Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

‘The Cricketers of Vanity Fair’. Excellent collection of twenty seven original colour chromolithographs of cricketers, as listed by John Arlott in ‘The Cricketer’, August 1953 and J.W. Goldman’s additional list published in ‘The Cricketer’ in September 1953. The cricketers are Grace, Spofforth, Lord Harris, Bonnor, A. Lyttelton, Philipson, Lord Hawke, Fry, Baldwin, Lord Chelmsford, Ranjitsinhji, Jessop, Jephson, Abel, Jackson, Palairet, Warner, Bosanquet, Lord Dalmeny, Hayward, Tyldesley, Wells, Spencer Ponsonby and the rarer E.W. Dillon plus... View full lot details

Lord Hawke, Cambridge University, Yorkshire & England 1882-1912. Signed Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Hawke. ‘Yorkshire Cricket’. 24th September 1892 by SPY. Nicely signed by Hawke in black ink to lower right border. Some foxing to border and to a lesser extent the image, nick to left hand side page edge with small loss to edge otherwise in good condition. 10.5”x15.5”. Rarely seen in this signed form... View full lot details

‘The Test’ England v Australia 1909. Excellent large original pen and ink artwork by artist ‘A.S.M.’, showing the two opposing Captain’s Archie Maclaren of England and Monty Noble of Australia depicted running in a cross country race, both wearing athletics attire with spiked boots but wearing their Test caps on their heads, Maclaren, who has a large lion emblazoned to his running vest, appears to be in the lead with Noble following, two flags to... View full lot details

‘Sketches at Lord’s’. Large original lithograph sheet comprising four coloured lithographs of ‘Mr James Henry Dark, Proprietor of Lord’s Cricket Ground. Sketches at Lord’s No. 1, ‘The Umpire’ William Caldercourt. Sketches at Lord’s No. 2, ‘Hillyer. Born at Leybourne, Kent’. Sketches at Lords No. 3 and ‘Martingell. Born at Nutfield, Surrey 1818’. Sketches at Lords No. 4. Published by John Corbet Anderson and Frederick Lillywhite on 1st March 1852 and printed by John C. Anderson.... View full lot details

‘Cricket Match’. An early print from an original sketch on a pale blue wash background depicting a cricket match in progress, assumed to be a school match on an Oxford green, possibly Bullingdon Green, surrounded by trees, with spectators wearing top hats, and a schoolmaster wearing a mortar board and gown talking to a lady. In the foreground, a gentleman wearing check jacket and boater, seated on a horse, is in discussion with one of... View full lot details

‘Boy Cricketer’. An early and well executed drawing of a boy cricketer in waist coat holding a bat with wicket to rear, his hat has fallen in front of the stumps. Inscribed to the bottom corner of the image ‘Done by Miss Catherine Frances at Hampstead 1842?’. Written vertically to the right hand side in ink ‘Wm Bramley-Moore.1842? 1870’. Framed and glazed measures approximately 16”x21.5”. Odd marks otherwise in good condition. The auctioneer has no... View full lot details

‘Child cricket’. An early uncompleted drawing of a boy cricketer batting and being bowled, a smaller girl wicket-keeper is behind the stumps anticipating the ball. The final piece is in a preliminary stage with mainly a faint pencil drawing but the unknown artist has completed in colour the head of both the boy and the girl who is wearing a bonnet. The painting unfinished. Circular mount, framed and glazed measuring 14.5” square. Good condition... View full lot details

William Hillyer. Kent & All England 1835-1853. ‘Hillyer’. Sketches at Lord’s No 3. Large original hand coloured tinted lithograph of Hillyer in cricket attire holding a cricket ball, wearing a top hat with large house and other cricketers to the background. Published by John Corbet Anderson on 17th June 1850 and R. Dark, Lord’s Ground, Printed by Hullmandel & Walton. Framed and glazed, Overall 13”x18”. Sold with a smaller hand coloured aquatint of Roger Kynaston... View full lot details

John C. Anderson. Two colour lithographs from the series of eight ‘Cricket Postures’ produced by Anderson in 1860. One is entitled ‘Standing in Attitude’ No. 1 and the other ‘Leg Hit’. No. 4. Both published in London May 1st 1860 by F. Lillywhite, Kennington Oval, printed by Stannard & Dixon. Both measure 9.5”x12”. Some light soiling to images, nicks and tears to page edges otherwise in good overall condition... View full lot details

Edward ‘Picky’ Powell. Eton. ‘Eton Sketches no. 3’. Mono lithograph of Powell to foreground standing next to a single stump, his top hat next to it, and holding a cricket ball in his right hand with cricketers, college building, the river and a bridge to background. Drawn and published by William Bambridge, Eton, July 13th 1852. Lithograph by G.B. Black.’ Appears to have been trimmed very slightly to a side edge otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Forward! by N. Felix. Dedicated with Permission to Benjamin Aislabie Esq’. Early lithograph of a batsman playing forward. Drawn from the life and on stone by G.F. Watts, Published by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill’ and printed by W. Sharp of Soho. The lithograph measures 10.25”x13”. Laid down to board, some minor marks, some light foxing, age toning and darkening to paper otherwise in good condition. A scarce and early cricketing lithograph.... View full lot details

