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‘Liverpool Cricket Club 1822 Score Book’. Original scorebook bound in apparently original marbled boards, blue leather spine with raised bands, gilt title to front. The scorebook comprises over 160 pages of scores for seasons 1822 and 1823, with records of individuals’ scores (‘Notches’), also a list of members and averages. The inside cover and front endpaper have the handwritten rules of the Club, which have been crudely scrubbed out in ink. Slipped in is a... View full lot details

Oxford v Cambridge ‘The University Match at Lord’s’ 1841, Seventh Varsity match held. Original scorers sheets from the match played on the 14th, 15th & 16th July 1841, these sheets were compiled by the Oxford scorer. The sheets are handwritten in a neat hand and are laid down to card, sheets to both sides. Handwritten titles of the match, dates to the top of the sheets. The first sheet shows the innings of Cambridge... View full lot details

H.H. Stephenson’s tour of Australia 1861/62. ‘International Cricket Match. New South Wales v All England, played at the Domain, Sydney on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 29th, 30th and 31st, and February 1st 1862. The All England Eleven introduced into the Colonies by Messrs Spiers & Pond’. Very early original silk scorecard for the match played in 1862 between New South Wales (22 players) and the All England XI. Printed by the Caxton Printing... View full lot details

‘Authorized Cricket Score. The United Eleven of England versus The Eastbourne Club’ 1866. Early original double sided scorecard for the match played at Eastbourne 20th- 22nd August 1866 with printed scores at the close of the first day’s play. The twenty two of Eastbourne (102 & 128) lost to the United England Eleven (81 & 150/5) by five wickets. For England, Iddison took seventeen wickets in the match and Freeman fifteen, with Thomas Bignall top... View full lot details

‘England v Australia, The Oval 1880’. The First Test Match to be played in England. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the inaugural Test match, England v Australia, played at the Kennington Oval on the 6th-8th September 1880. England won the first Test match by five wickets. England made 420 and Australia were bowled out for 149 in their first innings. Australia following on in their second innings made 327 all out, and England won the... View full lot details

Lord’s 1885. Two early original double-sided scorecards for matches played at Lord’s. Both scorecards with incomplete printed and handwritten scores. Matches are Middlesex v Surrey, 8th- 10th June 1885, Surrey won by 12 runs. Oxford v Cambridge, Varsity Match, 29th June- 1st July 1885, Cambridge University won by seven wickets. Notable names featured include Abel, Read, Shuter, Lohmann (Surrey), Webbe, O’Brien, Greatorex, de Paravicini (Middlesex), Brain, Key, Page, Newton (Oxford), Wright, Bainbridge, (Lord) Hawke, Marchant... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1887 & 1889. Four early official double-sided scorecards for matches played at Kennington Oval. Incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Cambridge University, 20th- 22nd June 1887, Surrey won by an innings and 67 runs (Walter Read 244 for Surrey). v Nottinghamshire, 1st- 3rd August 1887, Surrey won by four wickets. v Derbyshire, 20th & 21st June 1889, Surrey won by an innings and 223 runs (J.M. Read 103, Bowley ten... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Middlesex’ 1888. Early original double-sided scorecard for the match played at Kennington Oval, 19th- 21st July 1888. The scorecard with incomplete printed scores. Middlesex (161 & 53) lost to Surrey (163 & 52/7) by seven wickets. George Burton took all ten wickets for Middlesex in Surrey’s first innings, thirteen in the match, and George Lohmann took ten wickets in the match for Surrey. Other notable names include Walker, Webbe, O’Brien, Vernon, Ford (Middlesex),... View full lot details

Essex and Derbyshire scorecards 1888-1900. Four early original scorecards including three for Essex ‘home’ County matches played at Leyton, all with printed and handwritten scores. Matches are v Derbyshire 21st & 22nd May 1888, Derbyshire won by seven wickets. v Derbyshire 26th- 29th May 1890, 26th & 27th May 1890, Derbyshire won by eight runs (Davidson eleven wickets for Derbyshire, Pickett ten wickets for Essex). Both 4.5”x6”. v Middlesex 23rd- 25th August 1900, match drawn... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. scorecards 1890-1905. Four early original scorecards for Kent ‘home’ County matches, all with printed and handwritten scores. Matches are v Nottinghamshire, Gravesend 5th- 7th June 1890, match drawn, press cutting match report laid down to verso, 6”x6”. v Yorkshire, Canterbury 22nd- 24th August 1901, Yorkshire won by 247 runs (Rhodes eleven wickets), 5”x8”. v Somerset, Gravesend 23rd- 25th July 1903, Kent won by 130 runs (Burnup 134, Blythe eleven wickets), 5.25”x7.25”. v Hampshire,... View full lot details

‘Hastings and St. Leonards Grand Cricket Week, 1891’. Original ‘Randle’s Authorised Score Card’, the eight page programme comprising a page for each innings for the opening match of the sixth Hastings Festival, North v. South, played at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings, 10th- 12th September 1981 and advertising, in original green card wrappers. The North’s first innings with complete handwritten scores in pencil. The North batted first and reached 301, A. Ward (54) and L.... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1890-1892. Five early original double-sided scorecards for County matches played at Kennington Oval, all with incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Nottinghamshire 4th- 6th August 1890, Surrey won by seven wickets. v Nottinghamshire 3rd- 5th August 1891, Surrey won by an innings and 46 runs (Lohmann ten wickets in the match). v Lancashire 20th- 22nd August 1891, match drawn. v Kent 27th- 29th August 1891, Surrey won by 105 runs... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1890 & 1892. Four early original double-sided scorecards for County matches played at Lord’s, all with complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil unless stated. Matches are v Nottinghamshire 29th- 31st May 1890, Middlesex won by seven wickets. v Somerset 6th & 7th June 1892, Middlesex won by 112 runs (Woods twelve wickets for Somerset, Rawlin eleven for Middlesex), incomplete scores. v Yorkshire 16th- 18th June 1892, Yorkshire won by four wickets (Ulyett... View full lot details

