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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. Prince’s Trust XI v Rest of the World XI cricket match played at Edgbaston in July 1989. Gifford was the Manager of the Prince’s Trust XI. A Prince’s Trust XI sleeveless cricket sweater with embroidered emblem and name to chest, a ‘Stuart Crystal’ decanter with inscription and cricketing decoration presented to Gifford, 10” tall and a mono press photograph of Gifford being presented with the decanter at the... View full lot details

Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. ‘Garry Sobers- My Autobiography’. G. Sobers. London 2002. Nicely signed and dedicated to Gifford by Sobers to title page and a miniature cricket bat which records Garry Sobers career details with two printed images, again signed and dedicated to Gifford by Sobers,VG... View full lot details

Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. ‘The Centenary Banquet’. Official menu for the South African Cricket Centenary 1889-1989 Banquet held on the 8th March 1989. The menu, with cord tie, signed to inside pages by cricketers titled ‘The South African Golden Oldies and by the International Wanderers who attended the Dinner. Twenty four signatures including Procter, G. Pollock, McKenzie, Van de Bijl, Short, Fletcher, Amiss, B. Laird, A. Mallett, L.Cairns, Shuttleworth, Gifford, G. McKenzie,... View full lot details

Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. Three original press photographs featuring Gifford during his playing days with Warwickshire, two are of the Warwickshire team with Gifford as Captain, players include Small, Old, Smith, Kallicharran, Humpage etc and the other photograph of a group of four players including Gifford, A. Donald and Small. Sold with two official autograph sheets for the England tour of West Indies in 2004, fifteen signatures to each including Vaughan, Anderson,... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England, 1893-1920. Albert Craig. ‘Cricket Rhymester’ 1896. Original single-sided printed card of a poem by Craig titled ‘Welcome Back Again. His Highness the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (Prince Ranjitsinhji). The “Master Hand” scores 141 not out at Lords in the Middlesex v. Sussex Match. June 1908’. Immediately below the title is a handwritten annotation in ink ‘Increased to 153 (not out) next day, in addition to... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England, 1893-1920. Original two page printed letter on Jamnagar Palace official letterhead dated 20th August 1910 with handwritten salutation to ‘My dear Thakorsahib’ and the signature ‘Ranjitsinhji, Nawanagar’ in ink with other annotations. The letter relates to a fundraising campaign for the restoration of a sacred Hindu temple ‘dedicated to the God “Shiva”... situated amongst the “Fuleshwer Hills”’. Ranji is asking for subscriptions, donations and permission... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Official single sided menu card for the Dinner hosted by Ranjitsinhji at the Norfolk Hotel, Brighton on the 23rd May 1899. Hotel emblem to top with menu printed below. Originally from the collection of C.L. Townsend, whose copy this was. 3.5”x5.75”. Previously sold by Knights in 2012. Some foxing otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original telegram from Ranjitsinghji to A.J. Gaston dated 7th May 1903. The message reads ‘Require article by Saturday morning. Will write your terms fully. Ranjitsinhji’. The page brittle with edges tatty, age toning, overall in fair condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England, 1893-1920. Interesting two page handwritten letter in ink written on Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield letterhead and dated 12th June 1906. Writing to ‘S.M. Fraser, News Editor’, Ranji regrets that ‘my photographs of Lord Curzon & those of his staff taken at Calais have proved failures, owing to defective films which evidently got spoilt owing to the heat in India’ and therefore cannot be used ‘in... View full lot details

Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji. Sussex & England 1895-1920. Early original mono real photograph postcard of Ranjitsinhji standing full length at the crease in batting pose. Nicely signed in black ink to the front lower border ‘Ranjitsinhji’. Wrench Series no. 1379 c.1903. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Ranji standing full length in batting pose at the wicket. Printed title ‘H.H. The Jam Sahib’ with diamond ‘F’ logo for Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Three early sepia postcards of Ranji. Two are mono real photographs, one of Ranji in batting pose at the wicket, Rotophot/ Thiele series no. 7257, crease to one corner, minor silvering. The other of Ranji in fielding pose taking a catch, Hartmann series no. 1371 titled ‘Well Caught’. Both postally unused. Also a sepia postcard of Ranji in batting pose, Wrench Series no. 1379.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England, 1893-1920. ‘Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, (K.S. Ranjitsinhji.) The Leg Glance’. Mono postcard on printed green background from an original photograph by G.W. Beldam of Ranjitsinhji, full length, in batting pose. ‘Famous Batsmen. In the Open’ series no. 6450 of six cards, first published by Raphael Tuck & Son in 1907. Postally unused. Sold with a colour postcard of Ranji in batting pose, title ‘K.S. Ranjitsinhji,... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England, 1893-1920. A selection of twenty one early cigarette and trade cards, each featuring Ranji, all loose mounted to three large pages, some with additional duplicates displaying the verso. Issues include W.D. & H.O. Wills ‘Cricketers’ 1896 (rare), ‘50 Cricketers’ 1901 no. 21, ‘50 Vanity Fair 1st Series’ 1902 no. 21, and ‘3rd Series’ 1902. Ogden’s Guinea Golds ‘Large Machette’ 1899, Overseas Issue 1899, Guinea Golds... View full lot details

