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

M.C.C. Club & Ground v Sussex 1855. Early original double sided scorecard for the match played at Lord’s 11th & 12th June 1855 with complete printed scores. Sussex (104 & 94) beat M.C.C. (88 & 94) by 16 runs. Henry Royston took eight wickets for M.C.C. in the first innings, and John Wisden returned match figures of 12/92 for Sussex. Other notable names include Spenser Ponsonby, Arthur Haygarth, James Grundy, Henry Royston (M.C.C.), Edwin Napper,... View full lot details

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

‘Grand Cricket Match- Canterbury. North [of the Thames] v. South of the Thames’ 1866. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at Canterbury, 6th- 8th August 1866. Both teams featured notable names, the South of the Thames team with the three Grace brothers, E.M., W.G. and G.F. Grace, also Jupp, Lubbock, Griffith, Humphrey, Stephenson, James Lillywhite, Pooley and Willsher. For the North of the Thames, Hearne, Shaw, Walker, Buller,... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Sussex’. Pooley’s record 1868. Early original silk scorecard produced to commemorate Ted Pooley’s achievement of the record number of twelve dismissals in a match by a wicket-keeper, taking eight catches and four stumpings at Kennington Oval 6th & 7th July 1868. Sussex (98 & 128) lost to Surrey (126 & 102/3) by seven wickets. John Bristow of Surrey took 7/45 in the first innings. Sussex captain, Charles Smith carried his bat for 47no... View full lot details

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Birkenhead v Grange, Edinburgh 1872. Official scorecard for the match played at Birkenhead Park ground on the 2nd and 3rd August 1872. Wear, folds and odd ink spot to scorecard otherwise in good condition. Sold with a menu for the Dinner held after the match at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, dated 3rd August 1872 with heading ‘Birkenhead Park Cricket Club’. Some wear, folds and soiling otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Sir Joseph Montagu Cotterill. Sussex 1870-1888. Sepia cabinet card photograph of Cotterill in cricket attire wearing cap and dressed to bat with pads and gloves on and bat in hand. The photograph by Russell & Sons of Chichester. Ink handwritten name, dates and county to lower border. Sold with a small card from Cotterill, sent from Edinburgh, to Charles Pratt Green regarding a request for a cricket bat of his. ‘I am sorry my bats... View full lot details

Sussex v Surrey 1873. Early original double sided ‘Authorised Cricket Score’ card with complete printed and (mainly) handwritten scores in pencil for the match played at Brighton 21st- 23rd August 1873. Surrey (187 & 81/0) drew with Sussex (91 & 207). Henry Jupp top scored in the match with 94 in Surrey’s first innings, Joseph Cotterill making 65 in Sussex’s second innings. In Surrey’s second innings, Fillery and Lillywhite bowled unchanged and wicketless for 72... View full lot details

‘8 Gentlemen and 3 Professionals v 14 Young Players of the County [Sussex Colts]’ 1876. Early original single sided ‘Authorised Cricket Score’ card with complete printed scores for the match played at Hove, 5th & 6th June 1876. Sussex Colts (142 & 217) drew with the Gentlemen (201 & 17/4). Top scorer in the match was Charles Kennedy with 87 for the Gentlemen in their first innings, with other notables including Henry Phillips and Richard... View full lot details

‘Surrey v. Sussex’ 1878. Early official single sided scorecard for the match played at Kennington Oval, 5th- 7th August 1878. The scorecard with complete printed and handwritten scores in ink and pencil. Batting first, Sussex made 185 (H. Whitfield 64), and in reply Surrey made 218 with H. Jupp taking 255 minutes to score 98. Sussex were then dismissed a second time, for 93, thanks to the Surrey bowler, E.D. Barratt taking 5/50. Surrey comfortably... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire v. Sussex’ 1882. Early original single sided scorecard with complete printed scores for the match played at the Saville Cricket Ground, Dewsbury, 15th- 17th June 1882. In the first innings a weak Sussex side were bowled out for 104, F.F.J. Greenfield top scoring with 55 and E. Peate taking 5/41 for Yorkshire. Yorkshire then made 184 (W. Bates 56) before bowling Sussex out cheaply again for 100, James Lillywhite top scoring with 28no and... View full lot details

‘A Record in County Cricket. Nottinghamshire v. Sussex’ 1895. Early original single sided commemorative scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge, 16th- 18th May 1895. The card, with decorative ornate maroon borders, shows Nottinghamshire’s then record total of 726, William Gunn scoring 219, Richard Howitt 119 and Robert Bagguley 110. Sussex were then dismissed twice for 170 (Wilkinson 5/56) and 178 (Newham 75no, Attewell 5/36), Nottinghamshire winning by an innings and 378 runs. Printer... View full lot details

‘Nottinghamshire v. Sussex’ 1897. Early original double sided scorecard for the match played at Trent Bridge 10th- 12th May 1897 with complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil. Sussex (255 & 119) lost to Nottinghamshire (448/7 declared) by an innings and 74 runs. Nottinghamshire’s captain, John Dixon, scored 268no in their only innings with Dick Attewell taking 6/40 in Sussex’s second innings. Printed on the ground by Charles Richards of Nottingham. Local advertising to verso.... View full lot details

Sussex ‘away’ scorecards 1897-1900. Three early official double sided scorecards for Sussex County matches, all with complete printed and/ or handwritten scores in pencil. Matches are v Middlesex at Lord’s 12th- 14th August 1897 (Middlesex won by seven wickets), v Surrey, Kennington Oval 11th- 13th August 1898 (Surrey won by 73 runs), and v Essex, Leyton 31st May- 2nd June 1900 (match drawn). Two with horizontal fold, the Middlesex card with tape to verso, the... View full lot details

‘Derbyshire’s first win over Nottinghamshire in a first-class match 1903’. Silk scorecard of the match produced to commemorate the occasion printed by S.B. Smith of Derby on the ground. The low scoring match was played at Derby on the 9th to 11th July 1903. Derbyshire made 284 and Nottinghamshire in their first innings were all out for 117, In their second innings Derbyshire made 198 before bowling Nottinghamshire out for 201 to win the match... View full lot details

