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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Derbyshire C.C.C. ‘Dusty’ and Harold Rhodes. Three original mono real photograph plain back postcards, each with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. One of Albert Ennion Groucott ‘Dusty’ Rhodes (Derbyshire 1937-1954), head and shoulders with printed title caption below, ‘A.E. Rhodes. Derbyshire C.C.C. 1946’, date stamped to verso 1st July 1946. The other two postcards are of Dusty’s youthful son, Harold James Rhodes (Derbyshire & England 1953-1975), in different head... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. Alf and George Pope. Two original mono real photograph plain back postcards by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich of the Pope brothers. One of George Henry Pope (Derbyshire & England 1933-1948), head and shoulders wearing blazer and England cap. Small handwritten name label applied to lower edge of the card. The other of Alfred Vardy ‘Alf’ Pope (Derbyshire 1930-1939), head and shoulders in cricket attire with press masking, date stamped to verso... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. George Dawkes and Eric Marsh. Two original mono real photograph plain back postcards by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. One of George Owen Dawkes (Leicestershire & Derbyshire 1937-1961), date stamped to verso 15th July 1948, the other of Frederick Eric Marsh (Derbyshire 1946-1949), date stamped 6th June 1947. Both depicted head and shoulders in cricket attire. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. Laurie Johnson and Bertram Richardson. Two original mono real photograph plain back postcards by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players are Hubert Laurence ‘Laurie’ Johnson (Derbyshire 1949-1966), date stamped 15th June 1955, and Bertram Harold Richardson (Derbyshire 1950-1953), date stamped 5th July 1950. Sold with a further, similar Wilkes postcard of ‘I. Brookes’ date stamped 31st May 1951, assumed to be I. Brookes who played one 2nd XI match for Derbyshire in... View full lot details

Arnold Warren. Derbyshire & England 1897-1920. Rare and early sepia real photograph postcard of Warren standing full length at the wicket in bowling pose wearing Derbyshire cap. Printed title ‘Warren’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners and edges, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Samuel William Anthony ‘Sam’ Cadman. Derbyshire 1900-1926. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Cadman standing full length at the wicket in bowling pose. Printed title ‘Cadman’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear and light creasing to corners and edges, small blemish to image, otherwise in good/ very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Jack Arthur Bailey. Essex & Oxford University 1953-1958. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Bailey, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink ‘To the “J.A.” [John Arlott]’ by Bailey. Typed title to lower border. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, date stamped 22nd June 1954. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Frank Hay Gillingham. Essex 1903-1928. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Gillingham standing full length at the wicket in batting pose. Nicely signed in black ink to lower edge ‘Rev. F.H. Gillingham’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor creasing to corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Claude Percival Buckenham. Essex & England 1899-1914. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Buckenham standing full length at the wicket leaning on his bat. Signed in black ink to lower corner ‘Buckenham’, the signature a little faded. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear and creasing to edges and corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Essex and Surrey. c.1910. Five early original mono real photograph postcards, three of Essex players, one signed, two of Surrey, all Rival Photograph Series with printed titles. Essex players, all in batting pose, are H.A. Carpenter (Series no. 1404, signed in black ink by Carpenter), C.P. McGahey (no. 1402) and P.A. Perrin (no. 1401. Surrey players are E.G. Hayes in batting pose (no. 1388) and W.S. Lees in bowling pose (no. 1387). Three postally unused.... View full lot details

Essex C.C.C. 1905-1908. Three early mono printed postcards of Essex teams for seasons 1905, 1906 & 1908, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, some in blazers. Players featured include Fane, Gillingham, McGahey, Buckenham, Freeman, Turner, Russell, Carpenter, Douglas, Perrin, Reeves, Faviell etc. The 1905 postcard by Photochrom, London, others unknown. All postally unused. Minor wear to some corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Essex C.C.C. 1946-1948. Three original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Essex teams for seasons 1946, 1947 & 1948, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players featured include Pearce, Unwin, Paterson, Taylor, Vigar, Dodds, Wade, Crabtree, Appleyard, Cray, Horsfall, Preston etc. All three with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Essex C.C.C. 1957-1961. Four original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Essex teams for seasons 1957, 1958, 1960 & 1961, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, one in blazers. Players featured include Insole, Dodds, Bailey, Ralph, Preston, Greensmith, Taylor, Phelan, Bear, Clarke, Barker, Knight, Purves etc. All four by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Donald John ‘Don’ Ward. Glamorgan 1954-1962. Original mono real photograph plain back postcard of Ward, head and shoulders in cricket attire. Signed in blue biro to the photograph, ‘Best wishes, Don Ward’. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Minor soiling and light wear to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Glamorgan C.C.C. 1946-1948. Three mono real photograph plain back postcards of Glamorgan teams for seasons 1946, 1947 and 1948, the players depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. All three with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. The 1946 with handwritten players’ names to front, the 1947 & 1948 with printed players’ names to lower border. Players include Clay, Wooller, Dyson, E. & H. Davies, Lavis, Muncer, Clift,... View full lot details

Glamorgan C.C.C. 1958-1960. Three mono real photograph postcards of Glamorgan teams for seasons 1958, 1959 and 1960, the players depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. All three by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Printed title and players’ names to lower border of each. Players include Wooller, Watkins, Parkhouse, Shepherd, Davies, Pressdee, Hedges, Truran, McConnon etc. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Glamorgan C.C.C. 1978. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the Glamorgan team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire on the pitch at The Oval. Signed in blue biro by nine of the featured players. Signatures include Jones (Captain), Ontong, Richards, Lloyd, Llewellyn, King, Nash, Hopkins etc. Photograph by Bill Smith, Stanmore. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

William Gilbert Anthony Parkhouse. Glamorgan & England 1948-1964. Mono real photograph postcard of Parkhouse, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue biro to the photograph ‘Best wishes, Gilbert Parkhouse’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. Geoff Mains, Graham Johnson and Sid Russell. Three original mono real photograph plain back postcards, each with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players are Geoffrey Mains (Gloucestershire 1951-1954), appears to be incorrectly titled ‘E. Mains’ to front and back, date stamped 3rd June 1954. Graham Johnson Lake (Gloucestershire 1956-1958), date stamped 12th July 1956. Both with typed name title to front. Sidney Edward James Russell (Middlesex &... View full lot details

John Frederick ‘Jack’ Crapp. Gloucestershire & England 1936-1956. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Crapp, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and cap. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Crapp. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, date stamped 1937. Very good condition.... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire, London County & England 1870-1908. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Grace, full length in batting pose at the crease, wearing hooped cap. Very nicely signed in black ink by Grace to the lower margin. Printed title ‘W.G. Grace’. Rotophot series no. 1683. Postmarked 15th July 1904. Some creasing to corners, adhesive marks to verso where previously laid down, minor silvering to the photograph, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Douglas Charles Robinson. Gloucestershire & Essex 1905-1926. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size sepia real photograph trade card of Robinson, full length in wicket-keeping pose at the wicket. No. 135.C. Title ‘D.C. Robinson. Gloucester’. 4”x6”. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Philip Francis Cunningham Williams. Gloucestershire 1919-1925. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size sepia real photograph trade card of Willliams, full length in batting pose at the wicket. No. 214.C. Title ‘P.F.C. Williams. Gloucestershire’. 4”x6”. Minor creasing to one corner, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Frederick Charles Weaver. Gloucestershire 1897-1909. Two early mono printed postcards of Weaver, both depicted standing full length in cricket attire, one in Gloucestershire blazer leaning on his bat, the other in bowling pose. Both annotated in ink to lower border ‘F. Weaver 1891[sic]’. Publishers unknown. Postally unused. Good condition.... View full lot details

Gilbert Laird Jessop. Gloucestershire, Cambridge University & England 1894-1914. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Jessop standing full length in a doorway wearing tour blazer and straw boater for A.C. MacLaren’s tour to Australia 1901/02. Photographer and series unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Michael John ‘Mike’ Procter. Gloucestershire, Natal, Western Province, South Africa etc. 1965-1989. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Procter, head and shoulders in profile wearing Gloucestershire blazer and holding a trophy. Nicely signed in black ink ‘Mike Procter’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Douglas Martin Young. Worcestershire & Gloucestershire 1946-1964. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Young, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the lower margin ‘Martin Young’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1894 & 1895. Two early original mono real photograph postcards of the Hampshire teams of 1894 and 1895 seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers and caps. Handwritten title and players’ names in ink to lower edge of the 1895 postcard. Players featured include Bencraft (Captain), Ward, Lacey, Studd, Robson, Webb, Baldwin, Hill, Soar, Bacon, Wootton etc. Publishers unknown. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1901-1908. Three early original mono postcards of the Hampshire teams of 1901, 1904 and 1908, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers and caps. The 1901 (plain back, publisher unknown) and 1908 (Davidson Brothers series no. 4105) postcards are real photographs. The 1904 Star series postcard appears to be signed in black ink to verso by A. Bowell and W.T. Langford. Other players featured include Robson, Poore,... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1912. Early original mono postcard of the Hampshire team that beat the touring Australians at Southampton, 22nd- 24th July 1912, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, blazers and caps, spectators in the background. Players include Sprot, Fry, Bignell, Barrett, Jephson, Stone, Newman, Brown, Mead, Bowell, Kennedy etc. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. early 1920s. Three original mono real photograph postcards of Hampshire teams of the period. One, dated to verso ‘1921’, with the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire (publisher unknown), the others of the teams lined up in one row. One by Bailey of Bournemouth, undated, the other with printed title ‘Hampshire C.C. 1922’, publisher unknown, also appears to be at Bournemouth. Players include Mead, Brown, Livesey, Boyes, Altham, Bowell, Aird,... View full lot details

