Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 59
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £200
Albert Neilson ‘Monkey’ Hornby. Lancashire & England 1867-1899. Two page handwritten note in ink on ‘Parkfield, Nantwich, Cheshire’ headed paper from Hornby to ‘Dear Alice’, undated. Hornby writes ‘I am very sorry but I have given my tickets away, or else you could have had them. You had better write to Henry Perkins [Secretary of M.C.C. 1876-1898]... who I think will be able to let you have some. Use my name’. Nicely signed ‘A.N. Hornby’. Light fold. Very good condition.
Monkey Hornby was an opening batsman, a bowler who bowled both right and left handed, and an excellent cover fielder. He played for England in three Test matches 1878/9 to 1884, captained Lancashire 1880-1893, and was President 1894-1916. Hornby, also a noted rugby union player, was capped nine times for England.