond, one claiming ‘Wally’s innings of 45 was worth 2 of Tyldesley’s century’, another comment written in 1965 following Hammond’s death. England won the match by an innings and 58 runs. The other scorecard is for the 3rd Test, Kennington... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1929. Three official scorecards including the 3rd Test, Headingley, 13th- 16th July 1929, England won by five wickets. Also two tour match scorecards, v Surrey, Kennington Oval, 8th- 10th May, Surrey won by 125 runs, and v Middlesex, Lord’s, 11th- 14th May, South Africans won by eight wickets. All three scorecards with incomplete printed and handwritten scores, the Middlesex scorecard with additional handwritten ink annotations commenting on the match. Some... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1930. Bradman’s first tour to England. Seven official scorecards for two Test and five tour matches played on the 1930 tour, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Test match scorecards are 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 13th- 17th June, England won by 93 runs. 5th Test, Kennington Oval, 16th- 22nd August (timeless Test), Australia won by an innings and 39 runs scoring 695 in their only innings (Bradman... View full lot details

The Ashes England v Australia 1930. Full set of five official scorecards for the five match Ashes Test series in England. The scorecard for the 5th (timeless) Test at Kennington Oval 16th- 22nd August is printed on paper with complete printed scores, Australia winning by an innings and 39 runs. The remainder with incomplete printed and handwritten scores. Folds to the majority, some age toning, other odd nicks, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

England v Australia 1930. Don Bradman’s first tour. Official scorecard for the 4th Test at Old Trafford 25th- 29th July 1930. The scorecard with players’ listed at the start of play. Nicely signed in blue ink by Bradman in later years. The scorecard loosely mounted to page with five cigarette cards of members of the Australian touring party. The cards are of Bradman (by Ogden’s), signed by Bradman, Kippax (Millhof & Co.), Grimmett (Millhoff &... View full lot details

New Zealand tours to England 1931 & 1937. Six official scorecards, all with incomplete printed and/or handwritten scores unless otherwise stated. Includes three from the 1931 tour including two Test matches, 1st Test, England v New Zealand, Lord’s 27th- 30th June 1931, match drawn, complete scores handwritten in pencil. 2nd Test, Kennington Oval, 29th- 31st July 1931, England won by an innings and 26 runs. Complete scores handwritten in ink and pencil. One tour match... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1933. Seven official scorecards including for the two matches played in the England v West Indies Test series, and five tour matches. Scorecards are v Club Cricket Conference, Catford 3rd & 4th May, complete printed and handwritten scores, West Indies won by an innings and 12 runs. v Surrey, Kennington Oval 27th- 30th May, incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil, match drawn. v Somerset, Taunton 7th- 9th June,... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1934. ‘Verity’s Match’. Official scorecard for the 2nd Test played at Lord’s, 22nd- 25th June 1934. The scorecard with complete printed and neatly handwritten scores in pencil. England scored 440 in their only innings, Leyland making 109 and Ames 120. In reply Australia reached 284 in their first innings, Hedley Verity taking 7/61, Bill Brown scoring 105, and following on were bowled out for 118, Verity taking 8/43, England winning... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1934. Thirteen official scorecards of tour and Test matches from the 1934 tour. The majority with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores (unless stated). Scorecards are v Leicestershire, Leicester, 5th- 8th May, match drawn (McCabe 108no). v M.C.C., Lord’s, 12th- 15th May, match drawn (Hendren 135, Ponsford 281no, McCabe 192). v Middlesex, Lord’s, 26th & 28th May, Australians won by ten wickets (Hendren 115, Bradman 160), two copies with printed and... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1935. Six official scorecards for Test and tour matches, the majority with complete printed and handwritten scores unless stated. Matches are v Surrey, Kennington Oval, 11th- 14th May, South Africans won by 190 runs (Nourse 147 & 108no, Siedle 104no). v Middlesex, Lord’s, 25th- 28th May, South Africans won by 22 runs (Langton eleven wickets in the match). v England, 2nd Test, Lord’s, 29th June- 2nd July, South Africa won... View full lot details