Duncan Victor Norbury. Hampshire & Lancashire 1905-1922. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Norbury standing full length in batting pose at the wicket. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours sincerely, V. Norbury’. Publisher unknown. Minor wear to edges, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1955. Lionel Hallam Tennyson (Hampshire & England 1913-1955) and Sidney George Pothecary (Hampshire 1912-1920, twelve matches). Two mono real photograph postcards, one of Tennyson standing full length leaning on his bat in front of the pavilion (publisher unknown), the other of Pothecary, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and county cap, printed title below, by Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Both postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Charles Bennett ‘Buck’ Llewellyn. Natal, Hampshire, London County & South Africa 1894-1912. Four early original sepia/ mono postcards of which three are real photographs. Each depicts Llewellyn wearing cricket attire in different full length poses. Includes two of Llewellyn standing in the nets, one with facsimile signature to front, both apparently by the same unknown publisher. Both postmarked 1908. Another is of Llewellyn in bowling pose at the wicket with printed title ‘Llewellyn. Accrington Pro’,... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1990s-2010s. Two black binders comprising a large selection of modern official player and team collectors’ cards. Includes over one hundred and eighty official player postcards of which over sixty are signed by the player. Signatures include Adams, Kabir Ali, Bates, Briggs, Cork, Carberry, Dawson, Ervine, de Wet, S. Jones, Griffiths, Katich, Mascarenhas, Pothas, Rouse, Vince, R. Smith etc. T.C.C.B. ‘International Cricketers’ card no. 75, and Cornhill Insurance Series ‘K’ card, both signed by... View full lot details

‘Hampshire County Cricket Club’ 1991. Thirty cards from ‘A Series of 38’ produced by John Brindley of caricatures of Hampshire players. Seventeen cards are signed to the front by the featured player. Signatures are Cannings, Cottam, Cowley, Gilliat, Gower, Gray, Harrison, Hill, Jesty, Knott, Ingleby-Mackenzie, Marshall, Nicholas, Parks, Richards, Rogers and Sainsbury. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Ernest Richard Remnant. Hampshire & Europeans 1908-1922. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Remnant standing full length wearing cricket attire, leaning on a bat. Very nicely inscribed and signed ‘To John Arlott with Best Wishes from Ernest R. Remnant’. Postally unused. Publisher unknown. Ex John Arlott collection. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Kent. County Champions 1913. Mono oversized ‘Giant Postcard’ of the Kent team. Fourteen players standing and seated in rows wearing Kent caps and blazers. Printed title ‘Kent County, 1913’ and players’ names to lower margin. Players include Dillon (Captain), Blythe, Mason, Woolley, Fairservice, Huish etc. Photo by Mockford of Tonbridge. Minor soiling and slight wear to edges and corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. c.1910. Three early sepia real photograph postcards of Kent players at the wicket, all Rival Photographic Series. Players are C.H.B. Marsham in batting pose (Series no. 1380), C.J. Burnup in batting pose (no. 1399), and F.E. Woolley bowling in the nets (no. 1400). All postally unused. Minor wear to corners and light creasing, otherwise in good.... View full lot details

Leslie John Todd. Kent 1927-1950. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Todd, three quarter length, wearing pads and gloves ready for batting. Signed and dedicated in black ink by Todd ‘To Martin, wishing you all the best of luck’. B.C. Flemons of Tunbridge. Good condition... View full lot details

Douglas Vivian Parson Wright. Kent & England 1932-1957. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Wright three quarter length in cricket attire and wearing M.C.C. tour blazer for the 1946/47 tour to Australia. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Wright. Printed title ‘D. Wright, Kent’ to lower left corner. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Minor wear to edges and corners, adhesive mark to verso where previously laid down, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Alexander Frederick Henry Debnam. Kent & Hampshire 1948-1951. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Debnam three quarter length in cricket attire and Kent blazer. Boldly signed in black ink to the photograph by Debnam. Printed title ‘A. Debnam, Kent’ to lower right corner. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Frank Woolley and George Hunt. Two Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size sepia real photograph trade cards, one of Frank Woolley (Kent & England 1906-1938) no. 25.C, the other of George Hunt (Somerset 1921-1931) no. 198.C. 4”x6”. Plain back. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John George Spanswick. Kent 1955-1956. Mono real photograph postcard of Spanswick three quarter length wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Spanswick. Printed title ‘J.A. Spanswick, Kent’ to lower right corner. J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Peter Henry Jones. Kent 1953-1967. Mono real photograph postcard of Jones three quarter length wearing cricket attire and an English Schools Association blazer for 1950. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Jones. Printed title ‘P.H. Jones, Kent’ to lower left corner. J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Very good condition.... View full lot details

David Michael Sayer. Kent 1955-1976. Mono real photograph postcard of Sayer half length wearing cricket attire and M.C.C. cap. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Sayer. Printed title ‘D. Sayer, Kent’ to lower left corner. J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Very good condition.... View full lot details

James Moffat ‘Jimmy’ Allan. Oxford University, Kent & Warwickshire 1953-1968. Mono real photograph postcard of Allan half length wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Allan. Printed title ‘J.M. Allan, Kent’ to lower left corner. Appears to be by J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Sydney O’Linn. Western Province, Kent & Transvaal 1945-1966. Mono real photograph postcard of O’Linn three quarter length wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by O’Linn. Printed title ‘S. O’Linn, Kent’ to lower left corner. ‘Kent Cricket Series’ by J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Edward William Joseph Fillary. Oxford University & Kent 1963-1966. Original mono real photograph plain back postcard of Fillary, head and shoulders in cricket attire. Typed name to lower front margin. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

George David Fenner. Kent & M.C.C. 1925-1929. Sepia real photograph postcard of Fenner in full length batting pose at the wicket. Printed title ‘G.D. Fenner’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Light crease to lower corner, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Eric William Mann. Kent & Cambridge University 1902-1905. Rare and early original sepia real photograph postcard of Mann standing full length at the wicket leaning on his bat, wearing Cambridge University cap. Printed title ‘E.W. Mann’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear and to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1903-1921. Four early original mono postcards, of which three are real photographs, of Lancashire teams of the period. Three depict the teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers, with printed players’ names and/ or title to lower margin. Teams/ series are 1903, Dainty Series (postmarked 1903), 1908, Davidson Brothers series no. 4109, 1921 Rotary series no. 3834, and another of the team lined up in one row wearing cricket... View full lot details

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

Lancashire C.C.C. 1930s/1940s. Three original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Lancashire teams of the period, all with players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, two with printed players’ names or facsimile signatures to lower margin. Teams are c.1934 very nicely signed in ink to the verso by Ernest Tyldesley (publisher unknown), 1947 with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, and 1948, publisher unknown. Players featured include... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1930s. Two similar original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Lancashire teams, both probably early 1930s, with players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, the majority in blazers. Both postcards with official stamps to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players featured include Eckersley (Captain), E. Tyldesley, Iddon, Booth, Washbrook, Paynter etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1946-1951. Four original mono real photograph postcards of Lancashire teams for seasons 1946, 1948, 1951 and 1953, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The 1946, 1948 and 1953 postcards are plain back, the 1946 and 1953 with official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, others unknown. Players include Fallows, Washbrook, Pollard, Cranston, Place, Wharton, Brierley, Ikin, Edrich, Statham, Tattersall, Barlow, Greives, Hilton etc. All postally... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1954-1972. Four original mono real photograph postcards of Lancashire teams for seasons 1954, 1955, 1959 and 1972, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The 1954, 1955 and 1972 postcards are plain back, the 1955 with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, others unknown. Players include Washbrook, Edrich, Wharton, Tattersall, Place, Berry, Greenhough, Nutter, Ikin, Hilton, Goodwin, Statham, Barber, Grieves, Dyson, Higgs, Bond, Lloyd, Abrahams,... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. early 1900s. Five sepia real photograph postcards of Lancashire players depicted full length in batting or bowling poses. All five by W. Smith of West Didsbury. Players in batting poses are A.C. MacLaren (Lancashire & England 1890-1914) postmarked 1906, J. Hallows (Lancashire 1898-1907) postally unused, R.H. Spooner (Lancashire & England 1899-1921) postmarked 1909, and two in bowling pose, one of W.R. Cuttell (Lancashire & England 1896-1906) postmarked 1904, the other A. Kermode (New... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1900s. Three early mono real photograph postcards of Lancashire players. ‘Jimmy Heap’ full length in batting pose on plain background, Rotary Photo No. 3833, ‘Mr. A.C. McLaren [sic]’ three quarter length in batting pose, Foster of Brighton, and ‘J.T. Tyldesley’ full length in batting pose, Foster of Brighton. All three published by W.H.S. & S. Sold with a further mono printed postcard of Tyldesley in batting pose, publisher unknown. All postally unused. Some... View full lot details