Ranjitsinhji. Three biographies of Ranji, two signed by the author. Signed titles are ‘The Land of Ranji and Duleep, with preface by H.H. The Maharaja of Jam Sahib of Nawangar’, C.A. Kincaid, Edinburgh 1931. Original hardback. Dustwrapper with some wear. Signed and dedicated in ink to front endpaper by Kincaid, 27th August 1945. Good condition. ‘Ranji. Maharajah of Connemara’, Anne Chambers, Dublin 2002. Softback, signed by the author. Sold with ‘Migrant Races. Empire, identity and... View full lot details

Ranjitsinhji. ‘Nawanagar and its Critics being a critical examination and review of “The Inside View of the Administration of the State of Nawanagar of Prince Ranji (Published by the Secretary of the Indian States’ Peoples’ Conference)’. Published by the Nawanagar State, The Times of India Press, Bombay 1929. 213pp book in stiffened card wrappers, blue cloth spine. Compiled to defend the princely state of Nawanagar, and counter allegations of mismanagement and autocracy levelled against its... View full lot details

Ranjitsinhji. ‘The Biography of Colonel His Highness Jam Saheb of Nawanagar’. Roland Wild. London, first edition 1934. Handsomely rebound in half calf and marbled boards, raised bands and gilts to spine. Padwick 7983. Sold with ‘Ranji Prince of Cricketers’, Alan Ross, London 1983. Good dustwrapper. Signed letter slipped in with additional notes from the author to the late vendor. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

Ranjitsinhji. ‘The Book of the Thames, from its Rise to its Fall’. Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Hall. Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., London, first edition 1859. Handsomely rebound in half calf and cloth boards, raised bands and gilts to spine, marbled endpapers, gilt to all page edges. Illustrated throughout the text with some 140 woodcuts. From Ranji’s collection with bookplate of ‘Maharahja Jam Shri Sir Ranjitsinghji Vibhaji’ to front endpaper, handwritten inscription in ink to... View full lot details

Ranjitsinhji. ‘An Atlas of the Progress in Nawanagar State. Accomplished since the accession in March 1907, of Lieutentant-Colonel his Highness Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar’ containing twenty-one charts and maps with text. John De La Valette. London 1931. Original red and yellow boards. Signed and inscribed by the author to front end paper, ‘To Tom Salt, in Friendship from John De La Valette’ and dated 27th July 1933. Minor wear to... View full lot details

Ranjitsinhji. ‘Ranji. A Centenary Album’. Vasant Raiji. Bombay 1972. Original decorative gold stiffened board wrappers. Minor creasing to board extremities otherwise in good condition. Sold with ‘Jamnagar. A Sketch of its Ruler and its Administration’, numerous photographic plates including city views and portraits. Naoroja M. Dumasia. Bombay 1927. Original blue cloth with ornate gilt decoration and title to front and spine. Minor worm damage to front board and final few pages, otherwise in very good... View full lot details

‘The Jubilee Book of Cricket’. K.S. Ranjitsinhji. Edinburgh 1897. Limited edition of 350 copies signed by Ranjitsinhji, this being number 99. Hand made paper, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original oatmeal cloth covers. Padwick 467. Soiling and bumping to covers, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

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Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England, 1893-1920. Large original sepia photograph of Ranji at the wicket in batting pose looking directly at the camera. The photograph measures 7.75”x10.75”, laid to photographer’s mount, overall 8.75”x11.75”. Photographer unknown. Loss and creasing to mount corners, the photograph in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Early original sepia cabinet card photograph taken after a shooting party on the Glebe Estate, Methwold, Norfolk. Ranjitsinghji is depicted seated cross-legged to the centre. The photograph by Messrs. Stearn of Cambridge is undated but probably c.1907. 6.5”x4.25”. Included is a modern copy photograph from the same shooting party. Minor soiling to the cabinet card, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Excellent original sepia photograph of Ranjitsinhji in casual pose wearing suit and tie, seated in an armchair holding a magazine in front of a fireplace. The unmounted photograph, probably taken at Ranjitsinhji’s country house at Shillinglee Park in West Sussex, with blind embossed logo of Vandyk of London laid to verso, measures 11.25”x8.5”. Some age toning to the photograph, small loss to right edge... View full lot details

‘Ranjitsinhji 3d Cigar’. Large heavy cast iron cigar cutter, the metal top with portrait of Ranjitsinhji, head and shoulders, wearing cap, blazer and tie with the wording ‘’Ranjitsinhji 3d Cigar’ to side. Wind-up mechanical mechanism beneath. ‘Patent number. Feb 19 1889’ to base, with grooved match striker to side. Made by the Erie Specialty Co, Erie, Pennsylvania USA. Workings rusted and broken. Wear and loss of colour to the wording and image of Ranjitsinhji otherwise... View full lot details

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Cricket ephemera from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. An interesting collection of signed letters to Curtis from officials at various cricket, rugby and football clubs including Geoffrey Howard, Surrey 1966, Billy Griffth, Lords 1967, Jack Wood, Lancashire 1968, Leslie Deakins, Warwickshire 1967, Jimmy Hill, Coventry City F.C. 1966. Matthew Engel, Editor, Wisden 1997 etc. Also a good selection of Curtis’ typed ‘crib sheets’, scripts, articles photographs and cuttings, some... View full lot details

