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H.H. Stephenson’s tour of Australia 1861/62. ‘The England Eleven. Taken just previous to their departure for Australia Octr. 1861’. Early large original sepia photograph of the team standing in one row wearing cricket attire with H.H. Stephenson to the centre and the English representative of the Australian organisers, Spiers and Pond, Mr. W.B. Mallam, behind wearing a large top hat. Other players featured are Mortlock, Mudie, Bennett, Lawrence, Caffyn, Griffith, Hearne, Iddison, Sewell and E.... View full lot details

England tour to Australia 1881/82. Lillywhite, Shaw and Shrewsbury’s tour. Early large original sepia photograph of members of the touring party visiting a gold mine near Melbourne in 1881. Alfred Shaw is depicted standing fourth from the left in the front row leaning on a pick-axe. The photograph measures 11”x9”, laid to original photographer’s mount, overall 14”x11.5”. Photographer unknown. Some creasing to the image, tear to left edge of the mount with tape repair, some... View full lot details

Ivo Bligh’s England tour to Australia ‘The Birth of the Ashes’ 1882/1883. Early large original sepia studio photograph of the team depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The players featured are Bligh (Captain), Leslie, Tylecote, Studd, Morley, Moone, Vernon, Studd, Read, Barlow, Barnes, Bates and Steel. The photograph by Tuttle & Co. of Melbourne measures 13.5”x10”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 15.75”x11”. The photograph faded but legible. Very good condition. An... View full lot details

Cambridge University 1883. Early original sepia photograph of the Cambridge University team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Notable players include the captain, C.T. Studd (Middlesex), Percy J de Paravicini (Middlesex), J.E.K. Studd, M.B. Hawke (Yorkshire), Charles Wright (Nottinghamshire, Charles Aubrey Smith (Sussex), W.N. Roe (Somerset), P.J.T. Henry (Middlesex) etc. The photograph measures approximately 9.25”x7”, mounted with handwritten title and players’ names to borders, framed and glazed overall 15.75”x13”. Photographer... View full lot details

Cambridge University 1884. Early original mono photograph of the Cambridge University team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Notable players include the captain, J.E.K. Studd, F. Marchant (Kent), Percy J de Paravicini (Middlesex), Charles Wright (Nottinghamshire, Charles Aubrey Smith (Sussex), H.W. Bainbridge (Surrey), H.C. Topham (Derbyshire) etc. The photograph measures approximately 9.75”x7”, mounted with handwritten title and players’ names to borders, framed and glazed overall 16”x13.75”. Photographer unknown. Minor age... View full lot details

‘Philadelphians, 1884’. Early large original sepia photograph of the members of the first Philadelphian team to tour England, taken at Brighton in 1884. The players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, the majority in striped blazers. Printed title and players’ names printed to lower mount border. Players featured are R.S. Newhall (Captain), Brown, Stoever, Brockie, Law, Scott, C.A. Newhall, Clark, Thayer, Brewster, Lowry, Morgan and MacNutt. The photograph by E. Hawkins & ... View full lot details

‘Gloucestershire. Brighton Match, June 19th, 20th, 21st, 1884’. Early large original sepia photograph of the Gloucestershire team for the match played v Sussex at Hove, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Printed title and players’ names printed to lower mount border. Players featured are W.G. Grace (Captain), Gregg, Woof, Painter, Bush, E.M. Grace, Clowes, Page, Brain, Gilbert and Francis, also Willsher, Thoms (umpires) and Smith (scorer). The photograph by E. Hawkins... View full lot details

‘The Parsees [Bombay, India], 1886’. Early large original sepia photograph of the Parsees team who played the Sheffield Park team at Sheffield Park, East Sussex on the 24th & 25th May 1886, the players standing and seated in rows wearing blazers, caps and cricket attire. The photograph laid down to official photographers mount with title, dates and players names to lower border. Players include Bhedwar, Major, Banajee, Khambatta, Patell, Framjee, Balla, Harvar, Morenas etc. The... View full lot details

‘The Australians, 1886’. Early large original sepia photograph of the Australian team who played Lord Sheffield’s Eleven at Sheffield Park, East Sussex on the 13th- 15th May 1886, standing and seated in rows wearing blazers, caps and cricket attire. The Australian Manager, umpires and scorers are also featured. The photograph laid down to official photographers mount with printed title and players names to lower border. Players include Scott (Captain), Bonnor, Giffen, Spofforth, Trumble, Blackham, Garrett,... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1888. Original early sepia photograph of the Australian team for the tour match v Surrey at Kennington Oval, 14th & 15th May 1888. The players and officials seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers, some in caps. Players featured are McDonnell (Captain), Boyle, Turner, Bannerman, Bonnor, Jarvis, Worrall, Jones, Lyons, Blackham, Edwards, Ferris and Trott. Also featured are Beal (Manager), Lord (Assistant manager) and Farrands (Umpire). The photograph measures 10.5”x7.5”.... View full lot details

‘Hants v. Somerset. August, 1889’. Large early original mono photograph of the Hampshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted caps and blazers. The photograph taken at Taunton for the match played 19th & 20th August 1889. Printed titles and players’ names to mount borders. Players are Powell (Captain), Currie, Hoffmeister, Dible, Westmoreland, Delme-Radcliffe, Young, Baldwin, Smith, Roberts and Stephens. The photograph, by J. Chaffin & Sons of Taunton, measures 11”x9”,... View full lot details

Cambridge University 1889. Early original sepia photograph of the Cambridge University team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Notable players include the captain, F.G.J. Ford (Middlesex), C.P. Foley (Middlesex), H.J. Mordaunt (Middlesex and Hampshire), S.M.J. Woods (Somerset), G. MacGregor (Middlesex) etc. The photograph measures approximately 12”x6.75”, mounted with handwritten title and players’ names to borders, framed and glazed overall 20”x15”. Photographer unknown. Minor creasing to image otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Cambridge University 1890. Early original sepia photograph of the Cambridge University team seated and standing on the pavilion steps wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Notable players include the captain, D.L.A. Jephson (Surrey), F.S. Jackson (Yorkshire), A.J.L. Hill (Hampshire), C.P. Foley (Middlesex), Douglas (Middlesex & Surrey), G. MacGregor (Middlesex), H. Hale (Tasmania & Gloucestershire) etc. The photograph measures approximately 10”x8”, mounted with handwritten title and players’ names to borders, overall 14”x12”. Photographer unknown. Slight light... View full lot details

