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

All India tour to England 1932. Nine official scorecards including the inaugural Test match between England and India. Includes the rarer scorecard for the opening match of the tour, ‘All India XI v Pelsham (Mr T. Gilbert Scott’s XI)’, played at Pelsham, Peasmarsh (East Sussex), 29th & 30th April, incomplete printed and handwritten scores, Indians scored 132 & 104, Gilbert Scott’s XI 157 & 52/5, match drawn. Others are v Lancashire, Aigburth, Liverpool, 11th- 14th June, incomplete printed scores, Indians 493 (C.K. Nayudu 125, Amar Singh 131no) & 36/2, Lancashire 399 (Eddie Paynter 153), match drawn. England v All India, only Test match, Lord’s, 25th- 28th June, incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil, England 259 (Jardine 79, Nissar 5/93) & 275 (Jardine 85no), India 189 & 187, England won by 158 runs. v Middlesex, Lord’s. 20th- 22nd July, complete printed and handwritten scores in pencil, Indians 409 (Jaoomal 164no, Nayudu 101) & 14/2, Middlesex 253 & 292, match drawn. v Surrey, Kennington Oval, 13th- 16th August, incomplete printed and handwritten scores in pencil, Surrey 387/9 dec. (Ted Whitfield 101no) & 322/8 dec., Indians 204 & 322/8 dec. (Nazir Ali 84, Wazir Ali 82), match drawn. v Kent, Canterbury, 24th- 26th August, incomplete printed scores, Kent 295 (Chapman 96) & 154, Indians 270 (Nayudu 99) & 121 (Tich Freeman 6/69), Kent won by 58 runs. v Sir Julian Cahn’s XI, West Bridgford, 27th & 29th August, complete printed scores, Indians 152 & 164, Cahn’s XI 342 (New man 97, Amar Singh 6/107), Cahn’s XI won by an innings and 26 runs. v An England XI, Folkestone, 3rd- 6th September, incomplete handwritten scores in ink, England XI 282/5 dec. (Ames 105no), Indians 165 & 77, England XI won by an innnings and 40 runs. v H.D.G. Leveson-Gower’s XI, Scarborough, 7th- 9th September, incomplete printed and handwritten scores, Gower’s XI 305/5 dec. (Sutcliffe 106) & 99/0, Indians 280 (Amar Singh 107), match drawn. Odd folds, otherwise in good condition.