India tours to England 1932 & 1936. Six official scorecards for Test and tour matches, the majority with incomplete printed and handwritten scores unless stated. Matches are England v All India, inaugural Test, Lord’s, 25th- 28th June 1932, England won by 158 runs. v Middlesex, Lord’s, 20th- 22nd July 1932, match drawn (Naoomal 164, Nayudu 101). v M.C.C., Lord’s, 16th- 19th May 1936, M.C.C. won by ten wickets, (Human 115), players listed at start of... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1938. Seven official scorecards for Test and tour matches, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v M.C.C., Lord’s, 14th- 17th May, match drawn (Bradman 278). England v Australia, 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 10th- 14th June, match drawn (Barnett 126, Hutton 100, Paynter 216no, Compton 102, McCabe 232, Brown 133, Bradman 144no), two copies, slightly different. v Gentlemen, Lord’s, 15th- 17th June, Australians won by 282 runs (Bradman... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1938. Thirteen official scorecards for Test and tour matches, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Includes one rarer scorecard for the final match of the tour v Ireland at Dublin, 16th & 17th September, Australians won by an innings and 33 runs. Other matches are v Worcestershire, Worcester, 30th April- 3rd May, Australians won by an innings and 77 runs (Bradman 258, Fleetwood-Smith eleven wickets in the match). v... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1939. Six official scorecards for Test and tour matches, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Matches are v M.C.C., Lord’s, 13th- 16th May, match drawn (Compton 115). v Surrey, Kennington Oval, 20th- 23rd May, Surrey won by seven wickets. v Middlesex, Lord’s, 3rd- 6th June, West Indians won by an innings and 228 runs (Headley 227, Stollmeyer 117). England v West Indies, 1st Test, Lord’s 24th-... View full lot details

Wartime cricket 1940-1942. A good selection of thirteen official scorecards for matches played in World War II, the majority with printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Includes twelve for matches played at Lord’s, British Empire XI v Buccaneers 31st August 1940, London Counties v British Empire XI, 19th July 1941, R.A.F. v Sir Pelham Warner’s XI, 16th August 1941, Army v Sir Pelham Warner’s XI, 23rd & 25th May 1942 (complete printed scores),... View full lot details

Wartime cricket 1943. A good selection of twenty official scorecards for matches played in 1943, the majority with complete printed scores unless stated. Includes nineteen for matches played at Lord’s, Civil Defence Services v British Empire XI, 22nd May, England XI v West Indies, 29th May (incomplete), Army v Civil Defence Services, 12th June (incomplete), Army v R.A.F., 14th June (incomplete), R.A.F. v Civil Defence Service, 3rd July, Army v R.A.F., 17th July, London Counties... View full lot details

Wartime cricket 1944. A good selection of twenty two official scorecards for matches played in 1944, the majority with complete printed, some handwritten, scores unless stated. Includes sixteen for matches played at Lord’s, Army v Civil Defence Services, 13th May, R.A.F. v R.A.A.F., 20th May, Australia v The Rest, 27th May, England v Australia, 29th May, Club Cricket Conference v National Police, 3rd June, England XI v West Indies, 10th June (incomplete), Army v R.A.A.F.,... View full lot details

Wartime cricket 1945. A good selection of fifteen official scorecards for matches played in 1945, the majority with complete printed, some handwritten, scores. Includes ten for matches played at Lord’s, R.A.A.F. v British Empire, 12th May (2 copies), England v Australia, 19th- 22nd May, R.A.F. v R.A.A.F., 16th June, R.A.A.F. v South of England, 30th June, Army v R.A.A.F., 7th July, England v Australia, 14th- 17th July, 6th- 8th August, R.A.A.F. v R.A.F., 18th August,... View full lot details

Jim Laker ‘19 wickets’. England v Australia, Old Trafford, 1956. Official fully printed scorecard for the historic Test match where Laker took 9-37 in the first and 10-53 in the second innings. Signed by Laker in blue ink with dedication ‘To Peter, All good wishes, Jim Laker’. Light creasing, nick to top edge, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Garry Sobers. World Record. Six Sixes in an Over’. Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire 1968. Official scorecard for the historic match played at St. Helen’s, Swansea from the 31st August to the 2nd September 1968. Garry Sobers hit six sixes off the bowling of Malcolm Nash of Glamorgan to create the world record. The scorecard has printed and handwritten details in ink for the entire match and shows Nottinghamshire’s score of 394-5 wickets declared, Sobers 76no and... View full lot details

