Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

To be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
6th, 7th, 8th & 9th August 2026

Lot 263:
Estimate: £300/500
‘The Australian Cricketers 1882’. Original cabinet card sepia photograph of twelve members of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing caps and blazers. Printed title ‘The Australian Cricketers 1886’ and players names printed to lower border of mount. Players include Murdoch (Captain), Boyle, Massie, Horan, Palmer, Garrett, McDonnell, Giffen, Beal, Bonner, Spofforth and Jones. The photograph by the London Photographic Company. 6.5”x4.25”. Some fading to the photograph, otherwise in good/ very good... View full lot details
Lot 264:
Estimate: £100/150
‘Intercolonial Cricket Match- Victoria v South Australia 1895’. Excellent mono photograph of the Victorian team, secretary and umpire who played against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match at Melbourne in February 15th-19th 1895. The Victorian team featured many Australia Test players including H. Trott (Cpt), C. McLeod, Laver, Worrall, Harry, Trumble, R. McLeod, W. Bruce, Lewis etc. Mounted, framed and glazed 18”x15”. Australia won the match by Victoria won by 10 wickets. A wonderful... View full lot details
Lot 265:
Estimate: £250/350
Australian tour of England 1905. ‘England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval 1905’. Excellent large sepia photograph of the two teams, standing and seated in rows, the majority wearing blazers, caps and boaters, with the two Captains, F.S. Jackson and Joe Darling to centre. Players include, for England, Jackson, C.B. Fry, A.O.Jones, MacLaren, Hirst, Rhodes, Tyldesley, Spooner, Lilley, Brearley, Hayward, Darling, Trumper, Armstrong, Noble, Hopkins, Gregory, Kelly, Cotter, Duff, Newlands, Howell, Gehrs, Hill, McLeod etc.... View full lot details
Lot 266:
Estimate: £180/250
‘Australia Cricket Team. New Zealand Tour, 1913-1914’. Excellent and rare large original mono photograph of the Australian touring party, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire and blazers in front of a large marquee. Players are Arthur Simms (Captain and tour organiser), Armstrong, Trumper, Mailey, Cody, Collins, Crawford, Dolling, Laver, McGregor, McKenzie, Noble, Ransford and Waddy. The photograph by Ellerbeck Studio of Gisborne measures 7.5”x6” and is laid down to the photographers mount, overall... View full lot details
Lot 267:
Estimate: £400/600
Australia tour of England 1926. Impressive official sepia photograph of the Australian team who toured England in 1926, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire and all dressed in their touring caps and blazers. The photograph, by T. Bolland of St Leonards, is laid down to official photographers mount, with printed title ‘16th Australian Eleven 1926’ to lower border, and the mount very nicely signed in black ink above and below the image by... View full lot details
Lot 268:
Estimate: £150/250
Australia tour to England 1934. ‘Cambridge University v Australians 1934’. Original large mono photograph of both teams, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers, for the match played at Fenner’s 9th- 11th May 1934. Australians featured are Woodfull (Captain), Bradman, Ponsford, McCabe, Brown, Wall, O’Reilly, Ebeling, Fleetwood-Smith, Barnett, Darling, Grimmett and Oldfield. The Cambridge University players, all of whom went on to play County cricket, are J.H. Human (Captain), A.W. Allen,... View full lot details
Lot 269:
Estimate: £200/300
Australian tour of England 1938. Impressive official mono team photograph of the Australian touring party, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire and wearing tour blazers. The photograph, by Sport & General, nicely signed in black ink by seventeen players and management featured to lower border of image. Signatures are D.G. Bradman (Captain), S.J. McCabe, S.G. Barnes, W.J. O’Reilly, A.L. Hassett, J.H. Fingleton, E.L. McCormick, A.G. Chipperfield, B.A. Barnett, L.O.Fleetwood-Smith, W.A. Brown, M.G. Waite,... View full lot details
Lot 270:
Estimate: £60/90
Australia tour to England 1938. Mono printed photograph ‘taken specially for The Jaeger Co., Ltd’ of the Australian touring party at Worcester for the opening match of the 1938 tour. The players depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Don Bradman in the centre is captain for the first time in England. Printed date ‘April 30, 1938’ and players’ names to borders. 10.5”x8.5”, mounted framed and glaze, overall 13.5”x11.5”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 271:
Estimate: £100/150
England v Australia 1938. Original sepia press photograph of the two teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. The photograph taken at Lord’s for the 2nd Test, 24th- 28th June 1938. Players include the captains, Hammond and Bradman, also Hutton, Edrich, Compton, Ames, Wright (England), Brown, McCabe, Hassett, Barnett, O’Reilly, McCormick (Australia) etc. 11.75”x9”. Sport & General, London. An excellent image in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 272:
Estimate: £70/100
‘20th Australian Team to Great Britain 1948’. Original official mono photograph of the Australian touring party, standing and seated in rows, wearing tour blazers. The photograph laid down to official photographer’s mount. Printed title to top border and players’ names to lower border. Players featured are Bradman (Captain), Hassett, Hamence, Johnson, Brown, Morris, McCool, Harvey, Barnes, Lindwall, Saggers, Ring, Johnston, Toshack, Miller, Tallon and Loxton. The photograph by Sport & General Press Agency, London measures... View full lot details
Lot 273:
Estimate: £60/90
Australian tour of England 1964. Very large mono photograph of the twenty one members of the full Australian touring party, standing and seated in rows, the players wearing tour blazers and cricket attire. Signed to the photograph by the majority of the players featured, the Manager and officials. Fifteen signatures including the captain, Bob Simpson, Burge, Hawke, McKenzie, Lawry, Connolly, Corling, Cowper, Redpath, Sellers, Veivers, Steele (Manager), Ledwood (Treasurer) etc. The photograph measures 30”x21”. Some... View full lot details
Lot 274:
Estimate: £100/150
Australian tour to England 1882. Seven excellent early original sepia photographs of individual members of the Australian touring party. Three depict players wearing cricket attire in a studio setting, each by E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Players are J.M. Blackham in wicket-keeping pose, G.J. Connor standing at the wicket wearing batting attire, leaning on his bat, and A.C. Bannerman in batting pose at the wicket. Other images, assumed also to be by Hawkins, feature... View full lot details
Lot 275:
Estimate: £130/160
William Peter Howell. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1905. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Howell, head and shoulders, wearing three piece suit and tie c1899. The cabinet card photograph by T. Bolland of London. The card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Minor wear to card corners and top edge otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 276:
Estimate: £70/100
William Lloyd Murdoch. New South Wales, Sussex, London County, England & Australia 1875-1904. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Murdoch, head and shoulders, wearing cricket shirt. Cabinet card by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company Ltd of London, with advertising to reverse, the card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Some wear to the right hand side of the image with minor light creasing and cracking to the image, some age toning to the extremities to the front and to... View full lot details
Lot 277:
Estimate: £400/600
Peter Alexander McAlister. Victoria & Australia, 1898-1911. Excellent extra large mono ‘Imperial’ cabinet card of McAlister, full length in batting pose wearing Australian cap. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by McAlister. The photograph by T.W. Bolland of London, with photographer’s blind stamp embossed to lower border of the image, taken in 1909 during the Australian tour to England. Photographers titles and address to lower border and gilt to all edges. The... View full lot details
Lot 278:
Estimate: £400/600
William James Whitty. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia, 1907-1926. Excellent extra large mono ‘Imperial’ cabinet card of Whitty, full length in bowling pose holding the ball and wearing Australian cap. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Whitty. The photograph by T.W. Bolland of London, with photographer’s blind stamp embossed to lower border of the image, taken in 1909 during the Australian tour to England. Photographers titles and address to... View full lot details
Lot 279:
Estimate: £180/250
Frank Laver. Victoria & Australia 1891-1912. Excellent extra large mono ‘Imperial’ cabinet card of Laver, full length in batting pose and wearing Australian cap. The photograph by T.W. Bolland of London, with photographer’s blind stamp embossed to lower border of the image, taken in 1909 during the Australian tour to England. Photographers titles and address to lower border and gilt to all edges. ‘F. Laver’ handwritten to lower border of the mount. The card measures... View full lot details
Lot 280:
Estimate: £600/900
Victor Thomas Trumper. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1914. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Trumper, full length, wearing Australian cap and in batting pose at the wicket. Nicely signed to lower right hand corner of image, ‘Yours truly, V. Trumper’, slight smudge to the ‘T’ of Trumper. The cabinet card photograph by Bolland, Elthorne Studio, Hanwell, West London, with full advert for Bolland to verso. The card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Good/very good condition. A very... View full lot details
Lot 281:
Estimate: £40/60
‘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
Lot 282:
Estimate: £30/50
Australia tour to England 1926. Three original mono press photographs of match action from the tour. Includes two photographs from the first Test at Trent Bridge 12th June 1926, Sutcliffe playing an attacking shot, and an excellent image of spectators in the crowd sheltering from the rain which washed out the match. Both measure 10”x8” with official press stamps to verso for Daily Mirror and Victor Forbin. Sold with a smaller photograph of action from... View full lot details
Lot 283:
Estimate: £50/80
Donald Bradman. Australia tour to England 1930. Three original candid-style photographs of action from one of the matches of the 1930 tour. In the photographs, taken by a spectator in the front row of the attending crowd, one depicts Don Bradman fielding in the outfield in the foreground, another with the match in play, and the third with players leaving the field with large crowds watching on from the pavilion and stands. The matches appear... View full lot details
Lot 284:
Estimate: £100/150
