View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 1653. Previous|12345678...17|Next Image Lot # Item Title Time Left Your Bids 1 Australian tour of England 1926. Official invitation to W.P. Howell to attend a 'Garden Party at Government House, Newlands on the 10th Nov'. With gold embossed crest to top of invitation card. Minor foxing, otherwise in good condition - cricket Estimates£60 - £90StatusUnsold View details 2 Australian tour of England 1926. Large rare single card menu for the Dinner held on the 1st October 1926 on board the Canadian Pacific 'S.S. Montrose', the ship which took the Australian team from Liverpool on its journey to Quebec. The menu with caricatures of the Australian team to front by artist F. Gardener and to verso names of the Australian touring party and results of the tour in England. Some age toning and minor creasing otherwise in good condition. A rare item from the tour - cricket Estimates£100 - £150Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 3 M.C.C. tour to Australia and New Zealand 1928/29. Official menu 'To Wish Bon Voyage to the Members of the M.C.C. English Team. Luncheon given by Mr Donald Mackinnon, Members Pavilion, Melbourne Cricket Ground, held on the 6th March 1929. The front cover with printed caricature drawings by the artist Wells of each member of the team plus to centre a larger caricature image of a battered and bruised kangaroo raising a toast to a lion seated at the dining table, the kangaroo stating 'We don't want Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 4 'Welcome Home Luncheon tendered by the South Australian Cricket Association to the 1930 Australian XI'. Official menu for the Luncheon held at the Adelaide Oval on the 1st November 1930. The menu with titles and South Australian emblem and colours to front cover, menu and toast list to centre pages and autograph page to verso. Small loss to spine, otherwise in good condition - cricket Estimates£60 - £90Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 5 'Bodyline'. England v Australia. First Test, Sydney 2nd- 7th December 1932. A selection of original and complete Australian newspapers including issues of the Sydney Morning Herald 21st November 1932, and The Daily Telegraph [Sydney] 22nd & 23rd November 1932, covering the drawn tour match, Australian XI v M.C.C. at Melbourne, 18th- 22nd November 1932, with reports including 'Larwood bowls with great speed', and the selection of the Australian team for the forthcoming first Test. Also six is Estimates£140 - £180Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 6 'Bodyline'. England v Australia. Second Test, Melbourne 30th December 1932- 3rd January 1933. A selection of original and complete issues of the 'The Argus' (Melbourne) dated 30th, 31st December 1932, 2nd, 3rd & 4th January 1933 with coverage of the second Test at Melbourne, which Australia won by 111 runs. Anticipation on the morning of the first day's play centred around the uncertainty of the appointment of the Australian captain and vice-captain, the selection of the team, and who best t Estimates£250 - £350Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 7 'Bodyline'. England v Australia. Third Test, Adelaide 14th- 19th January 1933. A selection of original and complete issues of 'The Daily Telegraph' (Sydney) dated 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th January and 'The Herald' (Melbourne) for 16th, 19th and 20th January 1933 with coverage of the third Test at Adelaide Oval, which England won by 338 runs. The morning issue of The Daily Telegraph of 13th January leads with front page speculation of the probable teams prior to the start of play on Estimates£250 - £350Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 8 'Bodyline'. England v Australia. Fourth Test, Brisbane 10th- 16th February 1933. A selection of original and complete issues of 'The Brisbane Courier' for 10th, 11th, 13th-17th February 1933 with coverage of the fourth Test at Brisbane, which England won by six wickets. The issue for 10th February features extensive coverage on the morning of the start of the fourth Test. With England ahead in the series 2-1, victory would seal regain the 'Ashes'. Reporting on 11th February, following the first Estimates£150 - £250Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 9 'Bodyline'. England v Australia. Fifth Test, Sydney 23rd- 28th February 1933. A selection of original and complete issues of 'The Daily Telegraph' (Sydney) for 23rd-25th, 27th, 28th, February and 1st March 1933 with coverage of the fifth Test at Sydney, which England won by eight wickets. The issue of 23rd February leads with a discussion of the likely teams for the final Test, with Don Bradman due to make his first Test appearance at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The following day's report on the Estimates£150 - £250Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 10 'Bodyline'. England v Australia. 1932/1933. A selection of original and complete issues of 'The Daily Telegraph' (Sydney) 21st, 23rd-28th, 30th, 31st January, 1st-4th, and 7th-9th February 1933. Each edition features reports on the ongoing controversy of the 'leg theory' or 'bodyline' bowling tactics used by the England bowlers, Larwood and Voce, under the captaincy of Douglas Jardine, leading to the Australian Board of Control making a formal complaint to the M.C.C. Following England's 338 win Estimates£250 - £350Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 11 England v Australia 1934. Large rare official 'Complimentary' card match ticket for the 3rd Test match played at Old Trafford, Manchester on Friday 6th July 1934. G/VG - cricket<br><br>The match was drawn, McCabe top scored for the Australians with 137, Hendren 132 and Leyland 153 for England. O'Reilly took 7-189 in the England first innings Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 12 Australian tour of England 1934. Original advertising laundry sheet featuring head and shoulders images of the sixteen members of the Australian touring party. Title 'Australia's Cricket Test Team. Well laundered sportswear gives confidence. Send us your cricket & tennis flannels & ladies sports frocks'. Players featured include Woodfull, Bradman, Ponsford, Grimmett, McCabe, Kippax, Oldfield, Barnett, Darling, Ebeling etc. Very good condition - cricket Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 13 'An Ideal Cricket Eleven Series'. Stamina Trousers trade issue ink blotter No. 6 Hugh Trumble (Victoria 1867-1938). The blotter features a portrait of Trumble with biography and advertising below. 