Kent and Sussex Benefits 1950-1960. Four original official Kent and one Sussex Benefit brochures for Arthur Fagg 1950, Godfrey Evans 1953, Doug Wright 1957, Arthur Phebey 1960 (all Kent), and George Cox 1951 (Sussex). Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition. Qty 5.... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1994 & 2008. Two signed official Test match scorecards. One for the drawn 2nd Test, Lord’s 1994, complete printed scores, with twelve signatures including Atherton, Gooch, Fraser, Such, Stewart, DeFreitas, Hick, White, Smith and Rhodes of England, Fleming and Nash of New Zealand. The other scorecard is for the 3rd Test at Trent Bridge 2008 with players listed at the start of play. Profusely signed by over thirty mainly former Test... View full lot details

Surrey Benefits 1948-1953. Three original official Benefit brochures for Stan Squires 1948, Jack Parker 1951, and Alec Bedser 1953. Rusting to staples, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Warwickshire Benefits and Testimonials 1948-1964. Eight original official Benefit leaflets/ brochures for Eric Hollies 1948 (staple holes to one corner), Tiger Smith & Chicko Austin 1954 (two copies), Fred Gardner 1958, Bert Wolton 1959, Alan Townsend 1960, Ray Hitchcock 1963, and Jack Bannister 1964 with an original scorecard for Rothmans Cavaliers v A Warwickshire XI, 26th July 1964. Good/ very good condition. Sold with an official ‘Dick Howorth [Worcestershire] Benefit Booklet’ 1949, lacking the first... View full lot details

Yorkshire Benefits and Testimonials 1947-1961. Five original Benefit brochures including two souvenir brochures for Bill Bowes 1947 and Len Hutton 1950, both published by the Yorkshire Evening News, and another for Hutton, published by the ‘Hull District’ of Yorkshire C.C.C. Also official benefit booklets for Vic Wilson 1958, and Brian Close 1961. Tape repair to spine of the Wilson booklet, general light wear and soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire Benefit and Testimonial brochures. Twenty Hampshire players’ brochures of which seven are signed, Barry Richards 1977, David Turner 1981, Trevor Jesty 1982, Nigel Cowley 1988, Mark Nicholas 1991, Bobby Parks 1992, and Paul Terry 1994. Others are Richard Gilliat 1978, Bob Stephenson 1979, Gordon Greenidge 1983, Mike Taylor 1989, Chris Smith 1990, Tim Tremlett 1993, Robin Smith 1996, Cardigan Connor 1997, Raj Maru 1998, Adi Aymes 2000, John Crawley 2008, Nic Pothas 2011, and... View full lot details

‘The New South Wales Teachers on Tour. Xmas 1912. North Island, New Zealand’. Printed by McMillan & Goddard, Sydney. Rare and early post-tour booklet for the tour to New Zealand 1912. Described in the introduction as the Third Tour to New Zealand undertaken by the New South Wales Teachers having previously visited in 1907 and 1909. 32pp in original wrappers comprising full scores for the eight matches played in Wellington, Napier and Auckland, averages and... View full lot details

‘Souvenir of Historic Cricket Match. Australia v. Daylesford [Victoria]’ 1880. Facsimile four page scoresheet in green wrappers for the match played between twenty two of Daylesford against an Australian eleven, played at Daylesford, 18th March 1880. Produced by the Daylsesford and District Cricket Association, 1935. The Australian eleven featured Murdoch, McDonnell, Bannerman, Blackham, Boyle, Bonnor, Spofforth and Palmer, who were all members of the 1880 tour to England that followed soon after this match. Very... View full lot details

‘Up From Somerset for the Cup’. Gillette Cup Final 1967. Souvenir brochure published and edited by John Davies for the Somerset Players Welfare Fund, Weston-super-Mare. Produced to celebrate Somerset reaching the Gillette Cup final for the first time. Profusely signed by members of the Somerset team to the front cover, centre spread team photograph, rear autographs page, and to pages. Signatures include Bill Alley, Roy Virgin, Peter Robinson, Geoff Clayton, Ken and Roy Palmer, Brian... View full lot details

