Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
6th, 7th, 8th & 9th August 2026
Category: Norman Gifford. Worcestershire & England 1964-1985
Norman Gifford played primarily as a left-arm spinner playing his county cricket for both Worcestershire and Warwickshire County Cricket Clubs, he represented England in fifteen Test matches and two One Day International between 1964 and 1985. Gifford continued to play for Warwickshire into his late forties, and when he retired from playing at the age of 48 in 1988, he had taken 2,068 first-class wickets. After retirement, Gifford went into coaching with Sussex, Durham and England. He died in January 2026 at the age of 85 years.
Lot 937:
Estimate: £70/100
Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. M.C.C. sleeveless touring Test sweater worn by Gifford whilst playing for England in Test matches abroad. The sweater, by Kent and Curwen, with trimming to neck, waist and sleeves in M.C.C. colours. Minor wear and slight shrinkage otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 938:
Estimate: £40/60
Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. Four cricket ties worn by Gifford during his career including two M.C.C. touring ties, his personal M.C.C. members tie and one other unknown tie. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 939:
Estimate: £50/80
Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. Four official M.C.C. / England team photographs, one where Norman was a playing member for the 1972/73 tour of India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1972/73, and three when Gifford was the assistant manager on the tour being two identical for the 1984/85 tour of India and Australia and the other for the your of Sri Lanka in 1986. One framed and glazed. Various sizes, all around 18”x14”. Some... View full lot details
Lot 940:
Estimate: £70/100
Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. Prince’s Trust XI v Rest of the World XI cricket match played at Edgbaston in July 1989. Gifford was the Manager of the Prince’s Trust XI. A Prince’s Trust XI sleeveless cricket sweater with embroidered emblem and name to chest, a ‘Stuart Crystal’ decanter with inscription and cricketing decoration presented to Gifford, 10” tall and a mono press photograph of Gifford being presented with the decanter at the... View full lot details
Lot 941:
Estimate: £25/35
Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. ‘Garry Sobers- My Autobiography’. G. Sobers. London 2002. Nicely signed and dedicated to Gifford by Sobers to title page and a miniature cricket bat which records Garry Sobers career details with two printed images, again signed and dedicated to Gifford by Sobers,VG... View full lot details
Lot 942:
Estimate: £60/90
Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. ‘The Centenary Banquet’. Official menu for the South African Cricket Centenary 1889-1989 Banquet held on the 8th March 1989. The menu, with cord tie, signed to inside pages by cricketers titled ‘The South African Golden Oldies and by the International Wanderers who attended the Dinner. Twenty four signatures including Procter, G. Pollock, McKenzie, Van de Bijl, Short, Fletcher, Amiss, B. Laird, A. Mallett, L.Cairns, Shuttleworth, Gifford, G. McKenzie,... View full lot details
Lot 943:
Estimate: £30/50
Norman Gifford. Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-83. Three original press photographs featuring Gifford during his playing days with Warwickshire, two are of the Warwickshire team with Gifford as Captain, players include Small, Old, Smith, Kallicharran, Humpage etc and the other photograph of a group of four players including Gifford, A. Donald and Small. Sold with two official autograph sheets for the England tour of West Indies in 2004, fifteen signatures to each including Vaughan, Anderson,... View full lot details