‘Lancs. County Cricketers’ c.1920. A collection of fourteen mono postcards from the same series of Lancashire players in various cricketing action poses. All cards similarly titled with additional caption relating to the player. Players featured are Shelmerdine, Makepeace, E. Tyldesley (two different), F.W. Musson, Hallows, M.N. Kenyon, J. Sharp (all batting), Parkin, J. Tyldesley, R. Tyldesley, Dean, Cook (bowling) and Makepeace and Hallows ‘going out to bat’. Blocks by the Palatine Engraving Co., printed by... View full lot details

Albert Henry Hornby. Cambridge University & Lancashire 1898-1914. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Hornby standing full length at the wicket in batting pose. Printed title ‘A.H. Hornby’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear and to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Lancashire and Leicestershire c.1910. Three early sepia real photograph postcards, two of Lancashire players, one of Leicestershire, all Rival Photograph Series with printed titles. Lancashire players are J.T. Tyldesley in batting pose (Series no. 1406), and R.H. Spooner leaning on his bat (no. 1407). The Leicestershire player is A.E. Knight in batting pose (no. 1409). The Spooner card postmarked 1910 with nick to left edge, others postally unused. Minor wear to corners and edges,... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1929-1935. Three original mono real photograph postcards of Leicestershire teams of the period, the players seated and standing in rows wearing crickets attire, blazers etc. Teams are 1929 with players names annotated in ink to verso, photo by Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Another, probably early 1930s, with official stamp for Wilkes to verso (wear to edges). The other annotated to verso ‘Leicester C.C. at Skegness, June 1935’, publisher unknown. Players include... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1930s-1940s. Three original mono real photograph postcards of Leicestershire teams of the period, the players seated and standing in rows wearing crickets attire, blazers etc. Two undated, appear to be 1930s, the other with printed title ‘Leicestershire C.C.C. 1946’. All three with official stamps to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1930s-1960s. Five original mono player portrait postcards of Leicestershire players, each depicted head and shoulders in cricket attire. Players/ series are George Geary (Leicestershire & England 1912-1934), ‘Famous Professionals at Gamage’s’ series. Harold Riley (Leicestershire 1928-1937), stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, date stamped 1937. Jack Firth (Yorkshire & Leicestershire 1949-1958), Universal Pictorial Press. Rodney Pratt (Leicestershire 1955-1964), publisher unknown. Brian Boshier (Leicestershire 1953-1964), Sporting Handbooks. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Gerald Edward Victor Crutchley. Oxford University & Middlesex 1910-1930. Earlier sepia real photograph postcard of Crutchley standing full length wearing batting attire and striped blazer. Handwritten name in ink to front. Sold with a later mono real photograph plain back postcard of John James Warr (Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1949-1960), head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Indistinctly signed by Warr to the photograph. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West... View full lot details

Ian Alexander Ross Peebles. Middlesex, Oxford University, Scotland & England 1928-1948. Mono real photograph postcard of Peebles, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire in cameo. Very nicely signed in ink by Peebles. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, date stamped 25th June 1952. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Gregor MacGregor. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1888-1907. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of MacGregor standing full length in wicket-keeping pose wearing Middlesex cap. Printed title ‘G. MacGregor’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear and to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. c.1910. Three early sepia real photograph postcards of Middlesex players at the wicket, all Rival Photographic Series. One features W. Dwyer, A.E. Trott and F.A. Tarrant inspecting the wicket (Series no. 1394). The others are B.J. Bosanquet leaning on his bat (no. 1395) and J.T. Hearne in bowling pose (no. 1396). The Hearne card postmarked 1911, others postally unused. Minor wear to corners and light creasing, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Alfred Lyttelton. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1876-1887. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Lyttelton, head and shoulders in formal attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Alfred Lyttelton’. Printed title to lower margin ‘Rt. Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, M.P., Colonial Secretary’. J. Beagles & Co., series no. 542F. Annotation to verso in ink ‘E. Haskell Esq.’, otherwise postally unused. Some silvering, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Northants and West Indians. August 1906’. Early and rare original sepia real photograph postcard of the two teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire for the match at Northampton 16th- 18th August 1906. West Indians (297 & 99) beat Northamptonshire (85 & 156) by 155 runs. For the West Indians P.A. Goodman top scored with 107 in the first innings, and Sydney Smith took six wickets in each innings, twelve in the match.... View full lot details

Northamptonshire C.C.C.. J.V. Murdin 1913-1927, F.I. Walden 1910-1929 and A.E. Thomas 1919-1933. Mono postcard of the three players in cricket attire wearing Northamptonshire caps, each holding a cricket bat. Nicely signed by all three players in ink. Good condition... View full lot details

Northamptonshire C.C.C. Michael Henry John Allen (Northamptonshire & Derbyshire 1956-1966) and Malcolm Ernest Scott (Northamptonshire 1959-1969). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. The Allen postcard signed in ink to the lower margin. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1930-1939. Four original sepia real photograph postcards of Nottinghamshire teams of the 1930s, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. Seasons are 1930, 1935, 1937, all by C.H. Richards of Nottingham, and 1939 by B. & H. Ltd. Players include Carr, G. Gunn, S.J. Staples, Lilley, Payton, Larwood, A. Staples, G.V. Gunn, Heane etc. Printed titles to lower edge. All postally unused. The 1939 card with heavy wear,... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1938. Original sepia photograph of the Nottinghamshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. Players featured include Heane (Captain), Voce, Larwood, Gunn, Staples, Wheat, Hardstaff, Keeton etc. Printed title ‘Notts. C.C.C. 1938’. C.H. Richards of Nottingham. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1946-1948. Three original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Nottinghamshire teams of the 1940s, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Seasons are 1946, 1947 and 1948 with printed titles. The 1946 with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with typed players’ name label. The 1947 with official stamp to verso for Van Ralty, Nottingham. The 1948 publisher unknown, signed in ink to verso... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. John Desmond Clay (Nottinghamshire 1948-1961) and John Denis Springall (Nottinghamshire 1955-1963). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, both date stamped 12th June 1959. The Clay postcard incorrectly stamped ‘J.C. Clay’ to verso, the Springall postcard with handwritten name to small label to front. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Bryan Douglas ‘Bomber’ Wells (Gloucestershire & Nottinghamshire 1951-1965) and Andrew John Corran (Oxford University & Nottinghamshire 1958-1965. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, the Wells date stamped 14th July 1960, the Corran 22nd June 1960. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Ian Joseph Davison (Nottinghamshire 1959-1966) and Michael Willliam Haynes (Nottinghamshire 1959-1961, nine matches). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, the Davison date stamped 12th June 1959 and incorrectly stamped ‘Ian Davidson’, the Haynes dated 14th July 1960. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

Arthur Bradley Wheat. Nottinghamshire 1927-1939. Sepia real photograph postcard of Wheat depicted seated wearing Nottinghamshire cap and blazer. Printed title ‘Wheat. C.H.R.’. C.H. Richards, Nottingham. Postally unused. Very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Thomas George ‘Tom’ Wass. Nottinghamshire 1896-1920. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Wass standing full length at the wicket in bowling pose wearing Nottinghamshire cap. Printed title ‘Wass’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear and to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. player postcards c.1910. Three early sepia real photograph postcards of Nottinghamshire players, each depicted in batting pose at the wicket wearing Nottinghamshire cap. Players are James Iremonger, John Gunn and Wilfred Payton. All three postcards ‘Cobden’ Series, Nottingham, with printed player’s name to lower edge. All postally unused. Minor wear to corners, the Payton photograph a little faded, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. player postcards c.1930. Ten original sepia real photograph postcards of Nottinghamshire players, each depicted seated wearing Nottinghamshire blazer, some also in cap, one signed. Nine postcards are by C.H. Richards of Nottingham. Players are Arthur Staples (nicely signed in ink by Staples), Joe Knowles, George Heane, Bill Voce (two different), George Gunn, Sam Staples, Fred Barratt, and Arthur Wheat. The other is of Harold Butler by R. & H. Ltd. Players’ names printed... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Professionals 1924. Sepia real photograph postcard of six Nottinghamshire professionals in informal pose, wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Players appear to include Barratt, Payton, Staples, Whysall, Walker etc. Photograph taken at Dover. Publisher unknown. Minor silvering, otherwise in very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Harold Larwood. Nottinghamshire, Europeans & England 1924-1938. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Larwood seated wearing Nottinghamshire cap and blazer. Signed to the photograph in blue biro ‘Harold Larwood’, possibly in later years. Printed title ‘Larwood’. C.H. Richards of Nottingham. Postally unused. Minor staining, small adhesive mark to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Notts County Cricket XI. “The Champion County” 1929’. Original mono real photograph postcard depicting the Nottinghamshire players in cameo surrounding an aerial view of the Trent Bridge Ground. Signed in blue biro to the front by Harold Larwood, and to the verso by Larwood and Bill Voce. Photo by C.F. Shaw. The postcard has been partially laid to a small trimmed card. Wear, creasing and soiling, adhesive mark to verso, otherwise in generally fair condition.... View full lot details