‘Souvenir Score Card. Yorkshire v Lancashire 1905’. Small attractive folding card which open out into a fully printed scorecard of the match. Attractive titles printed in red and black to front cover. The match was played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield on the 7th-9th August 1905. Yorkshire won the match by 44 runs after being bowled out for 76 in their first innings, For Yorkshire Rhodes took 9 wickets in the match and scored 74 in... View full lot details

Essex C.C.C. 1907. Early original double sided scorecard for Essex v Gloucestershire, 20th- 22nd May 1907 with complete printed scores. Essex scored 233 (Charlie McGahey 96, Percy Ford 5/66) and 155 (Ford 6/52, eleven wickets in the match), Gloucestershire 260 (Thomas Langdon 88, Gilbert Jessop 86, Walter Mead 6/52) and 88 (Mead 4/34, ten wickets in the match). Essex won by 40 runs. 5”x9.5”. Printed on the ground by Phelp Brothers of Leyton, with local... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1909. ‘England v. Australia’. Second Test. Early original commemorative silk scorecard for the 2nd Test, played at Lord’s, 14th- 16th June 1909. Australia won the Test by nine wickets. England batted first and made 269 all out, King top scoring with 60, Cotter, Laver and Noble sharing the wickets. In reply Australia made 350 with Ransford making 143 not out, Relf taking 5/85 for England. In their second innings England were... View full lot details

Surrey v Yorkshire 1909. Early original silk commemorative scorecard with complete printed scores for the remarkable match played at The Oval, 19th- 21st August 1909. Surrey batted first and made 273 all out, Marshal made 110 for Surrey, Haigh took 7-65, Yorkshire then batted and made 223 all out, Lees taking 6-60. In Surrey’s second innings they were bowled out for 62, Hirst taking four and Rhodes four wickets. Yorkshire then proceeded to be bowled... View full lot details

Jack Hobbs Benefit Year 1914. Two commemorative silk scorecards on one piece of silk, for Surrey v Kent, 10 & 11th August 1914 and Surrey v Yorkshire, 13th- 15th August 1914, both played at Lord’s. Surrey won the first match by eight wickets, Hobbs made 16 and 26no. Hitch took nine wickets in the match and Blythe took 9-97 in Surrey’s first innings. In the Yorkshire match, Surrey won by an innings and 30 runs.... View full lot details

England v South Africa 1924. Original commemorative silk scorecard for the 1st Test played at Edgbaston, 14th- 17th June 1924. England were put in to bat and scored 438 with five batsmen scoring over fifty (Hobbs 76, Sutcliffe 64, Woolley 64, Hendren 74 and Kilner 59), George Parker taking 6/152. South Africa were then bowled out for only 30 in under thirteen overs, no batsman reaching double figures, the top scorer being eleven extras. Arthur... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1926. Official double sided scorecard with complete handwritten scores in pencil for the tour match, Sussex v Australians at Hove, 28th- 31st August 1926. Printed on the ground by Crowhurst of Brighton. Local advertising to verso. Sold with two contemporary matching real photograph postcards of the teams reproduced from originals with signatures to lower mount borders. Publisher unknown. Both postally unused. Very good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details

England v Australia, 3rd Test match, Leeds. July 1930. Original scorecard for the historic Test match where Don Bradman made the record Test score of 334. The folding scorecard, by Crosland & Co of Leeds with fully printed scores of the match. The scorecard beautifully signed in ink by the Australian team, signatures are Woodfull, Archie Jackson, Don Bradman, Kippax, McCabe, Richardson, a’Beckett, Oldfield, Grimmett, Hornibrook and Wall. Good/very good condition. A rarely seen scorecard... View full lot details

Don Bradman 334 record score. England v Australia, 3rd Ashes Test match, Headingley, Leeds, 11th- 15th July 1930. Original folding scorecard for the historic Test match where Don Bradman made the record Test score of 334. The scorecard with incomplete printed scores, Australia’s only innings complete. Printed by Crosland & Co of Kirkgate, Leeds 10”x6”. vertical fold and soiling, otherwise in good condition. A rarely seen scorecard.... View full lot details

‘The Cricket Championship of India, for The Ranji Trophy 1944-45’. Official folding scorecard for the tournament semi-final, Bombay v North India, played at the Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, 16th- 20th February 1945. The scorecard with printed scores complete to the close of the fourth day’s play. Fully and nicely signed in ink to the centre scorecard page by the eleven members of the Northern India XI. Signatures are Mohammad Saeed (Captain), Imtiaz Ahmed (Pakistan 41 Tests... View full lot details

Scorecards and menus 1946-1998. A selection of thirteen scorecards and two menus. Three scorecards are signed. England v West Indies one day international, Headingley 1980 signed by ten players including Lever, Boycott, Gower, Botham (England), Lloyd, Garner (West Indies) etc. v Australia, Lord’s 1985 signed by Gooch and Gower. Sussex v Middlesex, Gillette Cup 1980, signed by twelve Middlesex players including Gatting, Brearley, Radley, Hughes, Barlow, Butcher etc. Other earlier scorecards include Northamptonshire v Warwickshire... View full lot details

Gentlemen v Players 1950. Official double sided scorecard for the match played at Lord’s 26th- 28th July 1950. The scorecard, with complete printed scores, is nicely signed in ink by all eleven member of the Gentlemen team. Signatures are Brown (Captain), Dewes, Brennan, Yardley, Doggart, Bailey, Insole, Carr, Knott, Warr and Simpson. The match was drawn with centuries by both captains, Brown (122 for Gentlemen) and Dollery (123 for Players). Small adhesive marks to verso,... View full lot details

India tours to England 1952-1990. Four official scorecards for India tour matches played in 1952 and 1959. All four with incomplete handwritten scores in pencil or ink. Matches are v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge 1952, v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham 1952, v India, Bournemouth 1952, and v Surrey, Kennington Oval 1959. Sold with two official tour guides, one for the 1952 tour edited by A.W. Simpson, the other for the 1990 New Zealand and India tours to England.... View full lot details

West Indies XI v. C.J. Barnett’s XI. Colwyn Bay Cricket Festival 1952. Official double-sided scorecard for a match dated 27th & 28th August 1952 at Colwyn Bay. The players listed at start of play. Signed by ten players, five from each team. Signatures are Worrell, Rickards, Headley, Weekes, Ramadhin (West Indians), Barnett, Nayudu, Nimbalkar, Cockburn and Shepherd (C.J. Barnett’s XI) and one other. Result not known, no record of the match can be found. Printed... View full lot details

