Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 436
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £120
Benjamin Caine Hollioake. Surrey & England 1996 to 2001. England ‘A’ navy blue touring blazer, by James Barry, worn by Hollioake during his playing career. The blazer with embroidered red England emblem of three lions and coronet to chest pocket. Very good condition. To chest pocket there is a Emirates boarding pass in the name of B. Hollioake for flight EK418 and dated 11th January. The blazer was obtained by the previous vendor direct from the Hollioake family
Tragically, Ben Hollioake died at the age of 24 years when he when he crashed his car into a wall in Perth in Western Australia. His death at the age of 24 years and 32 days was the youngest of any England Test cricketer