Samuel Moses James ‘Sammy’ Woods. Cambridge University, Somerset, England & Australia 1888-1910. Mono postcard of Woods in batting pose at the wicket. Signed in black ink to the image by Woods. Printed title ‘Mr. S.M.J. Woods’. Wrench series no. 1689. Postmarked 1905. Some wear to corners and edges, light postal frank mark to front, adhesive mark to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Gerald George Tordoff. Somerset & Cambridge University 1950-1955. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Tordoff, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue biro by Tordoff. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1905. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the Surrey team for the match v Sussex at The Saffrons, Eastbourne 24th- 26th July 1905, the players seated and standing in rows wearing caps and blazers. Players are Lord Dalmeny (Captain), Hobbs, Lees, Holland, Nice, Strudwick, Hayes, Raphael, Leveson-Gower, Knox, Davis and Baker. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1924. Original mono real photograph postcard of the Surrey team for the match v Sussex at Hove 20th- 22nd August 1924, the players seated and standing wearing cricket attire, some in blazers. Players are Fender (Captain), Fenley, Sadler, Peach, Shepherd, Sandham, Hobbs, Jardine, Knight, Jeacocke and Strudwick. Surrey won by an innings and 57 runs. Sold with three individual player postcards, each nicely signed by the featured player. Players/ signatures are Alan Peach... View full lot details

Robert Abel. Surrey & England 1881-1904. Sepia real photograph postcard of Abel in batting pose at the wicket wearing Surrey cap. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours truly R. Abel’. Very faint printed title to lower edge of photograph. Annotation in ink to verso ‘Signed 3/8/1904’. Rotary Photographic Series no. 3802. Postally unused. Slight silvering, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Walter ‘Tom’ Hayward. Surrey & England 1893-1914. Early original mono postcard of Hayward standing full length wearing cricket attire and cap in batting pose at the wicket. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘T. Hayward’ to the image. Printed title ‘T. Hayward’. Wrench series no. 1693. Postmarked 10th May 1906. Small creases and wear to corners, some soiling and age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Neville Alexander Knox. Surrey & England 1904-1910. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Knox standing full length at the wicket in cricket attire holding a ball. Printed title ‘N.A. Knox’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear and to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Thomas Walter ‘Tom’ Hayward. Surrey & England 1893-1914. Early original mono real photograph postcard of Hayward walking away from the wicket with his bat, the umpires and other players also present, large crowds in the background. Printed title ‘Tom Hayward at Twickenham Green’. Presumably a charity match, no record of the game can by found. Postmarked 5th October 1909, the correspondent refers to watching Hayward (marked with an ‘x’ to the photograph) in the match... View full lot details

J.B. Hobbs, Surrey & England 1905-1934. ‘I always use Waterman’s’. Jack Hobbs advertising postcard for Waterman’s Pens. Signed in black ink by Hobbs. Mounted, framed and glazed, overall 8.75”x11”. Good condition.... View full lot details

Signed cricket postcards 1950s-1980s. A selection of ten mono player postcards, each signed by the featured player. Includes five real photograph postcards of Surrey players, three ‘Pamlin Prints Surrey’ cards of Arthur MacIntyre (series no. C5005), Alan Butcher (no. C5021) and Geoff Arnold (no. C5024), also one of Alec Bedser by Raphael Tuck, and another of Pat Pocock. Four J/V ‘Cricket Series Set 2’ cards of Geoff Boycott, Bob Willis (2 copies), and Dennis Amiss,... View full lot details

Arthur Frederick Augustus ‘Dick’ Lilley. Warwickshire & England 1894-1911. Mono postcard of Lilley, full length in wicket keeping pose, wearing Warwickshire cap. Nicely signed in black ink ‘Yours truly A.A. Lilley’ to image. Wrench series no. 1692. Printed title ‘A.A. Lilley’. Postmarked c.1906. Wear to corners and general soiling, overall in good condition.... View full lot details

Henry ‘Harry’ Howell. Warwickshire & England 1913-1928. Sepia real photograph postcard of Howell, three quarter length in a studio setting, wearing cricket attire and holding a ball. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘Yours truly, Harry Howell’. Printed title and ‘Bowling Performance’ details to lower margin. Published by Adams & Co., photo by Percy Wynne, Birmingham. Postally unused. Scorch mark to lower corner and edge, minor soiling, otherwise in good condition. A nice... View full lot details

Michael John Knight ‘M.J.K.’ Smith. Leicestershire, Oxford University, Warwickshire & England 1951-1975. Original mono real photograph plain back postcard of Smith, head and shoulders in cricket attire and blazer. Signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘Mike Smith’ in part to the darker area of the photograph. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso with printed title ‘M.J.K. Smith- Captain’, and date stamped 16th May 1957. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. James Moffatt Allan (Oxford University, Kent & Warwickshire 1953-1968) and Raymond Thomas Weeks (Warwickshire 1950-1957). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and signed in blue ink by the featured player. Typed title ‘J.M. Allan, Oxford University’ to front of the Allan card. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, the Weeks card date stamped 9th May... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. John Johnson Hossell (Warwickshire 1937-1947) and Kenneth Alexander Taylor (Warwickshire 1946-1949). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire, Hossell in blazer. The Hossell card with small handwritten name label to lower edge, the Taylor card with printed title dated 1946. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, the Hossell card date stamped 1946. Very good condition. Qty... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. Derrick Harold Robins (Warwickshire 1947, two matches) and Ronald Harling Maudsley (Oxford University & Warwickshire 1946-1951). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire, Robins in cap. Both cards with small handwritten name label to lower edge. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso and date stamped 1947. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. Martin Paterson Donnelly (Wellington, Canterbury, Middlesex, Oxford University, Warwickshire & New Zealand 1936-1950) and Derief David Samuel (Warwickshire 1948-1950). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. The Donnelly card with typed title, the Taylor card with small handwritten name label to lower edge. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Some foxing to verso of the Donnelly... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. Harry Edmund Roberts (Warwickshire 1949-1950, five matches) and Raymond Edward Hitchcock (Canterbury & Warwickshire 1947-1964). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. The Roberts card with small handwritten name label to lower edge. The Hitchcock card signed in ink to the verso ‘Ray Hitchcock’. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, the Roberts card date stamped 9th... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. Rajavalsi Vankatesiah Vijayasarathy (Warwickshire 2nd XI 1965-1967) and Nigel Aldridge Paul (Warwickshire 1954-1955, four matches). Two scarcer mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders. Vijayasarathy wearing cricket attire with typed title to lower edge, Paul in blazer and tie with small handwritten name label to lower edge. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, the Vijayasarathy card date stamped 20th May... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C. Shirley Griffiths (Warwickshire 1956-1958) and William James Perver Stewart (Warwickshire & Northamptonshire 1955-1971). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. The Griffiths card with typed title to lower edge, the Stewart card with small handwritten name label to lower edge. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, the Griffiths card date stamped 27th April 1956, the Stewart... View full lot details

James Frederick Byrne. Warwickshire 1897-1912. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Byrne standing full length at the wicket in batting pose. Printed title ‘J.F. Byrne’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear and to edges and corners, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Charles Frederic Corden. Worcestershire 1900-1903 (seventeen matches). Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Cordon standing full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing Worcestershire cap. Printed title ‘Gorden[sic]’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Minor wear and light creasing to edges and corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

