Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024
Lot 718
Estimate: £40/60
‘The Tests of 1930. The 17th Australian Team in England’. P.G.H. Fender. First edition, London 1930. Original publisher’s red cloth, gilt title to spine, top page edges green. Signed with dedication in black ink to title page, ‘To “George” [Duckworth?] with every good wish from Percy G.H. Fender. Jan 12th 1932’. per D.R.J.’. Minor soiling to spine, slight breaking to front internal hinge, otherwise in good/ very good condition.
The reference in the dedication to ‘D.R.J.’ could be Douglas Jardine who captained England on the infamous ‘Bodyline’ tour to Australia 1932/33. George Duckworth was a member of that same tour.