Surrey ‘County Champions’ 1891. Large mono photograph of the Surrey team, standing and seated in rows wearing cricket attire and caps. Players include Shuter (Cpt), Lohmann, Key, Lockwood, Read, Abel, Brockwell, Wood etc. Appears to be either a Hawkins or Fosters of Brighton photograph. Mounted, framed and glazed with titles and players names to the top and bottom of the mount. The frame measures 20.5”x19”. Some slight fading to the image otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Somerset v. Surrey. August 13, 14 & 15, 1891’. Large early original mono photograph of the Somerset team seated and standing in rows on the steps of the pavilion at Taunton, the players wearing cricket attire and assorted caps and blazers. Printed titles and players’ names to mount borders. Players are Hewett (Captain), L.C.H. Palairet, Woods, Tyler, Young, R.C.N. Palairet, Hill, Newton, Roe, Challen and Nichols. The photograph, with official stamps to verso for John... View full lot details

Somerset C.C.C. c.1893. Large early original mono photograph of the Somerset team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted caps and blazers. Players are Hewett (Captain), Newton, Hedley, Woods, Challen, Nichols, Dunlop, Hill, G. Wood, R. Palairet, Wickham, Tyler, Spurway and L. Palairet. The photograph measures approx. 12.25”x9.5”, laid to photographer’s mount with modern mount overlay, overall 15”x11.5”. Photographer unknown. An excellent image in very good condition.... View full lot details

Australian tour to North America 1893. Rare, large and early original sepia photograph of the Australian touring party, standing and seated in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. The photograph taken at the Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Manheim, Philadelphia, for the tour match v Gentlemen of Philadelphia, 6th- 9th October 1893. Players featured are Blackham (Captain), Lyons, G. Giffen, Coningham, Jarvis, Trumble, McLeod, Trott, W. Giffen, Bruce, Graham, Gregory and Bannerman, also the manager, Cohen.... View full lot details

Australian tour to North America 1896. Rare and early original mono photograph of the quartet of South Australian members of the touring party, Joe Darling, George Giffen, Clem Hill and Ernest Jones. The players standing and seated on the pavilion steps wearing cricket attire and tour blazers for the tour match v Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Manheim, Philadelphia, 18th- 21st September 1896. The photograph, by H. Parker Rolfe of Philadelphia, measures... View full lot details

Players v Gentlemen 1894. Large early original sepia photograph of the Players team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, some in caps and blazers. The photograph taken for the match played at Kennington Oval, 5th- 7th July 1894. Players featured are Abel (Captain), Lockwood, Gunn, Brockwell, Ward, Hearne, Mold, Wainwright, Hunter, Briggs and Baker, also the umpires Watts and Wood, and the scorer, Boyington. The photograph measures 11.5”x9.5”, laid to original photographer’s mount,... View full lot details

‘South Africans’ 1894. Large original sepia photograph of the South African team who played Lord Sheffield’s Eleven at Sheffield Park, East Sussex for the opening match of the tour on the 22nd & 23rd May 1894, the players seated and standing in rows wearing caps and cricket attire. Players include H.H. Castens (Captain), Routledge, Sewell, Kempis, Cripps, Seccull, Hearne, Middleston, Parkin etc. The manager W.V. Simkins also features. The photograph, by E. Hawkins & Compy.... View full lot details

Grange C.C.C (Edinburgh) v Oxford University Authentics 1896 & 1897. Two original mono photographs, one of the Grange team, dated 11th July 1896, the players wearing cricket attire, the other of the combined teams, dated 17th July 1897, the players in cricket attire and blazers. The 1896 photograph by J. Moffat of Edinburgh, both photographs laid to similar official photographer’s mounts with printed titles and players’ names to mount borders. Both measure approx. 9.5”x7.5”, laid... View full lot details

Gloucestershire 1897. Large mono photograph of the Gloucestershire team, standing and seated in rows wearing cricket attire, some in caps, who played Warwickshire at Edgbaston on the 19th-21st July 1897. Players include W.G. Grace, Jessop, Townsend, Board, Champain, Wright, Wrathall, Roberts etc. Mounted, framed and glazed with titles and players names to the top and bottom of the mount. The frame measures 24.5”x18.5”. Some wear and marks to the left hand top corner of the... View full lot details

Middlesex 1898. Mono photograph of the Middlesex team, standing and seated in rows wearing cricket attire, blazers and caps. Players include Stoddart (Cpt), Webb, Warner, Trott, Ford, Hearne, O’Brien, Bray etc. Appears to be either a Hawkins or Fosters of Brighton photograph. Mounted, framed and glazed with titles and players names to the bottom of the mount. The frame measures 20”x17”. The photograph tightly trimmed with lower corners of photograph and mount trimmed. Some fading... View full lot details

Grange C.C.C (Edinburgh) v Oxford University Authentics 1901 & 1903. Two original mono photographs of Grange teams, one dated ‘July 12th and 13th 1901’, the other ‘July 10th and 11th 1903’, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and/ or blazers. Both photographs by J. Moffat of Edinburgh laid to similar official photographer’s mounts with printed titles and players’ names to mount borders. Both measure approx. 9.5”x7.75”, each laid to mount overall... View full lot details

Grange C.C.C (Edinburgh) v Oxford University Authentics 1906-7 & 1907. Two original mono photographs, one of the combined teams, dated ‘1906-7’, the other of the Grange team, dated ‘July 12th and 13th 1907’, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. The teams feature a number who played first-class cricket including two professionals who played for Grange, John White, Nottinghamshire 4 matches and John Keene, Surrey & Worcestershire 27 matches, also... View full lot details

‘London County Cricket Club v Cambridge University at the Crystal Palace June 1902’. Large original sepia photograph of the two teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers in front of the clubhouse at Crystal Palace for the match played 16th- 18th June 1902. London County players include W.G. Grace, Murdoch, Llewellyn, Lawton, Board, Poidevin, Hesketh-Prichard etc. For Cambridge University, Rockley Wilson (Yorkshire & England, 1 Test), Ebden (Sussex & Middlesex),... View full lot details

