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

Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024

Australia tour to England 1926. Eleven original scorecards for tour matches played on the 1926 tour. Includes the rarer scorecard for the one day match v East of Scotland played at North Inch, Perth, 20th July, players listed at start of play, Australians won by six wickets. Others are for matches v Leicestershire, Aylestone Road, Leicester, 1st- 3rd May, players listed at start of play, match drawn. v Surrey, Kennington Oval, 8th- 11th May, typed scorecard with incomplete printed and handwritten scores, annotation in ink to top ‘Printed thus because of General Strike’, match drawn. v Hampshire, County Ground, Southampton, 12th- 14th May, incomplete handwritten scores in ink, Australians won by ten wickets. v M.C.C., Lord’s, 15th- 18th May, printed score at the fall of the first wicket, match drawn. v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, 19th- 21st May, incomplete printed and handwritten scores, match drawn. v Oxford University, Christ Church Ground, Oxford, 22nd- 25th May, incomplete printed scores, Australians won by an innings and 13 runs. v Middlesex, Lord’s, 29th May- 1st June, incomplete handwritten scores in pencil, match drawn. v Lancashire, Old Trafford, 19th- 22nd June, incomplete printed and handwritten scores, Australians won by an innings and 77 runs. v Surrey, Kennington Oval, 28th- 30th July, incomplete handwritten scores in pencil, match drawn. v Kent, St. Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, 25th- 27th August, players listed at start of play, match drawn. Some folds and faults, overall in generally good condition.

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