3.75"x8". Excellent condition - cricket Estimates£30 - £50StatusUnsold View details 14 England tour of Australia 1954-1955. The Savings Bank of South Australia advertising ink blotter, unused. To one side is a pink ink blotter, to face printed pictures of the 'English Cricketers 1954-1955- Don't be caught at "Silly Point"- for a good "score" save regularly at The Savings Bank of South Australia'. 8.75"x3.75". VG - cricket Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 15 M.C.C. tour to Australia 1920/21. Original commemorative silk theatre handbill for the production of 'Chu Chin Chow' at the Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, Saturday 1st January 1921, attended by the Australian and English cricketers on the evening following the second day's play of the second Test. 7.5"x13.5". Some red staining, creasing, tears to centre vertical fold, otherwise in good condition - cricket Estimates£50 - £80StatusUnsold View details 16 The Ashes. England v Australia 1930. 'Australia Regains the Ashes. Record of the 1930 Cricket Test Matches'. Advertising card produced by 'ETA' Peanut Butter comprising a mono image of the Australian team, results of the Tests, players' averages and advertisement. 12.5"x10". Some creasing, nicks and small loss to one corner, otherwise in good condition. Sold with the front cover of 'The Australian Team of 1899' pre-tour brochure by J.N. Pentelow. Loss and tears to all edges, only fair Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 17 Don Bradman 1930. Rare and original 78 rpm vinyl 'Columbia Gramophone Co' record with recording by Bradman entitled 'How It's Done- A Friendly Chat by Don Bradman (Australian Cricket XI. 1930)' and two piano solos 'Old Fashioned Locket' and 'Old Bungalow of Dreams' both by Don Bradman. In card sleeve. G - cricket Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 18 England v South Africa, The Kennington Oval 1924. Pair of rare official 'complimentary' match tickets for the second day and third days play in the Test played on the 18th and 19th August 1924. The second day ticket in green and the third day in red, both with black lettering. R.C.N. Palairet was the Secretary, printed to lower border. Approx 4.25"x2.5". Good/very good condition - cricket Estimates£25 - £35Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 19 Churchman's cigarettes. 'Cricket Fixtures 1929'. Small 16pp booklet with decorative colour wrappers comprising fixtures for the County Championship and South African tour 1929, and colour illustrations of County caps and emblems. Tape repair to split spine - cricket Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 20 Cricket match tickets 1949-1999. A large and varied selection of over 150 official match tickets, ground passes, car parking permits etc. mainly from the 1970s onwards, some earlier. Tickets cover Benson & Hedges and Gillette Cup Finals, Test, one day international and tour matches, World Cup etc. The majority for Lord's and The Oval, also Old Trafford, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Headingley, Trent Bridge, Scarborough etc. G - cricket Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 21 Cricket fixture cards 1960s-2000s. Box comprising a large selection of fixtures cards issued by Counties, sponsors and others, covering Test, county, universities, and some minor counties, fixtures. Sponsor issued cards include Cornhill, npower, Frizzell, ECB, The Times, John Player etc. Sold with a selection of fifteen booklets for overseas club tours 1970-1994. G/VG - cricket Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 22 Club fixture and membership cards 1930s-1990s. A large selection of approx. two hundred club membership and fixture cards, mainly 1960s onwards. Earlier examples include Groves and Whitnall's Athletic Club 1930, Clevedon C.C. 1949, Slough Cricket & Bowles Club 1957, also I Zingari, Wombwell, etc. G - cricket Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 23 Cricket menus 1962-2002. A large selection of over ninety original menus for Society dinners, touring parties, anniversaries, Test matches, Cup Finals etc. given by The Cricket Society, Northern Cricket Society, London Schools Cricket Association, M.C.C., T.C.C.B. etc. Duplication of some menus. G - cricket Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 24 Cricket orders of service. Three original orders of service of thanksgiving. Christopher Martin-Jenkins, St. Paul's Cathedral, 16th April 2013. Tom Graveney, Worcester Cathedral, 29th April 2016. Doug Insole, St. John's Wood, 23rd February 2018. Also an official order of service for the centenary of the death of W.G. Grace, Beckenham, 23rd October 2015, with accompanying anthology by Derek Carpenter. Qty 5. VG - cricket Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 25 Cotterell & Co., Dale End, Birmingham catalogues 1930s. Two original catalogues of cricket books for sale. 