Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

‘The War of the Roses 1849-1949. A Dinner to mark the Centenary of Yorkshire- Lancashire County Cricket Matches’. Eight page brochure produced to accompany the menu for the dinner held at the Grand Hotel, Sheffield, 7th October 1949. The front cover with printed titles and central emblem of a cricket bat with entwined red and white roses to front, white ribbon tie. Internal pages with printed pencil sketches of notable players and historical notes. Very nicely signed in ink to the front cover by Len Hutton. Printed by The Times Printing Co., Mexborough. The menu measures 8.5”x11”. Slipped in is a newspaper cutting reporting on the history and future of cricket at Fartown, Huddersfield. Minor soiling to covers, otherwise in good condition