M.C.C. Club and Ground 1890-1893. Five early original double-sided scorecards for matches played at Lord’s with printed and handwritten scores in pencil, three complete. Matches are v Kent 8th- 10th May 1890, match drawn (Chatterton ten wickets in the match for M.C.C.). v Lancashire 9th & 10th May 1892, M.C.C. won by ten wickets (Chatterton 109, Attewell ten wickets in the match). v Nottinghamshire 19th- 21st May 1892, M.C.C. won by 14 runs (J.T. Hearne... View full lot details

Miscellaneous scorecards 1890-1971. A selection of eight official scorecards, the majority pre-war with printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Matches are Oxford University v Gentlemen of England, Oxford 22nd- 24th May 1890, complete printed scores. Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s 9th- 11th July 1906, complete printed scores. Champion County [Lancashire] v Rest of England, Kennington Oval 11th- 14th September 1926. Lord Hawke’s XI v M.C.C. Australian Touring Team, Scarborough 7th- 10th September 1929. North v... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. 1892-1899. Seven early original double-sided scorecards for Kent County matches and one tour match against the 1899 Australians, all with printed and/ or handwritten scores, some complete. Matches are v Nottinghamshire, Canterbury 4th- 6th August 1892 (scorecard cutting laid down to front, cutting report to verso), v Surrey, Catford 20th- 2nd July 1893, v Surrey, Kennington Oval 3rd- 5th August 1893, v Surrey, Catford 23rd & 24th July 1896, v Middlesex, Lord’s 27th-... View full lot details

Miscellaneous Lord’s scorecards 1892-1901. Four early original scorecards for matches played at Lord’s, all with printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are ‘Married v Single. Clayton’s Benefit’ 23rd- 25th May 1892, M.C.C. & Ground v Worcestershire 18th & 19th August 1893, Cheltenham College v Haileybury College 31st July & 1st August 1896, all 4.5”x6”, and Cheltenham College v Haileybury College 2nd & 3rd August 1901, 5”x8.25”. Lord’s fixtures to verso of all. Folds/ creasing to... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1893-1895. Seven early original scorecards for County matches played at Lord’s, all with printed and/ or handwritten scores. Three are single-sided printed on paper, each 5”x7.5”. Matches are v Middlesex 6th- 8th July 1893, v Kent 24th- 26th August 1893 and v Somerset (T. Mycroft’s Benefit) 3rd- 5th June 1895. The remainder, printed on card with Lord’s fixtures to verso, are for matches v Somerset 22nd & 23rd May 1893, v Nottinghamshire 5th-... View full lot details

Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes ‘Record Opening Stand’ 1932. Essex v. Yorkshire. Official double-sided scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink for the match played at Leyton, 15th- 17th June 1932. Batting first, Sutcliffe and Holmes set a Yorkshire record first wicket stand of 555, Sutcliffe scored 313 and Holmes 224no. This is still the record opening stand for Yorkshire and second in the overall record for the first wicket. In reply Essex... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1896-1906. Eight early original scorecards for County matches played at Lord’s, all with printed and/ or handwritten scores, mainly incomplete. Matches are v Yorkshire 21st- 23rd May 1896, v Sussex 24th- 26th August 1896, both 4.5”x6”, v Surrey 15th- 17th July 1897, v Sussex 8th- 10th June 1899, v Nottinghamshire 22nd- 24th June 1899, and three v Somerset 19th- 21st May 1902 (George Hay’s Benefit), 12th- 14th June 1905 (G. Burton’s Benefit), and... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1899. ‘Australians v. An XI of England’. Rarer early double sided folding scorecard for the tour match played at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, 18th- 20th May 1899, with complete printed scores. Batting first the Australians reached 222, Ernie Jones top scoring with 54. The England XI responded with 171 (W. Gunn 52no), the Australians then declaring their second innings at 227/8 (Victor Trumper 64), setting a target of 279. The England XI... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1902. ‘Australians v. An XI of England’. Rarer early double sided folding scorecard for the tour match played at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, 16th- 18th June 1902, with complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil. Batting first the Australians reached 154, Clem Hill top scoring with 46. The England XI responded with 138, V.F.S. Crawford scoring 57, Hugh Trumble taking 8/58, the Australians then making 185 in their second innings (Syd Gregory... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. 1900-1908. Six original pre-war scorecards for County matches played at Kennington Oval, all with printed and/ or handwritten scores, incomplete unless stated. Matches are v Lancashire 16th- 18th August 1900, v Nottinghamshire 5th- 7th August 1901, v Yorkshire 16th- 18th September 1901 (complete printed scores), v Nottinghamshire 4th- 6th August 1902, all 4.5”x6”, v Nottinghamshire 1st- 3rd August 1904, and v Sussex 27th- 29th July 1908 (match drawn, Ranjitsinhji 200 for Sussex, Hayward... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. County match scorecards 1903-1977. A selection of eleven official scorecards, incomplete printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Earlier pre-war scorecards include one ‘away’ match v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge 1st- 3rd June 1903. The remainder all played at Kennington Oval. Matches are v Yorkshire 26th- 28th July 1906 and 17th- 19th August 1911. v Essex 29th May- 1st June 1920. v Somerset 16th- 18th July 1930. v Warwickshire 16th May 1953, complete printed... View full lot details