Australia v England. 2nd Test, ‘Bodyline’ Melbourne Cricket Ground December 1932. Excellent original press photograph of the Australian team who played England in the second Test at Melbourne. The players are pictured on the field just prior to them fielding with a massed crowd behind the picket fence and in the stand, the majority wearing caps. Players include Woodfull, Bradman, Oldfield, McCabe, Grimmett, Wall, Richardson, Fingleton, Ironmonger, O’Reilly etc. The photograph measures 12”x7.25”. Odd faults... View full lot details
Lot 285:
Estimate: £120/180
Donald George Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. Wonderfully evocative original sepia press photograph of Don Bradman having just passed thorough the gate onto the pitch at Melbourne to bat against England in the second Test of the 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’ Ashes series in Australia. Bradman is wearing his Australian cap with bat in his right hand and is beautifully lit from behind. A policemen stands by the gate with large crowd, the... View full lot details
Lot 286:
Estimate: £40/60
Australia tour to England 1934. Original sepia press photograph of Australian batsmen Ernest Bromley and Bill Brown walking out for net practice at Lord’s on the 1934 tour. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Brown. 6”x8”. Sport & General, London, dated 1st May 1934. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 287:
Estimate: £120/160
Donald George Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949 and Maurice Leyland, Yorkshire & England 1920-1947. Excellent mono photograph of the two players, full length, wearing full cricket attire each holding and displaying their own branded ‘Autograph’ cricket bats, both made by William Sykes. The photograph by Walkers Studios of Scarborough, measures 6.25”x8.25”. An excellent image. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 288:
Estimate: £80/120
Australia tour to South Africa 1935/36. Excellent original mono press photograph of seven players seated at the pavilion at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, three Australians in tour blazer, one South Africa in blazer, and three others in formal attire. Signed to the photograph by four Australians, Sievers, Chipperfield, Fleetwood Smith and O’Reilly, and two South Africans, Wade and Rowan. Photograph by ‘The Star’, Johannesburg. 10”x7”. Odd minor faults, otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 289:
Estimate: £30/40
Australia tour to South Africa 1935/36. Two original mono press photographs from the tour. One depicts the Australian captain, Vic Richardson, leading the team on to the field for the Durban Test match. The other features Richardson and Stan McCabe wearing suits and floral garlands around their necks while attending a function. Various agency stamps to verso of both including Sporting Life, Daily Sun etc. Both measure 6.25”x4.5”. Some creasing to both photographs, otherwise in... View full lot details
Lot 290:
Estimate: £100/150
‘Hammond bowled by Fleetwood-Smith. 4th Test. Australia v England. Adelaide 1937’. Excellent photograph of Hammond being bowled with keeper Oldfield and Chipperfield at slip in close attendance. Beautifully signed in black ink by all three players to the image. Title to the lower border of the original mount. Modern over mount, framed and glazed. Overall 16”x15.5”. A good image with excellent bold signatures. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 291:
Estimate: £100/150
Donald George ‘Don’ Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. Australian tour of England 1948. Excellent original mono photograph of Bradman and the Australian team practicing in the nets at Lord’s prior to the second Test staring on the 24th June 1948. Lindsay Hassett and Bradman are preparing to bat in the nets, Hassett is strapping on his pads and Bradman adjusting his abdominal protecter, with pads and bat on the floor beside... View full lot details
Lot 292:
Estimate: £50/80
England v Australia 1953 ‘Coronation Tour’. Original mono press photograph of the Australian team, wearing tour blazers, being presented to HM The Queen at Lord’s for the tour match v Middlesex 18th- 21st July 1953. Players include Hassett (Captain), Hole, Benaud, Miller, Morris, Johnston etc., also the manager, Davies. Sport & General. Sold with five original sepia press photographs from the drawn 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 11th- 16th June 1953. Images depict players being introduced... View full lot details
Lot 293:
Estimate: £30/50
Australian test cricketers 1970s. Four original mono press photographs, each signed by the featured player(s). Includes one of Ian and Greg Chappell standing together wearing suits, signed by both brothers. 6.5”x3.75”. Rod Marsh taking a spectacular diving catch at Melbourne, 8.5”x6.5”. Greg Chappell in batting action against England at Lord’s, 8”x10”. Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee standing together wearing jackets and ties, signed by both, 10”x8”. All by Central Press Photos, London. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 294:
Estimate: £40/60
The Ashes. England v Australia 1990s. A good selection of sixty original colour and mono press photographs from Test and one-day international series in England and Australia. Eleven are signed by the featured player(s). Signatures include England selectors Fletcher, Amiss and Dexter with captain, Atherton, also Devon Malcolm (2 different), Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart, Graham Thorpe (England), Mark Taylor, Paul Reiffel (2), Damien Fleming, and Craig McDermott (Australia). Others featured include DeFreitas, Hussain, Lewis, Smith,... View full lot details
Lot 295:
Estimate: £50/80
Shane Warne. Australia. Large framed limited edition photographic image of Warne in one day attire bowling in the 1999 World Cup by ‘Artsportique’. Un-numbered limited edition of 250. Mounted, framed and acrylic glazed. Overall 23.75”x31.5”. Some scratching to the acrylic surface otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 296:
Estimate: £30/50
‘England’s Twelve Champion Cricketers Photographed on board ship at Liverpool Sept. 7th 1859’. Reproduction from the original sepia photograph of George Parr’s team for the first England overseas cricket tour. The photograph features the players in cricket attire holding bats and balls on board ship at Liverpool on the 7th September 1859. Players include Parr, Caffyn, Wisden, Caesar, Lillywhite, Stephenson, Lockyer, Jackson etc. The photograph by T.H. Hennah of Hennah & Kent, Brighton, is laid... View full lot details
Lot 297:
Estimate: £400/600
‘Lillywhite’s Team to Australia 1876/77’. ‘The First Test Match’. Very early sepia cabinet card photograph of Lillywhite’s touring party to Australia, standing and sitting in three rows, wearing a variety of blazers and caps. The players are Harry Jupp, Tom Emmett, R Humphrey, Allen Hill, Tom Armitage, George Ulyett, Ted Pooley, James Southerton, James Lillywhite (captain), Alfred Shaw, Andrew Greenwood, Henry Charlwood and John Selby. The cabinet card taken at Priory Park, Chichester, a few... View full lot details
Lot 298:
Estimate: £130/160
The Ashes. W.G. Grace. England v Australia 1886. Original mono albumen photograph of the England team for the 3rd Test v Australia at Kennington Oval 12th- 14th August 1886. The photograph depicts the eleven members of the England team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players are Steel (Captain), W.G. Grace, Scotton, Shrewsbury, Read, Barnes, Barlow, Ulyett, Briggs, Tylecote and Lohmann. Printed title below, ‘All England, August 13th, at Kennington Oval’. The photograph... View full lot details
Lot 299:
Estimate: £60/90
‘The English Cricket Team on Tour, South Africa 1891/92’. Original sepia photograph of the team with Umpire J. Leaney, standing and seated in rows, wearing cricket attire and tour caps. Players featured include W.W. Read (Cpt), J.T.Hearne, Pougher, Brann, Ferris, W.L. Murdoch, G.G. Hearne, A. Hearne, Wood, Brockwell, Chatterton etc. The photograph is laid down to the official photographers mount with title and players names printed to lower border. the photograph by J.E. Middlebrook of... View full lot details
Lot 300:
Estimate: £60/90
M.C.C. v West Suffolk Cricket Club 1902. Official photograph of the two teams and umpires sitting and standing in rows in front of the pavilion at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Players include Campbell Hulton, James Gilman, William Coleman, William East, Reginald Burrell, Joe Murrell etc. All prominent M.C.C. players and some county cricketers. The photograph, by Jarman of Abbeygate Street, Bury, laid down to photographers mount. Modern mounted and attractively framed and glazed. Overall 25”x19”.... View full lot details
Lot 301:
Estimate: £50/80
M.C.C. tour of 1909/10. Official photograph of the ‘Union Castle Line to South Africa’ R.M.S. Saxon (12,385 tons) which took the M.C.C. team from Southampton Docks on the 6th November 1909 to Cape Town arriving on the 23rd November. The image is signed in ink to the skyline and below the water line by all fourteen members of the M.C.C. party. Signatures include Leveson-Gower (Cpt), Fane, Simpson-Hayward, Wynyard, Bird, Hobbs, Strudwick, Woolley, Denton, Buckenham, Thompson,... View full lot details
Lot 302:
Estimate: £50/80
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
Lot 303:
Estimate: £100/150
M.C.C. tour of Australia 1924/25. Original mono photograph of the S.S. Ormonde, the ship which took the M.C.C. team to Australia in 1924. The photograph, laid down to photographers mount, has printed title on strip ‘M.C.C. 1924-5’ to lower border. Signed to side and top borders by all eighteen members of the touring party including the Manager, Toone. Players’ signatures are A.E.R. Gilligan (Captain), J.W.H.T. Douglas, R. Kilner, J.L. Bryan, A.P.F. Chapman, H. Sutcliffe, J.B.... View full lot details
Lot 304:
Estimate: £70/100
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 lower border 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
Lot 305:
Estimate: £50/80
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
Lot 306:
Estimate: £70/100
‘Lord Tennyson’s tour to Jamaica 1932’. Original mono photograph of the team which played Cornwall County on the 5th and 6th March 1932 at Jarrett Park, Montego Bay. The photograph signed by all eleven players featured, Tennyson (Cpt), Valentine, Dacre, Astill, Geary, Bowley, Nichols, Scott-Chad, Bagnall, Kemp Welch and C.F. Walters. The photograph measures 9.5”x7”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 307:
Estimate: £70/100
M.C.C. tour of India & Ceylon 1933/34. Large official photograph of the M.C.C. team with Indian cricketers/guests including the Mahrajah of Porbander, standing and seated in rows possibly at a function held for the touring team. Players include Jardine, Porbander, Walters, Levett, Mitchell, Verity, Elliott, Barnett, Langridge, Bakewell, Valentine, Nisar, Battacharia, Wazir Ali etc. Signed in ink by Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji, Mahrajah of Porbander and dated 5.12.1933. The photograph in modern mount, framed and glazed... View full lot details
Lot 308:
Estimate: £100/150
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
Lot 309:
Estimate: £70/100