Cricket and actors orders of service 1976-2011. Four orders of service for Ken Barrington, Southwark Cathedral 1981, Brian Johnston, Westminster Abbey 1994 (with accompanying printed poem eulogy by Richard Stilgoe), and two actors, Martin Boddy, founder of The Lord’s Taverners, St. John’s Wood Church 1976, and Trevor Bannister, Putney Vale Crematorium 2011. From the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Lord’s Taverners 1950s-1970s. Box comprising a good selection of programmes, menus, scorecards and the odd photograph relating to Lord’s Taverners events, from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. Includes an original pen and ink artwork of caricatures of attendees at the ‘Lord’s Taverners Leicester Inaugural Luncheon’, 20th November 1975, signed by seventeen including Fred Rumsey, Reg Simpson, Ray Illingworth, Ben Brocklehurst, Jack Birkenshaw, Alan Curtis, Graham McKenzie, Tony Swainson etc.... View full lot details

Australian tours to England 1968-1975. Three official Australian autograph sheets for the tours to England in 1968, 1972 and the World Cup 1975. Signatures include Lawry, I. Chappell, Cowper, Hawke, Inverarity, Mallett, Renneberg, Redpath, Walters, Stackpole, Gleeson, Lillee, Marsh, Sheahan, G. Chappell, Gilmour, McCosker, Thomson, Walker etc. Sold with a colour printed photograph of Kim Hughes in batting action, signed by Hughes. From the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. Some... View full lot details

Lord’s Taverners 1960s/1970s. A selection of eleven signed letters from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer, relating to Curtis’ involvement with Lord’s Taverners charity fundraising matches and events. Notable is one from Colin Cowdrey thanking Curtis and the Lord’s Taverners committee for their congratulations on Kent winning the County Championship in 1970. Others include replies to invitations to play in matches from Don Kenyon, Stanley Baker, Bob Gale and Jack... View full lot details

England tour to West Indies 1985/86. Two copies of official England autograph sheets for the tour to West Indies in 1986. Both sheets fully signed by all twenty one listed members of the touring party. Signatures include Gower (Captain), Gatting, Botham, Downton, Ellison, Foster, French, Gooch, Lamb, Willey etc. Light creasing and minor staining to one sheet, otherwise in good condition. Sold with an official Christmas card for the ‘England Tour of Australia 1978-79’ signed... View full lot details

India tour to England 1990. Sachin Tendulkar’s first overseas tour. Official colour photograph of the Indian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. The photograph signed in ink by eighteen members of the touring party. Players’ signatures include Azharuddin (Captain), Shastri, Kapil Dev, Tendulkar, Sidhu, Hirwani, Prabhakar, More, Manjrekar, Kumble, Mongia, Vengsarkar etc. 10”x8”. From the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer with annotation to verso. Good condition.... View full lot details

England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval 1968. Three different original mono press photographs of the closing moments of the deciding 5th Ashes Test at the Oval, all with the England players fielding in close with Derek Underwood bowling. Two depict different views of the dismissal of Graham McKenzie for the eighth wicket, caught by Dave Brown at short leg off the bowling of Underwood. The third shows the iconic moment when Underwood took the... View full lot details

Cricket photographs from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer, 1960s/1970s. A large selection of original photographs including seventeen original mono press photographs of which three are signed by the featured players, some with dedication ‘To Alan’. Signatures are Basil D’Oliveira, Garry Sobers, Colin Cowdrey and Brian Close. Others unsigned feature Ray Illingworth, Alan Knott, Ashley Mallett, with other subjects including charity matches, a flooded pitch at The Oval, crowd scenes,... View full lot details

Lord’s and The Oval wartime and 1940s scorecards. A good selection of forty one scorecards from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer, all (with two exceptions) for matches played at Lord’s and The Oval covering internationals, county and representative matches. Lord’s wartime scorecards include England v Australia 29th May 1944, 19th- 22nd May 1945, 14th July 1945 and 6th- 8th August 1945, v Dominions 25th- 28th August 1945, Oxford v... View full lot details

Cricket scorecards 1950s-1960s from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. A large selection of some 140 official scorecards covering Test, tour, county and representative matches. One, for the tour match, Surrey v Australians, The Oval 1956, is signed by Jim Laker who took 10/88 in the first innings, and Tony Lock who took 7/49 in the second. The signatures faded but legible. England Test match scorecards include v Australia The... View full lot details

Cricket scorecards 1970s-1990s. A large selection of over two hundred official scorecards from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer, covering Test, tour, one day international, county and representative matches. Test, one day international and tour series scorecards include Australia 1972, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985. India 1971, 1974, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990. New Zealand 1973, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1994. Pakistan 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982. South Africa 1994, 1998. West... View full lot details

Prudential Cricket World Cup scorecards 1975-1983. Fourteen official scorecards from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. Matches from the 1975 tournament are England v India Lord’s, Australia v West Indies (Lord’s final, West Indies won by 17 runs). From 1979, England v Australia Lord’s, Australia v Pakistan Trent Bridge, England v New Zealand Old Trafford, England v West Indies (Lord’s final, West Indies won by 92 runs). From 1983, West... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1965 & 1971. Two signed official scorecards from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer, both with complete printed scores, one for Surrey v Middlesex, Gillette Cup semi-final, The Oval 14th July 1965. Surrey won by five wickets. Signed by twelve members of the Surrey team, the majority of whom played in the match. Signatures are Stewart (Captain), Pocock, Edrich, Gibson, Storey, Barrington, Arnold, Long, Harman, Smith, Tindall and... View full lot details

