Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
31st October, 1st & 2nd November 2025
Lot 228
Estimate: £60/90
England 1947. Large sheet of ‘ledger’ size paper (9.5”x15.5”) very nicely signed by the England team who played South Africa in the 5th Test at the Oval on 16th-20th August 1947, title in ink to the top border. Twelve ink signatures including Yardley (Cpt), Cranston, Hutton, Compton, Robertson, Copson, Wright, Evans, Washbrook, Gladwin etc. A beautifully signed sheet of signatures with gilt to page edges
In Compton’s glorious summer of 1947 he made 53 and 113 in the fifth Test