Sussex C.C.C. ‘Brighton and Hove Annual Cricket Week’ 1909. Official souvenir programme produced by the Club for the matches played 26th August- 1st September 1909. 12pp landscape format programme with decorative limp cloth covers containing illustrated details of the matches Sussex v Australians commencing 26th August, and v Yorkshire 30th August, also the programmes of music, concerts, plan of the ground and advertising. Light vertical fold, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Sold with an... View full lot details

All India tour to England 1932. Souvenir brochure of the First All India Cricket Tour of England 1932. Edited by A.W. Simpson. Printed by Hills & Lacy Ltd of London. Very nicely signed in ink to pen pictures by seventeen members of the Indian touring party. Signatures include the Captain, The Maharaja of Porbandar, Nayudu, Joginder Singh-Patiala, Mysore, Jahangir Khan, Amar Singh, Wazar Ali, Naoomal, Godambe, Nazar Ali etc. Lacking one signature of the Vice-Captain,... View full lot details

‘The Cricket Field: An Illustrated Record and Review’ 1892-1895. Edited by A.W. Browne. Complete run of the four volumes published of the magazine, each volume bound in publisher’s quarter leather and maroon cloth, gilt titles to fronts and spines, gilt to page edges, marbled end papers, lacking original wrappers. Title and contents pages for Volumes I-III bound in. Issues are Vol. I nos. 1-24, 7th May- 31st December 1892, Vol. II nos. 25-52, 28th January-... View full lot details

‘The West Indies Cricket Annual’. Edited by Tony Cozier. Complete run of the annual from 1970 (first year of issue) to 1991 (last issue). Twenty two loose issues. Light wear to earlier issues, otherwise in very good condition. Sold with a near complete run of thirty eight loose issues of ‘Caribbean Cricket Quarterly, edited by Tony Cozier, from Vol. 2 no. 1 (March 1992) to Vol. 11 no. 4 (Jan. 2002), lacking two later issues.... View full lot details

England tour to Australia 1978/79. Official programme/ scorecard for the one day tour match v Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Districts played at the Manuka Oval, Canberra, 15th November 1978. Twenty four signatures in red ink to the programme of members of the touring party and ACT team. |England signatures include Willis, Miller, Hendrick, Boycott, Tolchard, Gower, Brearley, Lever, Emburey, Randall, Doug Insole etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1972. ‘Cricket ‘72’. Magazine published by the Test and County Cricket Board. Signed to the player profile pictures and pages by Australian and English players, twenty seven signatures in total. Signatures are I. Chappell, G. Chappell (signed twice), Inverarity, Marsh, Massie, Sheahan, Stackpole (signed twice), Amiss, Boycott, Denness, Fletcher, Arnold, Gifford, Edrich, Greig, Hutton, Lever, Pocock, Smith, Illingworth, Underwood, Shuttleworth, Snow, Jameson and Knott. Good condition.... View full lot details

England v West Indies and New Zealand 1973. ‘Cricket ‘73’. Magazine published by the Test and County Cricket Board. Signed to the player profile pictures and pages by players, twenty nine signatures in total of O’Sullivan (New Zealand), Foster, Gibbs, Greenidge, Holder (signed twice), Lloyd (twice), Rowe, Murray (West Indies), Amiss, Birkenshaw, Denness, Greig, Arnold, Boycott, Edrich, Illingworth, Fletcher (twice), Knott, Lever, Old, Underwood, Lewis, Radley, Willis, Snow and Wood (England). Good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes 2010/11. Official souvenir programme published by Cricket Australia for the 5th Test, Sydney 3rd- 7th January 2011. Signed to the player pen pictures by Ponting, Clarke, Bollinger, Haddin, Harris, Hughes, Johnson, Katich, North, Siddle, Smith, Watson (Australia), Strauss, Anderson, Bell, Bresnan, Broad, Collingwood, Cook, Davies, Finn, Morgan, Panesar, Pietersen, Prior, Swann, Tremlett, Trott (England). Twenty eight signatures in total. Very good condition.... View full lot details