Graham Gooch record 333 & 123. England v India. Lord’s 1990. Official scorecard from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer, with complete handwritten scores and heavily annotated in Curtis’ own hand, for the Lord’s Test match 26th- 31st July 1990 in which Gooch scored 333 and 123. Signed by all five centurions in the match, Gooch, Allan Lamb (139), Robin Smith (100no) for England, Mohammad Azharuddin (121) and Ravi Shastri... View full lot details

Cricket programmes, benefit and souvenir brochures, annuals, first day covers 1960s-1980s. A good selection from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. Some items signed including brochures and programmes for Lord’s Taverners v Old England’, Trent Bridge 1968, signed to inside page by Harold Larwood. A Cunard brochure for the Pat Pocock Benefit Boxing Evening 1977, signed to inside by seven including Tony Greig, John Snow, Godfrey Evans, John Edrich, Jim... View full lot details

Lord’s Finals 1967-1995. A good collection of official programmes and scorecards for Lord’s Finals of County cup competitions from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. Includes a complete run of fourteen Gillette Cup Final programmes 1967-1980 (final year), with official scorecards for 1963-1965, 1967-1969, 1971-1980. Benson & Hedges Cup Final programmes for 1972, 1974-1976, 1979-1983, 1985, 1986, 1988-1992, and official scorecards for 1972-1976, 1978-1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993-1995. NatWest... View full lot details

Sporting and other programmes 1940s-1990s. A selection of seventeen official programmes (one exception), covering sporting and other events, from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. Eleven programmes are for sporting events including rowing, ‘pirate’ programme for the 1946 Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, Shrewsbury Open Regatta 1952. Wrestling at Lincoln 1951, Colwyn Bay 1960. Tennis, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships 1956 first day, Davis Cup Great Britain v Romania 1969. Horse... View full lot details

Cricket and football Charity, League and Cup programmes 1950/51 onwards. A selection of fourteen official programmes from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. Includes two charity/ benefit match programmes for T.V. All Stars XI v Speedway Riders XI, Morden, Surrey 27th March 1960, and Arnold Long (Surrey cricket) and Peter Bonetti (Chelsea F.C.) Benefit cricket and football match 21st July 1971 (with annotations). Others are Shrewsbury Town 1952/53 F.A.... View full lot details

Rugby Union and League programmes 1940s-1960s. Thirty official match programmes from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer. Includes one Rugby League programme for Wakefield Trinity v Wigan, Challenge Cup Final, Wembley 4th May 1946. The remainder are Rugby Union, earlier programmes include British Empire v France, Richmond, 28th April 1945, five Guy’s Hospital programmes from 1944/45 (2) and 1945/46 (3), St. Mary’s Hospital v Coventry 1945/46, London Welsh v Rosslyn... View full lot details

‘George Hirst Benefit Match 1904’. George Herbert Hirst. Yorkshire & England 1891-1929 and Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire & England 1898-1930. Unusual Wood & Hulme of Burslem commemorative mug featuring both players. To front, ‘George H. Hirst, Yorkshire’s Celebrated All Round Cricketer. Hirst’s Benefit Aug 1st 1904’ with vignette of Hirst in batting pose and to verso ‘Wilfred Rhodes, Yorkshire’s Celebrated Bowler’ with vignette of Rhodes in bowling pose to reverse. Approx 4” high. The mug with... View full lot details

Herbert Sutcliffe, Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Circular commemorative transfer printed ‘Baby’s Plate’ for ‘Herbert Sutcliffe World’s Record Maker, 4 Centuries in 5 Test Matches’ with vignette of Sutcliffe in batting pose. With ‘England and Australia Test records [for] 1924-1925-26. No of Innings 16. Runds- 1206. Average 80.40’ to base. No makers stamp to base but probably by W. Ellis Moorcroft of Bramley. 7” diameter. Some wear and loss to gold lustre to rim, some wear... View full lot details

The Ashes’ England v Australia 1953. Magnificent Royal Worcester bone china plate produced by the factory to commemorate the Ashes series in England 1953. The plate bears the printed signatures in gold of the England and the Australian touring teams plus an image of the Ashes urn. Signatures include Hutton, Compton, May, Evans, Wardle, Laker, Lock, Trueman, Statham, Bedser, Hassett, Miller, Lindwall, Johnston, Davidson, Harvey, Benaud, Tallon, Morris etc. The plate measures approx 10.5” diameter... View full lot details

Australia 1968. Royal Worcester bone china plate produced by the factory to commemorate the Australian tour of England in 1968. The plate bears the printed signatures in gold of the Australia touring team visiting Worcester for the opening match of the tour. The plate measures approx 10.5” diameter with signatures in gold to centre with decorative gold edging to rim. To reverse is the Royal Worcester mark with title ‘Australia Touring Side. England 1968’.... View full lot details

Doulton Lambeth stoneware tyg. Large and impressive three handled tyg with three moulded relief vignettes of cricketers, a batsman, a fielder and wicket keeper in white on a brown background, the sides highly decorated with impressed floral motifs, the handles in the form of cricket bats, balls, each with a boater to top. Approximately 6” tall. Incised to base with Doulton Lambeth and makers marks for Mary Lilley and Annie Gentle, junior assistants and dated... View full lot details