A.C. MacLaren’s England tour to Australia 1901/02. Large original mono photograph of the match in play in the 4th Test, Australia v England at Sydney, 14th- 18th February 1902. The partially visible scoreboard indicates this is England batting on the first day, Hayward having been dismissed for 41, A.C. MacLaren and J.T. Tyldesley batting, with Australia’s Jack Saunders bowling. Large crowds in the background are in attendance. The photograph, laid to tightly trimmed mount card,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1902. ‘Essex v. Australians, 1902’. Large original sepia photograph of the two teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted caps and blazers, in front of the pavilion with crowds in the background looking on. The tour match was played at Leyton 15th- 17th May 1902. The Australians are Darling (Captain), Hill, Duff, Howell, Jones, Hopkins, Trumper,, Noble, Kelly, Gregory and Armstrong. For Essex, Owen (Captain), Kortwright, McGahey,... View full lot details

‘George Hirst’s Benefit’. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Headingley, Leeds 1904. A large and original mono photograph of the Yorkshire and the Lancashire teams prior to Hirst’s Benefit Match on 1st, 2nd and 3rd August 1904. The players and umpires standing and seated in rows, wearing cricket attire and a varied assortment of blazers, caps and boaters. From left to right, standing are John Moss (umpire), Slack (reserve), Willis Cuttell, Ernest Smith, Wilfred Rhodes, Albert Hornby, David... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1920/21. Original official mono photograph of the ship R.M.S. Osterley on which the M.C.C. team travelled on both the outward and return voyages to Australia in 1920/21. The photograph laid down to photographer’s mount, which features hand drawn and coloured crossed flags of Britain and Australia centrally to the top mount border and photograph. Large handprinted titles to the top corners, to the left ‘England 1920-1’ and to the right ‘Australia... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1924/1925. Large mono photograph of the M.C.C. team who toured Australia in 1924/25, seated and standing in rows and wearing cricket attire and tour blazers Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by all eighteen members of the touring party featured including the Manager F.C. Toone. Signatures are Arthur Gilligan (Cpt), R.K. Tyldesley, M.W. Tate, W.W. Whysall, A.P.F. Chapman, J.W.H.T. Douglas, J.B. Hobbs, F.E. Woolley, H. Sutcliffe, A.P. Freeman, E.H.... View full lot details

M.C.C. v South Africa, Lord’s 1924. Original mono photograph of the M.C.C. team, the teams sitting and standing in rows wearing blazers, caps and cricket attire. Players include F.T. Mann (Cpt), Douglas, Fender, Hendren, M.K. Foster, Chapman, Gilligan, Kennedy etc. The photograph laid down to photographers mount, titles and players names to the top and bottom of the mount. Overall 16.75”x13”. The match was drawn. Good condition... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of India & Ceylon 1926/27. Madras Europeans v M.C.C., Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras on 21st January 1927. This was a one day single innings game. Original mono joint team photograph of the two teams in front of the pavilion, the teams sitting and standing in rows wearing blazers and cricket attire. Players include A.E.R. Gilligan and C.P. Johnstone (the two captains), Parsons, Tate, Mercer, Brown, Boyes, Astill, Wyatt, Geary, Sandham... View full lot details

England v West Indies 1928. Large original mono combined team photograph of the two teams standing and seated in rows wearing blazers at Lord’s for the West Indies’ inaugural Test match, 23rd- 26th June 1928 June 1928. Players include Nunes, Challenor, Browne, Constantine, Fernandes, Francis, Jardine, Tate, Chapman, Larwood, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Tyldesley, Freeman etc. The photograph measures 11.5”x9.75” laid to trimmed album page. Photographer unknown. Sold with an official circular ticket for admission to the... View full lot details

‘South Africa 1929 Cricket Team’. Large official mono photograph of the South African touring party to England, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and caps, with the manager, Frielinghaus. Printed title to lower portion of the image. The photograph very nicely and fully signed in black ink by all sixteen original playing members of the touring party featured. Signatures are Deane (Captain), Ochse, Cameron, Taylor, Catterall, Vincent, Dalton, Mitchell, Quinn, Bell,... View full lot details

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Lord Mayor of Adelaide & South African Cricketers 28/10/31’. South Africa tour of Australia 1931/32. Official mono photograph taken during the tour at Adelaide with the Lord Mayor of Adelaide and the fifteen members of the South Africa touring party, seated and standing in rows in formal attire. Photograph is laid down to photographers mount with title written in white ink to lower border. Players include Cameron (Captain), Mitchell, Christy, Van Der Merwe etc. The... View full lot details

England v New Zealand, The Oval 1931. Mono photograph of the England team, standing and seated in rows wearing various blazers, who played in the 2nd Test match played at the Oval in July1931. Players featured include Jardine, Sutcliffe, Duleepsinhji, Allen, Hammond, Tate, Ames, Verity, Peebles etc. The photograph measures 10”x8”. The photograph is loosely mounted to a card and is mounted with four small original photographs, one of six of the New Zealand team... View full lot details

Bodyline. ‘M.C.C. Team- Australian Tour- 1932-33’. Large and impressive official mono photograph of the M.C.C. touring party who toured Australia in 1932/33. The team, standing and seated in rows, wearing M.C.C. touring blazers and cricket attire. The photograph laid down to official photographer’s mount with title to top border and names of players printed to lower border. Players include Jardine (Captain), Duckworth, Nawab of Pataudi, Leyland, Larwood, Paynter, Ames, Verity, Voce, Bowes, Brown, Tate, Sutcliffe,... View full lot details

Australia tour of England 1934. Rare mono photograph of the S.S. Orford which brought both the Australian cricket and Davis Cup tennis teams to England in 1934. The photograph laid down to photographer’s card mount with typed title label ‘The Australian Cricket & Davis Cup Teams 1934’ to lower border, and very nicely signed in black ink to the mount by all eighteen members of the Australian cricket touring party including the manager Harold Bushby... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Ceylon, Australia and, principally, New Zealand 1935/36. Official mono photograph of the M.C.C. team who toured New Zealand, seated and standing in rows and wearing tour blazers. The photograph laid down to mount and signed in black ink to upper and lower mount borders by all fourteen members of the touring party featured. Signatures are E.R.T. Holmes (Captain), Parks, Griffith, Powell, Smith, Sims, Hardstaff, Langridge, Barber, Read, Lyttelton, Baxter, Mitchell-Innes and Human.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1936/37. Large and impressive sepia photograph of the ship R.M.S. Orion in harbour in 1936. Signed to the skyline of the photograph by the M.C.C. touring party in black ink by all eighteen members of the touring party including the manager, Captain R. Howard. Players’ signatures are Allen (Captain), Robins, Farnes, Ames, Hammond, Fagg (signed twice), Verity, Barnett, Sims, Leyland, Voce, Fishlock, Duckworth, Copson, Hardstaff, Worthington and Wyatt. The photograph measures... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. South African Tour 1938-1939’. Official black and white photograph of the M.C.C. team who toured South Africa in 1938/39, seated and standing in rows and wearing M.C.C. sweaters. The photograph is laid down to official photographers mount. Nicely and fully signed in ink to lower border by all eighteen members of the touring party featured including the Manager A.J. Holmes, R.J. Ridgway and Bill Ferguson, Scorer. Players’ signatures are Hammond (Captain), Farnes, Yardley, Ames,... View full lot details