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

Surrey C.C.C. 1955. Official Luton Town Cricket Club printed scorecard for a match Luton Town C.C. v ‘A Surrey XI’ played at Luton on 5th June 1955. The scorecard signed in ink to the front by thirteen Surrey players. Signatures include Surridge (Captain), A. Bedser, E. Bedser, Stewart, McIntyre, Loader, Constable, Barrington, Clark etc. Window mounted with a mono photograph of the Surrey team of 1954. Framed and glazed, overall 11”x25”. Good condition... View full lot details

West Indies tour to England 1963. Gloucestershire v West Indians, Bristol 4th- 7th May 1963. Official folding scorecard with complete printed scores. Signed in ink to the centre scorecard by sixteen members of the West Indies touring party. Signatures are Worrell (Captain), Hunte, Sobers, King, Nurse, Carew, Hall, Murray, Butcher, Gibbs, Griffith, Valentine, McMorris, Solomon, Allan and Gaskin (Manager). Printed by E.W. Hicks, Bristol. 5”x8.25” folded. Very good condition.... View full lot details

England v Australia, Edgbaston 1964. Official scorecard for the First Test match played on the 8th-13th June 1964. Signed by Ted Dexter who made 180 in the England second innings. Sold with a further Edgbaston scorecard signed by Ken Barrington who made 137 in the first Test of the England v New Zealand Test match played on the 27th May to 1st June 1965. Both of the scorecards in very good condition with nice ink... View full lot details

Test match significant achievement scorecards 1970-2018. Six official scorecards, all signed by players who recorded a notable achievement in England home Test matches. Matches are v Rest of the World, 3rd ‘Test’, Edgbaston 1970, signed on label laid down by Basil D’Oliveira (110). v India, 1st Test, Lord’s 1990, signed on label laid down by Graham Gooch (333 & 123). v Australia, 5th Test, Edgbaston 1993, signed by Mark Waugh (137). v Australia, 5th Test,... View full lot details

County Championship significant achievement scorecards 1973-2023. Ten official scorecards, all signed by players who recorded a notable achievement in County matches. ‘Souvenir match card of the Maidstone Cricket Week 1973 during which Colin Cowdrey scored his 99th and 100th Centuries in First Class cricket’. Signed to label laid down to inside by Mike Denness (178) in the match v Somerset. Lancashire v Essex 1978, signed to label laid down by John Lever (5/23). Worcestershire v... View full lot details

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

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Nottinghamshire v India 1982. Official scorecard for the tour match played at Trent Bridge on the 12th-14th May 1982. Appears to be a pre match copy, with no printed or handwritten details. Signed by both teams and the two umpires, Bird and Whitehead. Signatures include Robinson, Randall, Birch, Hemmings, Saxelby, Hassan, Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Kirmani, Vengsarkar, Roy, Shastri, Sharma, Madan Lal etc. Twenty four signatures in all, each player has written their batting number after... View full lot details

England v New Zealand 1983. New Zealand’s first Test victory in England. Official scorecard for the 2nd Test, Headingley 28th July- 2nd August 1983 with complete printed scores. Signed in ink by fourteen members of the New Zealand touring party. Signatures include Hadlee, Snedden, Coney, Franklin, Howarth, Smith, Bracewell, Cairns, Wright, Edgar, M. Crowe, Chatfield, J. Crowe etc. Some staining, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Bicentennial Test. Australia v England 1988. Official folding scorecard for the match played at Sydney Cricket Ground, 29th January- 2nd February 1988. Blank scorecard to centre pages. Signed in ink to the rear ‘Autographs’ page by eight former Test players. Signatures are Don Bradman, Colin Cowdrey, Ted Dexter, Peter May, Alan Smith, Hubert Doggart, Alec Bedser and Doug Insole. Horizontal fold, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Sachin Tendulkar. Bombay/ Mumbai, Yorkshire & India 1988-2014. Official scorecard for the Yorkshire v Kent, Benson & Hedges Cup match played at Headingley on the 30th April 1992. This was Tendulkar’s first game for Yorkshire having signed as their first ever overseas players. Signed by Tendulkar and by ‘Gold Award Judge’ David Lloyd. Tendulkar made seven runs before being run out and took 2 wickets for 21 with the ball from 11 overs. Kent beat... View full lot details

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

Australia 1926. ‘Cricket 1926’. Official pre tour brochure with pictures of the Australian team, thirty leading English cricketers and the Test grounds. Pub by Barton & Co, London 1926. Original pictorial wrappers, some wear with small loss to wrappers extremities otherwise in good condition. Sold with ‘Australian Cricketers 1926. Portraits drawn from life and signed by each player’. Laurence East. London 1926. With seventeen full page illustrations of the 1926 touring team with printed signatures.... View full lot details

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

M.C.C. tour of Australia and New Zealand 1928/29. ‘England v Canterbury, Lancaster Park 24th-26th December 1929’. Official Souvenir Score book published by Sage & Wallace of Christchurch. 8pp and blue card covers. The book was designed to give spectators scoresheets to fill in with the centre spread having head and shoulders portraits of the tourists. Some soiling and staining to covers, creasing to front cover otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1932/33. The Bodyline tour’. Two brochures produced for the tour. ‘Special Test Souvenir- with careers of players to beginning of 1932/33 season’. Sixteen page brochure with pen pictures, biographies, scoresheet, records etc issued by ‘The Australian Cricketer’ magazine as a Supplement. Image of Don Bradman to front wrapper. Good condition. ‘The Sporting Globe Cricket Book 1932/33’. Compiled by E.H.M. Baillie (‘Bail’). With M.C.C. Itinerary, Ashes records, pictures of the Australian and... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of New Zealand 1935/36. Official tour programme with decorative wrappers in M.C.C. colours with picture of England Captain E.R.T. Holmes to centre and title above. The programme covering the M.C.C. v Wellington match played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on the 20th-23rd December 1936 and also includes biographies of the players, itinerary, scorecards for the match, past tours etc. Signed to the front wrapper by twelve of the M.C.C. team including E.R.T. Holmes... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia and New Zealand 1946/47. Official souvenir programme for the ‘M.C.C. Team Australian Tour 1946-47’. Issued by the New South Wales Cricket Association. With itinerary, pen pictures etc. Original decorative covers. Sold with three other brochures ‘Pocket Book Cricket Guide 1946/47’, England-Australian Tests, ‘Sporting Globe Cricket Book 1946/47’ ‘Official Cricket souvenir England v Australia 1946/47, published just after the first tour match played in Perth and the ‘The M.C.C. in Australia, 1946-47’... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia and New Zealand 1946/47. Official souvenir programmes for the first Test match, England v Australia, played on the 29th-5th December 1946 in Brisbane, the only Test match played in New Zealand at Lancaster Park on the 21st-24th Match 1947 and the tour match against Auckland played at Eden Park, Auckland on the 28th-31st March 1947. Odd faults, age toning staple rusting otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

