Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
4th, 5th & 6th July 2025
Lot 346
Estimate: £80/120
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. World XI Team international sleeveless sweater worn by Taylor whilst playing for the World XI in Australia in 1971/72. The sweater, by Jaeger’, with world XI light blue trimming to waist and chest. Odd minor wear otherwise in good condition. A rare sweater from the tour, not often seen
A World XI cricket team, which was a multi national captained by Gary Sobers, toured Australia in the 1971–72 season. It replaced the proposed Test tour by South Africa which the Australian Cricket Board had cancelled in 1971 following sustained political and moral pressures. The World XI won the series by two Tests to one