Sydney Francis Barnes, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, England & Wales 1894-1930. A commemorative side plate with colour transfer printed vignette of Barnes stood at the wicket in bowling pose to centre, with inscription ‘Syd. F. Barnes-Famous International Bowler’ and below this a printed shield stating ‘Brilliant bowling by Barnes-obtained six wickets for 24 runs. The English team in Australia 1908’. The plate with ribbed outer border and gilt lustre to edge. 8” diameter. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

‘Good for Fifty’ Royal Doulton Black Boy saucer, entitled ‘Good for Fifty’ printed with a boy in red shirt and a floppy hat in batting pose in front of the wicket to centre. Green floral decoration to edge. 5.5” diameter. Doulton backstamp and number ‘E4336’ to base. c1907. Good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

‘Out for a Duck’. A Royal Doulton Black Boy dinner plate, entitled ‘Out for a Duck’ printed with a boy in red shirt and a floppy hat swinging the bat and being bowled out, the wicket broken. Green floral decoration to outer rim. 10.5” diameter. Doulton backstamp and number ‘D2864’ to base. Circa 1907. Good/very condition. A rarer ‘Black Boy’ title in lovely condition... View full lot details

‘Ready for Chances’. A Royal Doulton Black Boy dinner plate, entitled ‘Ready for Chances’ printed with a boy in red shirt, yellow waistcoat and a floppy hat crouched awaiting a catch (as if in the slips). Green floral decoration to inner and outer rim. 9.5” diameter. Doulton backstamp and number ‘D2864’ to base. Odd very minor marks otherwise in good/very good condition. A rarer ‘Black Boy’ title... View full lot details

‘Out for a Duck’ Royal Doulton Black Boy saucer, entitled ‘Out for a Duck’ printed with a boy in red shirt and a floppy hat in batting pose having attempted a big shot, looking back to see the ball hit his wicket. Green floral decoration to edge. 5.5” diameter. Doulton backstamp and number ‘E4336’ to base. c1907. Good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

‘There’s Style’. Royal Doulton Black Boy miniature two handled bulbous pot, with printed image of a boy in red shirt and a floppy hat in batting pose in front of the wicket to one side and to the other, a crest with ‘The All Black Team’. Green floral decoration to outer rim and handles. 1.75” tall. Doulton backstamp to base. Circa 1907. Good/very good condition. A very scarce and rarely seen ‘Black Boy’ miniature ceramic... View full lot details

‘Next Man In’. A small Royal Doulton Black Boy mug or tankard, entitled ‘Next Man In’ printed, to one side, with a boy cricketer in red shirt, grey trousers and a floppy hat, sitting on his bat, waiting to go in, to verso, the crest ‘The All Black Team’. Green floral decoration to outer rim, handle decorated in green. 2.75” tall. Circa 1907. Doulton backstamp and number ‘E4336’ to base. A rarer ‘Black Boy’... View full lot details

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Westerwald stoneware cricket beaker, moulded in relief with three cameo panels of a batsman, after W.G. Grace, in different poses. The body highly decorated with vine and sprig decoration in cobalt blue on a grey background, with the figures highlighted in blue. Cobalt blue rings to rim and to foot. Approx 5.5” tall. German circa 1890. Some slight loss of the blue to the decoration of the figures otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

‘The Imps Cricket Match’. Allertons 9” diameter plate with imps playing cricket... View full lot details

Hedley Verity. Yorkshire & England, 1930-39. W. Ellis of Bramley commemorative mug for ‘Hedley Verity, England’s Famous Spin Bowler’ with vignette of Verity in bowling pose. Verity’s ‘England and Australian Test Records’ to verso, ten wickets v Warwickshire 1931 and ten wickets v Nottinghamshire 1932 ‘including the Hat Trick’ and creating World Record figures of 19.4 overs, 16 maidens, 10 wickets for ten runs’. Stamps to base. Approximately 4” high. Some wear to gilt lustre... View full lot details

Royal Doulton ‘Bunnykins’ cricketing figures. Selection of five, ‘Out for a Duck’, ‘Bowler’, ‘Wicket-keeper’, ‘Batsman’ and ‘Umpire Bunnykins’. All Limited edition figure. All round 4.25’ tall. Very good condition... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Original Coalport porcelain plate commemorating W.G. Grace’s Century Of Centuries 1895, decorated in blue with central portrait of Grace and dates of each individual century and who scored against radiating out from the centre. With plain semi-gadrooned rim. 9” diameter. Coalport stamp and ‘In Commemoration of Dr W.G. Grace’s Century of Centuries 1866-1895’ in blue to back. Hairline crack to back of the plate which is noticeable to the front too otherwise... View full lot details

‘W.G. Grace’ England v Australia 1896. Royal Doulton bone china plate. The plate shows Grace batting and was produced from an original engraving. Collectors Gallery Edition 1998. Limited edition 262/7500. Sold with a similar plate ‘The History of the Ashes’. Coalport Collectors Gallery Edition plate featuring the game played at the Oval in 1882. Both 10.5” diameter. Both limited editions of 7500. Plus a Coalport plate ‘Centenary of Test Cricket at Old Trafford 1984’. Coalport... View full lot details