M.C.C. tour to Australia 1946/47. Official Union-Castle Line R.M.V. ‘Stirling Castle’ photograph of the ship that took the M.C.C. to Australia for the 1946/47 tour. Signed to the image by all seventeen members of the touring party. Signatures are W.R. Hammond (Captain), D.C.S. Compton, N.W.D. Yardley, C. Washbrook, W. Voce, T.G. Evans, W.J. Edrich, J.T. Ikin, L. Hutton, J. Langridge, A.V. Bedser, J. Hardstaff, D.V.P. Wright, L.B. Fishlock, R. Pollard, P.A. Gibb and T.P.B. Smith.... View full lot details
Lot 310:
Estimate: £60/90
M.C.C. tour to India & Pakistan 1951/52. ‘North Zone v M.C.C. 1951’. Large official photograph of the M.C.C. team and North Zone teams and umpires, members and guests of the East Punjab Cricket Association who played in the tour match played at Amritsar on the 20th-22nd October 1951, standing and seated in rows. Players include Howard (Captain), Tattersall, Leadbeater, Lowson, Statham, Kenyon, HIlton, Ridgway, Armanth, Swaranjit Singh, Nanda, Prithviraj etc. Presentation photograph with inscription, presented... View full lot details
Lot 311:
Estimate: £30/50
‘England Cricket Team. South Africa 1995/96’. Official colour photograph of the England touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. The photograph laid to official mount with printed title and players’ names. Signed to the mount in pencil by twenty one players and staff. Players signatures are Atherton (Captain), Stewart, Gough, Cork, Malcolm, Martin, Ilott, Fraser, Smith, Hick, Russell, Illingworth, Ramprakash, Crawley, Watkinson and Thorpe. Lacking two signatures of coaches Lever and Edrich.... View full lot details
Lot 312:
Estimate: £400/600
‘The Grace Family’. W.G. Grace in the West Gloucestershire team of 1866. Good very early original sepia photograph of the West Gloucestershire team that played Knole Park on the 12th and 13th July 1866. The team are depicted in cricket apparel and are seated on the grass in front of an oak tree with the ground and tents to background. The photograph features all five of the Grace brothers, William Gilbert, Henry, Edward Mills, Alfred... View full lot details
Lot 313:
Estimate: £120/160
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club 1876. Original photograph of the Gloucestershire team taken at Clifton College, Bristol circa July 1876. The players standing and seated in rows in cricket attire, the majority wearing caps. The photograph features three of the Grace brother, W.G., Edward Mills and George Frederick Grace. Other players featured are Filgate, Bush, Walter Gilbert (Grace’s cousin), Cranston, Taylor, Moberly, Townsend and Bush. The photograph measures 10”x7.5” and overall with photographers mount 12.5”x9”. Odd... View full lot details
Lot 314:
Estimate: £60/90
Oxford University 1887. Original sepia photograph of the Oxford University team, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Photograph laid down to official photographers mount with players’ names handwritten in pencil to lower border. Players include Brain (Captain), Nepean, Buckland, H. Philipson, Forster, K.J. Key, Gresson, Ricketts, Rashleigh etc. Odd nicks and wear to mount otherwise in good condition. Overall 14”x12”. Excellent image. Sold with a ‘Land and Water’ Supplement photograph 1889... View full lot details
Lot 315:
Estimate: £80/120
Surrey C.C.C. ‘County Champions’ 1888. Rare and impressive official sepia photograph of the Surrey team, seated and standing in rows wearing caps, some in blazers. The photograph is laid down to official photographers mount with title ‘Surrey, 1888’ and players names printed to lower border. Players featured include J. Shuter, Key, Beaumont, Wood, Bowley, Lohmann, M. Read, W.W. Read, Abel etc. The photograph by E. Hawkins & Co of Brighton. Window mounted with printed details... View full lot details
Lot 316:
Estimate: £60/90
‘Old Reptonians v Fettesian Lorettonians 1890’. Attractive original sepia photograph of the two teams seated and standing on stone steps, presumably at Repton College. Hand written title and players’ names in ink to lower border of the image and title and players names repeated on the modern mount to the photograph. Notable players featured include C.B. Fry, M.R. Jardine, L.C.H. Palairet, R.C.N. Palairet, Alfred Cochrane, G.B. Barrington, Francis Ford, and Rev. Arthur Forman seated... View full lot details
Lot 317:
Estimate: £70/100
‘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
Lot 318:
Estimate: £70/100
Nottinghamshire circa 1890’s. Photographic full page bookplate of the Nottinghamshire team taken from the book ‘Famous Cricketers & Cricket Grounds’. C.W. Alcock. London 1895. Signed in pencil to image by J.A. Dixon, W. Flowers, J. Hardstaff, R. Daft, W. Attwell and John Gunn (signed over image of William Gunn). Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 319:
Estimate: £50/80
‘East v West 1892’. Attractive original joint team photograph of the two teams who played the match on the 5th-7th September 1892 at Portsmouth. Players include Palairet, Fird, Croome, Needham, Woods, Brann, Vernon, The photograph by George Glanville of Tunbridge Wells, title and players names to lower border and details of the players and scores to lower border. Mounted, framed and glazed, overall 22”x21”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 320:
Estimate: £80/120
Surrey C.C.C. 1892. Rare and impressive official sepia photograph of the Surrey team, two umpires and scorer, seated and standing in rows wearing caps and blazers. The photograph is laid down to official photographers mount with title ‘Surrey, 1892’ and players names printed to lower border. Players featured include J. Shuter, Lockwood, Henderson, Wood, Abel, Streatfield, Lohmann, Richardson etc. The photograph by E. Hawkins & Co of Brighton. The photograph measures approx 11.5”x9.25” and is... View full lot details
Lot 321:
Estimate: £60/90
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
Lot 322:
Estimate: £60/90
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
Lot 323:
Estimate: £60/90
Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1903. Nice early original sepia photograph of the Nottinghamshire team seated and standing in rows in front of a pavilion, wearing cricket attire, some in caps and blazers. Players include J.A. Dixon, Gunn, Jones, Shrewsbury, Iremonger etc. Small printed title to lower right corner ‘Notts County 1903’. Photograph by S. Kirk, 8.25”x.6.25”. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 324:
Estimate: £140/180
‘Sussex County Cricket 1908’. Mono photographic print of fifteen members of the 1908 Sussex team, signed in black ink by twelve of the featured players. Signatures are K.S. Ranjitsinhji, C.B. Fry, H. Killick, G. Cox, C.L.A. Smith, R.R. Relf, E.B. Dwyer, A.E. Relf, R.A. Young, J. Vine and G. Leach. Slight fading to the odd signature. The image measures 11.5”x8.5”. Mounted, framed and glazed, overall 16”x11.5”. Good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 325:
Estimate: £80/120
‘Northamptonshire 1911’. Excellent cabinet card photograph of the Northamptonshire team, standing and seated in rows, wearing assorted blazers, some in Northamptonshire caps. Title ‘Northampton 1911’ to top border. Players include Vials (Cpt), Denton, Boswell, Thompson, Haywood, Seymour, Walden, East etc. The photograph by E. Hawkins of Brighton with advertising to verso. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 326:
Estimate: £50/80
Surrey C.C.C. ‘County Champions’ 1914. Large sepia photograph of the team, standing and seated in rows, the majority wearing Surrey blazers and caps. Players featured include Tom Hayward (Cpt), Hobbs, Sandham, Ducat, Fender, Hayes, Hitch, Abel, ‘Razor’ Smith, Strudwick etc. A nice image. Mounted, framed and glazed. Overall 20”x17”. Surface damage to the image and some fading to the image otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 327:
Estimate: £60/90
Oxford University 1914. Excellent original mono photograph of the Oxford team, standing and seated in rows wearing University C.C. blazers. This was the team that played Cambridge at Lord’s in July 1914. Players featured include F.H. Knott (Cpt), D.J. Knight, M. Howell, F.C.G. Naumann, O.C. Bristowe, W.G.K. Boswell, E.A. Shaw, B.G.V. Melle, G.R.R. Colman etc. Many went onto play first class cricket, two sadly perished in the first World War, Shaw and Boswell, both in... View full lot details
Lot 328:
Estimate: £30/50
Blackheath Cricket Club 1920. Official mono photograph of the Blackheath C.C. team, seated and standing in rows in front of the pavilion, wearing an assortment of blazers. Notable Kent players featured include R.N.R. Blaker, J.R. Mason, A.P. Day and B.S. Cumberlege. The photograph by Wayland of Blackheath measures 11.25”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount with printed title and players’ names to borders, overall 18”x14”. Some silvering to photograph edges, foxing and slight wear to mount,... View full lot details
Lot 329:
Estimate: £100/150
South v North 1922. Photograph album comprising thirty three original small candid photographs, all taken at the match played at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, 20th & 21st September 1922. The photographs depict the teams, players entering and leaving the field of play, at the ground etc. Fifteen of the photographs are very nicely signed by the featured player(s), sixteen signatures in total. Signed photographs feature A.E.R. & A.H.H. Gilligan, two signed individually by A.H.H. Gilligan, two... View full lot details
Lot 330:
Estimate: £80/120
Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s 1930. Original mono photographs of both the Gentlemen and Players teams, standing and seated in rows wearing various blazers, the match played at Lord’s in July 1930. Players featured include Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Larwood, Woolley, Hammond, Tate, Freeman, Leyland, Duckworth, Hendren, Chapman, Duleepsinhji, Allen, Wyatt, Lyon, Allom, White, Parsons etc. The photographs measures 11.75”x7.75”. Adhesive marks to verso otherwise in good condition. Qty 2. Excellent images... View full lot details
Lot 331:
Estimate: £50/70
‘Gentlemen XI 1934. Large official photograph of the Gentlemen team that played the Players at Lords in July 1934. The team photographed wearing cricket attire, some with caps. Players include Wyatt (cpt), Levett, Holmes, Melville, Baxter, Valentine, Walters, Allen, Turnbull etc. Photograph by ‘The Sport & General Press Agency Ltd’ laid down to official mount with printed photographers details to corner. Framed and glazed. Overall 21”x16”. G... View full lot details
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Lot 334:
Estimate: £60/90
Surrey County Cricket Club circa1950. Good mono press photograph of the Surrey team, standing and seated in rows, wearing club blazers. The photograph, by Barratt’s Photo Press Ltd, nicely signed in ink by twelve of the players featured including Barton (Cpt), Squires, Fishlock, E. Bedser, McIntyre, Barling, Fletcher, McMahon, Watts, Strudwick (coach) and Sandy Tait (physio) etc. Only lacking the signatures of Laker and Alec Bedser from the full group of fourteen players. 8”x6”. Odd... View full lot details
Lot 335:
Estimate: £70/100