Kent v Hampshire 1904. Colin Blythe fifteen wickets. Early official double-sided scorecard for the match played at Tonbridge 18th & 19th August 1904 with near complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil. Hampshire (91 & 85) lost to Kent (114 & 65/2) by eight wickets. In Hampshire’s first innings Kent’s Colin Blythe took nine wickets for 30 runs, and in the second a further six wickets for 46 to return match bowling figures of 15... View full lot details

‘Hastings & St. Leonards Cricket Week, 1907. Gentlemen of South v. Players of South’. Jessop second fastest century. Early original double sided folded scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings, 2nd- 4th September 1907. Gentlemen of the South chose to bat first and posted 211 with Percy Perrin starring with the bat scoring 117. Bill Fairservice and George Dennett shared the wickets five apiece. Replying, the... View full lot details

England home Test and tour match scorecards 1907-1987. A selection of thirteen official scorecards with printed and/ or handwritten scores, some complete. Test matches are England v South Africa, 3rd Test, Kennington Oval 1907. v South Africa, 2nd Test, Lord’s 1924. v West Indies, 3rd Test, The Oval 1928. v New Zealand, 1st Test, Lord’s 1931. v All India, only Test, Lord’s 1932. v West Indies, 1st Test, Lord’s and 3rd Test, The Oval 1933.... View full lot details

Kent v Hampshire 1908. Colin Blythe twelve wickets. Early official double-sided scorecard for the match played at Canterbury 6th- 8th August 1908 with complete handwritten scores in pencil. Kent (203 & 240) lost to Hampshire (178 & 268/9) by one wicket, Hampshire’s last pairing, Stone and Newman, making an unbeaten partnership of 53 to secure victory. Kent’s Colin Blythe took eight wickets for 83 in the first innings and ended with match bowling figures of... View full lot details

South v North 1893. Large early original sepia photograph of the South team, standing and seated in rows, wearing caps and cricket attire, in front of the pavilion at Hastings for the Festival match played 11th- 13th September 1893. Players featured are W.G. Grace (Captain), Read, Hearne, Lockwood, Murdoch, Richardson, Stoddart, Hewett, Bean, Wood and Ferris. Also featured are the umpires, Carpenter and Thoms. The photograph by G.W. Bradshaw of Hastings measures 10.75”x8.5”, laid down... View full lot details

Surrey v Kent 1908. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the match played at Kennington Oval 17th- 19th August 1908 in which Surrey emphatically defeated Kent by an innings and 318 runs. Electing to bat first, Kent could only reach 111 with Surrey’s Kirk and Hitch taking five wickets apiece. In reply, Surrey amassed 532/7 declared (Alan Marshal 167, Jack Hobbs 155). Kent were then bowled out again cheaply for 103 with Hitch taking eight... View full lot details

‘Hambledon v. England played on Broadhalfpenny Down’ 1908. Rarer early original double-sided scorecard for the first match to be played on Broadhalfpenny Down in over 100 years, 10th- 12th September 1908. Incomplete complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil. Played twelve a side, England (124 & 309) lost to Hambledon (277 & 158/6) by five wickets. Players who took part included C.B. Fry, Wynyard, Sprot, Llewellyn, Jephson, Mead, Newman (Hambledon), Knight, Ford, Jessop, Killick, Trott,... View full lot details

Australia v South Africa. Triangular Test Tournament, Lord’s 1912. Rare original and highly decorative commemorative scorecard printed in gold ink with decorative blue and gold floral borders. The scorecard with complete printed scores for the first innings of the match played 15th- 17th July 1912, South Africa having scored 263 and Australia 390. Beautifully signed in ink by all sixteen members of the Australian touring party and the match umpires, Moss and Street, eighteen signatures... View full lot details

Australia tours to England 1912-1980. A good selection of twenty scorecards for Test, tour and wartime matches, some with complete printed scores, others printed and/ or handwritten. England v Australia Test match scorecards are Triangular Test Tournament, Kennington Oval 19th- 22nd August 1912. 5th Test, The Oval 14th- 18th August 1926, commemorative silk scorecard (taped to edges). 2nd Test, Lord’s 27th June- 1st July 1930. 5th Test, The Oval 16th- 22nd August 1930. 5th Test,... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. County, tour and wartime scorecards 1919-1962. A selection of eight official scorecards with printed and/ or handwritten scores unless stated. Includes six matches played at Lord’s, matches are v Nottinghamshire 1919, v Sussex 1920 (J.P. Whiteside’s Benefit), v Surrey 1921, v Sussex 1931 (Patsy Hendren’s Benefit), one wartime match, Middlesex & Essex v Kent & Surrey 1942, and the tour match v Pakistan 1962 (single-sided, complete scores printed on paper). Also two away... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Somerset v Surrey, Taunton, 15th- 18th August 1925. Original single sided scorecard from the match where Hobbs made his 126th (101) and 127th (101no) centuries, equalling and breaking W.G. Grace’s record of number of centuries scored. Surrey won by ten wickets. The scorecard signed in ink by Hobbs. Printed by Hammett & Co., Taunton. 5.5”x8.75”. Fold affecting the signature, odd nicks and creasing, foxing, overall in generally... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. Pre-war scorecards 1930-1939. Three official scorecards for Kent ‘home’ matches played at different venues, each with printed and/ or handwritten scores. Matches are v Derbyshire at Tonbridge 14th- 17th June 1930, Kent won by nine wickets, Tich Freeman taking thirteen wickets in the match. v Yorkshire at Gravesend 30th August & 1st September 1930, Yorkshire won by an innings and 45 runs. v Surrey at Blackheath 22nd- 25th July 1939, match drawn. Folds,... View full lot details

