Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026

Alfred Lyttelton. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1876-1887. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Lyttelton, head and shoulders in formal attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Alfred Lyttelton’. Printed title to lower margin ‘Rt. Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, M.P., Colonial Secretary’. J. Beagles & Co., series no. 542F. Annotation to verso in ink ‘E. Haskell Esq.’, otherwise postally unused. Some silvering, otherwise in good/ very good condition.
Lyttelton appeared in four Test matches for England including the first to be played in England, in 1880. He also played football for England and for Old Etonians in the 1876 F.A. Cup Final. He was the first ‘Double’ International player at football and cricket. Lawyer, Statesman and Colonial Secretary 1903-1905, he served as M.P. for Warwick from 1895 to 1906.

Back to top