Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 34
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £75
Lord Harris, George Robert Canning Harris, Kent & England 1870-1911. Single page handwritten letter to a ‘Mr Bell’, written on Belmont, Faversham, headed note paper and dated ‘26th’ (year unknown). Lord Harris writes ‘You are very welcome to the remains of my old bat if Philip[?] has not thrown it away... If you so instruct him before taking it away I will sign it’. Nicely signed ‘Harris’. Light vertical fold and creasing, otherwise in good condition.
Lord Harris was a British colonial administrator and Governor of Bombay, best known for developing cricket administration via Marylebone Cricket Club. An English amateur cricketer, from 1870 to 1889, Lord Harris played for Kent and England, captaining both teams, including in the first Test match to be played in England, against Australia in 1880 at The Oval. He died in 1932.