Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 75
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £75
Wilfred ‘Wilf’ Barber. Yorkshire & England 1926-1947. Original British passport issued to Barber on 19th August 1935 for the 1935/36 ‘Young’ M.C.C. tour to Australia and New Zealand. Sold with the original Orient Line First Class Passengers’ Ticket issued to Barber for the outward voyage on the ‘Orion’, which departed from Tilbury on 28th September 1935 for Fremantle, Western Australia. The passport includes official stamps for arrival at Colombo on 19th October 1935, and Fremantle on 29th October 1935. Both contained in original Orient Line ‘Steamer Ticket and Notices’ blue card folder. Very good condition.
Barber had played for England in two Test matches, both against South Africa, in 1935. He was selected for the 1935/36 tour to Australia and New Zealand, which was essentially made up of up and coming young players, but was not selected for the full England side again.