Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024
Lot 498
Estimate: £60/90
Pakistan tour to England 1962. A good selection of over one hundred original mono press photographs from the 1962 tour including match action from the Test series and the tour matches v Duke of Norfolk’s XI at Arundel, v Essex, v M.C.C., and v Worcestershire, also a team photograph of the Pakistanis at Arundel, player portraits, travelling etc. Individual players featured include Javed Burki (Captain), Imtiaz Ahmed, Alim-ud-Din, Nasim-ul-Ghani, Shahid Mahmood, Antao D’Souza, Mahmood Hussain, Afaq Hussain, Mushtaq Mohammad, Mohammad Farooq, Hanif Mohammad, Munir Malik, Saeed Ahmed, Wallis Mathias, Haseed Ahsan, Ijaz Butt, Initikhab Alam etc. General views include the team’s arrival at Heathrow Airport, walking off the field in the opening match of the tour at Arundel, and captains, Javed Burki and Ted Dexter tossing for innings in the first Test at Edgbaston. Press agencies include Sport & General, P.A./ Reuter, Planet News, Keystone, Universal Pictorial, Central Press Photos, United Press, Daily Sketch etc. Various sizes, the majority 10”x8”. The odd photograph with press masking and other minor faults, otherwise in good condition.
England won the five match Test series 4-0 with one match drawn.