'A Special Collection of Cricket Books only just on the market', May 1931. Eleven loose pages with original green wrappers, preserved in modern green slipcase. Listings include Ashley-Cooper rarities, and 'The Log of a Trip in the Earl of Sheffield's Yacht "Heloise" to Torquay and Back'. A cutting of an advertisement from the Cricketer Annual of 1931/32 describes the collectio Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 26 Epworth Secondhand Books, City Road, London c.1965. A four page typed catalogue on official foolscap Epworth Secondhand Books letterhead, listing 77 new and secondhand books and pamphlets on cricket. Includes a listing for E.W. Swanton's 'World of Cricket' at a pre-publication price of £6-6-0d, the book was published in January 1966. Preserved in a modern beige cloth slipcase with the bookplate of A.E. Winder to inside front cover. G/VG - cricket<br><br>Epworth sold his stock to E.K. Brown Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 27 'Catalogue of Cricket Literature Collected by E.L. Fletcher'. An alphabetically indexed book listing Fletcher's collection, written in his own hand in different coloured inks, with title annotated in ink to first page and 'Commenced 1900'. Original green cloth with gilt title to front 'Where Is It?'. The book appears to have been expertly repaired with replacement spine. The listing includes Wisden Almanacks, lacking only six early years. His collecting appears to cease in 1953. Sold with an und Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 28 C.I.S. Wallace Catalogue of Cricket Literature. Catalogue listing the 1,580 titles comprising Wallace's collection, written in ink in his own neat hand. On the title page Wallace has written in ink '1946', which has been replaced with '1950' and again in pencil with 1960. Wallace's name and address in Orpington, Kent, written in ink to the inside front cover, with the bookplate of A.E. Winder who acquired the book from E.K. Brown in 1980. Bound in stiff blue boards with gilt title to spine - cri Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 29 John Wisden & Co. 1850-1950. Official programme, table plan and invitation for 'A Luncheon to mark the First Century of John Wisden & Co. Ltd.', held at Cafe Royal, London, 18th May 1950. The eight page programme with decorative wrappers incorporating the famous John Wisden woodcut by Eric Ravilious and floral decoration designed by G. Foster Fletcher. The inside pages comprise a biography of John Wisden and a history of the birth of the Almanack. The invitation issued to 'J.G. Dunbar Es Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 30 Magazine extracts, supplements and posters 1880s onwards. Very large blue folder comprising approx. forty early and modern extracts from magazines. Includes nice examples of reproductions of engravings including 'Some Famous Living Cricketers- A Portrait Group', The Graphic 11th August 1883, 'Cricket- Group of Crack Gentlemen Players' 1871, and other cricket related extracts from Boy's Own Paper, The Tatler 1914 featuring Hobbs and Tarrant, Lotinga's Weekly 1910, The Sphere 1921, The Graphic 192 Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 31 'The Cricket Society. Test Match Dinner England v Australia at Edgbaston 13th July 1968'. Official 33rpm record in original sleeve, of the speakers H.A. Judge and Sir Robert Menzies. Some wear to sleeve, the record appears to be in very good condition - cricket Estimates£15 - £25Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 32 'Sunday Cricket at the Oval. Old Surrey v Lord's Taverners' 1965. Original poster for the match played 22nd August 1965 in aid of the National Playing Fields Association. Notable players listed and who played in the match include for Old Surrey, May, Barton, Subba Row, A. Bedser, E. Bedser, Laker, McIntyre etc. and for Lord's Taverners, Gover, Pretlove, Simpson, Barnett, and TV personalities including David Frost, Ian Carmichael, William Franklin etc. Printed by The Cator Press, London. 20" Estimates£40 - £60StatusUnsold View details 33 'The Lord's Taverners Celebrate their Twenty First Birthday' 1971. Original poster produced for the match v An Old England XI at Lord's, 31st July 1971, 'played in the costume and with the equipment of 1884'. Listed names of participants include Barrington, Brennan, Edrich, Evans, Flavell, Hollies, Ikin, Insole, Kenyon, Simpson, Surridge, Wright etc. 20"x30". Ex Alan Curtis collection. Small old tape mark to left edge, otherwise in very good condition - cricket Estimates£30 - £40StatusUnsold View details 34 Mollie Staines. Yorkshire C.C.C. 1970s/1980s. Box comprising a good selection of Yorkshire related cricket ephemera, formerly the property of Mollie Staines, first lady member of the Yorkshire C.C.C. committee. Contents include books and brochures relating to cricket at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, histories of Yorkshire cricket including one signed by John Hampshire, signed souvenir testimonial/ benefit brochures for Brian Close, Doug Padgett, Chris Balderstone and Michael Vaughan, twelve framed ph Estimates£100 - £150Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 35 Mollie Staines. Yorkshire C.C.C. 1940s-1990s. A scrapbook, exercise book and two notebook diaries collected and written by Mollie Staines, the first lady member of the Yorkshire C.C.C. committee. The large scrapbook, dated to the front April 1977, comprises newspaper cuttings reporting on her quest to become elected, including an official letter dated 28th March 1977 from Joe Lister, Secretary, enclosing a Committee Nomination form, a further letter from Lister dated 1st April confirming receipt Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 36 Yorkshire C.C.C. 1962-2011. A collection of seventeen scrapbooks comprising a record in photographs and cuttings of Yorkshire cricket for the period, compiled by the Yorkshire C.C.C. member and lifelong supporter, Mollie Staines. The albums comprise candid (some official) mainly colour photographs, press cuttings, match tickets and passes, invitations etc. The odd photograph signed. Includes excellent cricket coverage, tours and holidays. Cricket subjects covered include Australia tour to Englan Estimates£80 - £120Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 37 Cricket scrapbooks early 1930-1938. Four scrapbook comprising press cuttings, the majority relating to Test and some County cricket. Test series covered include the Ashes series, England v Australia in England 1930 and 1938, and the 'Bodyline' series in Australia, 1932/33. Also India to England 1932 and West Indies to England 1933. Some wear and tear, content in good condition - cricket Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 38 Arthur Owen Jones. Cambridge University, Nottinghamshire, London County & England 1892-1914. Two scrapbook albums comprising press cuttings and photographs collected by Jones during his cricket career for Nottinghamshire and England, and as a rugby player for Leicester. The albums contain ten original photographs including an official sepia photograph of all fourteen members of the England touring party to Australia in 1901/02. The players seated and standing in rows in front of a Test grou Estimates£300 - £400Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 39 Ernest Augustus Northcote (born 1850). Early original scrapbook bound in brown leather, compiled by Ernest A. Northcote, whose bookplate is laid down to the inside front covers. On the 'Contents' page are listed in ink in Northcote's neat hand five sections, 'The Westminster Play', 'Athletic Sports', 'Cricket Matches', 'Miscellaneous' and 'Amateur Burlesque', and the following comprises press cuttings of theatre activities, athletics and cricket matches played by Northcote. Cricket content inclu Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 40 Test and County cricket scrapbooks 1929-1939. Eight large scrapbook albums comprising a nicely presented and large selection of press cuttings, some pages with neat annotations in ink, covering the South African series 1929, Ashes series of 1930 and 1934, and County and other first-class cricket for the period. G - cricket Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 41 Test and County cricket scrapbooks 1950s. Five large scrapbook albums comprising a nicely presented and large selection of press cuttings, covering Test, County and other first-class cricket for the period. Includes Test series v India 1951/52, Pakistan 1954, Australia 1954/55, 1956, South Africa 1955, and West Indies 1957. Some wear to the albums, otherwise in good condition - cricket Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 42 Test and County cricket scrapbooks 1950s. Three large ledger books comprising an extensive collection of nicely presented press cuttings, covering Test, County and other first-class cricket for the period. Test series covered include v India 1952, Pakistan 1954, Australia 1954/55, South Africa 1955, 1956/57, West Indies 1953/54, 1957, also Helsinki Olympics 1952. Some wear to the albums, one with spine detached, otherwise in good condition - cricket Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 43 Cricket cuttings scrapbook 1876-1877. A large ledger book comprising an extensive selection of press cuttings relating to the 1876 and 1877 cricket seasons. Laid down to the inside front cover are three original (trimmed) incomplete scorecards for Lancashire matches at Old Trafford, v Derbyshire, 1st & 2nd June 1876, Lancashire won by an innings and 25 runs, v Yorkshire, 22nd- 24th June 1876, Yorkshire won by nine wickets, and at Trent Bridge v Nottinghamshire 15th-17th May 1876, Lancashire Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 44 Somerset C.C.C. 1950s-2000s. Box comprising a selection of mainly Somerset cricket related ephemera, the odd item signed. Contents include 'Somerset County Cricket Club Players, Photographs and Statistics 1891-2002', Eddie Lawrence 2002. Limited edition no. 307/500, signed by Lawrence. Dustwrapper. Official scorecard and match tickets for Viv Richard's Benefit match, Somerset v West Indies, 15th September 1982, the first ever floodlit game on an English county cricket ground. Official brochure f Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 45 'The Laws of the Game of Cricket c1744'. Large silk handkerchief with printed image of Hayman's 'Cricket in Marylebone Fields' to centre. 'Jos. Ware, Cranford Kent to lower border. Originally printed by Joseph Ware of Cranford, Kent, the handkerchief measures approx 27.75" x 27.25". Around the perimeter of this famous illustration are the oldest existing printed Laws of Cricket and date from 1744. The laws are written in cursive script and they describe a game quite different to modern Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 46 'Jack Hobbs, Surrey & England XI. England's Champion Batsman' handkerchief produced in 1922. Images of Hobbs with title to centre with listing of hundreds scored to border. Light staining and slight fading otherwise in good condition. 16"x16". Framed and glazed. G - cricket Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 47 'W.G. Grace. Champion Cricketer of the World'. Large cotton handkerchief commemorating a Century of Centuries by Grace. The handkerchief has a central portrait of Grace three quarter length in cricket attire holding a cricket bat, with biography and record of each individual score and opponents to outer border. Decorated with cricket bats and balls in a floral outer border. Produced in 1895 the handkerchief is printed in the black print. Framed and glazed. Overall 23"x27". Some fading, Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 48 W.G. Grace. Silk bookmark with image of Grace batting with wicketkeeper and pavilion to background. 