South Africa tour of England 1947. Six various brochures and programmes from the tour. Official souvenir brochure for the ‘South African tour of England’. Edited by A.W. Simpson, ‘Findon’ Cricket Annual 1947’, ‘The Springboks Here Again’ Ledbroke, Souvenir ‘pirate’ programme for England XI v South Africa XI (5th Test), The Oval 16th-20th August 194, ‘The South African Team in England 1947’. Cricket Book Society and official ship issue ‘’First Class Sports and Entertainment’ programme for... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1948. ‘Australian XI v Tasmania 1948’. Official programme for the match played at Hobart on the 5th & 6th March 1948. The programme lists the England tour itinerary, fixtures in England, scorecard for the game and details and pen pictures of the Australian teams. Handwritten details of match to the scorecard in pencil. Sold with eight various booklets, brochures and programmes related to the Australian tour, ‘The Australian Tour 1948’ Simpson,... View full lot details

South African tour booklets. Two booklets, one issued for the M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1948/49 by the United Tobacco Co. Cape Town 1948. 32pp. Very small pre tour booklet comprising pen pictures, map, fixtures etc with original decorative colour paper wrappers printed in both English and Afrikaans and the other entitled ‘M.C.C. Cricket Tour of South Africa 1948’ and was issued by J.F. King Limited, sports specialists of Durban & Maritzburg 166pp, pen pictures... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa & Rhodesia 1948-1949. Official programme for the match Rhodesia v M.C.C. played at the Raylton Club, Bulawayo, 29th January- 1st February 1949. Comprises pen pictures of the M.C.C. team, scorecards, advertising etc. The 48pp programme in original wrappers. P. Mansell’ handwritten to top border of the front cover, so presumably his copy. Nicely signed by both teams in ink to the scorecard pages next to their printed names. Sixteen signatures... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa & Rhodesia 1948-1949. Souvenir of the M.C.C. tour of South Africa & Rhodesia 1948/49’, published by Donaldsons Publication of Johannesburg. Sold with an official programme for the Rhodesia v M.C.C. played at the Salisbury Sports Club Ground on the 4th to 7th February 1949. 96pp. The programme in original wrappers with the two Captains, Mann and Martin’s pen pictures to front wrappers. Odd faults, good condition... View full lot details

New Zealand tour to England 1949. Ten various brochures and programmes from the tour including ‘A Complete Record of the New Zealand Cricket Team in England 1949’ Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, ‘Halo for Hadlee. A lighthearted history of the New Zealand cricket team 1949’, G. Wycherley, Dunedin 1949 ‘New Zealand Tour 1949 (Simpson), ‘Cricketers from New Zealand’ 1949. (Playfair edited by Gordon Ross), England versus New Zealand. A complete Record 1930-1949 (Bedford, Findon), ‘Selected for... View full lot details

South Africa Tour to England 1951. Official pictorial pre-tour souvenir programme for the 1951 tour published by Playfair, edited by Peter West. Fully signed to the pen pictures by all fifteen original members of the touring party. Signatures are Nourse (Captain), E. Rowan, Chubb, Melle, A. Rowan, Fullerton, Endean, van Ryneveld, Cheetham, McGlew, McCarthy, McLean, Mann, Waite and Mansell. Also signed by Hugh Tayfield who joined the tour late. Minor wear otherwise in good/very good... View full lot details

‘Commonwealth Silver Jubilee XI tour of India 1953’. Large official Souvenir programme published by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Pen pictures, biographies, fixtures, results etc. Original decorative covers. Good condition... View full lot details

South Africa Tour to England 1955. Official pictorial pre-tour souvenir programme for the 1955 tour published by Playfair, edited by Gordon Ross. Signed to the pen pictures by sixteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Cheetham (Captain), McGlew, Adcock, Duckworth, Endean, Goddard, Heine, Keith, Mansell, McLean, Murray, Smith, Tayfield, Waite and Winslow. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

‘Cricketers from New Zealand. Tour of India 1955-56’. Sport & Pastime Publication. Pen pictures, biographies, fixtures etc. Rarer tour brochure, name ‘Don Neely’ to first advertising page suggesting this was his copy. Good condition... View full lot details

Australian tour to England 1956. ‘Cricketers from Australia’. Official souvenir tour brochure edited by Gordon Ross, published by Playfair. Signed in ink to the pen pictures by thirteen members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Johnson (Captain), Miller, Archer, Benaud, Burke, Burge, Craig, Crawford, Langley, Lindwall, Mackay, Maddocks, McDonald and Rutherford Plus W.J. Dowling, the tour manager. Wrappers detached, internally good... View full lot details

West Indies 1957. Official souvenir Playfair brochure for the West Indies tour of England. Edited by Gordon Ross. Pictorial covers. Signed in ink to pen pictures by all seventeen members of the West Indies touring team plus the two Managers Pierce and De Caires. Signatures include Goddard, Atkinson, Sobers, Hall, Weekes, Kanhai, Walcott, Alexander, Worrell, Gilchrist, Valentine, Ramadhin etc. Also signed by the joint tour managers Peirce and de Caires. Spine taped, covers worn and... View full lot details

‘Cricketers from New Zealand’ 1958. Official tour souvenir programme for the tour by Playfair edited by Gordon Ross. Signed in ink to pen pictures by all sixteen members of the touring party, Reid (Captain), Cave, Alabaster, Blair, D’Arcy, Harford, Hayes, MacGibbon, Meale, Miller, Moir, Petrie, Playle, Sparling, Sutcliffe and Ward. Good condition... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Argentina & Brazil 1958/59’. Official souvenir for the visit to Brazil. 12pp, paper wrappers. Published by the Brazilian Cricket Association. Itinerary and pen pictures of the players. Four matches were played two in Rid De Janiero and two in Sao Paulo. After that the tour moved to Argentina. Good condition. A rarer tour programme... View full lot details

