Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 478
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £100
‘Cricket’. Fred C. Holland ‘Surrey County Eleven’. All-England Series, George Bell, London 1904. Original decorative red cloth. Nicely signed ‘Fred Holland’ in black ink below the frontispiece image of Holland in batting pose. Tipped in to the front endpaper is a folded sheet containing a two page handwritten letter from Holland on his business letterhead in Oundle where he was ‘Coach to Oundle School’, dated 16th August 1912, to a Mr. Hopkinson. Holland states, ‘I am more than pleased that your are seriously thinking of taking up the game again’ and offers his advice on batsmanship and a copy of the book, ‘and trust it will prove useful’. Nicely signed ‘Fred Holland’. Padwick 439. Some fading to the spine, otherwise in good/ very good condition.
Frederick Charles Holland played 284 first-class matches for Surrey 1894-1908. ‘Mr. Hopkinson’ may refer to Hugh Hopkinson who played for Oundle School in 1909. Two ‘Cricket’ titles were published in the All-England series, the other being by Rev. E Lyttelton (seven editions 1890-1922). This version was less successful with only one edition published, and therefore more difficult to acquire.