'Cricket- It's more than a game - it's an institution'. 'Thomas Hughes 1822-1896' beneath. Made by 'Cash's of Coventry' to verso. G/VG - cricket Estimates£25 - £35Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 49 M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1903/04. Early and impressive official menu to the victorious M.C.C. team who returned home with the 'Ashes' having won the series by three Tests to two. The Dinner was held at The Trocadero, London on 22nd April 1904. The large menu with elaborate cover design by G. Hillyard Swinstead depicts Warner and his team wearing tour blazers and caps and carrying cricket bags, two players are holding aloft a large banner with image of an English lion with cricket bat sitting on Estimates£500 - £800Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 50 Australian tour of England 1926. Rare official menu for the 'Test Match Diner Dansant' held at the Majestic Restaurant, Leeds, 10th July 1926. The front cover with colour illustration of a lion bowling to a kangaroo, printed menu to inside. Signed in pencil to inside by Warren Bardsley and Clarrie Grimmett. Slight splitting to spine and minor soiling, otherwise in good condition - cricket<br><br>The dinner was held after the first day's play in the third Ashes Test at Headingley in which the Cap Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 51 Australia tour to England 1926. Rare official 'Programme of Return Journey London to Sydney'. 44pp booklet, assumed to have been issued to the players. Illustrated throughout with detailed itineraries for various points on the return journey, commencing with the departure on the S.S. Montrose from Birkenhead, Liverpool, on the 1st October, bound for Quebec, Canada, then from Vancouver by sea to Sydney via Honolulu and Auckland. Original paper wrappers with Australian green and gold colours to fr Estimates£140 - £180StatusUnsold View details 52 Australian tour of England 1926. 'Welcome Luncheon to the Australian Cricket Team'. Large and very scarce official menu for the luncheon given by John McEntee Bowman, President, Westchester Biltmore Country Club, Rye, New York, 10th October 1926. The splendid 12pp menu, bound in decorative wrappers with colour art deco style colour illustration laid down to front and cord tie, features pages with photographic images of the country club 'Loggia' and other scenes, a welcome to the Club from the Pr Estimates£400 - £600StatusUnsold View details 53 Australia 1934. 'The Cricketer'. Official Orient Line dinner menu for the 'S.S. Orontes' which took the victorious Australian home to Australia having won the Ashes in 1934. The menu dated '29th October 193[4]' features an exquisite engraving to the front cover by 'Lamb' of an early cricketer, bat in hand at the wicket. The front cover has been nicely and fully signed in ink (one in pencil) by all sixteen playing members of the touring party. Signatures are Oldfield, Bromley, Chipperfield, Ebeli Estimates£300 - £500Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 54 Australia 1938. 'Bon Voyage to the Members of the Nineteenth Australian Team'. Victorian Cricket Association luncheon menu with blue and yellow ribbon bow attached, given to the outgoing Australian touring party to England 1938. Held at the Oriental Hotel, Melbourne on 7th March 1938. With decorative caricature cover featuring the Australian team riding on a kangaroo. To inside pages the toasts, the menu, autograph page etc. The autograph page signed very nicely in ink by fourteen members of the Estimates£250 - £350Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 55 M.C.C. tour to Australia 1950/51. Official menu for the dinner 'In Honour of the M.C.C. Cricket Team' held at Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 23rd December 1950. The front cover features a cartoon by 'WEG' on a green background with Freddie Brown smoking a pipe from which Lindsay Hassett's head is seen peering out of the bowl, and another of the two captains walking side by side, both smoking pipes. The captions read, 'If Fred gets the 'Ashes' they're sure to be Lindsay's!' and 'But for tonight it's t Estimates£250 - £350Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 56 Dennis Brian Close. Yorkshire, Somerset & England 1949-1977. Original menu given to Close for the 'Grand Finale to his Testimonial Year', held at Bristol, 7th February 1977. The folding menu with cartoon illustration to front by Roy Ullyett, signed by Eric Morecambe. Sold with two mono press photographs of Close, one being run out batting for England v West Indies, The Oval, 1966, the other being bowled out batting for Yorkshire v Middlesex at Lord's, 1958. The photographs measure 8"x10 Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 57 Australian tour to England 1953 'Coronation Tour'. Official menu for a function given by The Haymarket Development Corporation at Haymarket House, London, 2nd June 1953, the day of the Queen's coronation. The folding menu fully signed in ink to the back page by all nineteen members of the Australian touring party. Signature are Hassett (Captain), Morris, Lindwall, Ring, Langley, Harvey, Craig, Benaud, Miller, Johnston, Hill, Tallon, McDonald, de Courcy, Hole, Davidson, Archer, Davies (manager) a Estimates£140 - £180StatusUnsold View details 58 'The Cricketer Magazine Club, formerly The Playfair Club'. Official menu for the Dinner held on the 21st November 1973 at the Royal Air Force Club. Four page menu with green ribbon tie to edge. The menu signed to inside pages by all five guest speakers plus the Founder, Gordon Ross. Signatures are Asif Iqbal, Colin Cowdrey, Frank Hayes, Jim Swanton and Brian Taylor. VG - cricket Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 59 'Dinner to celebrate the return of The South African Touring Team to Canterbury after 29 years'. Official menu for the dinner held on 25th June 1994. Signed in ink to the front and inside by thirty Kent and South African players. Signatures include Igglesden, Clinton, Ward, Ellison, Patel, Fulton, Benson (Kent), Liebenberg, Symcox, McMillan, Rhodes, Cronje (South Africa) etc. VG - cricket Estimates£30 - £50StatusUnsold View details 60 Leonard 'Len' Hutton. Yorkshire & England 1934-1955. '"364" 50th Anniversary Dinner. Joint Tribute to Sir Leonard Hutton by Yorkshire C.C.C. and Pudsey St. Lawrence C.C.'