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

England v Australia. Centenary Test Match. Melbourne, 12th-17th March 1977. ‘The Northern Grandstand, Melbourne Cricket Ground 1877. Built 1876. Destroyed by fire 1884’’ by artist D. Watson. The large mono print of the Northern Grandstand is signed to the image by just under one hundred Test cricketers who attended the celebrations. The signatures of Australian and England, all in ink, include H.H. Alexander, Archer, Badcock, Benaud, Chappell, Chipperfield, Darling, Davidson, Ebeling, Gleeson, Grimmett, Grout, Harvey, Hookes, Johnston, Lawry, Lindwall, Marsh, Morris, O’Reilly, Ryder, Stackpole, Simpson, Thomson, Vievers, Walker etc of Australia. England signatures include Ames, Appleyard, Bailey, Bowes, Boycott, F.R. Brown, Bedser, Close, Compton, Denness, Dexter, J. Edrich, W. Edrich, Evans, Fender, Hutton, Ikin, Larwood, Loader, Lock, May, Old, Paynter, Pullar, Shuttleworth, Statham, Steele, Trueman, Tyson, Voce, Washbrook, Willis, Wright, Yardley etc. The signatures were collected by Geoff Boycott during the Test Match. He has signed the back of the print with details. G/VG