George Warrington Gaukrodger. Worcestershire 1900-1910. Rare and early original sepia real photograph postcard of Gaukrodger standing full length at the wicket in batting pose wearing Worcestershire cap. Printed title ‘Gaukrodger’. Blind embossed stamp for Foster of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. Some wear to edges and corners, light creasing, otherwise in good/ very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1902 to 1905. Selection of eight mono printed postcards of county teams covering the period. The teams are 1902, 1903 (two, different), 1904 (three, all different) and two for 1905, both different. Publishers include Scott (Bradford), Parkinson & Roy (Bradford), Dainty Series, Durhams Ltd, Leeds, Star Series etc. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1908 to 1922. Selection of four mono printed and real photograph postcards of county teams covering the period. The teams are 1908, 1921 and two for 1922 (both different). Publishers include a promotional card for Rowntree’s Toffee (1922) and the other three unknown. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1923 to 1934. Selection of five mono real photograph postcards of county teams covering the period. The teams are 1923, 1925 (two, both different), 1929 and 1934. Publishers include Charles of Leeds and Fielding of Leeds (4). Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1931 to 1938. Selection of four mono real photograph postcards of county teams covering the period. The teams are 1931, 1935 (at Scarborough), 1936 and 1938. Publishers include Charles of Leeds (2), Fielding of Leeds and presumably Walkers of Scarborough. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1939 to 1948. Selection of four mono real photograph and printed postcards of county teams covering the period. The teams are 1939, 1946, 1947 and 1948 (two, different, one Walkers photo at Scarborough).Publishers include Charles of Leeds and Chas Price of Leeds (2). Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. teams at Scarborough 1948 to 1960. Selection of six mono real photograph postcards and photographs of the team stood in front of the pavilion at Scarborough. The teams are 1948, 1950, 1953, 1955/56, 1958 and 1960. The 1948 image is a photograph rather than a postcard. Publisher not marked to back but presumably Walkers of Scarborough. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1949 to 1955. Selection of five mono real photograph postcards of county teams covering the period. The teams are 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954 and 1955. Publishers include Chas Price of Leeds (2) etc. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1958 to 1972. Selection of seven mono real photograph and printed postcards of county teams covering the period. The teams are 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964 (2), 1969 and 1972. Publishers unknown, some plain back cards. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Bramall Lane, Sheffield. Original real photograph postcards of celebrations at the ‘Empire Day Pageant 1907’ and ‘Living Letters Coronation Pageant’ 1911, both held at Bramall Lane. Postcards by R. Sneath of Sheffield and J.W.M. Sold with a 1960’s press photograph of Sheffield United players, Birchenall and Hodgkinson training with the cricket pavilion to the background. Plus three colour candid photographs of the last day of cricket played at Bramall Lane on 7th August 1973... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. Selection of 1930’s and more modern postcards of Scarborough and Headingley Cricket grounds including three sepia 1930’s images of Scarborough and more modern images, some cards signed by players, Athey, Leadbeater, Hampshire, Illingworth, Bairstow, Lester, Grayson, Gough, McGrath etc. Sold with further modern Yorkshire postcards including a postcard of the Yorkshire B&H cup winning team signed by most of the players, promotional cards, team photographs, other signatures to items include Bird, Appleyard, Cowan,... View full lot details

Leonard ‘Len’ Hutton. Yorkshire & England 1934-1955. Mono ‘Slazenger’ advertising postcard of Hutton, three quarter length in batting pose with a Gradidge bat. Signed in blue ink to the image by Hutton. Printed biographical details of Hutton’s achievements with Gradidge bats and ink annotation ‘1956’ to verso. Some light staining to the image, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley. Cambridge University, Yorkshire & England 1935-1955. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Yardley, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and Yorkshire cap. Nicely signed ‘Norman Yardley’ in black ink to the photograph. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Harry Halliday. Yorkshire 1938-1953. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Halliday, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed by Halliday in blue biro to the photograph. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

William Edgar Newman Holdsworth. Yorkshire 1952-1953. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Holdsworth, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Holdsworth. Small handwritten name label to lower edge. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Alec Jacques. Yorkshire 1927-1936. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Jacques, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in blue ink by Jacques. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Mitchell. Yorkshire & England 1922-1945. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Mitchell, full length walking out to bat wearing Yorkshire cap. Very nicely signed in ink by Mitchell. Date annotated to verso 1936. Appears to be by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Tom Enthoven and Eddie Dawson. Scarborough 1929. Original mono real photograph plain back postcard of Enthoven and Dawson standing three quarter length on the outfield at Scarborough, wearing cricket attire and blazers. Signed in ink to the photograph by both players who appeared for M.C.C. in the match v Yorkshire at Scarborough, 11th- 13th September 1929. Official stamp for Walker, Photographer, Scarborough to verso. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Postally unused. Slight fading to the Enthoven... View full lot details

Leonard Hutton. Yorkshire & England 1934-1955. Mono ‘photocard’ of Len Hutton from the 1938 series of Test matches in England. Published by Ardath Tobacco Co and packed with Kings cigarettes. Signed by Hutton in ink. Good condition... View full lot details

Lord Martin Bladen Hawke, Yorkshire & England 1881-1911. Wills’s Cigarettes ‘Cricketers’. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. Rare individual card from the series of fifty of Hawke. Good condition... View full lot details

Montague Alfred Noble. New South Wales & Australia. 1893-1919. Tinted colour printed postcard of the Australian Captain, Noble full length in batting pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Noble. Printed details to lower border ‘M.A. Noble, Captain, Australians 1909’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued... View full lot details

Frank Laver. Victoria & Australia 1891-1912. Tinted colour printed postcard of Laver, full length, in bowling pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Laver. Printed details to lower border ‘Frank Laver, South Australia’. The ‘South Australia’ printed title has been crossed through and ‘Victoria’ substituted in black ink. (a printers error). This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen... View full lot details

John Denis Alphonsus O’Connor. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1904-1910. Tinted colour printed postcard of O’Connor, full length, in bowling pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by O’Connor. Printed details to lower border ‘J.A. O’Connor, South Australia’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by... View full lot details

Warwick Windridge Armstrong. Victoria & Australia. 1898-1921. Tinted colour printed postcard of Armstrong, full length, in batting pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Armstrong. Printed details to lower border ‘W. Armstrong, Victoria’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R Empson & Co but these... View full lot details

Sydney Edward Gregory. New South Wales & Australia. 1889-1912. Tinted colour printed postcard of Gregory, full length, in batting pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Gregory. Printed details to lower border ‘S.E. Gregory. New South Wales’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R Empson... View full lot details

Albert John Young Hopkins. New South Wales & Australia. 1896-1914. Tinted colour printed postcard of Hopkins, full length, in batting pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Hopkins. Printed details to lower border ‘A.J. Hopkins, New South Wales’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R... View full lot details

Warren Bardsley. New South Wales & Australia 1903-1926. Tinted colour printed postcard of Bardsley, full length, in batting pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Bardsley. Printed details to lower border ‘W. Bardsley, batting, New South Wales’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R Empson... View full lot details

William James Whitty. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1907-1926. Tinted colour printed postcard of Whitty, full length, in bowling pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Whitty. Printed details to lower border ‘W.J. Whitty, South Australia’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R... View full lot details

Hanson ‘Sammy’ Carter, New South Wales & Australia, 1897-1925. Tinted colour printed postcard of Carter, full length, in wicket-keeping pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Carter. Printed details to lower border ‘H. Carter, New South Wales’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R Empson... View full lot details

Peter Alexander McAlister. Victoria & Australia 1898-1911. Tinted colour printed postcard of McAlister, full length, in batting pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by McAlister. Printed details to lower border ‘P.A. McAlister Victoria’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R Empson & Co but these... View full lot details

Vernon Ransford. Victoria & Australia 1903-1928 . Tinted colour printed postcard of Ransford, full length, in batting pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Ransford. Printed details to lower border ‘V. Ransford, Victoria’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R Empson & Co but these... View full lot details

Charles George Macartney. New South Wales & Australia 1905-1926. Tinted colour printed postcard of Macartney, full length, in bowling pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Macartney. Printed details to lower border ‘C.G. Macartney, New South Wales’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R Empson... View full lot details

William ‘Barlow’ Carkeek, Victoria & Australia, 1903-1915. Tinted colour printed postcard of Carkeek, full length, in wicket-keeping pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Carkeek. Printed details to lower border ‘W. Carkeek, Victoria’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R Empson & Co but these... View full lot details

Albert ‘Tibby’ Cotter. New South Wales & Australia 1901-1914. Mono postcard highlighted in green of Cotter standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket, wearing Australian touring cap, with caption to lower border ‘A. Cotter (The Australian Cricket Team 1909)’. Nicely signed in black ink by Cotter. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Reginald Alexander ‘Reggie’ Duff. New South Wales & Australia 1898-1908. Mono postcard of Duff standing full length at the wicket in batting attire, wearing Australian touring cap. Printed title ‘R.A. Duff’. Nicely signed in black ink by Duff. T. Bolland, Southall. Postally unused. Light soiling to corners, minor wear to edges otherwise in very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Clement ‘Clem’ Hill. South Australia & Australia 1892-1912. Excellent mono postcard of Hill wearing Australian cap and in batting pose. Very nicely signed in black ink by Hill. Printed title to lower border ‘Mr. Clem Hill’. Wrench Series No. 1392. Postally unused. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. A very rare signed postcard.... View full lot details

Albert Edwin Trott. Victoria, Middlesex, Australia & England 1892-1910. Sepia postcard of Trott in bowling pose wearing Middlesex cap. Nicely signed by Trott to lower border. Printed title ‘A.E. Trott’. Wrench Series 1754. Rare. Postmarked 1906. Wear to corners and edges, some soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1909. ‘The Australian Team 1909’. Early mono postcard of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers and caps. Printed title and players’ names to lower edge. Nicely signed in ink to verso by twelve members of the team. Signatures are Noble (Captain), Trumper, Hopkins, Carkeek, Armstrong, Cotter, Bardsley, Hartigan, Whitty, Ransford, McAlister and Carter. Published by T. Bolland of Hanwell & Southall. Wear and creasing, otherwise... View full lot details