‘The Boss’. Kinsella porcelain caricature spill vase of a young boy dressed as an Umpire in white coat wearing a white floppy hat. Printed title below spill vase. ‘Copyright 482317’ to base. German, circa early 1900’s. Approximately 5.5” tall. Damage with small loss to top of one of the sprigs of foliage to rear of figure, some chipping with small loss to the floppy hat otherwise in good condition. A rarer Kinsella figure... View full lot details

Taunton Cider. Large Wade cider mug decorated with cricket scenes to front and back in red. Produced in 1993 in a limited edition of 500. Reproduced from a 19th century original in the Taunton Cider collection. Sold with a Franklin porcelain ceramic tankard entitled ‘The Ashes Tankard 1882-1982’. Depicting Grace and Barlow batting, Barlow bowled by Spofforth for a duck, 6.5” high. Both in very good condition... View full lot details

Cricket mugs/tankards. Small Staffordshire 3” waisted cricket mug with strap handle and beaded rim, with cream background and three raised figures in white of a batsman, bowler and wicket keeper, believed to be Lillywhite, Pilch and Box. c1870. Silver lustre floral decoration between figures. Hairline crack, very minor ship to edge otherwise in good condition. Sold with a Jasper Ware cricket tankard green/grey ceramic tankard produced to commemorate Worcestershire’s County Championship win in 1964. Good... View full lot details

New Zealand 1973. Royal Worcester bone china plate produced by the factory to commemorate the New Zealand tour of England in 1973. The plate bears the printed signatures in gold of the New Zealand touring team visiting Worcester for the opening match of the tour. Signatures include Congdon, G.Turner, Parker, Collinge, Hadlee, Pollard, Howarth, Anderson etc. The plate measures approx 10.5” diameter with signatures in gold to centre with decorative gold edging to rim and... View full lot details

Village cricket bowl. Staffordshire 19th century bowl, transfer printed in black with three scenes of village cricket, with church and tents to background, floral and oak leaf inner rim decoration. Hand coloured in green, burgundy, and yellow. Approximately 6” diameter, 3.5” tall. c1850’s/60’s. Three hairline cracks to sides, some wear to rim, discolouration and wear to base with minor chips, odd minor faults otherwise in good condition for its age. Sold with a selection... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire, London County & England 1870-1904. Very large and imposing, head and shoulders, bust of Grace sporting a forked beard and wearing a cricket shirt by artist William Henry Tyler SC (fl. 1880-1893). The plaster of Paris bust, produced in 1888, stands on a joined plinth and overall measures approx 32” tall, width: shoulders 24”, back to front 13”. Inscribed to back of bust ‘W. Tyler. SC. 1888’. The bust might well... View full lot details

W.G. Grace. Original cast iron circular public house table with circular wooden top, supported by three legs, moulded with portrait busts of Grace wearing cricket cap to top of each leg with imprinted initials ‘W.G’ above, and decorative pierced apron centred by rosettes, lacking one rosette. Circular pierced iron shelf attached to legs. Maker’s name and registration mark to inside of each leg evident but indecipherable. Probably c.1890’s. The table stands 29.5” tall and the... View full lot details

Len Hutton. Ceramic figure of Hutton, head and shoulders, wearing England cap produced for the 5th Annual Dinner of the Endon & District Cricket Club held in 1955. Maker unknown. Very good condition... View full lot details

Lindfield’. Small ‘Arcadian china’ souvenir ewer with cricket crest of Lindfield. 2.5” tall. Lustre to rim. G... View full lot details

Cricket ceramics etc. Selection, a ‘Hambledon Vineyard’ trinket tray with the coat of Arms and familiar bats and stumps to centre, 5”x3.75”, a M.C.C. Bicentenary ashtray with crossed bats, an image of Thomas Lord and 1787-1987, a wooden match older/striker with bat and ball design to side 4”x1.5” and a block paperweight with broken stumps, bails and ball suspended to inside. 2.5” square. Good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details

‘W.G. Grace’?. Large modern figure of a bearded batsman wearing a blue and red hooped cap with bat and gloves in hands. The figure stands on grass base and signed ‘Peter Mook 98’. Approx 14.5” tall. VG... View full lot details

Arthur Appleby. Lancashire 1866-1887. An attractive silver plated vesta case presented to Appleby by the Enfield Cricket Club in 1893. The oblong case with inscription to side ‘Presented to Arthur Appleby Esq by the Enfield Cricket Club on the occasion of his 50th Birthday, July 22nd 1893’. To verso is floral decoration with a shield to centre. The case measures 1.5”x2.25” and is in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Victorian cricket buttons c.1890s. Excellent set of six Victorian brass cricket shirt buttons each with enamel image of a cricketer. One of the buttons appears to depict Lord Hawke in batting pose, the others of bowlers, fielders and a wicket-keeper. In tatty and worn original presentation box. Good condition... View full lot details

W.G. Grace. Two glass paperweights depicting Grace, one, oval and produced by ‘Past Times’ wearing M.C.C. cap, 4” long and the other by Royal Doulton, circular in form showing Grace at the wicket. 2.75” diameter. Both in original boxes. Good condition... View full lot details

