'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 433
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £110
‘The Crickinia Indian Cricketers’ Annual 1939-40. First issue. Edited by Muni Lal. Lahore. Bound in original boards with title printed to top border, original decorative paper wrappers. The book signed to the ‘Five Cricketers of the Year’ photographic plate on page 59 by Merchant and Amar Nath. A letter from the Editor, Muni Lal to D.G. Crampton, dated May 1945 accompanies the book. Lal gives a synopsis of the principal contents in the 1939/40 issue and comments ‘This is the most exhaustive volume on Indian cricket ever attempted’. Signed by Lal. Some breaking to internal hinges otherwise in good condition
The Annual ran from 1939-40 to 1944-45. Muni Lal played first class cricket for Southern Punjab and Northern India and edited The Crickinia from 1939-44. He and his wife were murdered in their home by intruders in 1990. His nephew, Arun Lal played for India in the 1980s
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS
Lot 433
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £110
The Annual ran from 1939-40 to 1944-45. Muni Lal played first class cricket for Southern Punjab and Northern India and edited The Crickinia from 1939-44. He and his wife were murdered in their home by intruders in 1990. His nephew, Arun Lal played for India in the 1980s