William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England. 1865-1908 and Henry ‘Harry’ Jupp, Surrey & England 1862-1881. Original sepia photograph of the two players full length stood side by side, Grace holding a cricket ball and Jupp a cricket bat, both wearing cricket attire 1870’s. Photograph by Elliott & Fry of 55 Baker Street. The photograph measures 7.5”x9.25”, laid down to photographers mount overall 11.75”x15”. Some wear, staining and discolouration to image, tear to left hand border... View full lot details
Lot 336:
Estimate: £60/90
Test and County cricketers c.1880s-1890s. Five excellent early original sepia photographs of individual players of the period. Three are by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton, C.L. Townsend (Gloucestershire & England 1893-1922) in bowling pose, L.C.H. Palairet (Oxford University, Somerset & England 1890-1909), and S.M.J. Woods (Cambridge University, Somerset, England & Australia 1886-1910), both in batting pose. Other images, assumed also to be by Hawkins, are studio images of E.M. Grace (Gloucestershire & England 1862-1896) three... View full lot details
Lot 337:
Estimate: £100/150
Yorkshire C.C.C. c.1880s-1890s. Nine excellent early original sepia photographs of individual Yorkshire players of the period. Four are by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton, Lord Hawke, George Hirst, both in batting pose at the wicket, Schofield Haigh, Wilfred Rhodes, both in bowling pose at the wicket. Other images, assumed also to be by Hawkins, feature Jack Brown, F.S. Jackson, both in batting poses, Robert Peel in bowling pose, and three-quarter length studio images of George... View full lot details
Lot 338:
Estimate: £70/100
Charles Hamlin Smith. Sussex 1861-1874. Early carte de visite sepia studio photograph card of Smith in cricket attire holding bat to side. The photograph by ‘Monsieur A. Boucher of Brighton, with advertising to verso. Overall 2.5”x4.25” Minor speckling to image otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 339:
Estimate: £50/80
‘Somerset v Yorkshire. August 26th 1892’. Original and official photograph to commemorate Lionel Palairet and Herbie Hewett setting the then record opening partnership in first-class cricket of 346 in Somerset’s only innings in the match played at Taunton. The two players are stood in front of the scoreboard with the scores displayed. Title to top border and details of the players and scores to lower border. Mounted, framed and glazed, overall 17”x19”. Very slight tear/split... View full lot details
Lot 340:
Estimate: £200/300
Lord Martin Bladen Hawke. Yorkshire & England 1881-1911. Splendid sepia cabinet card photograph of Hawke, head and shoulders, wearing suit, shirt and tie. Nicely signed in black ink by Hawke, towards the lower right hand corner of the image, and dated ‘1894’. The cabinet card photograph by J.Burke & Co of India [Murree, Peshawar, Northern India]. The card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Minor foxing and minor wear to card extremities and corners, gilt to all edges otherwise... View full lot details
Lot 341:
Estimate: £40/60
Percy Melville Thornton. Cambridge & Middlesex. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Thornton in later life as MP for Clapham. Photograph by Webster Bros of Clapham. Card measures approx 4.25”x6.5”. Minor marks, rounding to one card corner otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 342:
Estimate: £200/300
‘W.G. Grace at the Wicket’. Original sepia photogravure, after Archibald Stuart Wortley 1890, of the famous painting of Grace in batting pose at Lord’s, which hangs in the Long Room at Lord’s. Published by Manson, Swan and Morgan, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st May 1891, printed in Berlin, with cricket ball remarque to lower border. Signed in pencil to lower border by the subject, W.G. Grace, and by the artist, Wortley and limited to 100 copies.... View full lot details
Lot 343:
Estimate: £60/90
Frank William Marlow. Sussex 1891-1904. Signed full page mono illustration plate of Marlow in fielding pose, ‘F.W. Marlow catching the ball low down’ taken from The Jubilee Book of Cricket by K.S. Ranjitsinhji 1897. Nicely signed ‘Yours Faithfully’ in black ink by Mason. Slight fading to the end of the signature otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 344:
Estimate: £80/120
James Cranston. Gloucestershire 1976-1899. Excellent mono studio photograph of Cranston, sat wearing cricket attire with bat to side, the photograph laid down to card. Nicely signed in ink to lower border of the card by Cranston. 5”x7”. Some slight fading to image, the signature strong. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 345:
Estimate: £250/350
Thomas Walter ‘Tom’ Hayward. Surrey & England 1893-1914. Excellent extra large ‘Imperial’ size cabinet sepia card photograph of Hayward standing, full length, in batting pose at the wicket wearing Surrey county cap. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours Truly, T. Hayward. The photograph by Herbert Tear of Clapham Road, London c1899. The photograph is laid down to photographers card mount with photographer’s name to lower left hand border and measures approximately... View full lot details
Lot 346:
Estimate: £60/90
William Gilbert Grace. Large impressive sepia photograph of Grace, three quarter length, wearing cricket whites and holding a cricket bat under his arm. W&S Ltd. Barraud of Oxford Street, London 1888. Produced as part of a series of photographs of famous actors, authors etc. The photograph laid down to photographers mount card with modern overmount, framed and glazed and overall 17.5”x21.5”. Excellent image. Good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 347:
Estimate: £40/60
Ernest George Hayes. Surrey, Leicestershire & England 1896-1926. Early original mono photograph of Hayes standing full length at the wicket in batting attire, leaning on his bat. Photograph by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. 4”x5.75”. Wear to corners, small adhesive mount marks to verso, otherwise an excellent image in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 348:
Estimate: £60/90
W.G. Grace at the cricket early 1900s. Large early original sepia photograph of a large group of cricketers, friends, ladies, gentlemen and dignitaries seated and standing in rows in and in front of the Crystal Palace cricket pavilion in the early 1900s. Grace is depicted in the centre of the first row, with a child sitting between his legs, wearing cricket attire and a blazer. Match unknown. The photograph, by J. Russell & Sons of... View full lot details
Lot 349:
Estimate: £100/150
Henry Knollys ‘Harry’ Foster. Oxford University & Worcestershire 1894-1925. Original mono cabinet card photograph of Foster in batting pose wearing cap. Signed to lower border by Foster. The card by Foster of Brighton. Some wear to edges, some surface wear, tiny ink stain otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 350:
Estimate: £100/150
William Gunn. Nottinghamshire & England 1880-1904. Mono bookplate photograph of Gunn in batting pose playing the ‘Forward Drive’, nicely signed to lower border ‘Yours Faithfully’ by Gunn. The bookplate taken from the ‘Jubilee Book of Cricket’, Ranjitsinhji 1897. Mounted, framed and glazed. Overall 11.5”x15.5”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 351:
Estimate: £80/120
Bertram Lewis Bisgood. Somerset 1907-1921. Original sepia studio photograph of Bisgood, in batting pose, wearing cricket attire. Signed to lower border in ink by Bisgood and dated June 1907. The card by Jas Bacon and Sons of Leeds 1907. 5”x7.5”. The photograph with slightly uneven borders. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 352:
Estimate: £80/120
Gregor MacGregor. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1888-1907. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of MacGregor standing full length wearing wicket-keeping attire at the wicket and wearing Middlesex cap. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Some adhesive marks to verso otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 353:
Estimate: £80/120
Robert Bagehot Porch. Somerset 1895-1910. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Porch, wearing suit and tie. Signed to lower border in ink by Porch and dated 1908. The card by Norman May & Co Ltd of Malvern. Some fading to image, the signature strong. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 354:
Estimate: £300/500
W.G. Grace. George Beldam, pioneer of action photography, the first action photographer of sport in Britain, specialising in cricket and golf. Very rare original sepia photograph of Grace playing an on-drive, being one of nine action photographs of William Gilbert Grace, Gloucestershire & England, taken between 1901 and 1904 taken by George Beldam, of which only two sets of original prints were contemporaneously produced. One set was for reproduction in the books ‘Great Batsman, Their... View full lot details
Lot 355:
Estimate: £50/80
John Tyldesley. Lancashire & England 1895-1923. Excellent original mono photograph of Tyldesley in batting pose standing at the crease wearing a Lancashire cap. Photograph laid down to original photographer’s mount with handwritten title to lower border ‘J. Tyldesley. 1910’. 9.5”x11.5”, overall 13.5”x18”. Photographer unknown. Annotation in pencil to verso ‘Mr R.H. Spooner’ of Metheringham in Lincolnshire, presumably Reggie Spooner (Lancashire and England 1899-1921). Adhesive damage to a 0.25” border around the image, odd worm holes... View full lot details
Lot 356:
Estimate: £130/160
Charles Philip Mead. Hampshire & England 1905-1936. Exquisite studio portrait of Mead taken on the M.C.C. 1911/12 tour of Australia. Mead is pictured wearing suit and tie. The photograph, laid down to official photographers mount, by T. Humphrey & Co, 264 Collins Street, Melbourne. Nicely signed in ink by Mead to the image. The photograph measures 3.5”x5.5” and overall with mount 7”x11”. Good condition. A rare studio portrait of the player from the tour... View full lot details
Lot 357:
Estimate: £50/80
Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe. Original mono photograph of Hobbs and Sutcliffe walking out to bat at Scarborough. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by both players. Date and photographer unknown, probably 1920s. 6.5”x8.5”. Pin holes to extreme top corners, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent image with nice signatures.... View full lot details
Lot 358:
Estimate: £40/60
Alfred Percy Freeman. Kent & England 1914-1936. Excellent studio portrait photograph of Freeman, full length, wearing cricket attire and Kent cap. The photograph, by Hedgeland of Maidstone, measures overall £7”x10”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 359:
Estimate: £70/100
Four Middlesex Centurions 1920’. Excellent and attractive original mono photograph of the four Midddlesex batsman who scored a century v Sussex at Lord’s in the first innings of the match played 22nd-24th May 1920. Midddlesex scored 543-4 declared with Pelham Warner (139), Henry Lee (119), Jack Hearne (116no) and Nigel Haig (131). The photograph, by Sport & General, shows the four players stood in line in similar pose, wearing caps, with bats under their... View full lot details
Lot 360:
Estimate: £60/90