‘South African tour of Great Britain 1965’. Official mono photograph of the South African touring party, sitting and standing in rows, wearing tour blazers. The photograph laid down to official mount with title to top border and players names printed to lower border. Signed to the lower border by all seventeen players and officials featured, signatures include Van Der Merwe (Cpt), Barlow, P. Pollock, C. Bland, G. Pollock, Ali Bacher, Dumbrill, McKinnon, Lindsay etc. The... View full lot details

Charles Absolon 1817-1908. Rare and early original sepia cabinet card photograph of Absolon seated three quarter length wearing cricket attire and cap, ball in hand. The photograph is signed in ink to the top edge ‘Yours Truly, C. Absolon’, and dated in ink to the lower border, ‘30 May 1895’. A further annotation in ink to verso reads ‘Charlie Absolon gave me this 30 May 1895. He was 79 years old then. I saw him... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1888. Rare original sepia cabinet card of the Australian touring party, standing and seated in rows in cricket attire, the majority wearing caps. The photograph by London Stereoscopic Co. Printed title to left hand border ‘The Australian Cricketing Team 1888’ with players’ names printed to lower border. Players featured are McDonnell (Captain), Bonnor, Ferris, Blackham, Edwards, Jarvis, Turner, Bannerman, Worrall, Lyons, Boyle, Jones and Trott, also Beal (Manager). The card measures... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1888. Rare original sepia cabinet card of the Australian touring party, standing and seated in rows, unusually depicted wearing formal attire, top hats and bowlers. The photograph by London Stereoscopic Co. Printed title to left hand border ‘The Australian Cricketing Team 1888’ with players’ names printed to lower border. Players featured are McDonnell (Captain), Bonnor, Ferris, Blackham, Edwards, Jarvis, Turner, Bannerman, Worrall, Lyons, Boyle, Jones and Trott, also Beal (Manager). The... View full lot details

Australia 1893. Original carte de visite style photograph of the ‘Australian Cricket Team 1893’. Team photograph of the players including Blackham (Captain), Giffen, Trumble, Trott, Gregory, Bruce, Bannerman, Turner, Jarvis, Graham etc. All borders of the photograph mount with title, names of players and publisher. Photograph by R.W.Thomas of Cheapside, London and appears to have been published by The Cricket Office, St Andrew Hill E.C. Advertising for ‘Zox. Pain Reliever’ to verso. 4”x2.5”. Rarely seen... View full lot details

Montague Alfred ‘Monty’ Noble. New South Wales & Australia 1893-1920. Excellent extra large ‘Imperial’ size cabinet sepia card photograph of Noble standing full length in batting pose at the wicket wearing Australia Test cap. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Faithfully yours with best love, M.A. Noble’ and dated 10th October 1909. The photograph appears to be by T.W. Bolland of London, probably taken in 1909 during the Australian tour to England. The... View full lot details

England v West Indies 1966 and the ‘The Horlicks Awards’ sponsorship of the Test series. A collection of six official mono press photographs, each depicting the winner of the Batsman and Bowler of the Match awards, signed by the featured players and W.R. Bowden, Director of Horlicks Ltd., also a large signed team photograph, and accompanying official report. Players and signatures are Garry Sobers and Lance Gibbs for the 1st Test at Old Trafford (West... View full lot details

England v India 1967 and the ‘The Horlicks Awards’ sponsorship of the Test series. A good selection of seven official mono press photographs of winners of ‘The Horlicks Awards’ for the three Test matches played, each signed either to the photograph and/ or mount by the featured player, plus W.R. Bowden, Director of Horlicks Ltd., where present. Photographs and signatures are for the 1st Test at Headingley (England won by six wickets), two photographs, one... View full lot details

India tour to England 1967. Official mono photograph of the Indian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. The photograph measures 10”x8”, laid to photographer’s mount with printed title and players’ names to mount borders. Fully and nicely signed in ink to the mount by all sixteen playing members of the touring party, plus the Treasurer, Chinnaswamy. Players’ signatures include Nawab of Pataudi (Captain), Bedi, Prasanna, Kunderan, Hanumant Singh, Engineer, Chandrasekhar, Venkataraghavan,... View full lot details

England v Pakistan 1967 and the ‘The Horlicks Awards’ sponsorship of the Test series. Official mono photograph of the Pakistan touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. The photograph measures 12”x10”, laid to photographer’s mount with printed title and players’ names to mount borders. Nicely signed in black ink to the mount by eighteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Hanif Mohammad (Captain), Saheed Ahmed, Intikhab Alam, Majid Jahangir Khan, Arif... View full lot details

Pakistan inaugural tour to England 1954. Six original sepia press photographs from the 1954 tour. One depicts the team being welcomed on board ship on arrival at Southampton, signed in ink by seven players including Waqar Hasan, Khalid Hasan, Shuja-ud-din, Imtiaz Ahmed, Fazal Mahmood, Alim-ud-din etc. Photo by Reuter. Another photograph is of the team arriving at Manchester station signed by three, Imtiaz Ahmed, Khalid Wasir and Khalid Hasan. Photographer unknown. Sold with four other... View full lot details

Pakistan tours to England 1962 and 1967. A selection of original mono/ sepia press photographs from the 1962 and 1967 tours. Three from 1962 are signed by Alim-ud-din, one a signed head and shoulders photograph depicted in cricket attire, a photograph of the Pakistan team for the match played at Arundel, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, and one of Alim-ud-din in batting action for Pakistan in the 3rd Test... View full lot details