Australian tour of Malaya 1959. Rare official programme. 40pp, excellent pictorial wrappers, Printed by Central Printers, Singapore. Signed to their pictorial biographical picture by all fourteen of the touring party with the exception of Gavin Stephens who was apparently ill at the time. Signatures are Richie Benuad (Captain), Harvey, Favell, McDonald, O’Neill, Lindwall, Davidson, Mackay, Grout, Jarman, Kilne, Rorke, Meckiff and Burge. Also signed by McDonald’s brother. There were two matches played, against MCA President’s... View full lot details

‘Official Programme commemorating the Visit of the Australian Cricketers to America, Sept & Oct 1912’. 16pp official pre tour brochure with front cover printing in yellow and green, tipped in to modern green cloth, gilt title to spine. Comprises details of the seven matches to be played in the USA, Bermuda and Canada and scores of games played on tours in earlier years, portraits of players including Bardsley, Carkeek, Kelleway, Gregory (Captain), Whitty, blank scoresheets,... View full lot details

‘Official Programme commemorating the Visit of the Australian Cricketers to America 1913’. 8pp official pre-tour brochure with front cover printing in red and black, containing details of the thirty matches to be played in the USA, Bermuda and Canada from May to September 1913, portraits of the team, players including Mailey, Crawford, Macartney, Mayne, Collins, Bardsley, Arnott etc. Recorded but not seen by Padwick 5325. Some wear and nicks to wrappers and pages, slight splitting... View full lot details

Australian tour of Malaya 1927 ‘W.A. Oldfield’s XI’. Rare official large souvenir brochure ‘Australians Visit to Malaya 1927’. 56pp with colour pictorial covers featuring the emblem of Malaya and illustrations of a tiger and kangaroo, with printed title to centre. The front cover is beautifully signed in black ink by eleven members of the Australian touring party. Signatures are Macartney, Mayne, Woodfull, Rofe, Adams, Bardsley, Sullivan, Everett, Gamble, Andrews and Oldfield. Contents comprise photographs, player... View full lot details

Australian tour of Malaya 1927 ‘W.A. Oldfield’s XI’. Large official four page folding programme for the North Malaya v Australian XI match played at The Esplanade, Penang on 17th and 18th June 1927. Printed in blue and red, title to front ‘The Greatest Cricket Season in Malaya. The first Australian cricket tour to this country’, with double page picture to centre pages of the Australian and Singapore C.C. teams that played earlier in the tour,... View full lot details

Australian tour of Malaya 1927 ‘W.A. Oldfield’s XI’. Rare souvenir tour brochure printed and published by ‘The Malayan Daily Express’. 44pp with original pictorial wrappers featuring a Malay tiger and Australian kangaroo to the front, and title ‘Souvenir of Australian Cricketers’ Visit May- June 1927’. Contents include player biographies by ‘Not Out’, photographs, statistics etc. Annotations in ink to front wrapper. Wear and soiling with expert repairs to wrappers and some pages, otherwise in good... View full lot details

Australia. E.L. Waddy’s tour to Queensland 1935. A tour brochure and match programme from the tour made up by a team of prominent Australian cricketers captained by Stan McCabe, with other Test players including Ernest Bromley, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Brown and Ray Robinson. The 48pp tour brochure ‘Produced for the Cairns Cricket Association by H. Smallwood Esq., Cairns’, lacking original wrappers, comprising team images, statistics, blank scoresheet, advertising etc. Also a ‘Souvenir Programme. The E.L.... View full lot details

Australia Tour to Ceylon and India 1935/36. ‘Official Souvenir of the Visit to India of H.H. the Maharajadhiraj of Patiala’s Team of Australian Cricketers 1936’. 30th Nov. to 8th Dec. 1935’. Official brochure compiled by C.D. Parthasarathy, edited and published by ‘The Field- Madras (An All-Sports Journal)’, Madras. Bound in cloth boards, gilt title to spine, with original decorative colour wrappers retained. Lavishly illustrated with portraits and text on members of the opposing teams. Indian... View full lot details

M.C.C. tours to India 1961-1977. Three souvenir pre-tour brochures published by C.K. Haridass of Madras covering M.C.C./ England tours to India. Issues are ‘India vs England 1961-62’ thirteenth year of publication, ‘M.C.C. vs India 1964’ fourteenth issue, and ‘M.C.C. in India 1976-77’ twentieth issue. Clear tape reinforcement to spines of all three, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

India. Bombay ‘Quadrangular Cricket Tournament’ 1925/26. ‘Bombay Gymkhana Official Scorecard’. 8pp booklet in original decorative paper wrappers comprising scorecards of the first two matches played in the 1925/26 tournament, Europeans v Muslims (Europeans won by eight wickets) and Hindus v Parsees (Hindus won on first innings) and, to the centre pages, a blank scorecard for the Final, Europeans v Hindus played at Bombay 7th- 10th December 1925 (Hindus won by four wickets). A previous owner... View full lot details

England v All-India 1946. ‘Pirate’ four page ‘Pictorial Souvenir Programme’ for the third Test, Kennington Oval 17th- 21st August 1946. Printed by G.P. Abbott for Programme Publications, London. Light creasing, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. tour to Jamaica 1935/36. ‘Jamaica Cricket Association Official Programme’ compiled by C.A. Lopez and issued by the Jamaica Cricket Board of Control. 88pp pre-tour booklet comprising tour itinerary, player profiles, three blank fold-out scorecards to rear and advertising. Original pictorial wrappers. Minor age toning to wrappers otherwise a nice copy in very good condition throughout. A scarce tour brochure, does not appear to be listed in Padwick and not previously seen by Knights.... View full lot details

‘A Bit of a Test’. Ben Travis 1933. Official theatre programme for the production staged at the Aldwych Theatre, dated 20th March 1933. The play was the final production in a series of twelve ‘Aldwych farces’ and was a take on the controversial ‘Bodyline’ Ashes series in which the England cricket captain attempted to keep his star batsman out of trouble. The original production starred the legendary farceur, Ralph Lynn, whose picture is featured on... View full lot details