Test, County, university and Tour match scorecards 1934-1950. A selection of thirty official score cards for tour, Test, County matches etc. including Cambridge University v South Africans 1935. Australia v The Rest, Lord’s 27th May 1944. England v Australia, Lord’s 29th May 1944. Northamptonshire v India, Northampton 26th- 28th June 1946. England v India, 2nd Test, Old Trafford 20th- 23rd July 1946. Northamptonshire v South African, Northampton 4th- 6th June 1947. England v South Africa,... View full lot details

‘Intercolonial Cricket Match- Victoria v South Australia’ 1896/97. Original sepia photograph of the Victoria team for the Sheffield Shield match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1st- 5th January 1897. The players seated in two rows, wearing cricket attire, blazers and assorted headgear. Original typed label to verso lists the players including notable Test cricketers Harry Trott (Captain), William Bruce, Charlie McLeod, Henry Graham, Jack Worrall, Frank Laver, Jack Harry and Hugh Trumble. Also featured... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1934. England v Australia, 4th Test, Headingley, 20th- 24th July 1934. Original double sided scorecard with printed scores complete to the close of the second day’s play. England scored 200 in their first innings, Cyril Walters top scorer with 44. In reply the scorecard shows Australia at 494/4, Ponsford having scored 181, Don Bradman on 271no. Bradman went on to make 304, Australia being dismissed for 584. Bill Bowes took 6/142.... View full lot details

‘All-India vs. The Australians’ 1935/36. Rare original scorecard for the second unofficial ‘Test’ match played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 31st December 1935- 3rd January 1936. The ‘Opening Score Card’ with players listed at the start of play. Notable players for India include C.K. and C.S. Nayudu, Mushtaq Ali, Wazir Ali, Yuvaraj of Patiala, Armanath, Mohammad Nissar, and for Australia Jack Ryder, ‘Stork’ Hendry, Charlie Macartney etc. India were bowled out for only 48 in their... View full lot details

Elias Henry ‘Patsy’ Hendren. Middlesex & England 1907-1937. Official double-sided scorecard with incomplete printed and handwritten scores in ink for the match Middlesex v Surrey, Lord’s 28th- 31st August 1937 in which Hendren made his final County Championship appearance, scoring 103 in Middlesex’s first innings. The high scoring match was drawn, Surrey scoring 509 (Fishlock 127, Barling 114) and 204/6 dec., Middlesex 419 and 202/7. Signed in ink ‘E. Patsy Hendren’. 5”x9.5”. Some age toning,... View full lot details

‘Hutton’s match’. England v Australia 1938. Official scorecard for the ‘timeless’ fifth Test at The Oval, 20th- 24th August 1938 in which Hutton made the then record individual Test score of 364 in England’s record score of 903-7 dec. England won by an innings and 579 runs. The scorecard with complete printed scores has been very nicely signed in ink by Hutton and Maurice Leyland who scored 187 in his final Test appearance. Rare in... View full lot details

Gloucestershire v Middlesex 1938. Jim Smith (Middlesex) fastest fifty. Official folding scorecard for the match played at Bristol 15th- 17th June 1938 with printed and handwritten scores in coloured pencil and annotation in red ink. Gloucestershire (209 & 322) lost to Middlesex (573) by an innings and 42 runs. Stapled to the scorecard is a small press obituary cutting for ‘C.I.J. “Big Jim” Smith, the former Middlesex and England fast bowler’ describing the highlight of... View full lot details

Lord’s Test, tour and County matches 1947-1955. Twenty one official scorecards the majority for matches played at Lord’s, two at The Oval, with printed and neatly handwritten scores in ink. Lord’s Test matches are England v Australia 1948 & 1953, v West Indies 1950, v India 1952, also England v New Zealand 1949 and v South Africa 1955, both at Kennington Oval. Tour matches are the 1948 Australians v M.C.C. and v Middlesex, also the... View full lot details

‘The Ashes’. England v Australia 1948. Official scorecard for the second Test match played at Lord’s on 24th-29th June 1948. The scorecard, with fully printed detail until the end of the third day, very nicely signed in ink by all seventeen members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Don Bradman, Barnes, Hassett, Johnston, Johnson, Harvey, Hamence, Tallon, Ring, McCool, Miller, Lindwall, Loxton, Saggers, Toshack, Brown and Morris. The scorecard headed in ink to... View full lot details

‘The Ashes’. England v Australia 1948. Official scorecard for the second Test match played at Lord’s on 24th-29th June 1948. The scorecard, with fully printed detail until the end of the third day, nicely signed in ink by all twelve members of the England team. Signatures are Hutton, Bedser, Laker, Wright, Washbrook, Compton, Coxon, Dollery, Edrich, Yardley, Evans and Emmett (12th man). The scorecard headed in ink ‘England Test Team, Lord’s 1948’. Good/very good... View full lot details

Duke of Beaufort’s XI v Tom Goddard’s XI 1948. Tom Goddard benefit match. Official folding card programme for the match to commemorate the ‘Opening of the Memorial Ground’ at the Badminton Cricket Club on 4th July 1948. Nicely signed to the centre pages by the majority of the players and officials listed including some of the Australia 1948 touring team. Twenty three signatures including the Australians Jack Fingleton, Arthur Mailey, Bill O’Reilly, Allan McGilvray, also... View full lot details