England v West Indies 2012. Official programme for the 1st Test, Lord’s 17th- 21st May 2012. Signed to the front cover by James Anderson, and fully signed to the twenty seven player pen pictures by Strauss, Anderson, Bairstow, Bell, Bresnan, Broad, Cook, Finn, Onions, Pietersen, Prior, Swann (England), Sammy, Barath, Bravo, Chanderpaul, Deonarine, F. Edwards, K. Edwards, Fudadin, Gabriel, Powell, Ramdin, Rampaul, Roach, Samuels, Shillingford (West Indies). Very good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes 2013/14. Official souvenir programme published by Cricket Australia for the 1st Test, Brisbane 21st- 25th November 2013. Signed to the player pen pictures by Clarke, Johnson, Agar, Ahmed, Bailey, Harris, Khawaja, Haddin, Lyon, Rogers, Warner, Siddle, Smith, Watson (Australia), Cook, Anderson, Bairstow, Broad, Carberry, Finn, Panesar, Pietersen, Prior, Rankin, Bell, Root, Stokes, Swann, Tremlett, Trott (England). Thirty signatures in total. Very good condition.... View full lot details

England v Pakistan 2016. Official programme for the 1st Test, Lord’s 14th- 18th July 2016. Fully signed to the player pen pictures by Cook, Moeen Ali, Bairstow, Ballance, Ball, Broad, Finn, Roland-Jones, Root, Hales, Vince, Woakes (England), Misbah-ul-haq, Azhar Ali, Rahat Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Sami Aslam, Zulfiqar Babar, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Khan, Sohail Khan, Younis Khan, Shan Masood, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Asad Shafiq, Yasir Shah. Twenty nine signatures in total.... View full lot details

South Africa tour of England 1907. ‘”The Eventoscope” Cricket Souvenir. South Africans v England. Complete list of fixtures’. Edited by W. Smith Herbert. Published and printed by Gale & Polden Ltd, London & Aldershot 1907. 38pp plus adverts. Oblong shaped pre-tour souvenir booklet with original decorative colour paper wrappers. Profusely illustrated with caricatures, photographs and articles on the South African team in England, also photographs, averages, articles on county cricket with Kent, County Champions 1906.... View full lot details

‘The “Golden Penny” Cricket Album 1902. Special Photographic Groups of the Australians and all the first-class counties’. London 1902. Original pictorial wrappers. Ownership name in ink to front wrapper. Some soiling and wear to wrappers with small loss to lower corner of the front wrapper and first page, age toning to pages, odd nicks to page edges otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

