Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 445
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £60
Cricket belt buckle. Uppingham School cricket. Rare cricketer’s belt buckle. The brass /gilded metal buckle of rectangular outline with squared corners depicting to centre the founder of the school, Archdeacon Robert Johnson of the Diocese of Peterborough, with attendant pupils and the school motto to surround ‘In Oakham et Uppingham in Com.Ruti. Sic Com Gubern Scholar et Hospiciorum’. c1870-1880’s. The buckle measure approximately 2.5”x2.25”. Good/very good condition
Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school situated in the small market town of Uppingham in Rutland, England. The school was founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, the Archdeacon of Leicester who also established Oakham School