Thos. Owen’s England Eleven v Glamorgan 1948. Official folding scorecard for the match played at Cardiff Arms Park 28th & 29th April 1948. Players names listed at start of play. The scorecard signed by nineteen players including the full England team. Signatures are Yardley, Hutton, Washbrook, Edrich, W. Watkins, H. Sutcliffe, Leyland, Wood, W.H. Sutcliffe, A. Bedser, E. Bedser (Owen’s England XI), Clift, Parkhouse, Jones, A. Watkins, Eaglestone, Muncer, H. Davies and Hever (Glamorgan). Also... View full lot details

Kent v Australians 1953. Official scorecard for the tour match played at Canterbury on the 29th, 30th August, 1st September 1953, Signed to scorecard in ink by ten of the Australians and by nine of the Kent team who played in the game plus commentator Peter West. Signatures include Hassett, Tallon, Benaud, Ring, Harvey, Lindwall, Davidson, Johnston, Langley, Cowdrey, Shirreff, Wright, Dovey, Phebey, Edrich etc. Light vertical folds otherwise in good condition. The Australians won... View full lot details

Pakistan inaugural tour to England 1954. Official scorecard for the 4th (final) Test at Kennington Oval, 12th- 17th August 1954 with complete printed and neatly handwritten scores in ink. Pakistan (133 & 164) beat England (130 & 143) by 24 runs. Fazal Mahmood took six wickets in each innings, twelve in the match for Pakistan. Signed in ink in later years by eight Pakistan players including Waqar Hasan, Alim-ud-din, A.H. Kardar, Imtiaz Ahmed, Khalid Wazir,... View full lot details

Somerset and England scorecards 1955 onwards. Box comprising a large selection of approx. two hundred mainly modern official scorecards. The majority cover Somerset matches for County Championship, Gillette Cup, NatWest Trophy, John Player League, tour matches etc. Also a good quantity of England Test and One-day Internationals at Lord’s 1970s-2000s with the odd match ticket. Good condition.... View full lot details

Test and tour match scorecards 1968-2019. A large selection of one hundred and seventy official scorecards for matches played in England, the majority Test matches with heavy duplication. Includes a number of tour matches including Australians v Leicestershire 1975, v Lancashire 1980, v Derbyshire 1981, v Derbyshire 1989, v Nottinghamshire 1997, v Worcestershire 2001, South Africa v Sussex 1998, and Sri Lanka v Middlesex 2011. Test match scorecards include Australia 1968, 1975, 1981, 1985, 1989,... View full lot details

Lord’s Finals 1972-2007. A selection of thirty official programmes for Lord’s finals (one exception), some with complete printed scores, others handwritten. Scorecards are Benson & Hedges Cup 1972, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2001, Gillette Cup 1978, 1979, NatWest Bank Trophy 1981-1984, 1986, 1990-1993, 1995, 1998, and Friends Provident Trophy 2007. Also two World Cup Final scorecards, England v West Indies 1979 (West Indies won by 92 runs), Australia v Pakistan 1999 (9 copies, Australia won by... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1975. Robin Nicholas Stuart Hobbs. Essex, Glamorgan & England, 1961-81. Official Essex C.C.C. single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the tour match Essex v Australians played at Chelmsford, 23rd- 26th August 1975. Robin Hobbs, batting at number 9, scored 100 in the Essex 2nd innings. Signed in ink by Hobbs. Australians won by 98 runs. Very good condition.... View full lot details

West Indies v England 4th Test 1994. Official scorecard for the Test match played at The Kensington Oval, Barbados on the 8th-13th April 1994. The centre pages scorecard fully completed in blue ink and signed to the borders by both the West Indies, thirteen signatures, and the victorious England team, fourteen signatures plus Test umpire Steve Bucknor. Signatures, nicely signed include Richardson, Lara, Haynes, Ambrose, Arthurton, Walsh, Hooper, Adams, Stewart, Atherton, Smith, Russell, Malcolm, Fraser,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1890. ‘Surrey v. Australians’. Early original double-sided scorecard for the tour match played at Kennington Oval 22nd- 24th May 1890. Printed and handwritten scores in pencil complete to the close of the second day’s play. Surrey (200 & 156) lost to the Australians (278 & 79/2) by eight wickets. Surrey players include Abel, Shuter, J.M. & W.W. Read, Lockwood, Key, Lohmann etc. For the Australians, Murdoch, Trott, Turner, Gregory, Blackham, Ferris... View full lot details

‘Record scores by Worcestershire batsmen’. Official scorecard for the Worcestershire v Warwickshire county cricket match played at Worcester in May/June 1982 where Glenn Turner made 311no and scored his 100th hundred in first class cricket. Signed and dedicated by Glenn Turner. Plus a copy of his Benefit brochure from 1978. Sold with an official scorecard for the Worcestershire v Somerset match at Taunton 1988 where Hick scored 405no. Signed by Hick. Sold with a further... View full lot details

Bryan Herbert Valentine. Kent, Cambridge University & England 1927-1948. M.C.C. tour of India & Ceylon 1933-34’. Small official ‘Programme for The M.C.C. Visit to Karachi’. The 6pp programme, plus covers, with titles in blue to front cover ‘Sind Cricket Association’ emblem and further details ‘Arrival at Keamiri 14th October 1933. Departure from Cantonment Station 25th October 1933. To inside pages are the schedule of matches, social engagements, list of ‘Institutes which have enrolled visitors as... View full lot details

Bryan Herbert Valentine. Kent, Cambridge University & England 1927-1948. M.C.C. tour of India & Ceylon 1933-34’. Small official ‘Programme for M.C.C. Visit to Delhi’. The 12pp programme, plus covers, with titles in black to front cover and dates ‘17th to 23rd November 1933’. To inside pages are a title page ‘Delhi & District Cricket Association’ with list of patrons, fixtures, itinerary, list of ‘Accommodation for the M.C.C. team’. The six Gentlemen Jardine, Valentine, Levett, Marriott,... View full lot details