Vernon Tickell Hill. Somerset 1891-1912. Excellent mounted photograph of Hill posed at the wicket, wearing Oxford University cap. The photograph laid down to photographers mount and signed by Hill to lower border. Overall 9.75”x12”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 361:
Estimate: £25/35
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
Lot 362:
Estimate: £20/30
M.C.C. tour to Australia 1924/25. Two original candid style mono photographs, both taken while on tour on an excursion to a woodland lake. One depicts Roy Kilner standing full length wearing a cap, the other similar with A.E.R. Gilligan and Maurice Tate. Photographer unknown. Each measures 3.5”x5.75”. Small adhesive mount marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 363:
Estimate: £25/35
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
Lot 364:
Estimate: £40/60
Mr A.W. Carr. Captain. Notts County C.C. and England XI. Trent Bridge 1926. Original photograph of Carr, taken at Trent Bridge. The photograph by J. Webb, Douglas Studio, Nottingham. Laid down to card. 6”x8”. Adhesive marks to card back otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 365:
Estimate: £50/80
James Langridge. Sussex, Auckland & England 1924-1953. Good mono photograph of Langridge, full length, in batting pose at the wicket wearing Sussex cap, nicely signed in ink by Langridge ‘Yours Sincerely’. The photograph, by John Whewell of Hove, measures 6”x8”. Irregular edge to the right hand side otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 366:
Estimate: £100/150
Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji. Sussex, Cambridge University, Hindus & England 1924-1932. Large original sepia photograph of Duleepsinhji standing in front of the scoreboard having scored 254no in Cambridge University’s second innings total of 366/5 declared in the match v Middlesex at Fenner’s, 7th- 10th May 1927. The photograph measures 9.5”x11.5”, laid to photographer’s mount, overall 10.75”x12.75”. Photographer unknown. Wear to the mount, the photograph in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 367:
Estimate: £50/80
Charles Thomas Worsfold Mayo. Somerset 1928. Original mono studio oval photograph of Mayo, wearing suit and tie. His name ‘C.T.O. Mayo’ handwritten boldly to lower border of the photographers mount. Overall 5.5”x7.5” Some general wear, some age toning to mount otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 368:
Estimate: £70/100
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
Lot 369:
Estimate: £40/60
Joseph Harold Anthony Hulme. Middlesex 1929-1939. Original mono press photograph of Hulme, full length walking out to bat wearing Middlesex cap. Nicely signed in ink with dedication by Hulme ‘To Bill’. The photograph laid down to card measures overall 6”x9.75”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 370:
Estimate: £40/60
Robert Walter Vivian Robins. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1926-1951. Original mono photograph of Robins, three quarter length in cricket attire sat in front of a pavilion, probably Lord’s. Signed by Robins to photograph. The photograph measuring 6”x8”, is laid down to page otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 371:
Estimate: £70/100
Walter Reginald Hammond. Gloucestershire & England 1920-1951. Original mono photograph of Hammond, c.1930, standing three quarter length wearing batting attire, M.C.C. tour blazer, and cap. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘W.R. Hammond’. The photograph by H.K. Fox of Gloucester. 6”x8”. Good/ very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details
Lot 372:
Estimate: £30/50
England and Australia 1930s onwards. A selection of eleven mainly original press photographs with the odd restrike. Players featured in match action include Ken Farnes bowling to Jack Fingleton in Australia’s second innings at Trent Bridge 1938. Ian Johnson surviving an appeal off the bowling of Jim Laker in the 5th Test at The Oval 1956 etc. Neil Harvey issuing flight folders on the 1957/58 tour to South Africa to team mates Ian Meckiff, Lindsay... View full lot details
Lot 373:
Estimate: £50/80
M.C.C. Tour of Australia ‘Bodyline’ 1932/33. Bill Voce and Harold Larwood. Excellent mono photograph of the two players on board ship wearing suits and ties outside the ‘Wireless Office’. Attractively mounted with the individual ink signatures of both players below. The signatures signed in later years. Framed and glazed. Overall 15.5”x24”. Very slight fading to the signature of Voce otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 374:
Estimate: £150/250
Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Large red photograph album with title ‘Sutcliffe’ in gilt to front cover, comprising a very nicely compiled collection of over thirty original (plus some copy) photographs relating to Sutcliffe’s playing career, his childhood and family (including his son, Billy), holidays, portraits, his daughter’s wedding etc. and other ephemera. Cricket related images include two signed photographs, one an original mono press photograph of Sutcliffe bowling in the nets in 1930... View full lot details
Lot 375:
Estimate: £40/60
Percy Chapman and Hubert ‘Nummy’ Deane. M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1930/31. Large original sepia photograph taken at the drawn second Test played at Newlands, Cape Town, 1st- 5th January 1931 of Percy Chapman and ‘Nummy’ Deane, respective captains of M.C.C. and South Africa, standing full length in the sunlight at the back of the pavilion in cricket attire, Chapman wearing a blazer, spectators milling in the background. Handwritten annotations in pencil to verso, possibly... View full lot details
Lot 376:
Estimate: £40/60
Robert Elliott Storey ‘Bob’ Wyatt. Warwickshire, Worcestershire & England 1923-1951. Original mono press photograph of the captains, R.E.S. Wyatt of England and Herbie Wade of South Africa tossing for innings for the 4th Test at Old Trafford, 27th- 30th July 1935. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Wyatt. 7.5”x9.5”. Sport & General, London. Light crease to one corner, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 377:
Estimate: £40/60
Thomas Edwin Reed ‘Tommy’ Cook. Sussex 1922-1937. Two original mono photographs of Cook, one, half length, wearing England international football shirt and the other, three quarter length, wearing England shirt, shorts and his international cap. Both signed in ink to the photograph by Cook. Both 4”x6.5”. Adhesive marks to the verso of each photograph otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 378:
Estimate: £40/60
Thomas William John Goddard. Gloucestershire & England 1922-1952. Excellent mono photograph of Goddard, wearing Gloucestershire blazer and cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink by Goddard. The photograph by H.K. Fox of Gloucester. 6”x8”. Very minor silvering to image other good... View full lot details
Lot 379:
Estimate: £40/60
Lionel Montague Cranfield. Gloucestershire 1934-1951. Excellent mono photograph of Cranfield, wearing Gloucestershire blazer and cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink by Cranfield. The photograph by H.K. Fox of Gloucester. 6”x8”. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 380:
Estimate: £40/60
Denis Charles Scott Compton. Middlesex & England 1936-1958. Original mono photograph of Compton, half length in classic ‘Brylcreem’ batting pose. Nicely signed in ink by Compton. 6.25”x8.5”. Some creasing, otherwise a good image in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 381:
Estimate: £50/80
Len Hutton & Cyril Washbrook. Mono press photograph of Hutton and Washbrook walking out to bat at Trent Bridge Nottingham, with large crowd to pavilion behind, probably in the Trent Bridge Test of 1948 against the Australians. Both players wearing England caps and sweaters. Signed by both players nicely in ink. The photograph measures 7.75”x9.5”. The photograph appears to be a later restrike from the original. Printed stamp for ‘The Central Press Photos Ltd’ to... View full lot details
Lot 382:
Estimate: £60/90
Signed Test and County cricketers photographs 1950s-1970s. A good selection of twenty two original mono press photographs, each signed by the featured player(s). Images depicts match action, being presented to The Queen, entering the field, player profiles etc. Signatures are Tony Greig, Micky Stewart, Stuart Surridge, Basil D’Oliveira, David Steele, Alan Knott, Peter Lever, Geoff Boycott, David Lloyd, Alan Moss, Bob Woolmer, Bob Barber, Arthur Milton, Jim Laker, Derek Underwood, Pat Pocock, Bob Taylor, Colin... View full lot details
Lot 383:
Estimate: £30/50
Tony Greig 1970s. Four large exhibition style mono photographs of Greig in Test match action against Australia and West Indies. Subjects are Greig juggling a caught and bowled chance off the batting of Rod Marsh, playing a full-blooded square-cut shot, standing in the slip cordon with Ian Botham, Graham Roope, Mike Hendrick and Mike Brearley, and appealing for a catch by Alan Knott v West Indies. Each measures approx. 16”x12”. Crease to one, otherwise in... View full lot details
Lot 384:
Estimate: £25/35
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
Lot 385:
Estimate: £30/50
England v New Zealand 1983. A selection of eleven large/ oversize exhibition style 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... View full lot details
Lot 386:
Estimate: £50/80
England v Australia 2013. Colour photograph of Jimmy Anderson and the England team celebrating taking the final wicket of Brad Haddin to win the first Test at Trent Bridge in 2013 by 14 runs. The photograph signed by all eleven members of the England team including Anderson, Broad, Cook, Pieterson, Bairstow, Trott, Prior, Root, Finn etc. Framed and glazed, overall 15”x11”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 387:
Estimate: £30/50
Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan. Cambridge University, Surrey, Sussex & England 1919-1932. Mono photograph of Gilligan, half length, wearing M.C.C. blazer and England cap lighting up his pipe. Signed in ink to the photograph by Gilligan. The photograph measures 5”x6.5”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 388:
Estimate: £50/80
Yorkshire. Two original mono press photographs, one of Sutcliffe and Holmes walking out to bat in 1932 playing for England against India in 1932 and the other of Sutcliffe and Hutton walking out to open the batting for Yorkshire against Middlesex in 1938. Both in modern mounts with printed titles, framed and glazed. Both measure 10.25”x12.5”. Sold with four framed photographs/images, two of Fred Trueman and two of Len Hutton, each window mounted with... View full lot details
Lot 389:
Estimate: £60/90
W.G. Grace at the cricket circa 1900. Large original mono photograph of two cricket teams, seated and standing in rows, at the front of a cricket pavilion in the early 1900s. Grace is seated in the second row wearing cricket attire. Match unknown. The photograph by Ellis & Co of Sutton, Surrey is laid down to official photographer’s mount, overall 19”x16.5”. An excellent image in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 390:
Estimate: £60/90
