Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
4th, 5th & 6th July 2025
Lot 1133
Estimate: £150/250
England v South Africa 1924. Large official original mono photograph of the England team who played South Africa in the first Test, played at Edgbaston 14th- 17th June 1924, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers. Players featured include Gilligan (Captain), Hobbs, Woolley, Fender, Sutcliffe, Chapman, Tate, Hendren, Kilner etc. The photograph measures 14”x10.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 20”x15”. Photograph by ‘H.J. Whitlock & Sons Ltd of Birmingham’. Minor fading to photograph edges, otherwise an excellent image in very good condition.
England won the Test by an innings and 18 runs and the series by three Tests to nil with two Tests drawn. South Africa, all out for 30 in the first innings, equalled their own record for the lowest Test score set in 1895/96.