Donald George ‘Don’ Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. Unusual and attractive sepia printed plain back advertising postcard of Bradman in cameo playing a drive, wearing Australia Test cap. Printed title to top ‘Don Bradman. The World’s Greatest Batsman’. Nicely signed in black ink to the image by Bradman. Published ‘With the Compliments of F.J. Palmer & Son Ltd., Men & Boys Outfitters Park Street, Sydney’. Postally unused. Adhesive marks to verso,... View full lot details

England cricket team postcards. A selection of postcards featuring the Test and One day teams. Real photograph postcard of the M.C.C. Australian Team 1907/08, the players in cameo (Rotary Series), ‘England’s Test Team 1926 (C.E. Smith, The Oval), England team 1955/56 and 1956 (both with facsimile signatures to the backs) and three Stamp Publicity colour postcards of England teams late 1990’s/2000’s. Odd minor faults, good condition... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. at Adelaide Oval. 1911’. Two identical copies of an early sepia/ mono real photograph postcard of the M.C.C. touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers and caps, by C.A. Petts of Adelaide. Printed title to lower edge. One copy, in very tatty and soiled condition with loss to corners, is fully signed in ink to the verso by all sixteen playing members of the touring party. Signatures are Warner (Captain), Douglas,... View full lot details

‘England 1902’. Early original sepia postcard of the England team for the Ashes series, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Players are MacLaren (Captain), Fry, Jackson, Ranjitsinhji, Jessop, Hirst, Lilley, Lockwood, Braund, Rhodes and Tyldesley. A.P.F.S. Series no. 508. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1903/04. ‘Mr P.F. Warner’s Team’. Early original sepia postcard of the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, blazers and assorted headgear. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Players are Warner (Captain), Arnold, Foster, Tyldesley, Braund, Hirst, Lilley, Strudwick, Knight, Fielder, Relf, Rhodes and Hayward. Broom Series no. 1385B. Postally unused. Some silvering to edges, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

England v Australia 1905. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of the England team for the 4th Test at Old Trafford, 24th- 26th July 1905, the players seated and standing in rows wearing assorted blazers and caps. Players’ names printed to lower border are Jackson (Captain), Lilley, MacLaren, Fry, Hayward, Spooner, Tyldesley, Rhodes, Brierley, Arnold and Hirst. Postally unused. Creasing and some age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

England v South Africa 1912. Triangular Test Tournament. ‘Test Match England’s Team v South Africa’. Early original mono real photograph postcard of the England team, the players seated and standing in rows wearing assorted blazers and caps. Players’ names printed to lower border are Fry (Captain), Foster, Lilley, Hayward, Hirst, Tyldesley, Blythe, Arnold, Jessop, Crawford and Braund. Rotary Photographic Series no. 3825A. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Sportsman for Cricket News’ c.1899. Early and attractive original colour postcard with decorative printed title, featuring a kangaroo in batting stance at the wicket and a roaring lion in wicket-keeping pose. Hill, Siffken & Co., (L.P.A. Ltd.), London. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to India 1926/27. Original sepia real photograph advertising postcard of the M.C.C. touring party seated and standing in rows with cricket attire and blazers. Printed title to lower edge ‘M.C.C. Team’ with handwritten annotation in ink ‘Calcutta 1926’. Players include Gilligan (Captain), Wyatt, Sandham, Tate, Chichester-Constable, Parsons, Eckersley, Brown etc. Printed advertising for Karachi and Calcutta businesses to verso. Publisher unknown. Light creasing, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1927/28. Original sepia real photograph postcard of the M.C.C. touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and tour blazers. Printed title to lower edge ‘”Christmas Greetings” M.C.C. Team South Africa 1927-28’. Handwritten message in ink to verso from Ernest Tyldesley, ‘Best wishes for Xmas & New Year. Hope you are well. Very hot out here’, very nicely signed by Tyldesley. Publisher unknown. Very good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes 1934. ‘The Test Match. England v Australia. June 8th, 9th, 11th & 12th 1934. Trent Bridge, Nottingham’. Rarer mono real photograph postcard of a cricket bat signed by the England and Australia teams for the Trent Bridge Test match. Published by Barnes & Humby, Nottingham. Postally unused. Small tape marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to India 1933/34. ‘M.C.C. XI 1933’. Original sepia real photograph postcard of the M.C.C. team and officials seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players are Jardine (Captain), Human, Barnett, Nichols, Gregory, Langridge, Levett, Walters, Townsend, Bakewell and Valentine. Handwritten annotation in ink to verso, ‘Chandan[?] Karachi 19/1/[19]34’. Thakar & Co., Karachi. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1928/29. ‘Signatures of the English Cricketers in Australia 1928-29’. Original postcard with printed title and facsimile signatures of the M.C.C. touring party printed in blue. Published by Dominion Broadcasting Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, the verso gives radio broadcasting details for ‘Short Wave transmissions 19.00 to 20.00 G.M.T. each Sunday’. Postmarked 26th January 1923. Soiling and rounding to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Bodyline. M.C.C. tour to Australia 1932/33. Rare original sepia real photograph plain back postcard of the M.C.C. touring party taken on board ship, the R.M.S. Orontes, the players seated and standing wearing cricket attire and tour blazers. Players include Jardine (Captain), Allen, Hammond, Larwood, Leyland, Nawab of Pataudi, Voce, Ames, Sutcliffe, Verity etc. Seated in the front centre is the Captain of the ship, probably G.G. Thorne. Photographer unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. Australian XI v. Mr. John Bamford’s England XI at Oldfields, Uttoxeter (England XI)’ 1908. Rare and early sepia real photograph postcard of the Bamford England XI seated and standing in rows wearing blazers and assorted headgear, the pavilion in the background. The printed title implies the team was for the match played at Uttoxeter 10th- 12th September 1908, comprising Whitehead, Hardisty, Bowell, Vine, Marshal, Tarrant, Rothery, King, Crawford, Arnold and Lilley. M.C.C. Touring Team... View full lot details

‘Mr. J. Bamford’s England XI v South Africans at Oldfields, Uttoxeter’ 1907. Rare and early sepia real photograph postcard of both teams seated and standing in rows wearing blazers and assorted headgear, the pavilion in the background. The printed title implies the team was for the match played at Uttoxeter 5th & 6th September 1907, South Africans winning by an innings and 14 runs. Players featured include A.C. Maclaren, Fishwick, Braund, Lilley, McGahey, Lawton, Barnes,... View full lot details

A.E.R. Gilligan’s XI v Hon. L.H. Tennyson’s XI 1925. Original mono real photograph postcard of the two teams seated and standing together in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers for the drawn match played at Folkestone 9th- 11th September 1925. Players featured include Calthorpe, Bowley, Hammond, Mead, Tennyson, A.H.H. Gilligan, Kennedy (Tennyson’s XI), Hobbs, Sandham, Relf, Whysall, Chapman, Tate, A.E.R. Gilligan, Strudwick (Gilligan’s XI) etc. Blind embossed stamp for Halksworth Wheeler of Folkestone to... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1956/57. Rarer sepia postcard of the Union-Castle Line R.M.S. ‘Edinburgh Castle’ which took the team to South Africa. Very nicely and fully signed in ink to card face by the nineteen members of the touring party. Signatures are May (Captain), Laker, Evans, Lock, Parks, Oakman, Compton, Bailey, Tyson, Cowdrey, Richardson, Loader, Insole, Statham, Wardle, Taylor, Brown (Manager), Duckworth (Baggage) and Dalton (Masseur). Postally unused. Ink annotation to verso, otherwise in... View full lot details

Colin David Drybrough. Oxford University 1960-1962. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Drybrough, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and university blazer. Nicely signed in blue ink by Drybrough. Official stamp to verso for Walkers Studios, Scarborough. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘South of England XI v The Australian [sic]’ 1899. Rarer early sepia real photograph postcard of the South team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers, for the opening match of the tour played at Crystal Palace, 8th- 10th May 1899. Players are W.G. Grace (Captain), Brockwell, Townsend, Jessop, Mason, Board, Abel, Fry, Lockwood, Ranjitsinhji and Hayward. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Rotary Series no. 3613. Postally unused.... View full lot details

Cricket postcards 1904-1950s. Eight postcards, the majority real photographs. Includes individual player postcards of Percy Chapman with signature in ink on piece laid down (now detached), Alec Bedser, nicely signed in ink, F.C. Dick Oval Bookstall, Arthur Fielder (Kent), Foster of Brighton, some fading, adhesive to verso, and Gilbert Jessop, Wrench Series no. 1688, postmarked 1905. Also team postcards of Yorkshire c.1928, publisher unknown, West Indies touring party to England 1950, Bridge House, Kent C.C.C.... View full lot details

Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, one of Hobbs in batting pose at the wicket, nicely signed in ink ‘J.B. Hobbs’ and again to the verso ‘With compliments and many thanks for your very nice letter, JBH’, dated in pencil 13th August 1934. The other of Sutcliffe, three quarter length wearing M.C.C. tour blazer in cameo, nicely signed by Sutcliffe. Dated in pencil to verso 17th April 1935. Sold... View full lot details

England, Australia and overseas cricket collectors’ cards and postcards 1990s. Black binder comprising a collection totalling eighty three loose mounted colour collectors’ cards and postcards of players, the majority signed by the featured player. Series include World Cup England 1999 official collectors’ cards numbers 1-12, seven signed by Stewart (England), Asif Akram (Kenya), Ranatunga (Sri Lanka), Campbell (Zimbabwe), S. Waugh (Australia), Fleming (New Zealand) and Wasim Akram (Pakistan). Thirty two ‘England Internationals in the 90s... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1929. Sepia printed advertising postcard published by Jaeger of ‘The South Africa Team 1929 in Jaeger Shirts and Sweaters, Trousers, etc. specially supplied for the present tour’. Nicely signed in ink by seventeen members of the touring party. Signatures are Deane, Siedle, Mitchell, Quinn, Bell, Morkel, Christy, Ochse, Dalton, Vincent, Taylor, Catterall, Owen-Smith, van der Merwe, McMillan, Frielinghaus (Manager) and Frames (Secretary). Lacking one signature of Cameron. Photo by Hana,... View full lot details

Pakistan inaugural tour to England 1954. Official mono real photograph plain back postcard of the Pakistan team seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. Printed title and players names to lower border. Signed in ink to the photograph by eight players and again to the verso by four. Signatures include Khalid Hassan, Shuja-ud-din, Waqar Hasan, Alim-ud-din, Khalid Wazar, Imtiza Ahmed, Khan Mohammad etc. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. Tour to Australia, 1903/04. Seven mono postcards of the “Warner’s Team Series” published by John Walker & Co., London. Postcards are Warner, Tyldesley, Rhodes, Lilley, Knight and Arnold (two copies). The Rhodes card postmarked 1904, others postally unused. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1905. Four Star Series mono postcards featuring members of the Australian touring party. Cards features Noble, Hill & Darling, Trumper, Duff, Howell & Kelly, Gregory, Armstrong & McLeod, and Hopkins, Cotter & Gehrs. Sold with six Wrench Series postcards of players of the period including five Australians, Clem Hill (no. 1392), J. Darling (1393), W.P. Howell (1394), M.A. Noble (1395), and J.J. Kelly (1397), also A.E. Trott (1754) postmarked 1910. ... View full lot details

Wrench Series postcards early 1900s. A selection of ten mono/ sepia postcards of individual players. K.S. Ranjitsinhji, two different batting poses, series nos. 1379 & 1380, E.H. Killick no. 1382, J. Vine no. 1383, H.R. Butt no. 1385, J.T. Tyldesley no. 1387, W. Rhodes no. 1388, L.C. Braund no. 1389, A.C. MacLaren no. 1390, and G.H. Hirst no. 1391. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wrench Series postcards early 1900s. A selection of eleven mono/ sepia postcards of individual players. W. Lockwood series no. 1686, John Gunn no. 1691, A.A. Lilley no. 1692, T. Hayward no. 1693, A.O. Jones no. 1694, R. Abel no. 1695, C. Blythe no. 1749, A. Shrewsbury no. 1750, J.R. Mason no. 1751, V.F.S. Crawford no. 1752, and G. Llewellyn no. 1753. The Lockwood card postmarked 1910, others all postally unused. Odd minor faults, otherwise in... View full lot details

‘Famous Fielders. In the Open’ series no. 6452, first published by Raphael Tuck & Son in 1907. Full set of six colour postcards from photographs by G.W. Beldam of fielders being J. Tunnicliffe, Clem Hill, W.W. Armstrong, M.A. Noble, G.L. Jessop and A.A. Lilley. Each card with title to lower border. Sold with the original envelope with printed series details to front and back. All postally used. Some wear to the envelope, the postcards in... View full lot details

Don Bradman. Australia. ‘Festival Cricket at Scarborough’ colour postcard signed to the back of the card by Bradman in blue ink. Good condition... View full lot details

Australia. Five mono postcards, real photograph and printed, of Australian tour teams to England in 1926, 1930, 1934, 1948 and 1956. Postcards by Bolland (2), Photo-works etc. Sold with a advertising page for the Australian tour of England in 1953 with image of the team, some faults, and an official Playfair brochure for the 1964 Australian team to England. Good condition... View full lot details

Test team tour postcards. Seven mono real photograph postcards of All-India 1932, West Indies 1933, New Zealand 1937, Pakistan 1954, South Africa 1955, South Africa (at Scarborough) 1960 and M.C.C. at Scarborough c1950’s. Plus a colour postcard of Basque pelota being played. The card was sent by John Arlott, the postcard stamped Alresford 1965 to an A.P. Macnamara apologising and saying not to pay for some cards he has sent. Signed by Arlott. Sold... View full lot details

John Lambert ‘Jack’ Kerr. Canterbury & New Zealand 1929-1940. Sepia real photograph plain back postcard of Kerr standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and New Zealand blazer. Signed in ink with dedication, in part to the darker area of the photograph, ‘Jack Kerr’. Blind embossed stamp for The Crown Studios, Wellington, to lower right corner. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

New Zealand tour to England 1931. ‘New Zealand & Leicestershire C.C.C. 1931’. Original mono real photograph postcard of the two teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers for the drawn tour match played at Leicester 9th- 11th May 1931. Printed title to lower edge. Players featured include Lowry, Matheson, Mills, Merritt, Talbot, Page, Dempster, Blunt (New Zealand), Berry, Sidwell, Snary, Bradshaw, Astill, Dawson, Armstrong, Geary (Leicestershire) etc. Photo by Cecil Meade... View full lot details

‘Badge of the West Indies Cricket Team 1923’. Original sepia postcard depicting the West Indies cricket emblem. Printed description to verso describes ‘This Badge representing a Royal Palm and the magnificent constellation of Orion was designed by Mr Algernon Aspinall, C.M.G., and adopted by the successful West Indies Cricket Team, 1923’. Published by Raphael House, London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘West Indies Cricket Touring Team 1950’. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the West Indies team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, spectators in the background. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Players include Goddard (Captain), Stollmeyer, Rae, Worrell, Weekes, Gomez, Ramadhin, Walcott, Christiani etc. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Clyde Leopold Walcott. Barbados, British Guiana & West Indies 1941-1964. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Walcott, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Walcott. Annotation in ink to verso ‘Autographed September 1950’. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer. Trinidad & West Indies 1938-1957. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Stollmeyer, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue biro to the photograph by Stollmeyer. Annotation in ink to verso ‘Autographed 30th August 1950’. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Light creasing to edges, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Everton de Courcy Weekes. Barbados & West Indies 1944-1964. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Weekes, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Weekes. Annotation in ink to verso ‘Autographed 31st August 1950’. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia, South Africa and West Indies tours to England 1907-1947. A selection of ten original team postcards, real photographs unless stated. Teams are Australia 1921, publisher unknown, wear and staining, 1926 printed, T. Bolland, 1930, J. Smith Bookstall Lord’s. West Indies 1928 printed Jaeger advertising card with some wear, 1933, publisher unknown, 1939, unknown. South Africa 1907, Scott of Manchester, 1935, A.W.S., 1947, A.W.S./ R.A. Photocards. Also one of the 1928 Middlesex team, Lord’s &... View full lot details

‘The Cricket Album, containing 36 artistic photo post cards of all the first class county teams, also Warners XI, 18 of the best Cricketers and the 1905 Australian team’. The Star Series. 3rd edition. Complete album of uncut postcards, six to a page, printed in Bavaria for G.D. & D. London in original orange wrappers with printed title and postcard of the 1905 Australian team laid to front. Front wrapper detached, wear and nicks to... View full lot details

Victorian cricket Christmas cards c.1895. Two exquisite single-sided colour postcard size Christmas cards. One titled ‘From one “Flannell’d Fool’ to another’, features a cricket bag with flap-down front revealing contents of cricket equipment and address label. The other titled ‘To Wish You a Match-less Christmas, and a Good Innings through Many A Happy Year’, with raised ‘3-D’ caricature of a batsman in attacking pose. Both postcards with printed titles and rhyme to front, plain backs,... View full lot details

‘Cricket Extraordinary’ c.1900. A set of twelve early plain back colour collectors’ cards, each depicting a young man and/or woman in various humorous courting situations with printed title and caption of a cricketing term. Subjects in the numbered series comprise ‘Out first ball’, ‘Mid off’, ‘Mid on’, ‘Not out’, ‘Out with a duck’, ‘Maiden over’, ‘Wicket Keeper’, ‘Good ball (bawl)’, ‘Bowled (bold)’, ‘Short slip’, ‘Well caught’ and ‘Stumped’. Each card measures 2.75”x4.5”. Publisher unknown. Very... View full lot details

