Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
21st, 22nd & 23rd March 2025
Lot 65
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £100
‘Dinner to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Eton v Harrow match of 1900’. Official four page folding menu for the dinner held in London, 13th July 1950, during the match played at Lord’s, 13th & 14th July 1950. The menu with titles to front, copy of the 1900 match scorecard and menu to inner pages. The menu signed in blue ink to inner pages by eleven attendees including ten of the players who took part in the 1900 match. The signatures are H.K. Longman, E.W. Mann, D.J. Cassavetti, H.S. Kaye, E.G. Whatley, C.E. Lambert, A. Buxton, Hon G.W. Lyttelton, J. Wormald, and Lord Dalmeny (now Earl of Rosebery). Additionally signed by P.F. Warner who did not play in the 1900 match. E.G. Whatley took eight wickets in the 1900 match. A rarely seen menu. Very good condition.