Pakistan tours to England 1974, 1978 and 1982. A good selection of fifteen original mono press photographs from the tours. Seven are signed including five individually by Haroon Rashid in match action, also players on the balcony celebrating victory at Lord’s, signed by two, and a team photograph signed by five. Other images feature match action from the Test series. Agencies/ photographers include Keystone, Central Press Photos, Press Association etc. Various sizes, 10”x8” and slightly... View full lot details

Pakistan tours to England 1987, 1992 and 1996. A selection of original press photographs and other ephemera from the tours, some signed. From the 1987 tour two mono press photographs, one featuring Imran Khan bowling for Pakistan, one of Chris Broad batting for England. From the 1992 tour, two official Test match menus, one for the 3rd Test at Old Trafford signed to the front by Nobby Stiles and Brian Statham, the other for the... View full lot details

Iftikhar Khan Ali, Nawab of Pataudi. Oxford University, Worcestershire, India, England etc. 1928-1946. Excellent original mono full length studio portrait of Pataudi wearing ceremonial robes. Nicely signed in black ink to the darker area of the photograph ‘Yours very sincerely, Iftikhar (Pat)’. Accompanying the photograph is a fragment of the original photographer’s mount indicating the photograph was taken by the Photo Service Company, Delhi. The photograph measures 7.5”x11.75”. Adhesive marks to verso where previously laid... View full lot details

Commonwealth Team tour to Pakistan 1968. ‘B.C.C.P. XI vs. Commonwealth XI 3rd and Final Test Match played at National Stadium Karachi (West Pakistan) on 29th, 30th, 31st March, and 1st April 1968. Large photograph album produced for the Karachi Cricket Association and ‘Presented to Mr Richie Benaud, Captain Commonwealth XI’. A very nicely compiled ring bound album comprising colourful title page and over forty original mono photographs laid to interleaved pages, the cover with a... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1924/25. Six original mono candid photographs of Australian players departing from the Australian mainland and on board the ‘Miramar’ to visit Launceston, Tasmania for the tour match in late January 1925. Players featured include Warren Bardsley, Eddie Mayne, Arthur Richardson, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford etc. Each photograph, measuring approx. 6”x3.5”, is lightly laid down to black disbound album page, or with light adhesive marks where previously laid down, with pencil annotations... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. circa 1964. Mono photograph of the Yorkshire team, sitting and standing in row. The photograph mounted, framed and glazed. Signed to the mount by ten of the players featured in later years. Signatures are Close, Illingworth, Taylor, Trueman, Binks, Hampshire, R. Hutton, Wilson, Padgett and Sharpe. Overall 15”x13”. Good condition... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Derbyshire team, player and action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include H. Elliott, Alderman, three original photographs of A. Morton in batting and two in bowling pose, Stan Worthington, T.G.O Cole, W. Chatterton, A.H.M. Jackson etc. Various sizes. Fourteen original photographs... View full lot details

Essex C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Essex player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include Ashton, F.W.H. Nicholas, J.W.A. Stephenson, J.W.T. Douglas, H.T.O. Smith, S. Nichols, G.M. Louden, Rev F.H. Gillingham etc. Also includes signed photographs of T.P.B. Smith, J. O’Connor and R.M. Taylor, Various sizes. Fourteen original photographs... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Gloucestershire player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include R.G. Ford, A.E. Dipper, F.A. Harris, W.R. Hammond, R.A. Sinfield, W.L. Neale, C. Parker, D.G. Robinson, B.H.Lyon, E.J. Stephens, T.W. Goddard, C.J. Barnett, G.L. Jessop, three small action photographs of D.N. Moore and one of D.C. Raikes etc. Also includes signed photograph of B.H. Lyon,... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Hampshire player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include W.G. Lowndes, G. Brown, A.L. Hosie, Boyes, E. Pothecary, R.P.H. Utley, H.R. Sprinks, Tennyson, Livsey, J. Bailey, T.O.Jameson, C.B. Liewellyn, F.E. Lacey, R.St. L Fowler (cpt of Eton 1910) etc. Also includes signed photographs of Jack Newman, R.P.H. Utley, P. Mead, E.R. Remnant, S. Fry, T.... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Kent player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include Ames, Ashdown, A.P.F. Chapman, A.P. Freeman, G.B. Legge, L.J. Todd, B.H. Valentine, J.G.W. Davies, F.E. Woolley, Wright, A. Fagg, G.S. Watson, G.E.C. Wood, C. Blythe etc. Also includes signed photograph of L.J. Todd. Various sizes. Thirty eight original photographs. Good condition... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Lancashire player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include L.L. Wilkinson, J.H. Barnes, L. Hopwood, C. Parkin, E. Tyldesley, R. Tyldesley, C. Washbrook, W.B. Roberts, E.A. MacDonald, A.F. Baxter, W. Brearley, E. Roper etc. Various sizes. Twenty eight original photographs. Good condition... View full lot details

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Middlesex C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Middlesex player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include J.H. Hearne, Enthoven, G.O. Allen, W.F. Price, J.H. Human, Hendren, J. Smith, R.M.V. Robins, W. Edrich, G.C. Newman, F.G. Mann, C. Headlam, H.F. Benka, A. Trott, D. Compton, P. Warner, A.J. Webbe, V.E. Walker, J. Phillips etc. Also includes signed photograph of J. Young and I.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Nottinghamshire player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include W. Keeton, W. Voce, J. Hardstaff, G. Gunn, A.W. Carr, S. Staples, W. Whysall, W. Walker, C.B. Harris etc. Various sizes. Twelve original photographs. Good condition... View full lot details

Somerset C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Somerset player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include F.S. Lee, J.W.Lee, S. Weaver, A. Wellard, D. Smith, W.C. Hedley, R.E. Hancock, J.W. Seamer, P.R. Johnson, E.S.M. Poynton, B. Cranfield, G. Fowler, H.T. Hewett, H. Critchley-Salmonson etc. Various sizes. Twenty two original photographs. Good condition... View full lot details

Warwickshire C.C.C & Leicestershire C.C.C. Two black files containing a selection of Warwickshire and Leicestershire player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include F.S. Gough-Calthorpe, Bates, N. Kilner, J.H. Mayer, P.E. Cranmer, J.A. Smart, G. Geary, A.G. Hazlerigg, G. Lester, J.E. Walsh, A. Riddington, W.C.M. Berridge, E.W. Dawson etc. Various sizes. Sixteen original photographs. Good condition.... View full lot details