Bryan Herbert Valentine. Kent, Cambridge University & England 1927-1948. M.C.C. tour of India & Ceylon 1933-34’. Official ‘Programme of the Visit of the M.C.C. team to Porbandar 5th & 6th December 1933’. The 4pp folding card programme with titles in black to front cover and to inside pages the Programme for the visit, listing of the delivery and despatch of mails at Porbandar, telegrams, Railway and steamer time tables. Sold with an official menu for... View full lot details

‘Test-match Cricket: England v Australia. Full Scores of the Great Contests, a Concise History of Anglo-Australian Cricket. John Leng 1910. 96pp. Light foxing and minor wear to wrappers, good condition... View full lot details

Arthur Mailey. ‘Mailey’s Googlies. County and Test Cricket Sketches by the Great Australian Bowler’. Graphic Publications. London 1921. Original pictorial covers Minor wear to covers otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Test Match Souvenir’ Edited by H.J. Henley 1921. Original wrappers. Minor wear to wrappers, ‘1921’ handwritten to top border of the front wrapper otherwise in good condition. Pre 1921 pre tour publication... View full lot details

A.C. MacLaren’s M.C.C. tour to Australia and New Zealand 1922/23. Official Cricket Guide for the match played at Lancaster Park on the 23rd-26th December 1022. Published by H.E. Lawrence. The wrappers a little worn, creased and stained otherwise in good condition. A rarer guide... View full lot details

‘Test Cricket in England and Australia 1877-1921, Records, Statistics and Averages with notes on Victorian cricket’. E.E. Bean. Melbourne 1924. Illustrated. Original pictorial covers. Minor wear and some soiling to rear wrapper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

‘Australian Cricketers 1926. Portraits drawn from life and signed by each player’. Laurence East. London 1926. With seventeen full page illustrations of the 1926 touring team with printed signatures. Original pictorial covers. Minor soiling and wear to wrappers otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Australia 1926. ‘Cricket 1926’. Official pre tour brochure with pictures of the Australian team, thirty leading English cricketers and the Test grounds. Pub by Barton & Co, London 1926. Original pictorial wrappers, some wear with small loss to wrappers extremities otherwise in good condition. Sold with ‘All About the Australians’. Daily Mirror 1926... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of India 1926-27. ‘M.C.C. visit to Bombay 1926. Official scorecard’. Frank Hobbard Publicity, Bombay. 8pp. This contains scorecards for the five matches played in Bombay, plus facsimile signatures and averages of the M.C.C. team. Name handwritten to top right hand corner of the front wrapper, tiny wormholes throughout otherwise in good condition. A rarely seen publication... View full lot details

New Zealand tour of England 1927. Official fold grey fixture card with title to front, fixtures and venues to inside pages and listing of the touring party to the back of the card. Scarce... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1928/29. ‘The Sporting Globe Cricket Book 1928/29. A book of averages and records’. Compiled by E.H.M. Baillie (Bail). Melbourne 1929. Original pictorial wrappers. Some soiling and age toning to wrappers, handwritten name of ownership to top border of the front wrapper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of New Zealand 1929/30. ‘M.C.C. v New Zealand. First Test’. Official programme for the match played at Christchurch, 10th-13th January 1930 comprising pen pictures, records, profiles, scorecards etc. Original wrappers with M.C.C. stripe down to the left of the front wrapper. Slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1930. ‘The Argus Cricket Guide’ by Old Boy (R.W.E.Wilmot). Melbourne, 1930. Some faults. Sold with Official ‘Souvenir of the Australian Cricket Tour’ of England. Published by Barton Pictorial of London. Pictorial covers. Plus the ‘Plan of Tables’ for the ‘Farewell Dinner to the Australian Cricket Team’ 1930, held at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall, London on 8th September 1930. All three with odd faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

New Zealand tour of England 1931. Official souvenir brochure for the New Zealand tour of England. Published by Angus Thomas Ltd of London. Pictorial covers. Sold with ‘New Zealand Cricket Team in England 1931’. A summary of the tour with results, final tour averages, listing of the players and a photograph of the touring team. Stiffened paper wrappers with light blue ribbon tie. Both in good condition.... View full lot details

All India tour of England 1932. ‘Souvenir of the First All India Cricket Tour of England 1932’. Official brochure for the tour edited by A.W. Simpson. Printed by Hills & Lacy Ltd of London. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

‘Bodyline’. M.C.C. tour of Australia & New Zealand 1932/33. ‘The “Gripu” Gallery Cricket Souvenir of the English Team touring Australia 1932-1933’. Rare 32pp small souvenir brochure produced for the New Zealand leg of the tour, comprising a foreword addressed ‘to the cricket-loving public of New Zealand’, fixtures, pen pictures, player biographies, advertisements etc. Printer’s stamp of G.W. Hall of Sydney to first page. Original pictorial covers preserved. Padwick II refers to a 48pp booklet published... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1932/33. The Bodyline tour’. ‘Special Test Souvenir- with careers of players to beginning of 1932/33 season’. Sixteen page brochure with pen pictures, biographies, scoresheet, records etc issued by ‘The Australian Cricketer’ magazine as a Supplement. Image of Don Bradman to front wrapper. Good condition. Rare... View full lot details

