Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 324
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £340
Khurshid Ahmed. Pakistan 1952/53. Large photograph album containing many photographs covering his short first class cricket career and his time in England as a club professional. The photographs include a studio shot of Ahmed in Pakistan blazer, an original photograph of the India and Pakistan teams at Eden Gardens for the historic first Test between the two countries in 1952, signed small head and shoulders photographs of players from the tour including Kardar (Cpt), Nazar Mohammad, Hanif Mohammad, Zulfiqar Ahmed, Israr Ali, Khurshid Ahmed, Amir Elahi, Rusi Dinshaw, Mahmood Hussain, Khalid Ibadulla, Nazar Mohammad, nearly all dedicated to Ahmed and dated 1952. There are also photographs of groups of players, dinners and events held in their honour, team and joint team photographs etc. Further photographs signed by Vijay Merchant, Nisar of India etc. Also photographs of life in England, both as an accountant and cricketers playing for Leek Cricket Club and others, his Pakistan and English driving licences, invitations to receptions from the tour of India 1952 etc. Comprehensive coverage of his brief cricket career. Various sized photographs throughout. Good condition
A wicketkeeper-batsman, Khurshid ‘Charlie’ Ahmed toured England with Pakistan Eaglets in 1952. He was selected as the reserve wicketkeeper for Pakistan’s first Test tour, to India in 1952-53, but played in only four of the 12 first-class matches and none of the Tests. On the tour he scored a century in his first first-class match, against Central Zone. He opened the batting in the second innings, and after the first three wickets had fallen for 18 he added 189 for the fourth wicket with his captain, Abdul Kardar, and finished with 101 in 137 minutes. He played one first-class match soon after the tour, then disappeared from the first-class game while still in his teens to work as an accountant and play club cricket as a professional in England arriving in 1954. The Pakistan national cricket team toured the Republic of India in the 1952–53 season, playing five Tests. The First Test was the first-ever Test for Pakistan after its inception and the second match resulted in Pakistan’s first Test victory. India won the series 2–1 with two Tests being drawn.