Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 94
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £55
Early cricket signatures 1803-1839. A selection of eight free front envelopes, each signed by the correspondent. Signatures are Sir John Shelley, Brighton, M.C.C. etc., 1792-1795, signed ‘J. Shelley’ (faded) 1803. Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquis of Hertford, Surrey 1799 (2 matches), signed ‘Hertford’ 1824. Henry Cecil Lowther. M.C.C., Surrey, Hampshire, England etc. 1819-1843, signed ‘H. Lowther’ 1826[?]. Brownlow Brownlow-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, 1 first-class match for W. Ward’s XI 1817, signed ‘Exeter’ 1830. Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan, M.C.C., England etc. 1790-1793, signed ‘Cardigan’ 1833. Paul Methuen, M.C.C. 1816 (1 match), signed ‘Paul Methuen’ 1837. Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville, M.C.C., Gentlemen 1819-1827, signed ‘C. Greville’ 1838. William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St. Albans, Hampshire 1817 (1 match), signed ‘St. Albans’ 1839. Some wear and adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.


