Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 239
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £220
Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1898-1919. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Bosanquet standing full length in bowling pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Bosanquet. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Slight bumping and creasing to two corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.
Bosanquet is best known for perfecting the ‘googly’ delivery, an off break delivered with a leg break action. He played seven Test matches for England 1903-1905, and was a successful batsman, leading the first-class averages in 1908 including his best score of 214.