Horsham v Arsenal 1951. Official football programme for the friendly match played at Horsham on the 3rd September 1951. The match was played on behalf of cricketer George Cox in his Benefit Year. Four page folding programme with titles to front cover. There were four cricketers who played in the Arsenal team being Leslie Compton, Arthur Milton, Don Bennett and Don Roper. Annotation to the back cover otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume II nos. 22-49 (16th February to 27th December 1883). Illustrated. Bound in modern green cloth, gilt title to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages complete with title and contents pages to front, lacking original wrappers. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume III nos. 50-79 (31st January to 25th December 1884). Illustrated. Original publisher’s cloth, with titles in gilt, red speckled page edges. Pages complete with title and contents pages to front, lacking original wrappers. Complete with the five supplement score sheets as issued. Bookplate of Gordon Ross to front endpaper. Some rubbing to board extremities, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume IV nos. 80-109 (31st January to 24th December 1885). Illustrated. Bound in maroon quarter leather, gilt title to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages complete with title and contents pages to front, lacking original wrappers. Lacking the one supplement score sheet issued for 23rd July. Loss to spine, wear to boards, breaking to front internal hinge. Pages in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume V nos. 110-139 (28th January to 30th December 1886). Illustrated. Original publisher’s cloth, with titles in gilt, red speckled page edges. Pages complete with title and contents pages to front, lacking original wrappers. Complete with the three supplement score sheets as issued. Rubbing to board extremities, Minor creasing to some page corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume VI nos. 140-169 (27th January to 29th December 1887). Illustrated. Bound in green cloth, leather gilt title label to spine. Pages complete with title and contents pages to front, lacking original wrappers. Complete with the six supplement score sheets as issued. Ex Mitcham Public Library. Wear and rubbing to boards. Small loss to corner of odd pages and odd nicks to page edges, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume VII nos. 170-199 (26th January to 27th December 1888). Illustrated. Bound in red cloth and marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Pages complete with title and contents pages to front, lacking original wrappers. Complete with the 1st November pictorial supplement of the Surrey XI bound in to front, and the six supplement score sheets to rear, all as issued. Ex Mitcham Public Library. Some rubbing to boards,... View full lot details

‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volume VIII nos. 200-229 (24th January to 27th December 1889). Illustrated. Bound in modern green cloth, gilt title to spine. Pages complete with title and contents pages to front, lacking original wrappers. Complete with the eight supplement score sheets as issued. Odd nicks and minor age toning to page edges, staining to the supplement of 27th June, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The World of Cricket’. 1914. Edited by A.C. MacLaren. Volume I nos. 1-23 (31st January- 14th November 1914). Complete run of twenty three issues of the magazine. Illustrated. Bound in blue cloth with leather/ gilt title label to spine, red speckled page edges. Original front wrapper of the first issue bound in to the front, lacking other original wrappers. Pages complete. Bookplate of J.W. Goldman to inside cover. Minor rubbing to boards, otherwise in very... View full lot details

‘The South Wales Cricketers Magazine’ 1948-1953. A near complete run of the magazine bound as one volume in modern green cloth, gilt title to spine, original wrappers retained. Comprises a run of issues from Volume 1, no. 1 July 1948 to Volume 6, no. 1, April-May 1953 (final issue), lacking three issues, Vol. II nos. 1-3 (May, June, July). Padwick 1209, 3165. Some nicks and wear to some original wrappers, internally in good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Ibis Magazine [and Journal of the Prudential Clerks’ Society]’. Three bound volumes of extracts from issues of the magazine, printed for private circulation, recording the scores and activities of the Ibis Cricket Club covering the period 1909 to 1939. The two earlier volumes similarly bound in half calf and cloth boards, raised bands and gilt/ leather title labels to spines, the first octavo size, the other quarto. The third bound in beige cloth with... View full lot details

‘Victoria v. Queensland. Souvenir and Official Scoring Book’ 1909/10. Early official programme for the match played at Brisbane Cricket Ground 4th- 7th February 1910. Printed by Alex Muir & Co., Brisbane. 20pp in original decorative paper wrappers. Comprises images of the teams, officials, profile of Vernon Ransford, blank scorecards, advertising etc. Contained in modern blue cloth covers. Vertical fold, small loss to edges of original wrappers and the odd page, rusting to staples, otherwise in... View full lot details

‘St. Kilda Cricket Club. Annual Report and Balance Sheet. Season 1912 & 1913’. Official 16pp printed report in original decorative brown paper wrappers with titles printed in gold to front. Padwick 3572. Rear wrapper torn, wear to spine, rusting to staples, light folds, internally in generally good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

‘Stoddart’s Team in Australia 1894-95’. Printed and published by A.J. Fiettkau, ‘Cricket Press’, London 1895. Rare 16pp post-tour brochure with real sepia photograph of the team to front wrapper featuring Stoddart, McGregor, Philipson, Gay, Briggs, Brown, Humphreys, Brockwell, Maclaren, Lockwood and Ward. To inside pages, reports, scores, statistics, advertising etc. Bound in modern quarter green morocco and cloth, gilt title to spine. Light staining to boards, the original brochure with the odd nicks to front... View full lot details

‘The Golden Penny Cricket Album’ 1902 and 1903. Two original issues bound together, the 1903 issue bound in yellow cloth boards, with the 1902 issue tipped in to the front. Original wrappers of both issues retained. The 1902 issue contains ‘Special Photographic Groups of the Australians and all the first-class counties’, historical notes on all the counties, M.C.C. and London County. The 1903 issue with ‘Splendid Photographic Groups of all the first-class counties’ with ‘Character... View full lot details

‘The Sussex County Magazine’. Volume I nos. 1-13 (December 1926 to December 1927). Illustrated. Edited by Arthur Beckett. Published by T.R. Beckett, Lewes 1927. Complete run of the monthly magazine bound in publisher’s blue cloth, gilt titles to front and spine, title and contents pages bound in to front, lacking original wrappers. Includes articles on Sussex cricket pp 304-313, 321-324 by G.D. Martineau, Beckett, A.J. Gaston, and one on Sheffield Park, pp 289-296, by... View full lot details