‘Bodyline’. Australia v England 1932/33. ‘The Sporting Globe Cricket Book 1932/33’. Compiled by E.H.M. Baillie (‘Bail’). With M.C.C. itinerary, Ashes records, pictures of the Australian and England teams including Jardine, Woodfull, Bradman, Oldfield, Ponsford, Grimmett, Larwood, Voce, Allen etc, averages, M.C.C. records against the Australian states, Australian season 1931/32 results and averages, player profiles etc. to inside pages. Signature of ownership to the title page corner otherwise in good condition. Scarce.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’. ‘International Cricket. England v Australia. Souvenir of Visit of M.C.C. team 1932/33- Third Test Match played at Adelaide. January 13th 1933’. Souvenir programme/brochure for the match compiled by W.R. Wright. Adelaide 1933. With pen pictures, records, profiles, scorecards etc. Decorative pictorial covers. Signature of ownership to top right hand corner of the front cover, some wear to spine otherwise in good condition. Rare... View full lot details

Bodyline’. ‘Cricket Sketches and Short Stories, by the Australian Googly Bowler 1932-1933’. Arthur Mailey. Sydney 1933. Excellent original pictorial wrappers. Profusely illustrated. Issued during the M.C.C. 1932-33 ‘Bodyline’ tour of Australia. Some rusting to staples, tear to base of spine, small portions missing to edge of front wrapper, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A rare item... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. tour of Australia 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’. ‘Oh! Those Ashes’. A.H. Barratt, cartoons by Tom Fisher. Nottingham 1933. Private and limited edition. Rare post ‘Bodyline’ tour booklet. Printed by R. Milward of Nottingham. Original decorative black covers, The content comprises a 12pp tribute to the victorious English side from Australia in the form of a poem, with many of the English players mentioned, praise for Woodfull and Ponsford, but ‘Bradman’s off stump was given “such a... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1934. ‘International Cricket. The Australian team in England 1934’. Produced to help radio listeners understand the language and terminology of the game. The first ABC cricket book produced, and the only one this shape, 6”x5”. The book has run almost yearly ever since. Some wear to the wrappers, some creasing and repairs to inside of wrappers with tape. Wrappers detached from the book block even so the rare first edition. Sold... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of New Zealand 1935/36. Official tour programme with decorative wrappers in M.C.C. colours with picture of England Captain E.R.T. Holmes to centre and title above. The programme cover the M.C.C. v New Zealand match played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on the 17th-20th January 1936 and also includes biographies of the players, itinerary, scorecards for the match, past tours etc. Odd minor faults to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1936/37. Official souvenir booklet issued by the Federal Capital Territory Cricket Association for the visit to Canberra in February 1937. With pictures, player biographies etc. Decorative covers. Light folds and wear to covers otherwise in good condition G... View full lot details

M.C.C. v Auckland 1937. Official souvenir programme for the tour match played at Eden Park on the 1st-3rd April 1937. 20pp. The programme contains results of the tour so far, scoresheets for the matches, pen pictures of the team etc. The cover features Gubby Allen bowling. The front wrapper with some wear and soiling to edge of the spine and soiling to the fore edge of the programme otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Test Cricket 1938. National Broadcasts’, issued by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Green wrappers with printed details. The rare second issue of the long running series of ABC booklets. This is a later updated edition of the book, the first was published before the first Test and had blank score sheets for each Test, this copy has the result of the first Test and blank score sheets for the other four. One can therefore put the... View full lot details

Sir Julien Cahn’s Team v New Zealand 1939. Official programme for the tour match played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on the 10th-13th March 1939. Original decorative wrappers. Contains pen pictures of all the tourists and the New Zealand team, statistics etc. Vertical fold to programme, some wear and soiling to wrappers with small hole to the bottom of the front one to the lower section. Pencil ownership signature of R.T. Brittenden, New Zealand author... View full lot details

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A.B.C. Cricket Books for the M.C.C. tour of Australia in 1946/47 and the Australian tour of England 1948. Both published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Some age toning to covers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1936/37. Official Orient Line S.S. Orion official brochure for the M.C.C. Australasian Tour 1936/37. Printed title to front wrapper with M.C.C. colours and Orient Line emblem. Signed in ink to pen pictures by all eighteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Allen (Captain), Ames, Barnett, Copson, Duckworth, Fagg, Farnes, Fishlock, Hammond, Hardstaff, Leyland, Robins, Sims, Verity, Voce, Worthington, Wyatt and Howard (Manager). Additionally and beautifully signed in ink to the... View full lot details

Yorkshire. ‘The Hedley Verity Memorial Bed Match’ 1944. Official programme for Jack Appleyard’s XI v Herbert Sutcliffe’s Yorkshire XI played at Roundhay Park, Leeds, 3rd September 1944. Signed in ink to the centre team listings by the majority of players who took part. Signatures are Hammond, Paynter, Duckworth, Townsend, Mitchell, Smith, Stanford, Gunn, Bailey, Berry, Crapp (Jack Appelyard’s XI), Sutcliffe, Hutton (signed twice), Mitchell, Leyland, Barber, Wood, Turner, Robinson, Fisher, Fiddling, Watson (Sutcliffe’s XI), also... View full lot details

All India tour to England 1932. Souvenir brochure of the First All India Cricket Tour of England 1932. Edited by A.W. Simpson. Printed by Hills & Lacy Ltd of London. Very nicely signed in ink to pen pictures by fifteen members of the Indian touring party. Signatures are Nayudu, Joginder Singh, Palia, Jahangir Khan, Amar Singh, Colah, Wazar Ali, Gwalior, Kapadia, Naoomal Jaoomal, Ghulam Mohammad, Godambe, Lall Singh, Nazar Ali, and Nisar. Lacking three signatures... View full lot details