. Official folding menu for the dinner held at Queen's Hotel, Leeds, 21st July 1998 to celebrate the anniversary of Hutton achieving the record Test score of 364, against Australia in 1948. Signed to the front cover by Hutton. Very good condition. Sold with five further signed menus 1982-2010 including Yorkshire Me Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 61 Signed M.C.C. menus. Three official menus for dinners held at Lord's. Two copies of the 'Anniversary and Indian Touring Team Dinner', 1st May 1996, one with seven signatures in ink to the front of Azharuddin (Captain), Tendulkar, Kumble etc., the other signed to the front by Azharuddin. 'Anniversary and South African Touring Team Dinner', 12th May 1998 signed to the front by Fred Trueman, Hansie Cronje and Jim Swanton. Also three unsigned M.C.C. menus for 'Anniversary and Australian Touring Team Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 62 The Playfair Club/ Cricketer Magazine Club signed menus 1968-1976. Three official Playfair Club menus for dinners held at the Royal Air Force Club on 27th November 1968, six signatures to the inside of Colin Cowdrey, Geoff Boycott, Brian Bolus, Roger Prideaux, Alan Smith and Stuart Surridge. 26th November 1969, seven signatures to inside of Mike Denness, Stuart Surridge, Ray Illingworth, Arnold Long, Brian Taylor, Micky Stewart and Club founder, Gordon Ross. 25th November 1970, six signatures to Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 63 'Centenary Cricket Dinner' 1977. Official menu for the dinner given by Fitzroy Football Club at the Melbourne Hilton, 10th March 1977. Signed to the rear 'autographs' page by seven attendees. Signatures are Lou Richards (compere), Frank Tyson, Max Walker, Keith Stackpole, Tony Greig, Keith Miller and Greg Chappell. G - cricket Estimates£40 - £60StatusUnsold View details 64 John Arlott. 'Sport'. Forty one page original typescript article written by Arlott for 'Edwardian England 1901-1914', edited by Nowell-Smith in 1964 (Padwick 928). The typescript, with amendments and additions in Arlott's hand, covers many sports including horse racing, athletics, rowing, tennis, billiards, golf, football, rugby, and some six pages on cricket. Arlott recalls great games and players of the period including Grace, Fry, Ranji, MacLaren, Jessop, Trumper and Rhodes, also subjects suc Estimates£180 - £250Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 65 E.V. Lucas. Rare and unique manuscript handwritten by Lucas of an article titled 'Cricket Names' for the series 'A Wanderer's Note Book', undated but probably written in 1926 and signed to the first page by Lucas. 22pp plus an additional page '14 1/2' containing an insert. Written in ink in his distinctive hand with line lengths decreasing down the page, with corrections, Lucas pursues a study of cricketers' names and their possible significance. The only names from the 1926 Australian touring p Estimates£80 - £120Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 66 'Who Was the Fastest Bowler?'. C.J. Britton. 23pp typescript article with amendments in ink and pencil, signed by Britton, tipped in to maroon cloth. The article is undated, but probably early 1930s. Britton described being 'electrified' on seeing Larwood bowl having previously seen him and thought him no more than 'merely a good club bowler'. He further discusses the effect of the LBW law on bowling, comparisons of early 'Under-hand' bowlers such as Thomas Brett, Mynn, Osbaldeston, Kirwan, Marc Estimates£60 - £90Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 67 George Oswald Browning 'Gubby' Allen. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1921-1950. M.C.C. diary for 1987, with M.C.C. emblem and 'G.O.A.' in gilt to front cover, containing his personal and sporting appointments, committee meeting dates, attendance at Test matches, golf, and attending Arsenal matches for the year in his hand. Includes overnight guests at his home of E.W. Swanton, Colin Cowdrey, and John Paul Getty Jr. on Christmas Day. Allen's name, London address and telephone numbe Estimates£25 - £35StatusUnsold View details 68 M.C.C. tour of Australia 1974/75. 'Welcome Back!'. Official menu for the dinner to welcome the return of the M.C.C. touring party held at Great Danes Hotel, Hollingbourne, 26th March 1975. Signed to the inside covers by eighteen attendees including members of the tour and other personalities. Signatures include Bob Willis, Geoff Arnold, Derek Underwood, Alan Knott, Colin Cowdrey, Graham Johnson, Alec Bedser, Fred Titmus, Frank Bough, Brian Johnston etc. Minor creasing and soiling to covers, othe Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 69 Samuel Moses James 'Sammy' Woods, Somerset, England & Australia 1886-1910. Handwritten two page undated letter in ink from Woods on 'The Club, Bridgwater' headed paper. Woods appears to be making arrangements to bring a team for a match, '[I] am so pleased cricket is so flourishing in the Cheddar District'. Nicely signed 'Sam Woods'. G/VG - cricket<br><br>Sammy Woods played in three Tests for Australia in 1888, and three for England on the 1895/96 tour to Australia Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 70 Gilbert Laird Jessop, Gloucestershire & England 1894-1914. Handwritten official Gloucestershire C.C.C. postcard with gilt edge from Gilbert Jessop to Mr Furge, dated '7th June'. 