‘Baily’s Magazine of Sports and Pastimes’. Vol. 81 nos. 527-532 (January to June 1904). Published by Vinton & Co., London. Complete run of six issues of the monthly magazine nicely bound in publisher’s tooled navy cloth with gilt illustration to front, decorative title to spine, gilt to page edges. Each issue comprises a portrait bookplate with facsimile signature, the June issue being of P.F. ‘Plum’ Warner with accompanying article pp 409-411. Other cricket references on... View full lot details

Auction catalogues of major cricket collections 1992-2010. Eight official sale catalogues. ‘Important Cricketing Books from the Collection of Dr. W.G. Grace’, Bearne’s of Exeter, 11th July 1996. ‘The Library of the Late John Arlott, O.B.E.’, Christie’s 11th September 1992. ‘Traditional Sports Including the Property of the Late John Arlott O.B.E.’, Christie’s 25th September 1992. ‘The Cricket Library of the late Judge Bertram Wakley’, Bonhams 2nd April 2003. ‘The Library of the Late E.D.R. Eagar’, Christie’s... View full lot details

Cricket benefit and testimonial brochures 1947-1978. Ten official brochures, some signed. Includes ‘Cricketers from the West Indies’ official brochure for the 1963 tour edited by Gordon Ross, signed to pen pictures by Basil Butcher, Michael Carew, Wes Hall, Easton McMorris, Deryck Murray, Garry Sobers, Alf Valentine etc., wrappers split and detached. Signed benefit and testimonial brochures are Johnny Wardle benefit 1957 signed to the front. Brian Statham benefit 1961, signed to back cover by Statham,... View full lot details

Cricket World Cup, England 1999. Official souvenir programme for the tournament group matches. Profusely signed throughout by approx. fifty players and umpires including the full India and Zimbabwe teams to the pen pictures. India signatures are Azharuddin (Captain), Agarkar, Chopra, Dravid, Ganguly, Jadeja, Khurasia, Kumble, Mohanty, Mongia, Prasad, Ramesh, Robin Singh, Srinath and Tendulkar. Zimbabwe signatures include Campbell, Brandes, Carlisle, A. & G. Flower, Goodwin, Olonga, Strang, Streak etc. Also thirteen Sri Lankans including Atapattu,... View full lot details

West Indies tour of England 1957. ‘Cricketers from the West Indies’. Official Playfair tour guide edited by Gordon Ross. Signed in different coloured inks to pen pictures by twelve players. Signatures are Hall, Sobers, Weekes, Kanhai, Walcott, Dewdney, Worrell, Gilchrist, Smith, Valentine, Asgarali and Ramadhin. Additionally signed to pages by Ramadhin, Worrell, Weekes and Gilchrist. The brochure a bit tatty with wrappers and centre pages detached, light fold, rusting to staples, otherwise in generally good... View full lot details

‘The Centenary and Jubilee Pair’. Official black folder issued by the T.C.C.B. comprising two commemorative covers and Stamp Publicity team postcards of the 1877 and 1977 teams, and printed scores for the matches. Limited edition no. 63/500. One cover is for the 1877-1977 Centenary Test match played at Melbourne, March 1977, signed by seventeen Australian players including Walker, Gilmour, Johnson, McCosker, Robinson, Bright, Malone, Thomson, G. Chappell, Sergeant, R. Marsh, Pascoe, Walters, Dymock, K. Hughes... View full lot details

‘South African Cricket Tour 1947’. Official souvenir brochure for the South African tour of England. Edited by A.W. Simpson. Pictorial covers. Signed in ink to inside pen pictures by sixteen members of the South African touring party. Signatures are Melville (Captain), Nourse, Mitchell, A. Rowan, Lindsay, Tuckett, Begbie (on piece laid down), Dyer, Fullerton, Plimsoll, Payn, Ovenstone, Mann, Dawson, Harris and Smith, lacking one signature of Viljoen. Also the signatures in ink of all twenty... View full lot details

Hampshire Benefit and Testimonial brochures. Twenty Hampshire players’ brochures of which seven are signed, Barry Richards 1977, David Turner 1981, Trevor Jesty 1982, Nigel Cowley 1988, Mark Nicholas 1991, Bobby Parks 1992, and Paul Terry 1994. Others are Richard Gilliat 1978, Bob Stephenson 1979, Gordon Greenidge 1983, Mike Taylor 1989, Chris Smith 1990, Tim Tremlett 1993, Robin Smith 1996, Cardigan Connor 1997, Raj Maru 1998, Adi Aymes 2000, John Crawley 2008, Nic Pothas 2011, and... View full lot details

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

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

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

The Ashes. Australia v England 2010/11 and 2013/14. Official programme for the 3rd Test, Perth 16th- 20th December 2010 and the 3rd Test, Perth 13th- 17th December 2013. Signed to the player profile pages by twenty eight and twenty nine players respectively. Signatures include Ponting, Clarke, Fawad Ahmed, Bollinger, Haddin, Agar, Harris, Hughes, Khawaja, Johnson, Katich, North, Siddle, Smith, Watson (Australia), Strauss, Anderson, Bell, Bresnan, Bairstow, Broad, Collingwood, Cook, Davies, Finn, Morgan, Panesar, Bell, Pietersen,... View full lot details

South African Breweries English XI ‘rebel’ tour to South Africa 1982. Official 8pp souvenir brochure for the tour. Signed in ink to the pen pictures by all fourteen members of the England team. Signatures are Gooch, Boycott, Woolmer, Old, Taylor, Hendrick, Knott, Underwood, Willey, Amiss, Lever, Larkins, Humpage and Emburey. Also signed by eleven South African players, Procter, Richards, Cook, Kirsten, Pollock, Rice, Le Roux, Van der Bijl, Jennings, Kuiper etc. Sold with an official... View full lot details

‘All India Cricket Tour of England 1946’. Official souvenir brochure for the Indian tour of England. Edited by A.W. Simpson. Pictorial covers. Fully signed in ink to inside pen profile pictures by all sixteen members of the Indian touring party plus the manager Gupta. Players’ signatures are Nawab of Pataudi (Captain), Merchant, Amarnath, Modi, Banerjee, Mushtaq Ali, Hindlekar, Mankad, Hafeez, Nimbalker, Sohoni, Hazare, Nayudu, Shinde, Gul Mohamed and Sarwate. Rusting to staples, adhesive mark to... View full lot details