Worcestershire C.C.C. Black file containing a selection of Worcestershire player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include E.G. Barber, J.J. Bowles, H.H.I. Gibbons, J.B. Higgins, H.L. Rodgers, C.V. Tarbox, F. Root, A.J. Wilkes, R.G. Williams, A.P. Singleton, C.F. Walters, R. Howorth, E. Arnold, S.H. Martin, R.D. Burrows etc. Various sizes. Twenty original photographs. Good condition.... View full lot details

Northampton C.C.C & Glamorgan C.C.C. Two black files containing a selection of Northamptonshire and Glamorgan player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including some copy photographs. Original photographs of players include V.W.C. Jupp, Bakewell, E. Clark, S. Buller, W.H. Denton, N.V. Riches, M.J. Turnbull etc. Various sizes. Ten original photographs. Good condition... View full lot details

Universities and schools cricket. Black file containing a selection of player images, some action photographs, the majority original press photographs but including the odd copy photographs. Original photographs of players include Oxford and Cambridge University players including J. Brocklebank (Cambridge), D.F. Walker (Oxford), J.P.T. Boscaon (Eton), M. Falcon (Cam), P.H. Stewart-Brown (Harrow), A.N.A. Boyd (Et), P.R. Snow (Ox), P.J. Brett (Cam), P.H. Blagg (Ox), A. Benn (Ox), Frank Boucher Wright (Ox) etc. Also includes a... View full lot details

Rugby School cricket team 1868. Small carte de visite of the Rugby cricket XI or a house XI of 1868. The card blank but appears to have been produced by J. Edmonds of High Street, Rugby. Some fading to print otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Rugby School cricket team 1869. Small carte de visite of the Rugby cricket XI or a house XI of 1868. The card produced by J. Edmonds of High Street, Rugby with printed details to front and rear of the carte de visite. Good condition... View full lot details

‘N.S.W.C.A. [New South Wales Cricket Association] Executive 1911-12’. Original early mono photograph of the six members of the committee, nicely signed to the upper and lower mount border by all six officers. Signatures are W.P. McElhone (Chairman), Percy K. Bowden (Secretary), H.W. Green (Treasurer), Sydney Smith, Colin A. Sinclair and H.G. Newlett. The photograph measures 11.5”x8.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 15”x13”. Some wear to two of the mount corners with small loss,... View full lot details

‘N.S.W.C.A. [New South Wales Cricket Association] Executive 1913-14’. Original early mono photograph of the six members of the committee, nicely signed to the upper and lower mount border by all six officers. Signatures are W.P. McElhone (Chairman), Percy K. Bowden (Secretary), H.W. Green (Treasurer), Sydney Smith, R.A. Oxlade and W.R. Jones. The photograph measures 11”x8”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 15.25”x13.25”. Some age toning to mount otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

West Kent Wanderers C.C. 1929. Large photograph of the players and officials standing and seated in rows, wearing cricket attire and blazers. The photograph, laid down to official photographers mount with printed title ‘West Kent Wanderers Cricket Club (74th season, 1929)’ to the top border and players’ names to lower border. Photograph by Wayland of Blackheath. The photograph measures 11.5”x9.5”, framed and glazed overall 17.5”x15.5”. Minor silvering to image extremities otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Australia tour to West Indies 1954/55. Official mono photograph of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. The photograph is fully signed in ink by all seventeen featured members of the touring party and one other, eighteen signatures in total. Players’ signatures are Johnson (Captain), McDonald, Maddocks, Harvey, Morris, Miller, Johnston, Lindwall, Hill, Favell, Langley, Watson, Benaud, Archer, Burge and Davidson. Typed caption label to verso describes the Australians’ first... View full lot details

‘South of England v Australia. September 1912’. Triangular Test tour. Rare and early original sepia photograph of the Australian and South of England teams and dignitaries taken together at the tour match played at Hastings, 9th- 11th September 1912. Players noted include Hobbs, Woolley, Chaplin, Relf, Vine, Hitch, Gregory, Bardsley, Mayne, Macartney, McLaren etc. and others including A. Ducros with wife and son seated front centre, W.E.F. Cheeseman, founder of the Hastings Cricket Week. The... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. ‘A World’s Record. Middlesex v Sussex at Lord’s 1920’. Original mono photograph of Warner, Lee, Hearne and Haig, standing in a row in cricket attire holding their bats, for the match played 22nd- 24th May 1920. Printed titles and players’ names to mount borders. The photograph, measures 7”x5.25”, mounted overall 10.75”x9.5”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to West Indies 1934/35. A nice collection of mono candid photographs taken during the tour matches played against British Guiana at Bourda, Georgetown, 5th- 7th and 10th- 12th February 1935. Each photograph depicts a player from the match on the ground in cricket attire and has been nicely signed in ink by the featured player. Ten photographs are size 3.5”x5.5”, sixteen 2.75”x3.25”. Players featured and signatures on larger photographs are W. Hammond, K.... View full lot details

Lord’s early 1960s. Five original mono press photographs of Lord’s. Subjects are large crowds in the stand watching Middlesex v Sussex, June 1963 (Sussex won by one run), demolition of the old Tavern and two artist’s impressions of the new Tavern Stand 1965 & 1966, new pitch drainage being laid 1964. All 10”x8”, the majority Sport & General. Also a smaller mono photograph of a dinner taking place at Lord’s, a folding souvenir 150th Anniversary... View full lot details

Scarborough 1921 & 1922, Middlesex v Essex 1910. Three original mono photographs laid to an album page. To one side is a photograph of the M.C.C. touring team to South Africa 1922 seated and standing in rows in front of the pavilion. Players are Mann (Captain), Woolley, Fender, Jupp, Carr, Macaulay, Kennedy, Mead, Sandham and Dolphin. Below is a photograph of the 1921 Australian tourists being led onto the field by Armstrong (Captain), Ryder, Collins,... View full lot details

England v India, The Oval 1936. Original mono press photograph of the two teams together for the 3rd Test, 15th- 18th August 1936, in front of the pavilion with crowds looking on. The players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. Players featured include Allen (Captain), Hammond, Leyland, Verity, Voce, Duckworth (England), Vizianagram (Captain), Merchant, Mushtaq Ali, Nayudu, Wazir Ali, Amar Singh, Jahangir Khan, Nissar (India) etc. Central Press Photos, London. 8”x6”.... View full lot details

