'Close of Play'
Catalogue for the auction of items from the cricket collection of Chris Saunders
Held on Saturday 13th September 2025 at
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS
Lot 78
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £70
Richard Daft. Nottinghamshire 1858-1891. Single page note written in ink on small stiff card from Daft to the dealer and collector, Alfred Gaston. Dated 19th January 1899, Daft states ‘I regret to say that I have no cricket prints or annuals to dispose of... I was very sorry to hear of poor Mr. Padwick’s death’. Signed ‘Yours faithfully, Rich Daft’. Adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.
Richard Daft was one of the finest batsmen of his day, playing 254 matches for Nottinghamshire scoring 9788 runs at an average of 25.42. He wrote ‘Kings of Cricket- Anecdotes and Reminiscences from 1858 to 1892’ the year after he retired, which was published in 1893. By 1900 his health had deteriorated and he died bankrupt.
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS
Lot 78
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £70
Richard Daft was one of the finest batsmen of his day, playing 254 matches for Nottinghamshire scoring 9788 runs at an average of 25.42. He wrote ‘Kings of Cricket- Anecdotes and Reminiscences from 1858 to 1892’ the year after he retired, which was published in 1893. By 1900 his health had deteriorated and he died bankrupt.