Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
21st, 22nd & 23rd March 2025
Lot 57
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £55
The Ashes. England v Australia 1926. Original folding menu for the ‘Complimentary Dinner given by the Director of H. and G. Simonds, Ltd., to A.P.F. Chapman, Captain of the England Eleven’, held at the Carlton Restaurant, London 18th August 1926. The menu signed to the front in pencil by Percy Chapman, also by Australians Bert Oldfield and in ink by Arthur Mailey. England had completed their victory over Australia at The Oval that day. Good/ very good condition.
Arthur Carr captained England in the first four Tests of the 1926 Ashes series, which were all drawn. He was replaced by Percy Chapman as Captain for the final Test, which England won by 289 runs to take the series 1-0 and regain The Ashes.