Davidson Bros. ‘Cricket Illustrated’, Series 2505 c.1903. Early comical cricket postcards. Full set of six Edwardian postcards, each of colour cartoons of a humorous cricket scene illustrating a well-known cricket phrase or saying by the artist ‘Tom B’ (Tom Browne). Titles are ‘Stumped’, ‘Well Fielded’, ‘A Collision in Mid-Wicket’, ‘A Maiden Over’, ‘Winning the Toss’, and ‘The Hat Trick. Four cards postmarked 1903, two with handwritten correspondence to fronts. Minor creasing and age toning to... View full lot details

Davidson Bros. Series 6136 c.1905. Early comical cricket postcards. Full set of six Edwardian postcards, each of colour cartoons of a humorous cricket scene illustrating a cricket phrase or saying from originals by the artist Rene Bull. Titles are ‘Well held, or a long slip’, ‘Batsman to Umpire, “No matter where I stand you say leg before”’, ‘Well fielded’, ‘Novice, “Which am I to catch, the bat or the ball?”’, ‘A Boundary’, and ‘Lost Ball.... View full lot details

Raphael Tuck & Sons ‘Cricket Illustrated Oilette’ series no. 6445 c.1904. Full set of six humorous Edwardian colour postcards of cartoons by S. Hebblethwaite. Titles are ‘Hard Hit’, ‘Caught’, ‘Thank You Sir’, ‘A Long Stop’, ‘Stumpt’, and ‘A Maiden Over’. Four postally used with postmarks for 1904 & 1905. Annotation in ink to front of one. Minor wear to edges and corners of the odd postcard, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Raphael Tuck & Sons ‘Cricket Illustrated Humorous’ series no. 1324 & 1325 c.1904. Full set of twelve humorous late Victorian colour postcards of cartoons by ‘P.V.B.’. Titles are ‘A Good Catch!’, ‘One to Beat!’, ‘Cover Point!’, ‘The Hat Trick!’, ‘No Ball!’, ‘Running the Score Up!’, ‘Stumped!’, ‘Out with a Duck!’, ‘Run Out!’, ‘Well Played, Sir!, ‘Bounder-y!’, and ‘Wide!’. Eight postally used with postmarks for 1904-1906. Correspondence in ink to front of two. Minor wear to... View full lot details

Millar & Lang ‘Cricket Series’ no. 585 c.1907. Full set of six humorous Edwardian colour postcards of cartoons. Titles are ‘Run Out!’, ‘Out. Score- 0!’, ‘Well Caught!’, ‘An Anxious Moment’, ‘Bowled!’, and ‘Leg Hit!’. Five postally used with postmarks for 1907- 1909. Some wear to edges and corners, light staining to the odd postcard, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Misch & Stock’s ‘Comic Cricket’ Series No. 181. c.1905. Set of six humorous colour postcards of cartoons by ‘GF’. Titles are ‘An Umpire’s invention for high balls’, ‘The man of the “Century”. The airs & graces of 100 up’, ‘Bowled!- First ball!’, ‘A clean Miss’, ‘A hit to “leg”’, and ‘A good catch by a mug. How’s that?’. Three postally used with postmarks for 1905- 1909. Correspondence annotated to front of one. Some wear... View full lot details

Boy cricketer postcards c.1913. Six early colour postcards of photographic images of a young boy in various batting poses. ‘Series 1888’ printed in Saxony. Titles are ‘Ready for a run’, ‘The hope of his side’, ‘Well played Sir’, ‘A narrow squeak’, ‘Play’, and ‘Ready for the play’. Five postally used, two with postmarks for 1913. Wear to some corners, odd creasing and soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

A. & G. Taylor’s ‘Orthochrome Series’ c.1910. Set of five humorous colour postcards of cartoons of teddy bears playing cricket. Titles are ‘None but the brave deserve the fair’, ‘And he thought it was going to be a boundary’, ‘99 not out’, ‘Out! First ball too’, and ‘Well stopped! And well he “nose” it’. All postally used, four with postmarks for 1910- 1915. Some wear to edges and corners, odd nick and creasing, otherwise in... View full lot details

Donald George Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. Mono ‘photocard’ no. 176 of Don Bradman, Australia’s Captain from the 1936/37 series of Test matches in Australia. Published by Ardath Tobacco Co and packed with Kings cigarettes. The card also features the England Captain Gubby Allen. Signed by both Captains from the Ashes series in black and blue ink. Good condition... View full lot details

Donald George Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. Mono ‘photocard’ of Don Bradman, Australia’s Captain from the 1938 series of Test matches in England. Published by Ardath Tobacco Co and packed with Kings cigarettes. Signed by Bradman in ink. Adhesive marks covering the majority of the back of the card otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

W.G. Grace. An unusual and very early original trade card depicting Grace on a shield shaped Union Flag emblem published by lithographer J. Baines of 68, Carlisle Road, Manningham, Bradford, the card being produced in 1883/84. The card has a head and shoulders image of Grace with title ‘W.G. Grace’ below and ‘J. Bains, Lith, Manningham, Bradford, Yorks’ below the title. Printed advertisement to verso, ‘£100 a year given in prizes. Buy Baines’s Cricket and... View full lot details

‘Cricketers Terms’ series. W.&F. Faulkner 1899. Rare set of twelve plain cigarette cards entitled ‘A maiden over’, ‘Caught’, ‘Fielding’, How’s That’, ‘Leg Before’, ‘Leg Hit’, ‘Leg Stump’, ‘Over’, ‘Run Out’, ‘Slip’, Stumped’ and ‘Wide’. Odd very minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wills’s Cigarettes ‘Cricketers’. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. Rare photographic promotional card produced by Wills to promote the set of fifty cards. Each of the fifty cards is shown within an oval. Players named to back in pencil. 4.5”x6”. Unusual... View full lot details

T.C.C.B./ E.C.B./ Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ series. Black binder comprising an excellent near complete run of card numbers 1-348, lacking just two, nos. 214 and 216. 104 cards are signed by the featured cricketer, including a good number of overseas players, numbers 2, 5, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21-28, 31-33, 35, 38, 39, 42, 44, 47, 48, 50-54, 57, 69, 71, 74, 75, 79, 85, 90, 100, 101, 104, 105, 111, 114, 122,... View full lot details

‘The Bradman Collection. The Australian Legend’ 1997. Complete set of twenty numbered collectors’ cards produced by Weet-Bix. Excellent condition.... View full lot details

Australia Test and domestic cricket 1960s onwards. Brown binder comprising a good selection of collectors’ and trade cards, mainly modern, the odd earlier, philatelic issues, postcards, photographs etc. Includes a commemorative booklet for the Centenary of the first international cricket match at Melbourne, Australia v England 1862-1962 produced by Shell Australia, a ‘Test Cricket Centenary 1877-1977’ Australian stamp issue, ‘Australian Legends’ Don Bradman commemorative cover 1997. Collectors’ cards include six ‘Classic Cricket International Cricketers’ cards,... View full lot details

England and Australia early 1900s. Seventeen early cigarette cards including Australian issues. Players featured are A. Jackson, A.F. Kippax, E. Jones, G.L. Garnsey, V. Richardson, J. Scott, C. Hill, V.Y. Richardson, A. Cotter, J.B. Hobbs, E.J. Smith, P.F. Warner, W.C. Smith, A. Fielder (two different), A. Fagg, and A.E. Relf. Various series including Wills/ Capstan ‘Australian and English Cricketers’ Australian issues, A.W. Allen ‘Cricketers’ 1936/37, ‘[Australian] Giant Brand Licorice’ c.1930, Godfrey Phillips Melbourne Grey’s Cigarettes... View full lot details

Overseas signed Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ series. Thirty cards, the majority of overseas players, each signed by the featured player. Card numbers are 63, 121, 205, 249, 276, 296, 306, 308, 316, 331, 339, 340, 342, 358, 363, 365, 396, 401, 416, 418, 419, 434, 435, 448, 451, 464, 475, 486, 501 and 509. Signatures include Watson, Jaques, Rogers, Bollinger, Smith (Australia), Srinath (India), Adams, Marshall (New Zealand), Azhar Mahmood (Pakistan), Vaas (Sri Lanka),... View full lot details

Signed England Classic Cricket Cards and Cornhill collectors’ cards. A good selection of sixty Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ series, each signed by the featured player. Card numbers are 4, 5, 15, 28, 42, 74, 95, 104, 210, 211, 225, 235, 237-239, 254, 255, 270-274, 285, 286, 288, 289, 299, 301, 303-305, 313, 322-324, 333, 334, 350, 351, 367, 370, 381, 382, 397, 399, 406, 420, 421, 423, 424, 426, 437, 452, 455, 457, 482,... View full lot details