Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Lord’s and The Oval wartime and 1940s scorecards. A good selection of forty one scorecards from the collection of Alan Curtis, English actor and Lord’s cricket announcer, all (with two exceptions) for matches played at Lord’s and The Oval covering internationals, county and representative matches. Lord’s wartime scorecards include England v Australia 29th May 1944, 19th- 22nd May 1945, 14th July 1945 and 6th- 8th August 1945, v Dominions 25th- 28th August 1945, Oxford v Cambridge 23rd June 1945, Army v R.A.F. 28th July 1945, and Navy v Army 18th August 1945. India Test and tour matches 1946, v England, v Middlesex, v M.C.C. at Lord’s, v England, v Surrey at The Oval, South Africa tour and Test matches 1947, England v South Africa at Lord’s and The Oval, England v Australia, Lord’s, also Surrey v South Africans, The Oval. New Zealand tour match v Surrey, The Oval 1949. Also two Festival Week scorecards, Reigate Priory v M.C.C., Reigate Cricket Week, 1947. Surrey v Cambridge University, Guildford Festival Week 1947. All scorecards with printed and/ or handwritten scores. Some faults including adhesive marks to verso, overall in good condition.