'I came across a loose slip in which you asked to be forwarded a Members Ticket of the County C.C.- I do not recollect one being sent to you tho' I hope such may have been the case... Yours sincerely Gilbert L. Jessop'. Slight splitting to vertical fold, otherwise in good condition - cricket Estimates£60 - £90Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 71 Pelham Francis Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. Small single page typed letter from Warner on 'The Cricketer' letterhead. The letter to Mr. Parkins is dated 6th January 1925. Warner is replying to a request for his autograph and encourages the correspondent to subscribe to the magazine as, 'if you subscribe, we get the whole six pence, and if you buy a paper at a bookstall we only get threepence'. Nicely signed in black ink 'P.F. Warner'. The letter is laid down to a Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 72 Lord Martin Bladen Hawke, Yorkshire & England 1881-1911. A two page handwritten letter in ink from Lord Hawke, who was Captain of Yorkshire for many years, to Shirley Slocombe, the (male) artist who was commissioned in 1903 to paint Hawke's portrait. Dated 'Dec 30th', year unknown, Hawke writes from his home at Wighill Park, Tadcaster, to thank Slocombe for his 'very kind enquiries after my sister' who is improving well presumably following an illness. Signed 'Hawke'. Light fold, otherwise i Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 73 Thomas Walter 'Tom' Hayward. Surrey & England 1893-1914. Two page letter written in ink in Hayward's own neat hand with good cricket content, dated 21st September 1902. Writing from Bermondsey to a 'Mr Dredge', Hayward apologises for mislaying his letter, and states, 'It is quite true, Haigh bowled the ball & just touch[ed] the off stump removing one bail, the ball rebounded so quick off the wicket keepers pads on to the wicket again, he said you are out, so I appealed to the umpire, he Estimates£150 - £250Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 74 Frank Stanley Jackson. Yorkshire, Cambridge University & England 1890-1907. Two page letter in ink in Jackson's spidery hand, dated 3rd August 1942, with original envelope. Writing from York, Jackson is replying to a request for a photograph, which he will send 'if I can find one', but describes how his house had been hit by a bomb on 7th September 1940 and 'most of these kind of things, photos etc. were destroyed'. He promises to look for one when he returns to London. Nicely signed 'F. Sta Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 75 Gilbert Laird Jessop. Gloucestershire, Oxford University & England, 1894-1914. Handwritten one page letter, on St George's, Dorchester headed paper, the letter dated 14th June 1952, to a Dr Martin. Regarding tickets for matches at Lord's, Jessop offers to arrange tickets for the 2nd Test (v India), and Middlesex v Hampshire, June 28th. Nicely signed 'Gilbert L. Jessop'. VG - cricket Estimates£80 - £120Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 76 Henry Dudley Gresham 'Shrimp' Leveson Gower. Oxford University, Surrey & England 1893-1920. Single page handwritten letter in ink on Copthall Buildings letterhead, dated 11th January 1909, to 'My dear Hick[?]'. It appears that the correspondent is asking for assistance with gaining membership to M.C.C. and Leveson Gower states, 'Let me know the answer you get from... Warner and McGregor [sic]... I will write to the latter who is on the M.C.C. Committee and ask him to push you forward. Nicely Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 77 Alfred Lyttleton. Cambridge University, Middlesex & England 1876-1887. Two page handwritten note from Lyttleton, written on 16, Great College Street, Westminster, letterhead to 'Dear F.G.'. Dated 16th January 1901, Lyttleton states 'I have read the pamphlet and think it excellent', and refers to 'throwing at the head of [the] w[icket] keeper from cover point', and states 'But I know nothing of an Etonian and should think Eton College Chronicle is intended'. Nicely signed 'A. Lyttleton'. Mino Estimates£150 - £250Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 78 Kenneth 'Ken' Cranston. Lancashire & England 1947-1948. Two page handwritten letter in ink from Cranston to 'Mr. Butterfield'. In an undated letter with good cricket content, Cranston relates his memories of his most memorable match, Lancashire v Middlesex at Lord's, 30th August- 2nd September 1947. 'Middlesex had become County champions in their previous match and we were third having tied with Hampshire in our match at Bournemouth. But the great incentive was that Denis Compton, a great pe Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 79 Dennis Brookes. Northamptonshire & England 1934-1959. Two page handwritten letter in ink from Brookes to 'Mr. Coldham'. The letter, written on Northamptonshire C.C.C. official letterhead and dated 16th August 1976', Brookes is replying to a request for his memories of playing with Jackie Timms (Northamptonshire 1925-1949). He describes him as 'a dapper figure... somewhat of an enigma', having 'few peers as a cover point fielder... The strength of his batting was that he preferred to attack t Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 80 Roland Oliver 'Roly' Jenkins. Worcestershire & England 1938-1958. Four page handwritten letter in ink from Jenkins to 'Dear Garth', dated 29th August 1985'. Jenkins relates his experience of being filmed for a television interview with Peter W [West?], umpiring and coaching at Ombersley and Worcester City, speaking at functions etc. He refers to 'Laddie [Outschoorn]' now working as an estate agent in London, remembers a six hit by Wally Hammond, 'Fl. Lt. W.H. should have come in No. 