The History of Lord’s 1787-1980. A large disbound photograph album comprising a collection of over seventy original mono press and other photographs, also cuttings, facsimiles of engravings etc. covering the history of Lord’s cricket grounds. Matches featured include action and crowd scenes from England v Australia 1921, 1938, 1968, v West Indies 1963, 1966, Varsity Matches of 1891, 1897, 1903, 1927, 1930, Eton v Harrow 1891, 1898, 1937 including spectators in their finery etc. Other... View full lot details

M.C.C. Australian Touring Team v C.I. Thornton’s XI, Scarborough 1928. Original mono photograph of Ernest Tyldesley (Lancashire) and Maurice Tate (Sussex) walking out to bat for M.C.C. at Scarborough with crowds in the stands in the background, for the match played 5th- 7th September 1928. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by both Tyldesley and Tate. The photograph, assumed to be by H. Walker of Scarborough, measures 6”x8”, laid to brown album page... View full lot details

International cricket 1988-2007. A mixed bag of sixteen mono and colour press photographs including some good images, some signed. Subjects include Curtley Ambrose celebrating taking a wicket for West Indies against England at Old Trafford 1988, signed by Ambrose. An excellent image of shadows cast on the cracked pitch at Sabina Park for the abandoned 1st Test, signed by Mike Atherton. Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) celebrating taking a wicket signed by Akhtar. Jimmy Adams walking off... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1928/29. A good selection of eight original candid photographs of members of the touring party enjoying a day at the beach with friends in Queensland while on tour. England players featured include George Geary, Patsy Hendren, Walter Hammond and, in one, Don Bradman. Players’ names annotated to verso. Each measures 4.5”x2.75”. Good images in very good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1920/21. Official sepia photograph of the M.C.C. touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. Laid down to photographer’s mount with printed title to upper border, ‘With the compliments of “The Daily Mail”, Brisbane. 6/12/20’. Players featured are Douglas (Captain), Hitch, Howell, Hobbs, Wilson, Rhodes, Hendren (suited), Dolphin, Parkin, Strudwick, Hearne, Russell, Woolley and Waddington. Also featured are the two umpires Carter and Carvosso. The photograph, taken... View full lot details

W.G. Grace early 1900s. Large early original sepia photograph of an athletics presentation ceremony taking place in front of a grandstand, dignitaries standing at a table of trophies with Grace third from the right, young athletes seated in front, and onlookers in the stand in the background. Location unknown. The photograph, by J. Russell & Sons of Baker Street and Southsea, measures 11.5”x7.25”. Laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 18.5”x14”. An excellent image in very... View full lot details

W.G. Grace at the cricket early 1900s. Large early original sepia photograph of a large group of cricketers and friends seated and standing in rows at the front of the Crystal Palace cricket pavilion in the early 1900s. Grace is depicted in the second row wearing a suit and hat. Match unknown. The photograph, by J. Russell & Sons of Baker Street and Southsea, measures 11.5”x7.25”. Laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 18.5”x14”. An excellent... View full lot details

‘Surrey County Team, 1891. Taken at The Oval, Kennington, August 3rd’. Large original sepia photograph of the Surrey team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, Surrey caps and assorted blazers. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Players featured are Shuter (Captain), Lockwood, Henderson, Abel, Brockwell, Read, Lohmann, Streatfield [sic Streatfeild], Key, Wood and Sharpe, corresponding with the match v Nottinghamshire 3rd- 5th August 1891. The photograph by the London Stereoscopic Co.... View full lot details

‘Notts County Team, 1891. Taken at The Oval, Kennington, August 3rd’. Large original sepia photograph of the Nottinghamshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, assorted caps and blazers. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Players featured are Dixon (Captain), Shacklock, Wright, R. Daft, Attewell, Sherwin, Gunn, Barnes, Flowers, Bagguley, H.B. Daft, also Coxon (scorer), corresponding with the match v Surrey 3rd- 5th August 1891. The photograph by the London Stereoscopic... View full lot details

Team photographs 1920s/1930s. A selection of fifteen large original official mono photographs, mainly of schools, old boys and regimental teams covering cricket, rugby, hockey and athletics. Some untitled and/ or undated. Cricket teams include Horsham C.C. 1929, R.M. Baldwin House Eleven [Harrow] 1933, Royal School Dungannon 1st XI 1938, Dulwich College etc. Other sports teams include Old Northamptonians Rugby Football Club 1930-31, Old Alleynian [Rugby] Football Club 1934/35, St. Johns College Athletes 1934, 2nd Battalion... View full lot details

England Test and County signed photographs 1970s-1990s. A selection of fourteen photographs of England Test and County cricketers, each signed by the featured player. Includes one original press photograph of Chris Old & Bob Willis walking off the field in the Jubilee Test, England v Australia, Lord’s 1977, signed to the photograph by both. The remaining photographs are all mounted and signed to the mount. Players/ signatures are Graeme Hick, Norman Cowans, James Whitaker, Gladstone... View full lot details

India 1990s onwards. Thirty mainly colour press photographs with the odd magazine cutting, promotional card etc. of India players in Test and one-day international action. Six are signed by the featured player, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, Venkatesh Prasad, Anil Kumble, Surav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman. Others include Sanjay Manjrekar, Stuart Binny, Ravi Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, M.S. Dhoni, Mohammad Azharuddin, Amit Mishra, Gautam Gambhir, Paras Mhambrey etc. Photographers/ agencies include Sportsline, David Munden, Lindsay Vaas etc.... View full lot details

Surrey 1960s onwards. Twenty four original mono and colour press photographs including the odd magazine cutting of Surrey players in match action, player portraits etc. of which eight are signed. Signatures are John Edrich, Alan Butcher, Graham Thorpe, Adam Hollioake, Alec Stewart, David Ward, Rory Hamilton-Brown and Sam Curran. Other players featured include Nick Cosh, Rehan Alikhan, Mark Frost, Nick Peters, Dominic Thornley, Graham Kersey, Graham Brown, Neil Sargeant, Nadeem Shahid, Robin Jackman, James Boiling,... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1975-1990s. Thirty original mono and colour press photographs of England and Australia players in match action and net practice of which seven are signed. Signatures are John Snow, Mike Brearley, Graham Gooch, Mike Atherton, David Gower (England), Greg Matthews and Craig McDermott (Australia). Others featured include Pascoe, Dilley, Border, M. Taylor, Yallop, S. & M. Waugh, P. Taylor, Holdsworth, Boon etc. Photographers/ agencies include Associated Sports, David Munden, Sporting Pictures,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1997. Thirty original colour press photographs of England and Australia players in Test and one day international match action and at practice, of which five are signed. Signatures are Michael Kasprowicz, Jason Gillespie (Australia), Mark Butcher, Graham Thorpe and Alec Stewart (England). Others featured include Healy, Warne, Ponting, Bevan, Taylor, McGrath, Atherton, Gough, Caddick, Crawley, Ramprakash, Headley, Tufnell, Martin etc. Photographers/ agencies include ASP, David Munden, PA News etc. All approx.... View full lot details

