Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Davidson Bros. Series 6136 c.1905. Early comical cricket postcards. Full set of six Edwardian postcards, each of colour cartoons of a humorous cricket scene illustrating a cricket phrase or saying from originals by the artist Rene Bull. Titles are ‘Well held, or a long slip’, ‘Batsman to Umpire, “No matter where I stand you say leg before”’, ‘Well fielded’, ‘Novice, “Which am I to catch, the bat or the ball?”’, ‘A Boundary’, and ‘Lost Ball. Five cards postally used with postmarks for 1905-1907, one with handwritten annotation to front. Minor foxing to the odd card, otherwise in good condition.