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

John Thomas Brown. Yorkshire & England 1889-1904. ‘A.E. Stoddart’s tour of Australia 1894/1895’. ‘Pilling & Briggs of Manchester ‘Lancashire Spring Handle’ cricket bat presented to Jack Brown for making the highest score in the tour match between eighteen of Ballarat and Stoddart’s team, the match played at Ballarat 5th-7th January 1895. Brown made 64 in the first innings and the match was drawn. The bat with silver metal shield to splice on the back of the bat is inscribed ‘Cricket. England v Ballarat. Presented to J.T. Brown. The highest scorer in the match by J.A. Chalk. 7-1-95’. The bat, which presumably was subsequently used by Brown, is aged, browned and darkened, lacking the rubber bat handle but still retains the majority of the threading to handle. Sold with a further ‘Royden. Flexible Handle’ branded cricket bat used by Brown during his career. The bat has a metal aluminium strip to the back with his name ‘J.T. Brown’ impressed to the metal. The bat has a vertical split to the blade, is darkened and aged, it retains mode of the rubber bat handle which is worn and faded. A historic pair of bats used by Brown, Yorkshire’s first great opening batsman. The two bats were purchased from the Brown family some years ago. Good condition