'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 91
Estimate: £180/250
Hammer: £480
Gloucestershire. Large card page taken from a scrapbook with title ‘Gloucester’ to top edge with the ink signatures of four Gloucestershire players on pieces and laid down to the page. The signatures are William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England 1865-1908, Edward Mills Grace. Gloucestershire, M.C.C. & England 1870-1896, Herbert Vivian Page. Gloucestershire, 1883-1895 and William Albert Woof. Gloucestershire 1878-1902. Minor age toning otherwise in good condition.
The two Grace brothers played in the very first Test match played in England against Australia in 1880.
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS
Lot 91
Estimate: £180/250
Hammer: £480
The two Grace brothers played in the very first Test match played in England against Australia in 1880.