Archibald Campbell ‘Archie’ MacLaren. Lancashire & England 1890-1914. Two original mono photographs of Harrow School including the 1889 football team and the 1890 cricket team, both of which MacLaren was Captain. Also a 1915 ‘House Group’ photograph which appears to feature MacLaren’s son A.K. Maclaren. All three by Hills & Saunders of Harrow, from MacLaren’s own collection. Each mounted to photographer’s mount, overall 17”x14”. Qty 3. Staining to mounts, minor fading, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 391:
Estimate: £60/90
Surrey C.C.C. Scenes of The Oval 1895. Three original sepia photographs depicting the club secretary, Charles Alcock, seated in his office, another of groundsman Samuel Apted seated in the Long Room, and a view of the entrance to the pavilion. The photographs by Symmons & Co of Fleet Street measure approx. 7.5”x6”. Formerly the property of Bobby Abel. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 392:
Estimate: £50/70
Lionel Hallam [Lord] Tennyson. Hampshire & England 1913-1935. A collection of original team and action photographs, all featuring Tennyson in the 1920s and 1930s. Team photographs include The Gentlemen for the match v Players, Lord’s 1920 (some staining to lower edge), two similar but different team photographs of the M.C.C. tour to Jamaica 1925/26, and another from the 1931/32 tour. Four from the 5th Test, England v Australia, Kennington Oval 1921,Tennyson going out to inspect... View full lot details
Lot 393:
Estimate: £40/60
Rugby School cricket team 1868 & 1869. Two small carte de visite photographs of the Rugby cricket XI or a House XI of 1868 and 1869. The cards produced by J. Edmonds of High Street, Rugby with printed details to front and rear of the carte de visite for 1869. Slight fading to print of the 1868 card otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 394:
Estimate: £50/80
Team photographs 1920s/1940s. A selection of twenty eight, mainly large original official mono photographs, mainly of schools, old boys, University teams, ladies cricket and regimental teams covering cricket, rugby, hockey and athletics. Some untitled and/ or undated. Cricket teams include a Ladies team c1890’s, Horsham C.C. 1929, R.M. Baldwin House Eleven [Harrow] 1933, Royal School Dungannon 1st XI 1938, Dulwich College, Swindon Cricket Club 1947 etc. Other sports teams include Old Northamptonians Rugby Football... View full lot details
Lot 395:
Estimate: £50/80
England Test cricketers 1930s. Three original sepia press photographs of England players in action, each nicely signed in ink by the featured player. Players/ signatures are E.R.T. Holmes (Surrey, Oxford University & England 1924-1955, 5 Tests), Wilf Barber (Yorkshire & England 1926-1947, 2 Tests) both in batting action, and Fred Price (Middlesex & England 1926-1947, 1 Test 1938) in wicket-keeping pose. All three by Sport & General, London, each measures approx. 5.5”x7.5”. Light crease to... View full lot details
Lot 396:
Estimate: £30/50
Middlesex C.C.C. Two original mono/ sepia press photographs of Middlesex players in batting action, probably 1930s, both signed in ink to the photograph by the featured player. Players/ signatures are Ian Peebles (Middlesex, Oxford University & England 1928-1948, 13 Tests) and Jim Smith (Middlesex & England 1934-1939, 5 Tests). The Smith photograph additionally annotated to verso ‘Middlesex v Sussex at Lord’s 1938. 69 runs in 24 minutes including 6 6’s’, signed by Smith and dated... View full lot details
Lot 397:
Estimate: £30/50
Robert Alec Gale. Middlesex 1956-1965. Montage of nine original mono press photographs of Gale in match action playing for Middlesex. The photographs window mounted with hand printed title ‘R.A. Gale, Middlesex & M.C.C.’ to mount. Each image similarly captioned to mount, describing Gale bowling v Yorkshire 1959, Gillette Cup v Surrey 1965, Trueman bowling to Gale 1959, v Yorkshire 1960 and 1962, v Essex 1963 etc. Various sizes, approx. 10”x8” and smaller. Framed and glazed,... View full lot details
Lot 398:
Estimate: £120/160
‘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
Lot 399:
Estimate: £80/120
‘The South African Cricket Team 1924’. Large and impressive sepia photograph of the South African touring team to England in 1924, seated and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire and tour caps. The photograph is laid down to official photographers mount with printed title to top and players names to lower borders. Players are H.W. Taylor (Captain), Pegler, Carter, Commaille, Nourse, Nupen, Hearne, Bissett, Dixon, Susskind, Hands, Deane, Ward, Blanckenberg, Meintjes, Catterall, also Allsop (Manager).... View full lot details
Lot 400:
Estimate: £40/60
South Africa tours to England 1924 and 1929. A selection of seven original mono press photographs and two scorecards from South Africa tours of the 1920s. The photographs, all from the 1929 tour feature Sir Francis Lacey, former Secretary of the M.C.C. in conversation with South African captain, ‘Nummy’ Deane. Captains and officials for the opening match of the tour v R Earle’s XI at Godalming including H.O. Frielinghaus (tour manager), H.D.G. Leveson-Gower, E.A. Earle,... View full lot details
Lot 401:
Estimate: £120/160
‘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
Lot 402:
Estimate: £60/90
‘No Body-Line Here’. Original sepia photograph of native boys playing a rudimentary game of cricket in South Africa. The photograph is undated but appears to date to c.1935 due to the ‘Bodyline’ reference in the title which is hand printed to the mount below the photograph. Photographer’s name ‘G. Liguori’ of Ficksburg handwritten to mount with official stamp to verso. The photograph measures 11.75”x8.25”, laid to official photographer’s mount overall 18”x14”. Light creasing to the... View full lot details
Lot 403:
Estimate: £0/0
Lot 404:
Estimate: £40/60
South Africa tour 1947. Four original sepia press photographs from the 1947 tour. Images depict Athol Rowan in batting action, match action from the 3rd Test at Old Trafford, team photograph etc. Players featured include Melville, Rowan, Dawson, Mann, Mitchell, Nourse, Tuckett, Viljoen etc. Sport & General and Central Press Photos. 9.5”x7.5” and smaller. Sold with a letter signed by Ossie Dawson, dated 1999, laid to card, a copy photograph signed by Syd Burke, official... View full lot details
Lot 405:
Estimate: £80/120
South Africa v England 1948. Large, attractive original panoramic mono photograph of Ellis Park, Johannesburg, taken during the second Test, 27th-30th December 1948, depicting the match in progress with huge crowds in attendance. Printed title to lower mount border. Previously sold as lot 434 in the Christie’s M.C.C. Bicentenary Auction, 13th April 1987. The photograph measures approx. 35”x11”, mounted, framed and glazed, overall 41”x16.5”. Photographer unknown. An excellent image in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 406:
Estimate: £50/80
‘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
Lot 407:
Estimate: £50/80
New Zealand tour to India and Pakistan 1964/65. Large original mono photograph of the New Zealand touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour blazers. The photograph, by Rangoon Studio, New Delhi, is laid to official photographer’s mount, which is signed to the borders by all nineteen featured members of the touring party. Signatures include Reid (Captain), Collinge, Vivian, Motz, Congdon, Sutcliffe, Cameron, Morgan, Dowling, Pollard etc. Additional handwritten dedication in ink to top... View full lot details
Lot 408:
Estimate: £180/250
‘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
Lot 409:
Estimate: £50/80
Ghulam Mohammad. Muslims, Sind & India 1924-1939. Mono postcard size photograph of Mohammad, head and shoulders, wearing Indian blazer. Signed in ink to image. Photograph by F.J. Worcer of London. Minor adhesive marks to corners on the verso otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 410:
Estimate: £50/80
Sarbindu Banerjee. Bengal, Hindus & India 1935-1960. Good mono press photograph of Banerjee practising in the nets at Lord’s in May 1946. Signed by Banerjee to image. The photograph, by Sport & General, measures 5.5x7.5”. Some wear to the top edge otherwise in good condition. Sold with a further smaller signed photograph of Banerjee, head and shoulders. 3”x4”. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 411:
Estimate: £80/120
All India tour to England 1936. Large original mono press photograph depicting the Indian team being led on to the field by captain Maharai Kumar of Vizianagram for the opening match of the 1936 tour v A.P. [Tich] Freeman’s XI at the Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend, Kent on the 29th April 1936. The open topped pavilion in the background with crowds in attendance. Players include Palia, Nissar, Nayudu, Vizianagram, Ramaswami, Amarnath, Mushtaq Ali,... View full lot details
Lot 412:
Estimate: £40/60
Indian Test cricketers. Four small mono photographs, two of Vijay Merchant (India 1933-1951), one of Mustaq Ali (India 1934-1952) and the other of M.K. Mantri (India 1951-1955). All signed to image by the player in ink. All around 2.75”x3.5”. Odd faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 413:
Estimate: £40/60
India tour to England 1946. Original mono press photograph of two Indian batsmen, S.N. Banerjee and C.T. Sarwate walking out to bat during the 1946 tour. Match unknown, most likely a tour match as Banerjee did not play in the 1946 Test series. Central Press Photos, London. 6.5”x8.5”. A nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 414:
Estimate: £60/90
India tour to England 1952. Four original mono press photographs from the 1952 tour. Images include the team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, taken at Osterley for the opening match of the tour v Indian Gymkhana Club. Photo by Fox. Action from the 2nd Test at Lord’s Roy batting with Hutton and Evans looking on (Sport & General). 3rd Test at Old Trafford, May playing a hook shot off Phadkar (Central Press).... View full lot details
Lot 415:
Estimate: £40/60
India tour to England 1959. D.K. Gaekwad. Two good original mono press photographs of the Indian captain, D.K. Gaekwad. One depicts Gaekwad standing with Denis Compton at a function, 8”x10” by Keystone, the other of Gaekwad playing a lusty drive, 6”x8” by Reuter. Sold with a signature in ink of Gaekwad on small piece laid to deckle-edged card. Slight smudging to the signature. Photographs in good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details
Lot 416:
Estimate: £100/150
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
Lot 417:
Estimate: £40/60
India test cricketers 1960s/1970s. Three original mono press photographs, each signed by the featured player. Ashok Mankad batting against Surrey in the 1971 tour match, Bishan Bedi in bowling action, date unknown, both 10”x8”, and a head and shoulders player portrait photo of a youthful Sunil Gavaskar in 1971, 6”x8”. All by Central Press Photos, London. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 418:
Estimate: £30/40
Syed Abid Ali. India 1967-1974. Mono press photograph of Ali, head and shoulders, nicely signed ‘Best Wishes’ by Ali. 6.5”x8.5”. A good image, laid down to card... View full lot details
Lot 419:
Estimate: £50/70