Ronald Thomas Stanyforth. Yorkshire, M.C.C. and England 1928-1933. Silver hallmarked cigarette case presented to Stanyforth by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester at Christmas 1921. The case engraved to gilt inside ‘Ronald from Henry. Xmas 1921’. Hallmarked for London 1918 and makers mark for Alexander Clark of London. The case with Stanyforth’s initials to one side and to the other Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester’s monogram. To edge of the case is the inscribed wording Clark,... View full lot details

Sussex County Cricket Club pin badge. The silver and marcasite badge with Sussex emblem of the six martlets with ‘S.C.C.C.’ below. Silver hallmarks for 1975. Complete with safety chain. 1.25”x1.5”. Lacking odd marcasite pieces to the badge otherwise in good condition. An unusual badge... View full lot details

Cricket clock. A Victorian brass mantel clock. The case in the form of a set of stumps with crossed bats and ball on an oval naturalistic case base with bun feet. Dial with gilded centre. Approximately 6.5” high by 5” wide. British Union Clock Company stamp impressed to back. Good condition. Appears to be in working order (un-tested)... View full lot details

Cricket ball inkwell. Leather cricket ball ink well, well made with seam and stitched quarters. The ball, mounted on three ball feet, is split and hinged and opens to reveal a silver metal liner with an original glass ink well. Approximately 2.75” circumference. Some wear and the odd stain to ball otherwise in good working condition... View full lot details

Robertson Golden Shred. Two metal golly cricketing lapel pin badges, each with maker’s name to verso for Fattorini of Birmingham. 1.5” tall. Sold with a similar paper golly label, 2” tall. Good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details

Yorkshire cricket pin badges 1940s-1980s. Robertson’s Golden Shred golly pin badge titled ‘Yorkshire’ c.1950s. 1948 Australian issue of Test Cricketers badge of Norman Yardley. ‘Australia v England 1950- 1951 Test Tour’, two badges issued by The Argus & Australasian Post, one of Brian Close in very good condition, the other of Len Hutton with surface wear. Eighteen 1983 player pin badges featuring Stevenson, Dennis, Moxon, Carrick, Sidebottom, Bairstow, Athey, Lumb, Love, Sharp, Illingworth, Rhodes, Boycott,... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of India 1963/64. Large silver plated round salver presented to M.C.C. Secretary Billy Griffith by the India Cricket Board. Inscription to centre reads ‘To Mr S.C. Griffith, Secretary , Marylebone Cricket Club, London from The President and Members of The Board of Control for Cricket in India, New Delhi, 9th February 1964. Floral decoration to the outer rim. 12.5” diameter. The salver made by Vummidiar of Madras. Good/very good condition. Previously sold by... View full lot details

Cecil Geoffrey Howard. Middlesex 1930 (3 matches). M.C.C. tour to Pakistan 1955-56. A pair of silver gilt cufflinks with enamel decoration in M.C.C. colours in diagonal bands, presented to Howard as Manager of the tour. Each cufflink engraved ‘C.G.H. Pakistan 55-56’ and the other ‘silver’ to verso. In original presentation box with the maker’s name ‘The Goldsmith & Silversmith Company Ltd, Regent Street, London to inside lining of the box G/VG... View full lot details

Dermot Alexander Reeve. Sussex, Warwickshire & England 1983-1996. John Player League 1985. Original silver metal Runner-Up medal awarded to Reeve playing for Sussex who finished in second position to Essex in the 1985 competition by two points. 1.75”x2”. In original presentation case. Sold with a signed note of provenance from Reeve. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Dermot Alexander Reeve. Sussex, Warwickshire & England 1983-1996. National Westminster Bank Trophy ‘Winners’ 1993. A silver metal medallion, present to Reeve at the Nat West Final at Lords, engraved ‘Winners at Lord’s, Sussex v Warwickshire, 4th September 1993’. Reeve score 81 and took two wicket for sixty runs. In original presentation case. Good condition... View full lot details

Derek William Randall. Nottinghamshire & England 1972-1993. Benson & Hedges Cup 1988. Original gilt metal ‘Gold Award’ (Man of the Match) medal awarded to Randall playing for Nottinghamshire against Worcestershire, in the Group B match at Worcester, 11th May 1988. 2” diameter. In official presentation case. One side a little tarnished otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

David Mark Smith. Surrey, Sussex, Worcestershire & England 1973-1994. National Westminster Bank Trophy 1989. Original gilt metal ‘Man of the Match’ medal awarded to Smith playing for Sussex against Berkshire, in the 1st round match at Hove, 28th June 1989. 2” diameter. In official presentation case. Good condition... View full lot details

David Mark Smith. Surrey, Sussex, Worcestershire & England 1973-1994. National Westminster Bank Trophy 1993. Original gilt metal ‘Man of the Match’ medal awarded to Smith playing for Sussex against Hampshire, in the second round match at Hove, 7th July 1993. 2” diameter. In presentation case with glass to both sides. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

David Mark Smith. Surrey, Sussex, Worcestershire & England 1973-1994. National Westminster Bank Trophy 1994. Original gilt metal ‘Man of the Match’ medal awarded to Smith playing for Sussex against Scotland, in the preliminary round match at Hove, 26th April 1994. 2” diameter. In original presentation case. Sold with a signed note of provenance from Smith. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