‘The “Golden Penny” Cricket Album 1903. Splendid Photographic Groups of all the first-class counties’. London 1903. Original pictorial wrappers. Some foxing and soiling to wrappers, odd minor nicks to page edges, otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume IX. Numbers 230-259 (27th January to 27th December 1890). Complete with title-page and contents page to front. Illustrated. Original publishers cloth with titles in gilt. Red speckled page edges. Complete with the eleven score sheet supplements. Slight breaking to rear internal hinge, minor wear to spine and boards, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volumes X and XI. Numbers 260-289 (27th January to 31st December 1891) and 290-319 (28th January to 29th December 1892. Complete with title and contents pages to fronts. Illustrated. Original publishers cloth with titles in gilt. Red speckled page edges. Vol. X lacking advertising wrapping pages for 7th, 21st & 31st May, 4th & 11th June issues and 20th August score sheet supplement. Four other published supplements present.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XII. Numbers 320-349 (26th January to 28th December 1893). Complete with title page and contents page to front. Illustrated. Rebound in modern green cloth with title in gilt to spine. Red speckled page edges. Lacking score sheet supplement for 29th June, five others present. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XIII. Numbers 350-379 (25th January to 28th December 1893). Complete with title page and contents page to front. Illustrated. Original publishers cloth with titles in gilt. Some wear to spine and boards. Internally in very good condition with pages nice and bright.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volumes XIV nos. 384-406 (18th April to 19th September 1895) & XV nos. 416-422 (30th April to 11th June 1896. Two part volumes bound as one, lacking issue nos. 397 (18th July), 417 (7th May) and 420 (28th May), lacking title page and contents pages. Illustrated. Original publishers cloth with titles in gilt (‘1895-6’ to spine). Complete with supplement score sheets for 13th June and 21st May, lacking... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volumes XV nos. 413-436 (9th April to 17th September 1896) & XVI nos. 440-466 (28th January to 16th September 1897). Illustrated. Vol. XV bound in dark green cloth with titles in gilt. Titles and contents pages laid down to inside front end paper. Lacking the three supplement score sheets. Vol. XVI in original publishers cloth with titles in gilt. Title and contents pages laid down to front end... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XVII. Numbers 470-499 (27th January to 22nd December 1898). Illustrated. Original publishers cloth with titles in gilt. Complete with title and contents pages to front and two photo supplements of 5th & 26th May, lacking the poster supplement of 14th April. Minor wear to spine and boards with light staining. Internally in very good condition with pages nice and bright.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XVIII. Numbers 500-529 (26th January to 21st December 1899). Illustrated. Original publishers cloth with titles in gilt. Complete with title and contents pages to front, lacking the poster supplement of 13th April. Minor wear to spine and boards. Slight breaking to page block, otherwise internally in very good condition with pages nice and bright.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volumes XIX nos. 530-559 (25th January to 20th December 1900) & XX nos. 560-589 (31st January to 19th December 1901). Illustrated. Original publishers cloth with titles in gilt. Both volumes complete with title and contents pages to front, each lacking the poster supplement. Minor wear to spines and boards. Vol. XX with broken front internal hinge, front end paper and first page detached, and some breaking to page... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volumes XXI nos. 590-619 (30th January to 18th December 1902) & XXIV nos. 680-709 (26th January to 21st December 1905). Illustrated. Vol. XXI bound in later green cloth, Vol. XXIV bound in maroon quarter leather, gilt titles to spines, both with speckled page edges. Both volumes complete with title and contents pages to front, each lacking the poster supplement. Vol. XXIV with front board and first few pages... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XXII. Numbers 620-649 (29th January to 31st December 1903). Illustrated. Original publishers cloth with titles in gilt. Complete with title and contents pages to front, lacking the poster supplement of 9th April. Very good condition throughout with pages nice and bright.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volumes XXIII nos. 650-679 (28th January to 22nd December 1904) & XXV nos. 710-739 (25th January to 20th December 1906). Illustrated. Both with title and contents pages to front. Vol. XXIII bound in original publisher’s cloth, gilt titles to front and spine, complete. Vol. XXV bound in later green cloth, gilt title to spine, lacking the issue for 29th November. Both volumes lacking the poster supplement. Vol. XXIII... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volumes XXVI nos. 740-769 (31st January to 19th December 1907) & XXVII nos. 770-799 (30th January to 24th December 1908). Illustrated. Both with title and contents pages to front. Vol. XXVI bound in red cloth, gilt title to spine. Complete with issue for 2nd May bound out of sequence. Some staining to boards, breaking to page block with some pages detached, annotations to pages, fair condition. Vol. XXVII... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volumes XXVIII nos. 800-829 (6th May to 21st December 1909) & XXIX nos. 830-859 (27th January to 22nd December 1910). Illustrated. Both with title and contents pages to front. Vol. XXVIII bound in blue cloth, gilt title to spine, red speckled page edges. Complete with issue for 6th May bound out of sequence at front, lacking poster supplement for 22nd April. Some wear to spine, annotations and loss... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume XXX. Numbers 860-889. January 26th to December 1911. Illustrated. Bound in green cloth, gilt title to spine. Complete with title and contents pages bound in at front, lacking poster supplement for 15th April. Signed bookplate to inside front cover of B.J. Wakley. Front internal hinge broken, breaking to page block with odd page detached, splitting to spine, otherwise in generally good condition. A rarer issue.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume I (New Series). Numbers 1-30 (27th January to 14th December 1912). Complete with trimmed title and contents pages bound in to rear, lacking advertising supplement for 18th May. Illustrated. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Staining and fading to covers and spine, small loss to pp 141/2 otherwise internally in good condition. A rarer issue.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume II (New Series). Numbers 31-60 (18th January to 17th December 1913). Complete with title and contents pages bound in to front. Illustrated. Bound in green cloth with gilt title to spine. Slight breaking to front internal hinge, odd page becoming detached, otherwise in good condition. A rarer issue.... View full lot details