Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024
Lot 447
Estimate: £50/80
Sydney Francis Barnes, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, England & Wales 1894-1930. A pair of commemorative side plates with colour transfer printed vignette of Barnes wearing cap, stood at the wicket with ball in his hand and in bowling pose next to the wicket to centre, with inscription ‘Syd. F. Barnes-Famous International Bowler’. Both plates with ribbed outer border. 7.25” diameter. Minor wear, staining to edge and some firing marks otherwise both in good condition. Qty 2
The plates were produced to commemorate Barnes taking six wickets for 24 runs for England v Australia in Australia 1908’.