M.C.C. Tour to Australia, 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’. Official Canadian Pacific ‘R.M.S. Duchess of Atholl’ Dinner menu, dated 4th May 1933. The two colour menu cover, in blue and black, with an excellent cartoon drawing by ‘Mel’ of the England team on the return journey on board the front of the ship with Jardine holding the Ashes urn with the menu printed below. On the reverse is a printed record of the tour and touring party. Appears... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of the West Indies 1967/68. First day cover for the tour ‘Visit of M.C.C. to St. Lucia March 8th 1968 with cricket stamps for St. Lucia. To inside of the cover is a plain white card signed to one side by the West Indies team and to the other by the England team. Thirteen signatures of the West Indies and sixteen signatures of the M.C.C. team. Signatures include Sobers, Gibbs, Lloyd, Kanhai, Nurse,... View full lot details

‘The Cricket Field: An Illustrated Record and Review’ 1892-1895. Edited by A.W. Browne. Complete run of the four volumes published of the magazine, each volume bound in various bindings, lacking original wrappers. Title and contents pages for Volumes I & II bound in. Issues are Vol. I nos. 1-24, 7th May- 31st December 1892 bound in dark green cloth, Vol. II nos. 25-52, 28th January- 30th December 1893 bound in red cloth, both published by... View full lot details

‘England Australia Bicentennial Souvenir’ 1788-1988. Official binder comprising front title/ limitation page with Australian stamp postmarked Sydney General Post Office with two limited edition nos. 501/700 and 118/150, issued by Stamp Publicity, Worthing. Signed to the page by Len Hutton and Don Bradman. Others pages feature Royal Mail Bicentenary commemorative stamps, official souvenir colour images of the England and Australia teams for the Bicentennial Test at Sydney, 29th January 1988 with facsimile signatures to borders,... View full lot details

Australian Centennial Tour 1877-1977. Official commemorative cover of the 2nd Prudential Trophy one day international match played at Edgbaston 4th June 1977. The cover signed to the front by nine former Test players. Signatures are Don Bradman, Bill Edrich, Gubby Allen, Jim Laker, Cyril Walters, Alec Bedser, Les Ames, Godfrey Evans and Richie Benaud. The top edge trimmed unevenly, address label removed, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Kent Benefit brochures 1927-2019. Box comprising a good selection of forty one benefit brochures for Kent players, of which thirty four are signed or multi-signed. Includes two editions of ‘The Cricketing Career (1906-1926) of Frank Woolley’ by F.H. Haigh, the first edition published in Canterbury 1927, quickly followed by the ‘Revised Edition’ of 1928 produced as Woolley was granted a second benefit in 1928. Earlier signed copies are for Doug Wright 1950, Brian Luckhurst 1973,... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1989. Official programme for the 5th Test, Trent Bridge 10th- 15th August 1989. Signed to the player profile pages by nineteen players. Signatures are Gower, Cook, Fraser, Hemmings, Moxon, Russell, Small, Smith (England), Border, Marsh, Boon, Healy, Hohns, Hughes, Jones, Lawson, May, Taylor and S. Waugh (Australia). Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1993. Official programme for the 5th Test, Edgbaston 5th- 9th August 1993. Signed to the front cover by Allan Border, and to the player profile pages by twenty two players. Signatures are Atherton, Bicknell, Gooch, Hussain, Ilott, Malcolm, Smith, Stewart, Such, Thorpe, Watkin, Emburey (England), Taylor, Boon, Hayden, Healy, Hughes, Martyn, Reiffel, Slater, Warne and S. Waugh (Australia). Very good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1997. Official programme for the 3rd Test, Old Trafford 3rd- 7th July 1997. Signed to the player profile pages by twenty one players. Signatures are Atherton, Croft, Ealham, Hussain, Malcolm, Stewart, Thorpe, Tufnell (England), Taylor, S. Waugh, Blewett, Gilchrist, Gillespie, Healy, Julian, Langer, McGrath, Ponting, Reiffel, Slater and Warne (Australia). Very good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes. Australia v England 2010/11. Official programme for the 3rd Test, Perth 16th- 20th December 2010. Signed to the player profile pages by twenty eight players. Signatures are Ponting, Clarke, Bollinger, Haddin, Harris, Hughes, Johnson, Katich, North, Siddle, Smith, Watson (Australia), Strauss, Anderson, Bell, Bresnan, Broad, Collingwood, Cook, Davies, Finn, Morgan, Panesar, Pietersen, Prior, Swann, Tremlett and Trott (England). Very good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes. Australia v England 2013/14. Official programme for the 3rd Test, Perth 13th- 17th December 2013. Signed to the player profile pages by twenty nine players. Signatures are Johnson, Agar, Fawad Ahmed, Bailey, Harris, Khawaja, Haddin, Lyon, Rogers, Warner, Siddle, Smith, Watson (Australia), Cook, Anderson, Bairstow, Broad, Carberry, Finn, Panesar, Pietersen, Prior, Rankin, Bell, Root, Stokes, Swann, Tremlett and Trott (England). Very good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes. Australia v England 2017/18. Official programme for the 2nd Test, Adelaide 2nd- 6th December 2017. Signed to the player profile pages by thirty one players. Signatures are Smith, Warner, Agar, Bird, Cartwright, Cummins, Handscomb, Hazlewood, Khawaja, Lyon, Marsh, Renshaw, Maxwell, Starc, Wade (Australia), Root, Anderson, Moeen Ali, Bairstow, Ball, Ballance, Broad, Cook, Crane, Finn, Foakes, Malan, Overton, Stoneman, Vince and Woakes (England). Very good condition.... View full lot details