India tour to England 1959. Official Playfair souvenir tour brochure edited by Gordon Ross. Fully signed to the pen pictures by the eighteen featured members of the touring party. Signatures are Gaekwad (Captain), Roy, Apte, Borde, Contractor, Desai, Ghorpade, Gupte, Jaisimha, Joshi, Kripal Singh, Manjrekar, Muddiah, Nadkarni, Nath, Tahmane, Umrigar and Maharaja of Baroda (Manager). Minor wear to wrappers, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Signed first day and commemorative covers 1970s-2000s. Blue binder comprising a selection of thirty nine commemorative covers, each signed or multi-signed. Some are numbered limited editions including ‘Friends of Arundel Cricket Club New Zealand Tour 1986’ no. 10/25, Australia v England Cricketing Links 200th Anniversary no. 22/25 etc. Also ‘Benham Silks’ England Ashes Winners 2005 no. 16/50, 120 Years of County Cricket/ Australian tour 1993 (2 different), ‘British Cricket the Summertime Game’ Tim Robinson and... View full lot details

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

England and West Indies. Prudential ‘World’ Cup Final 1979. Two official first day covers, one signed by the England and the other by the West Indies who played in the Final and postally date stamped for day of the final. Thirteen signatures to the England cover and sixteen signatures to the West Indies cover. Signatures include Brearley and Lloyd, the two captains, Boycott, Willis, Gooch, Gower, Botham, Randall, Gatting, R. Taylor, V. Richards, Haynes, Holding,... View full lot details

I.C.C. Trophy 1979. Collection of eleven first day covers for the competition held in England in 1979. Each of the covers have been signed by the team featured. The covers are for the United States of America, Argentina, Denmark, East Africa, Fiji, Netherlands, Malaysia, Papua & New Guinea, Singapore and the two finalists Sri Lanka and Canada. Very good condition... View full lot details

Prudential ‘World’ Cup 1983. Almost full run of first day covers covering the competition, seven of the eight covers featuring the teams who participated, England, West Indies, Zimbabwe, India, Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, lacking the Pakistan cover plus covers for the two semi-finals, England v India at Old Trafford and West Indies v Pakistan at the Oval and official cover for the Final West Indies v India played at Lord’s on the 25th... View full lot details

Benson & Hedges Cup Finals 1978-1996. Selection of seventeen signed commemorative first day covers, some multi-signed, some signed by the man of the match plus four ‘Leaders of the World 1984 covers and a Nat West Final cover 1982. Eighteen signatures including Bob Taylor, Hendrick, Miller, Tom Pierce (Essex), Pocock, Garner, Bedser, Abrahams, Watkinson, Carrick, Cork, Martin, Austin, Boycott, Bairstow, Underwood, Woolmer etc. Odd duplication of signature and cover. Good condition... View full lot details

‘Old England XI’ 1997-2002. Selection of eighteen signed commemorative first day covers, the majority multi-signed by players who played in the matches. Fifty five signatures including Parks, Ellison, R. Hobbs, Pocock, Tolchard, Steele, Oakman, Underwood, Lever, J. Jones, Jameson, Randall, Snow, Graveney, Foster, Capel, Lynch, Parker, Parks etc. Some duplication of signature and cover. Good condition... View full lot details

‘Signed first day covers. Selection of four multi-signed commemorative first day covers. Glen Turner Benefit Match 1978 signed by six Worcestershire players including Kenyon, Flavell, Caldwell, Booth etc, ‘100 Years of English County Cricket’ cover signed by eleven including Trueman, Compton, Laker, Bowes, Dexter, Benaud, Evans, Fingleton, Arlott etc, ‘Centenary Test tour 1980, signed by four including Birds, Boycott, Parkinson etc and ‘Peter May Memorial Appeal’ cover signed by Virginia May, Bailey, Bedser, Tattersall... View full lot details

Signed first day covers. Selection of fourteen various multi-signed commemorative first day covers. Over eight five signatures including Malcolm, Adams, Kirtley, Luckhurst, John Major MP, Stewart, Fairbrother, Flintoff, Javed Miandad and the Pakistan team of 1982, Lara, Kanhai, Walsh, Logie, Ambrose, Marshall, Flower, Brandes and the Zimbabwe team of 1992, D. Headley, Larkins, Hick, Streak and the Zimbabwe team of 1985. Good condition... View full lot details

Signed first day covers. Selection of thirty five various signed commemorative first day covers, odd one with more than one signatures. Signatures include Dexter, Stewart, Pietersen, Botham, J. Bond, Bird, Heyhoe-Flint, Gower, Cork, Gooch, Boycott, D. Sheppard, Moody, J. Major MP, Cowdrey, Radley, Vaughan, N. Knight etc. Some duplication of signature. Good condition... View full lot details

Australia. Selection of eleven various signed commemorative first day covers, odd one with more than one signatures. Signatures are D. Walters, A.Davidson, A. Gilchrist, A. Border, A. Morris, S. Katich, G. Lawson, S. Warne, R. Marsh, N. Harvey and D. Lillee. One signature duplicated. Good condition... View full lot details

International Test cricketers. Selection of ten various signed commemorative first day covers. Signatures are S. Warne, E. Weekes, D. Haynes, G. Flower, C. Lloyd, Aravinda De Silva, M. Crowe, A. Border, R. Marsh and R. Hadlee. Good condition... View full lot details

South Africa. M.C.C. Bicentenary 1787-1987 limited edition first day cover signed by nineteen South African Test cricketers. Signatures include E. Barlow, T. Goddard, M. Procter, C. Bland, J. McGlew, P. Pollock, N. Adcock, A. Rowan, H. Tayfield, R. McClean, D. Lindsay, G. Pollock etc. Limited edition 1/9. Good condition... View full lot details

South Africa. Selection of eight various signed commemorative first day covers. Signatures are H. Cronje (2), J. Kallis, B. Richards, J. Rhodes, K. Wessels, S, Pollock and A. Donald. Sold with a selection of signed South Africa ephemera, candid photographs, World Cup 2003 stamps etc. Signatures include S. Pollock, G. Kirsten, A. Donald, H. Gibbs, L. Klusener, N. Boje, M. Boucher etc. Good condition... View full lot details