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

Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
21st, 22nd & 23rd March 2025

Lot 951
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £85
‘Kricket Karicatures from the Evening News by Rip. Season 1896’. Roland Pretty Hill. Published by The Evening News Ltd. 1896. W.G. Grace image to front wrapper. 16pp of caricatures with subjects including ‘”W.G.” Batting’, ‘”W.G.” Fielding’, ‘Johnny on the Job’, ‘Australians at Play’, ‘Ten Little Trotts’, ‘Ranji’ etc. The centre pages depict the England and Australian teams in silhouette with players’ names annotated in pencil, and a later page of ‘The Surrey Eleven’ similarly annotated. Bound in later cloth boards, gilt title to front, original decorative paper wrappers retained. Padwick 7019. Vertical crease, minor age toning and light creasing, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare.

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