‘Oxford v Cambridge at Lord’s’. Very large Victorian lithograph print of the Lord’s Cricket Ground, with pavilion and stands to background with the gentry and crowd promenading on the pitch in their finery. Published by Messrs Dickinson of New Bond Street, London. January 1st 1909. Printed in Vienna. Title to lower border. The lithograph has been mounted, framed and glazed and overall measures 48”x37”. Some wear and damage to the left hand side of... View full lot details

‘Eton v Winchester’. Large hand colour etching, by F.G. Stevenson after H. Jamyn Brook, showing a cricket match in progress with spectators to fore and background. Published by Dickinson & Foster, London, 2nd December 1889. Signed by the two artists to lower margin. Attractively mounted, framed and glazed, overall 31”x18.5”. Good condition. A rarer image... View full lot details

‘The County Ground. Hove’. Martin Speight. Excellent original oil painting on canvas of a game in progress at Hove with the pavilion, stands and church to background, to the foreground spectators sit in blue and white striped deck chairs enjoying the cricket and the summer. Signed by Speight to bottom left hand corner and dated 1999. The painting in gilt wooden frame measures approximately 19”x15.5” and overall with the frame 24”x20”. The canvas is torn... View full lot details

South Africa 1994. ‘The County Ground, Hove’ by Alan Fearnley. Limited edition colour print of match in play at Hove, signed to lower border by the artist and seventeen members of the South African touring party v Sussex to commemorate South Africa’s return to Test cricket. Signatures include Wessels (Captain), Cullinan, Symcox, Donald, Rhodes, P. & G. Kirsten, Procter, Liebenburg, Cronje, Snell etc. Limited edition no. 835/850. Mounted, framed and glazed overall 28”x22”. Very good... View full lot details

‘Match of the Day’. Large mono printed reproduction of a 1930s street scene photograph depicting boys playing cricket, printed title to lower border. Signed in ink to the borders by 37 international Test cricketers. Signatures include Richie Benaud, Brian Statham, Barry Richards, Fred Trueman, Mike Atherton, John Holder, Basil D’Oliveira, Tom Graveney, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Derek Underwood, Ian Botham, David Gower, Hansie Cronje, Allan Donald, Clive Lloyd etc. Framed and glazed, overall 22.5”x18.5”. Fading... View full lot details

‘Vivian Richards, Antigua, Somerset & West Indies’ by artist Mike Tarr 1979. Large colour limited edition print of Richards, head and shoulders to centre, with eight various action cameos and cricket grounds associated with Richards’ career to top and bottom borders. Signed by Richards and artist Tarr in pencil. Limited edition no. 269/500. Mounted, framed and glazed overall 26”x20.5”. Very good condition. Sold with two smaller framed and glazed colour images, one of Richards, the... View full lot details

Mansoor Ali Khan, Nawab (‘Tiger’) of Pataudi. Oxford University, Sussex, Hyderabad & India 1957-1976. Colour print of ‘The Nawab of Pataudi’ from the ‘Captains Portfolio’ series by artist Denise Dean, signed by Pataudi and the artist, limited edition number 42 of 100 prints produced. 8.25”x11.75”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Cricket portraits and cartoons. A selection of eight modern prints. Subjects are John Arlott, large portrait in pencil by Bonelli[?], limited edition print no. 2/300, mounted overall 14.25”x17.5”. Two signed colour prints of cartoons of Graham Roope, one by Roy Ullyett, the other unidentified, both ‘Artist’s Proof’ nos. 14/25, each 16”x11”. Modern colour reproduction prints of ‘The Bowler’ and ‘The Batsman’ by H. Adlard, each 12.5”x18.5”. Print from an original painting by Roger Marsh of... View full lot details

‘The First Competitive Day/Night Match. AXA Life League- Warwickshire v Somerset’ 1997. Large limited edition colour print from the original by the artist C.B. Flinders of the first official day/ night match to be played in England, depicting the match in progress at Edgbaston 23rd July 1997. Limited edition no. 36/250, signed in pencil to the lower border by the artist and eleven members of the Warwickshire team including Giles, Brown, Moles, Penney, Munton, Welch,... View full lot details

Joe Hardstaff Jr. (Nottinghamshire & England 1930-1955) and Stan Worthington (Derbyshire & England 1924-1947). Two nice original pencil caricatures by an artist named ‘Sheffield’ in 1936, one of Hardstaff, the other Worthington, both in batting poses. Each image very nicely signed in ink by the featured player. Both measure 4”x5.25” and are loosely mounted together on a large album page. Light horizontal folds to both, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details