Knight's Sporting Auctions Auction of Cricket, Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, Football and Sporting Memorabilia - 3 Day Auction (#2) 09/07/2021 10:30 AM BST Closed Starts Ending 09/07/2021 10:30 AM BST Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 31-40 of 1708. Previous|12345678...171|Next Lot #31 George Duckworth. Lancashire & England 1923-1938. Single page handwritten letter to 'Dear Fred' dated 18th July 1946. Writing from Moore Old Hall, Warrington, Duckworth lists the names of twenty players for a match to be played on 'July 31'. Names include C. Pepper, Constantine, Martindale, Achong, Hallows etc. No record of this match can be found. Nicely signed by Duckworth. Horizontal folds, light foxing, pin holes to one corner, otherwise in good condition - cricket View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #32 H.D.G. Leveson Gower. Oxford University, Surrey & England 1893-1920. Two page handwritten letter in ink from Leveson Gower dated 22nd December 1947 who is writing in reply to a request for his autograph. He also refers to a newspaper article written by F.S. Jackson, who had died earlier that year, on the Australian cricketers, Joe Darling and Clem Hill. Nicely signed by Leveson Gower. The letter is laid down to one corner to a slightly larger page. Light folds, otherwise in good condition - cric View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #33 Francis Thomas 'Frank' Mann. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1909-1931. Two page letter from Mann to a 'Mrs Allen' dated 4th October 1944. Mann is replying to a request for a signed photograph, apparently taken by the correspondent. 'I think the photo looks as if I had just made my usual "0"' and, in a postscript states, 'My wife is very taken with the photo, how did you manage it?'. He closes by hoping that County Cricket will return in 1945. Nicely signed 'Frank T. Mann'. Horizontal View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #34 David Charles Humphrey Townsend. Oxford University & England 1933-1935. Single page handwritten letter from Townsend to a school boy, dated 6th June 1953. Writing from his address in County Durham, Townsend is replying to an enquiry regarding the address of his uncle, 'Mr. A.F.M. Townsend', which is not known to him. 'You can probably get him through his County'. Light folds, otherwise in very good condition - cricket View details Estimates£30 - £50StatusUnsold Lot #35 Leonard 'Len' Hutton. Yorkshire & England 1934-1955. Two handwritten letters from Hutton. One, a two page letter dated 5th November 1953 is in reply to a request for a signed photograph and apologies for the lack of time to organise a function for a cricket club due to the impending departure for the tour, 'We leave for the West Indies on Dec 12th'. Signed 'Len Hutton' In the second letter to a 'Mr. Purdy', three pages dated 21st March 1985, Hutton bemoans 'the bitterly cold weather... I find sh View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #36 Alfred Powell Rawlins Hawtin. Northamptonshire 1908-1930. Single page handwritten letter in ink from Hawtin to J.D. Coldham, dated 14th November 1957. Hawtin is writing to congratulate Coldham on articles written on the history of Northamptonshire cricket, 'They record our history for the interest & pleasure of present and future readers'. Signed 'A.P.R. Hawtin'. Light folds, otherwise in very good condition - cricket View details Estimates£30 - £50StatusUnsold Lot #37 Cricket correspondence 1980s-1990s. Brown file comprising an interesting selection of over forty original signed letters filed with names 'A-D', the majority addressed to Derek Parker in his capacity as a cricket consultant and agent, a good number relating to overseas and Club cricketers from West Indies, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and India. Subjects relate to players seeking employment as professionals, coaching opportunities, contracts etc. Notable correspondents include Carlisle Best, View details Estimates£80 - £120Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #38 Walter Reginald 'Wally' Hammond. Gloucestershire & England, 1920-1951. Four page hand written letter to 'Kitty [Hall]', a lady friend in Folkestone. Hammond apologises for not writing sooner, 'but I have been so busy trying to get my things ready for the West Indies'. The remainder covers mainly social activities including attending a dance, taking his mother to town etc. Nicely signed 'Wally'. The letter undated, but accompanying envelope postmarked 5th November 1925. G/VG - cricket View details Estimates£100 - £150Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #39 Walter Reginald 'Wally' Hammond. Gloucestershire & England, 1920-1951. Interesting three page hand written letter to 'Kitty [Hall]', a lady friend in Folkestone. Written shortly before his departure for the 1925/26 M.C.C. tour to West Indies, Hammond writes, 'The Worst has happened. I have properly got the wind up because I am worrying about being able to go to the West Indies. I have been and got an electric shock through my ring and hurt my hand and it has turned to blood poisoning and the doc View details Estimates£100 - £150Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #40 Henry Perkins. Interesting three page printed form/circular sent out to all cricketers in December 1887 asking them to complete, 'for the purpose of inserting [the information] in the "Large Cricket Work" now publishing, entitled 'A. Haygarth's Collection of Scores and Biographies from 1855' and return to him. 'It is intended not only to give the full scores of important matches since that time, but also to insert the biography of every player of note (including Gentlemen) engaged in important m View details Estimates£150 - £250StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...171|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171 Next
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