'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 399
Estimate: £130/160
Hammer: £110
‘Kings of Cricket- Anecdotes and Reminiscences from 1858 to 1892’. Richard Daft. London 1893. Standard 8vo edition of the book with laid down letter from Daft to E.V. Lucas, whose library it came from, ownership monogram to front end paper. The letter dated October 1893 and presumably sent to Lucas in response to a letter from Lucas praising ‘Kings of Cricket’, as it states ‘It gives me great satisfaction to hear that my book has pleased you’. Nicely signed by Daft, it also thanks Lucas for ‘your delightful ‘Songs of the Bat’, written by Lucas. It seems that they gave each other copies of their books Minor wear to front internal hinge 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 399
Estimate: £130/160
Hammer: £110
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