Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

Torquay Cricket Club 1891 onwards. A good selection of original and copy photographs and the odd postcard relating to cricket at Torquay. Includes an excellent original sepia photograph of the Crystal Place C.C. team taken for the tour match v Torquay 14th & 15th August 1891. The players are depicted seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, blazers and assorted headgear in front of the Torquay pavilion with distinctive wooden steps behind. The photograph by Cox & Durrant of Torquay is laid to official photographer’s mount and features first-class players D.L.A. Jephson (Cambridge University & Surrey 1890-1904), C.F. Tufnell (Kent 1878-1879), and S. Colman (Surrey 1882). 12”x10”. Also an original carte de visite photograph of the Torquay pavilion by H.J. Ward, 4.25”x2.5”. Small engraved image of a match in progress by Rock & Co., London, no. 2737, dated 15th April 1855. Copy photographs of the pavilion before and after the fire of 1906. Wartime postcards and photographs including two real photograph postcards of a charity match v R.A.F. 1940, and a further selection of photographs from the Torquay Cricket Festival 1958 featuring players including Reg Simpson, Ken Barrington, Bill Alley, Vic Jackson, Colin McCool, Hanif Mohammad, Frank Worrell etc., two signed by Alley. Good/ very good condition.