'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 87
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £1200
Thomas (Tom) Emmett, Yorkshire & England, 1866-1888. Excellent ink signature of Emmett on paper piece laid down to larger white card with handwritten biography. Sold with a sepia copy photograph of the player.
Tom Emmett played for England in seven Test matches on the 1876/7, 1878/9 and 1881/2 tours to Australia. He played 298 matches for Yorkshire, Captaining the side 1878-82 and also played for Northamptonshire, pre first-class in 1870
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS
Lot 87
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £1200
Tom Emmett played for England in seven Test matches on the 1876/7, 1878/9 and 1881/2 tours to Australia. He played 298 matches for Yorkshire, Captaining the side 1878-82 and also played for Northamptonshire, pre first-class in 1870