‘Averages. Gentlemen & Players’. Oblong shaped brass belt buckle with title to top and two lists of the Gentlemen and the Players averages below. The Gentlemen players listed are W.G. Grace 57.3, W. Yardley 32.8, A.N. Hornby 31.4, F.E.R. Fryer 27, C.J.Ottaway 18.4 and C.I. Thornton 11.16 and on the Players side J. Selby 41.8, R. Daft 34.11, H. Charlwood 28.9, E. Lockwood 25.7, R. Humphrey 23.36 and H. Jupp 21.30. Bat and ball... View full lot details

‘Cricketers at Play’. Oblong shaped brass belt buckle with scene of a bowler bowling to a batsman with wicket-keeper behind the stumps, circa 1860/70’s. Decorative border. Approximately 2.75”x1.75”. Good condition. Sold with a further small brass clasp decorated with cricket bats, stumps and tents and two brass cricket motifs used to decorate and enhance belt buckles, one with a batsman at the wicket and one with bat, ball and stumps (part broken from this... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. An excellent oblong shaped belt buckle in silver metal overlaid with soft gilt metal to centre, decorated with bats and sets of stumps to silver metal and the central image with Union jack flag intertwined with an anchor on a cord. This buckle was made as a tradesman’s sample. Circa 1870. Approximately 3”x1.5”. The buckle in bright mint unused original condition and loosely mounted to card by thread with ref number ‘12302G’... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. An excellent oblong shaped belt buckle in soft gilt metal overlaid with silver metal feature to centre, the circular centre decorated with crossed bats stumps and ball over a cricket tent, the outer borders with attractive decorative design and beaded edge. This buckle was made as a tradesman’s sample. Circa 1870. Approximately 2.75”x2”. The buckle in bright mint unused original condition and loosely mounted to card by thread with ref number ‘1233GP’... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. An excellent oblong shaped belt buckle in soft gilt metal overlaid with silver metal feature to centre, the circular centre decorated with bat, stumps and ball within a laurel wreath, the outer borders with attractive decorative sun shaped impressions to all four corners. This buckle was made as a tradesman’s sample. Circa 1870. Approximately 2.5”x2”. The buckle in bright mint unused original condition and loosely mounted to card by thread with ref... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. An excellent oblong shaped belt buckle in soft gilt metal overlaid with silver metal feature to centre, the circular centre decorated with as a large cricket ball with seam within attractive decorative laurel wreath design, attractive borders. This buckle was made as a tradesman’s sample. Circa 1870. Approximately 2.75”x2”. The buckle in bright mint unused original condition and loosely mounted to card by thread with ref number ‘1229GP’ to paper piece below... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. An excellent oblong shaped interconnecting belt buckle in soft gilt metal, the oval shaped centre features a cricket match in progress with batsman and wicket-keeper with tent and tress to background, decorative surrounds. Circa 1870. Approximately 2.5”x1.75”. Slight loss to edge of metal on the clip otherwise in bright original condition, appears barely used... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. A large oval shaped belt buckle in brass featuring a cricket match in progress with batsman at the wicket striking the ball, a fielder is about to catch him out, a house and trees to background. Circa 1870. Approximately 3.25”x2.5”. The buckle with some wear otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Cricket belt. Early and complete material belt with oblong shaped brass belt buckle showing a bowler and batsman to centre with border decoration of cricket bats, balls, stumps, pads and gloves. The buckle measures approximately 2.25”x1.75”, the belt with colourful design running through it. Some wear and a little misshaped otherwise in good condition. The buckle in good condition, the belt showing signs of age and wearing. The belt and buckle appear to have been... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. A larger oblong shaped belt buckle in silver metal over mounted with a brass plate featuring a cricket team of eleven players with bats, balls and wickets, one fielder is throwing the ball in the air. Circa 1870. Approximately 3.5”x1.75”. The buckle with some wear otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. An oblong shaped belt buckle in silver metal with ornate decoration of crossed bats, crossed stumps and crown interwoven with laurel wreath decoration, large cricket ball to centre. Circa 1870. Approximately 1.5”x1.75”. Good bright condition... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckles. Three simple brass belt buckles decorated with crossed bats, ball and stumps to one, a batsman posed at the wicket with bat and ball and a further batsman leaning on his bat. One oblong 2.25”x1.75”, one circular, 2” diameter and one oval, 2”x2.25” buckles. Circa 1870. Good condition... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. An almost square shaped brass belt buckle with central figure of a bowler at the wicket to central circle with crossed bat decoration to borders. Circa 1870. Approximately 2.25” square. Good condition... View full lot details

Cricket belt buckle. An oblong shaped brass belt buckle with cricket ball and crossed bats to centre, a cricketer either side appear to be leaning on the ball and holding bats . Circa 1870. Approximately 2.5”x2”. Good condition... View full lot details

‘Our Game’. Cricket belt buckle. Two oblong shaped brass belt buckles, one with crossed bats within an oval to centre, balls sets of stumps and beaded border with title to base of the stumps ‘Our Game’. Modern wire fixing soldered to back otherwise in good condition. 2.25”x1.5”. The other buckle shows a cricket scene with bowler bowling to the batsman with fielders, cricket tent and trees to background, crickets and ball to lower border. Some... View full lot details