India Test cricketers 1970s-1990s. Five good press photographs of India Test players, each signed by the featured player. Images/ signatures include mono head and shoulders player portraits of Brijesh Patel, Syed Kirmani, both Central Press Photos, and Ajay Jadeja by David Munden. Also two of players in match action, Sandeep Patil by David Munden, and one colour photograph of Sanjay Manjrekar photographer unknown. Various sizes, 10”x8” and slightly smaller. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 420:
Estimate: £40/60
India 1970s-1990s. Ten original colour photographs of Indian cricketers depicted head and shoulders. Each signed by the featured player. Signatures include Madan Lal, Rhugram Bhat, Kumble, Mohanty, Ganguly etc. Various sizes, the majority 4”x5.5”. Sold with thirteen collector’s postcards published by Archies (AG&G Ltd) of India. Subjects are Tendulkar, Agarkar, Srinath, Rahul Dravid (2 different), Afridi, Mongia, Kanitkar, Robin Singh, Ganguly, Jadeja, Venkatesh, and Azharuddin. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 421:
Estimate: £30/50
India Test cricketers 1970s/1980s. Mono press photograph of Venkataraghavan in bowling action, signed to the photograph by Venkat. 4.75”x6.5”, photographer unknown. Also three player profile pictures, two mono one colour, each signed by the featured player. Signatures are Dilip Vengsarkar, Manoj Prabhakar and Anil Kumble. Photographers unknown. Very good condition. Qty 4.... View full lot details
Lot 422:
Estimate: £60/90
Indian tour of England 1971. Large exhibition style mono photograph of the Indian touring team taken in front of the pavilion at the Oval in 1971. The players, sitting and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire and touring blazers include Ajit Wadekar (Cpt), Kirmani, Vishwanath, Venkataraghavan, Engineer, Gavaskar, Solkar, Prasanna, Bedi, Chandrashekhar, Mankad, Krishnamurthy, Jayantilal etc. The photograph laid down to a wooden exhibition board with holes to each corner presumably to hang the picture... View full lot details
Lot 423:
Estimate: £40/60
India tour to England 1971. Three good original mono press photographs. One is a head and shoulders player portrait of the Indian captain Ajit Wadekar, nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Wadekar. 6”x8”. Another shows Mankad in batting action in the tour match v Essex at Colchester, nicely signed to the photograph by Mankad. 8.75”x8”. Both by Central Press Photos. The third depicts Venkataraghavan in bowling action, signed to the front and back... View full lot details
Lot 424:
Estimate: £40/60
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar. Bombay, Somerset & India 1967-1987. Two original mono press photographs, both depicting Gavaskar in batting action for Rest Of the World v M.C.C. at Lord’s August 1987 in his innings of 188, wearing his iconic head protector under his sun hat. Both photographs nicely signed by Gavaskar and dated 23rd May 1996. Both measure 10”x8” by All-Sport Photographic, London. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 425:
Estimate: £40/60
India test cricketers 1989-1991. Four original mono press photographs of Indian players in match action, each photograph signed by the featured player. Subjects and signatures are Manoj Prabhakar and Navjot Sidhu for India v Pakistan in Pakistan 1989, Atul Wassan bowling for India on the tour to England 1990, all three by Allsport Photographic, London. Ravi Shastri in bowling action for Glamorgan v Somerset at Taunton in 1991, Associated Sports, Leicester. All photographs 10”x8”. Very... View full lot details
Lot 426:
Estimate: £30/50
England v India 1990. Thirty original mono (four colour) press photographs of action from the England v India 1990 Test and one-day international series. One photograph is signed by Graham Gooch during his innings of 333 at Lord’s. Other players featured include Allan Lamb, David Gower, Robin Smith, Eddie Hemmings, Devon Malcolm, John Morris (England), Sanjay Manjrekar, Kapil Dev (India) etc. Photographers/ agencies include David Munden and Press Association. All approx. 10”x8”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 427:
Estimate: £60/90
Indian tour of England 1996. Large exhibition style colour photograph of the Indian touring team taken in the Harris Gardens at Lord’s in 1996. The players, sitting and standing in rows, wearing cricket attire include Mohammad Azharuddin (Cpt), Tendulkar, Srinath, Ganguly, Dravid, Kumble, Mongia, Sidhu, Prasad, Jadeja etc. The photograph laid down to a wooden exhibition board with holes to each corner presumably to hang the picture at some point. The photograph measures 19”x13” and... View full lot details
Lot 428:
Estimate: £40/60
India tour to England 1990. Sachin Tendulkar’s first overseas tour. Original mono press photograph of Tendulkar playing a flowing back foot drive. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Tendulkar. Photograph by Allsport, London. 10”x8”. A nice image and good signature. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 429:
Estimate: £60/90
Learie Nicholas Constantine. Trinidad, Barbados & West Indies 1921-1939. Excellent pre tour, head and shoulders, press photograph of Constantine wearing West Indies cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink by Constantine to darker area . 6”x8”. Central Press Agency. Excellent image... View full lot details
Lot 430:
Estimate: £50/70
Vincent Adolphus Valentine. West Indies 1933. Excellent pre 1933 tour, head and shoulders, press photograph of Valentine wearing West Indies cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink by Valentine, some smudging to signature . 4”x6”. Central Press Agency. Excellent image... View full lot details
Lot 431:
Estimate: £80/120
West Indies tour of England 1939. Excellent pre tour, head and shoulders, press photographs of five of the tourists being George Hedley, Geoffrey Stolmeyer, Edward Williams, Kenneth Weekes and Ivan Barrow, all in West Indies cricket attire. 6”x8”. Keystone Press Agency photographs. Good images... View full lot details
Lot 432:
Estimate: £60/90
Emmanuel Alfred Martindale. Barbados & West Indies 1929-1939. Excellent pre 1939 tour, head and shoulders, press photograph of Martindale wearing West Indies cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink by Martindale. 6”x8”. Keystone Press Agency photograph. Excellent image... View full lot details
Lot 433:
Estimate: £40/60
Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes. West Indies 1950s. Two nice mono press photographs of each batsman in batting pose and signed to the photograph by the featured player. Sport and General Press Agency, London. Each 3.75”x6”. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 434:
Estimate: £50/70
West Indies tour of India & Pakistan 1958/59. A postcard size photograph of a young Indian cricketer, signed to image by fourteen members of the West Indies touring party. Signatures include Alexander (Cpt), Hunte, Sobers, Hall, Ramadhin, Hendriks, Gibbs, Collie Smith, Kanhai, Solomon etc. Good condition. A scarce set of signatures for the tour... View full lot details
Lot 435:
Estimate: £40/60
West Indies test cricketers 1960s/1970s. Seven original mono press photographs, each signed by the featured player(s). Garry Sobers walking off the field at Lord’s having ended the day 121no v England at Lord’s 1966, signed by Sobers. Sobers leading the team on to the field for the Lord’s Test v England 1970, signed by Sobers and Lance Gibbs. Both 10”x8” by Sport & General, London. Roy Fredericks in batting action for Glamorgan 1972, 10”x8”, Clive... View full lot details
Lot 436:
Estimate: £50/70
West Indies 1970s-1990s. A selection of fifteen mono press photographs of individual West Indies cricketers, the majority head and shoulders. Twelve are signed including Lance Gibbs, Alvin Kallicharran, Viv Richards, Joel Garner, David Murray, Gordon Greenidge, Andy Roberts, Desmond Haynes, Collis King, Clyde Walcott, Michael Holding, and Deryck Murray. Some signatures faded but legible. Also two unsigned photographs of Learie Contstantine and Frank Worrell. Various sizes, the majority 4.5”x5.75”, either loose mounted or lightly laid... View full lot details
Lot 437:
Estimate: £40/60
West Indies. Sixteen original and some copy photographs, the majority colour, each signed by the featured West Indies player. Signatures are Charlie Griffith, Everton Weekes, Lance Gibbs, Jeffrey Dujon, Richie Richardson (2 different), Jimmy Adams (2), Carl Hooper (2), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara, Ian Bishop, Sherwin Campbell, Franklyn Rose and Shiv Chanderpaul. Photographers/ agencies include Sportsline, David Munden, Press Association, Lindsay Vaas etc. 10”x8” and smaller. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 438:
Estimate: £40/60
Pakistan test cricketers 1960s/1970s. Eight original mono press photographs, each signed by the featured player. Includes player profile head and shoulder pictures of Saqdiq Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad, Asif Iqbal, and Wasim Bari. Also Zaheer Abbas and Majid Khan in batting action, and two different images of Intikhab Alam. All by Central Press Photos, London. 10”x8” and smaller. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 439:
Estimate: £30/50
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
Lot 440:
Estimate: £40/60
Pakistan 1970s-1990s. A selection of twenty colour player portrait photographs (two mono) of Pakistan players, of which seventeen are signed by the featured player. Signatures include Ijaz Ahmed, Zakir Khan, Saleem Jaffar, Saleem Yousuf (2 different), Mudassar Nazar, Manzoor Elahi, Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Ata-ur-Rehman, Ijaz Ahmed, Shoaib Mohammad, Zahid Falal etc., Each measures 4”x5.75”, loose mounted two to a page on coloured paper. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 441:
Estimate: £40/60
Pakistan 1980s onwards. A good selection of thirty colour and mono original press photographs and magazine extracts mainly from the late 1980s. Various sizes, 10”x8” and smaller. Seven are signed by Asif Iqbal, Qasim Omar, Abdur Razzaq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Asif Mahmood, David Gower and Bruce French. Various sizes, 10”x8” and smaller. Also a further thirty smaller, mainly colour head and shoulders and action photographs, each 6”x4”, all signed by the featured player. Signatures include Tahir... View full lot details
Lot 442:
Estimate: £60/90
‘Brian Lara 375 not out. 5th Test, Antigua, April 1994’. Large colour photograph of Lara bent down on his knees to kiss the turf of the Antigua Recreation Ground having achieved the historic event. Signed to image by Lara ‘375’. Attractively mounted, framed and glazed. Overall 21”x19”. Sold with two similarly framed colour photographs of Vivian Richards and Clive Lloyd, signed to the image and window mounted with players name beneath. Various sizes. Qty 3.... View full lot details
Lot 443:
Estimate: £70/100
Don Bradman. A nice high quality sepia tone copy photograph of Bradman walking out to bat with the pavilion and deckchairs in the background. Ground and tour not known. Nicely signed in bold ink by Bradman in later years. 10”x8”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 444:
Estimate: £40/60
Don Bradman. A collection of fifty modern copy photographs, all featuring or relating to Bradman on various tours from the 1930s and 1948. Subjects include Bradman in batting action, on a train, signing bats, playing tennis, on board ship, with his wife, team photographs, tossing for innings etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 445:
Estimate: £30/50
Don Bradman. Small original candid mono photograph of Bradman standing full length in formal attire, his arm around the shoulder of his wife, Jessie. Signed in blue ink to the photograph by both Don and Jessie Bradman. Annotation in ink to verso, ‘July 1953. Taken at Greenwood Rd Croydon’. 2.75”x4.5”. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 446:
Estimate: £30/40
Cricket bat production photographs. Good selection of press photographs showing bat making, techniques etc. Companies shown include Wainwrights of Leeds 1920’s and 1930’s, Surridge, F. Church 1950’s, A. Baily 1950’s, Gray-Nicolls 1960’s, Warsop 1970’s etc. Qty 35. Interesting selection of images . Various sizes 10”x8” to postcard size... View full lot details
Lot 447:
Estimate: £40/60
‘The Final Test’ 1953. Four original official mono photographs of stills from the film starring Jack Warner, directed by Anthony Asquith. One photograph features Warner in his character of Sam Palmer, playing his farewell Test match for England, on the balcony at the The Oval with Denis Compton, Len Hutton and Cyril Washbrook who featured in the film as themselves, all wearing cricket attire, Compton wearing an M.C.C. tour blazer. Other photographs from the film... View full lot details
Lot 448:
Estimate: £60/90
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
Lot 449:
Estimate: £60/90
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
Lot 450:
Estimate: £50/80
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
Lot 451:
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket photographs. Surnames A-E circa 1950/1960’s. Large selection of mainly official mono press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include Barrington, Bailey, Barber, Bedser, Binks, Boycott, Compton, Cowdrey, C. Cook, D. Carr, Dexter, Dodds, D’Oliveira, Dawkes, J. Edrich, W. Edrich, Evans, etc. Some duplication of player images but not of photograph. Photographers include Sport & General, Walkers, Reuters, etc. Over 230 photographs. Odd postcard included, odd photograph signed. Various... View full lot details
Lot 452:
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket photographs. Surnames A-E circa 1970/1990’s. Large selection of mainly official mono some colour press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include Atherton, Allott, Acfield, Agnew, Alleyne, Athey, Amiss, G. Arnold, Brearley, Botham, Bowler, C. Broad, Birkenshaw, Balderstone, Barclay, D. Bairstow, A. Butcher, R. Bailey, R. Butcher, Byas, Boycott, Capel, Cowans, Cope, Close, N. Cook, Cartwright, J. Cook, J. Carr, C. Cowdrey, Cowans, K. Curran, Cumbes, G. Cowdrey, Cowley, Croft,... View full lot details
Lot 453:
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket photographs. Surnames F-H circa 1950/1960’s. Large selection of mainly official mono press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include K. Fletcher, S.C. Griffith, A. Gale, N. Gifford, G. Goonesena, K. Grieves, T. Greenhough, T. Graveney, C. Gladwin, K. Higgs, R. Hutton, L. Hutton, J. Hampshire, M. Horton, R. Hitchcock, M. Hill, M. Hallam, H. Horton, M. Heath, B. Hedges, R. Hobbs etc. Some duplication of player images but... View full lot details
Lot 454:
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket photographs. Surnames F-H circa 1970/1990’s. Large selection of mainly official mono some colour press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include G. Fowler, Fletcher, Fairbrother, Fraser, Felton, N. Foster, Gower, Gould, Gifford, A. Greig, Gatting, Gooch, Hemmings, F.Hayes, Higgs, Hendrick, Hick, Hampshire, B. Hardie, D. Headley, W. Hegg, N. Hussain, D.Hughes, G. Humpage, etc. Some duplication of player images but not of photograph. Photographers include Morris, B. Thomas, Sporting... View full lot details
Lot 455:
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket photographs. Surnames I-M circa 1950/1960’s. Large selection of mainly official mono press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include Illingworth, Ibadulla, Inman, Ikin, Ingleby-Mackenzie, Insole, Jameson, J. Jones, B. Knight, Kenyon, Laker, Long, Lock, Langridge, Larter, A.R. Lewis, Milburn, May, McCool, J.T. Murray, R. Marshall, Milton etc. Some duplication of player images but not of photograph. Photographers include Sport & General, Central Press, Reuter, Wilkes etc. Odd postcard... View full lot details
Lot 456:
Estimate: £60/90
Cricket photographs. Surnames I-M circa 1970/1990’s. Large selection of mainly official mono some colour press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include A. Iqbal, Illingworth, Inchmore, D. Lloyd, Larkins, Lamb, D. Lawrence, A. long, R. Lumb, Larkins,C. Lewis, V. Marks, Mallender McEwan, D. Malcolm etc. Some duplication of player images but not of photograph. Photographers include Sporting Pictures, B. Thomas, Munden, Leech, Town & Country, Cozzi, Sportsline etc. Over 140... View full lot details
Lot 457:
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket photographs. Surnames O-P circa 1970/1990’s. Large selection of mainly official mono some colour press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include P. Parker, I. Payne, D. Pringle (quantity), R. Pienaar, D. Patel, B. Parks, H. Pilling, C. Penn, K.Pont, P. Pridgeon, P. Pritchard, G. Parsons etc. Some duplication of player images but not of photograph. Photographers include Sporting Pictures, Fleet Fotos, Paul Lewis, M. Leech, Munden, R. Thomas etc.... View full lot details
Lot 458:
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket photographs. Surnames N-R circa 1950/1960’s. Large selection of mainly official mono press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include Oakman, Padgett, Parfitt, Parks, Pocock, Palmer, Pullar, Pettiford, P. Richardson, E. Russell, H. Rhodes, B. Reynolds etc. Some duplication of player images but not of photograph. Photographers include Reuter, Press Association, Universal etc. Odd postcard included. Approximately 170 photographs. Various sizes from 8”x10” to 4”x6”. Odd faults, good. From the... View full lot details
Lot 459:
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket photographs. Surname R circa 1970/1990’s. Large selection of mainly official mono some colour press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include Rice, Randall (quantity), Radford (quantity), S. Rhodes, S. Rhodes, D. Reeve, C. Radley (quantity), Ramprakash, Roebuck, Rose etc. Some duplication of player images but not of photograph. Photographers include Sporting Pictures, USPA, P. Cox, B. Thomas, P. Heywood etc. Approximately 300 photographs. Various sizes from 8”x10” to 4”x6”.... View full lot details
Lot 460:
Estimate: £50/70
Cricket photographs. Surname S-W circa 1970/1990’s. Large selection of mainly official mono some colour press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include D. Steele, Storey, Stewart, Tolchard, R. Taylor, A. Wells, C. Wells, P. Weekes, P. Willey etc. Some duplication of player images but not of photograph. Photographers include B. Thomas, Fleet Fotos, Univeral Pictorial, Sporting Pictures etc. Approximately 100 photographs. Various sizes from 8”x10” to 4”x6”. Odd faults,... View full lot details
Lot 461:
Estimate: £70/100
Cricket photographs. Surname S-W circa 1950/1960’s. Large selection of mainly official mono press photographs of Test and County cricketers, some restrike photographs included. Players include Subba Row, M.J.K. Smith, J. Snow, R.T. Simpson, B. Statham, M. Stewart, F. Trueman, Titmus, Underwood, Wooller, P.B. Wight , D. Wilson etc. Some duplication of player images but not of photograph. Photographers include Ken Kelly, Press Association, Reuter, Central Press etc. Approximately 200 photographs. Various sizes from 8”x10” to... View full lot details
Lot 462:
Estimate: £40/60
England v Sri Lanka 1984 onwards. A good selection of fifty eight original colour and mono press photographs from Test and one-day international series. Twelve are signed by the featured player. Signatures include Craig White, Alec Stewart (2 different), Graham Gooch, Michael Vaughan, Phil DeFreitas (England), Atapattu (2), Dilshan, Muralitharan, Kaluwitharana (Sri Lanka) etc. Others featured include Russell, Lamb, Botham, Newport, Perera, Ratnayake, Mahanama, Ramanayake, Ranatunga, Kuruppu, Labrooy etc. Photographers/ agencies include Press Association, David... View full lot details
Lot 463:
Estimate: £40/60
Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire 1950s-2010s. A good selection of sixty mainly modern original colour and mono press photographs, also cuttings, album pages, cards and one commemorative cover, all relating to players who have represented Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire. Twenty seven items are signed by the featured player. Signatures include Cork, Khawaja, DeFreitas, Taylor, Morris, Barnett, Malcolm, Bolus, Carr, Hendrick, Birt, Rogers, Wood (Derbyshire), S. Broad, Pietersen, Swann, French, Klusener, Younis Khan, Read, Hussey, Simpson, Robinson (Nottinghamshire) etc.,... View full lot details
Lot 464:
Estimate: £40/60
Yorkshire & Durham 1950s-2010s. A good selection of sixty mainly modern original colour and mono press photographs, also cards and the odd commemorative cover, all relating to players who have represented Yorkshire or Durham. Twenty four items are signed by the featured player. Signatures include Moxon, R. Hutton, Wardle, Vaughan, Jarvis, Plunkett, Sharpe, Bresnan, Bird, Gough (Yorkshire), Brown, Chanderpaul, Gibson, Stokes, Mustard, Onions, Collingwood, Stoneman, Wiseman, Plunkett, Di Venuto (Durham) etc. Others featured include Illingworth,... View full lot details
Lot 465:
Estimate: £40/60
Warwickshire & Worcestershire 1950s-2010s. A good selection of sixty mainly modern original colour and mono press photographs, also cuttings, cards etc. all relating to players who have represented Warwickshire or Worcestershire. Twenty one items are signed by the featured player. Signatures include Donald, N. Smith, Amiss, Brown, Benjamin, Munton, I. Smith, Pollock, Ambrose, Woakes (Warwickshire), Moody, Rhodes, Solanki, Newport, Hick, Jenkins, Horton, Holder, Hall, Jaques, Kabir Ali (Worcestershire) etc. Others featured include Lara, Knight, Reeve,... View full lot details
Lot 466:
Estimate: £200/300
M.C.C. 1928/29. Large original mono photograph of the M.C.C. team who toured Australia in 1928/29, seated and standing in rows and wearing official tour blazers. The photograph laid down to original photographers mount and nicely signed in black ink to lower border by seventeen members of the touring party featured including the Manager, F.C. Toone. Signatures include Chapman, Jardine, Larwood, Hobbs, Leyland, Hammond, Mead, Tate, Sutcliffe, Hendren, Geary, Freeman etc. Lacking the signature of Staples... View full lot details

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