Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024
Lot 529
Estimate: £40/60
Harold Geoffrey Owen ‘Tuppy’ Owen-Smith. Western Province, Oxford University, Middlesex & South Africa 1927-1950. Mono candid photograph of Owen-Smith walking off the field with Sandy Bell having just been dismissed for 129 in South Africa’s second innings at Headingley during the 3rd Test, England v South Africa, 13th- 16th July 1929. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Owen-Smith and dated ‘July 16th’. 2.5”x4.25”. Sold with two small candid photographs taken at Scarborough during the match C.I. Thornton’s XI v M.C.C., September 1928, including Duleepsinhji, Thornton and F.W. Gilligan. Both measure 3.25”x2.5”. All three laid down to trimmed brown album pages. Ex J.W. Goldman collection. Some adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. Qty 3.
England beat South Africa in the 3rd Test by five wickets. Owen-Smith’s 129 was the top individual score of the match.