England tour to South Africa 1995/96. Black binder comprising one hundred original colour press photographs covering Test, one day international and tour match action, net practice, interviews etc. Seven are signed by the featured player(s). Signatures are Richard Illingworth, Darren Gough, Mark Ilott, Graeme Hick (England), Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald, Jonty Rhodes and Gary Kirsten (South Africa). Others feature Atherton, Russell, Thorpe, Ramprakash, Cork, Crawley, Smith, Stewart, Matthews, McMillan, Adams, Cronje etc. The majority by... View full lot details

West Indies 1980s-1990s. Yellow binder containing fifty original press photographs, the majority colour, some mono, of West Indies players in match action, at practice, interviews, player portraits etc. Five are signed by the featured player, Shiv Chanderpaul, Jimmy Adams, Phil Simmons, Carl Hooper and Richie Richardson. Others featured include Brian Lara, Sammy, Campbell, Sarwan, Benjamin, Cuffy, Bishop, Russell, Samuels, Arthurton, Garner, Gomes, Mattis, Ambrose, Rose etc. Photographers/ agencies include Allsport, David Munden, Sportsline, Bob Thomas... View full lot details

M.C.C. 150th Anniversary 1937. Original mono photograph of ‘The glass goblet designed and engraved to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Marylebone Cricket Club, 1937’. The photograph measures approx. 6.5”x5.5”, mounted, framed and glazed, overall 11.5”x12”. Printed title to top mount margin, with caption to lower margin ‘Designed by Barnaby Powell. Made at the Whitefriar Glass Works. Diamond Point Engraving by W. Wilson. Quatrain by E.V. Lucas’. Photographer unknown. Previously sold as lot 445 in... View full lot details

Arthur Brian Sellers. Yorkshire 1932-1948. Original mono photograph of Sellers standing full length wearing cricket attire and Yorkshire blazer with his fiancé, Miss Bessie Walker, seated beside. The couple are situated in front of the President’s tent at the Scarborough Festival. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Sellers and Miss Walker, and dated 3rd September 1932. 6.25”x8.25”. Assumed to be by Walkers’ Studio, Scarborough, the photograph is laid down to grey album... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1924/25. A selection of nine original mono press photographs of match action from the tour. Matches featured include v Victoria at Melbourne, 14th- 19th November 1924. Images depict the players rushing off the field for rain at the close of play, Johnny Douglas diving to field a ball off Stork Hendry, and Hendry hitting the winning run for Victoria ‘with only half a minute to spare’. Others include the first Test... View full lot details

Australia v West Indies ‘Tied Test’ 1960/61. Four original mono press photographs depicting action from the 1st Test at Brisbane, 9th- 14th December 1960. Images show West Indies celebrating the dramatic fall of the last wicket when Australia’s Ian Meckiff, was run out with the scores tied. A ‘wire’ photograph showing Australia’s last man, Lindsay Kline, at the crease, surrounded by ten West Indies close fielders. Surface wear and creasing to the image). One further... View full lot details

West Indies 1950s/1960s. A selection of nine original mono/ sepia press and candid photographs. Images depict the 1950s team lined up at Scarborough. Players being presented to Princess Margaret at the Kensington Oval, Barbados for the match Barbados v British Guiana, February 1955. Alf Valentine and John Goddard, both taken at Taunton 1957. A head and shoulders portrait image of Wesley Hall, probably in Australia 1960/61. Garry Sobers running out Trevor Bailey in the match... View full lot details

England team photographs 1953/54 and 1967. Two official press photographs, including one of the M.C.C. touring party from the 1953/54 tour to West Indies, the players seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. Players include Hutton (Captain), Bailey, Cowdrey, Compton, Laker, Trueman, Graveney, Lock, Statham, Watson etc. Photographer unknown. Ex Len Hutton collection. The other is the England team for the 1st Test v India, Headingley 1967. Players are Close (Captain), Murray, Barrington, Graveney,... View full lot details

England v West Indies 1950. Original mono press photograph of the England team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire for the 4th (final) Test v West Indies at The Oval, 12th- 16th August 1950. The photograph nicely and fully signed by all eleven members of the England team. Signatures are Brown (Captain), Hutton, Simpson, Bailey, Compton, McIntyre, Hilton, Bedser, Sheppard, Wright and Dewes. Central Press Photos. 10”x8’. From the collection of Malcolm Hilton... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1983. A selection of eleven large/ oversize original mono press photographs depicting match action, all most likely from the 4th (final) Test at Trent Bridge 25th- 29th August 1983. Players featured include Mike Gatting, Ian Botham, Bob Taylor, David Gower, Allan Lamb, Chris Smith (England), Richard Hadlee, Geoff Howarth, Warren Lees (New Zealand) etc. all photographs with official stamp to verso for Graham Morris. Each measures approx. 14”x11”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Australian state team photographs 1946-1974. Four official team photographs, each with players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. One unmounted photograph is of the New South Wales team for the tour match v M.C.C. at Sydney, 15th- 19th November 1946 including Barnes, Morris, Carmody, Pettiford, Saggers, Lindwall, Toshack etc. 9.5”x7.5”, photographer unknown. Some creasing. The other three all laid to photographers’ mounts with printed titles and players’ names, each overall approx. 14”x12”. Teams... View full lot details

Gentlemen v Players & Kent v Sussex 1932, Northamptonshire 1947. Four large original sepia press photographs. Two feature action from Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s 1932, one of Wally Hammond batting for Players, the other a general view of the Lord’s ground with crowds in the foreground, scoreboard and stand in the background, Duleepsinhji and Nawab of Pataudi batting for the Gentlemen (both scored centuries). Sport & General, London. Two others are of play in progress,... View full lot details