Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Cricket cigarette case. Silver oblong cigarette case presented by ‘Ellesmere C.C. Batting Award. J.T. Shipman 1911’. The case hallmarked ‘Birmingham 1901’. Sold with a small newspaper cutting referring to Joe Shipman of Ellesmere C.C. taking eight wickets for one and winning a bat as ‘performance of the week’. Ellesmere is a town in Shropshire