4, arriv Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 81 Glenn Maitland Turner. Worcestershire, Northern Districts, Otago & New Zealand 1964-1983. Single page typed letter on 'Glenn Turner, Worcestershire and New Zealand, Benefit Year 1978' official letterhead. Dated 20th October 1978, Turner is writing in reply to a donation towards his benefit fund. Nicely signed in ink 'Glenn Turner'. VG - cricket Estimates£20 - £30Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 82 Sunil Manohar Gavaskar. Bombay, Somerset & England 1966-1987. Single page handwritten letter on Omni Prince Hotel, Hong Kong, notepaper, the letter sent from Bombay (Mumbai) with original envelope. Dated '20th Oct', year unknown. Gavaskar is writing in reply to a request for his autograph and enclosed a small colour photograph of himself. Both the letter and photograph signed by Gavaskar. VG - cricket Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 83 Frederick Ingram 'Fanny' Walden. Northamptonshire 1910-1929. Two page handwritten letter in pencil from Walden to 'Mr Coldham', dated '21st March' [1946]. Walden expresses his gratitude for being remembered and encloses 'a little photo which I hope you will receive, it is one of the last Test at Lord's [1936] with the Indians where I am just shaking hands with the King [George VI]'. Walden continues, saying he is sorry to have had to give up umpiring due to poor eyesight, but still continues to Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 84 New South Wales Cricket Association correspondence 1940-1975. White folder comprising nineteen original typed letters, the majority between State Cricket Associations, collected by Irving Rosenwater, with hand printed label to front cover, in Rosenwater's hand. Contents include a letter to Don Bradman from Ian Johnson (former Australian Test captains) relating to the use of the Melbourne Cricket Ground for (Australian Rules) football matches and the distribution of match receipts 1968, signed by Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 85 Robert Menzies. Prime Minister of Australia 1939-1941. Single page typed letter on 'Prime Minister' official letterhead dated 17th June 1952 from Menzies to Arthur Langford of 'The Cricketer' magazine. Menzies is enclosing a cheque to cover the cost of a copy of the magazine for himself, and one for Jack Fingleton in Canberra. Nicely signed in ink 'Robert Menzies'. Light folds, otherwise in good/ very good condition - cricket Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 86 Charles John Barnett. Gloucestershire & England 1927-1948. Two page handwritten letter dated 16th June 1973 from Barnett to 'Dear Peter'. Barnett apologises for not replying sooner as, 'it's very hard to trust to memory where personal letter writing is concerned', and proceeds to bemoan his recent struggles with the County Surveyor. Signed 'Charles'. G - cricket Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 87 Bishan Singh Bedi. Northern Punjab, Delhi, Northamptonshire & India 1961-1981. Single page handwritten letter dated 15th August 1972 from Bedi to 'Mr. Brown'. Bedi acknowledges receipt of a copy of the book, 'The Glad Season' by Ray Robinson and a list of other cricket books. Signed 'B.S. Bedi'. Light folds, otherwise in good condition - cricket Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 88 Geoffrey Boycott. Yorkshire & England 1964-1982. Single page handwritten aerogramme letter with 'The Queen's Park Hotel Trinidad' letterhead, from Boycott to Peter West dated 4th February 1973. Writing while on the M.C.C. tour to West Indies, Boycott is enquiring whether West's management organisation could help with finding a venue for a snooker and billiards event to be held in Yorkshire in aid of Boycott's benefit'. Nicely signed 'Geoff Boycott'. Light folds, otherwise in good condition - Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 89 Frederick Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough. Single page typed letter on Stansted Park, Hampshire, letterhead, dated 3rd May 1975. Bessborough is replying an enquiry from the cricket writer and historian, Irving Rosenwater, about members of the Ponsonby family. 'The Ponsonby to whom you refer was Sir Frederick Ponsonby (commonly known as 'Fritz'), who wrote 'very frank and outspoken memoirs' published in 1951, and his daughter, Loelia, whose memoirs were published in 1962. Nicely signed in ink Estimates£30 - £40StatusUnsold View details 90 Richard 'Richie' Benaud. New South Wales & Australia 1948-1964. Single page typed aerogramme letter with 'D.E. Benaud and Associates' letterhead, dated 9th October 1974. Writing to 'E. Docker' in London, Benaud recalls his memories of the 1959/60 Australian tour to India and Pakistan. He states, 'We were beaten by the better side at Kanpur [2nd Test v India]... I can't recall whether I gave "Ram" [G.S. Ramchand, captain of India] my blazer at the end of that match or at the end of Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 91 Richard 'Richie' Benaud. New South Wales & Australia 1948-1964. Single page handwritten letter on 'D.E. Benaud and Associates' letterhead, dated 10th September 1973. Writing to the cricket writer and historian, Irving Rosenwater, Benaud is grateful for the receipt of cricket prints, 'they will probably finish up hanging in the "Benaud Bar" at Barry Knight's new cricket school in Sydney'. Benaud recalls 'a good season... with only that terrible Edgbaston test [England v West Indies, Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 92 Benjamin Arthur 'Ben' Barnett. Victoria & Australia 1929-1947. Two handwritten letters from Barnett to Les Gutteridge of The Cricket Society. In the first, a two page letter dated 19th September 1955, Barnett accepts an invitation to attend a Society meeting, 'with Charlie Palmer and Bruce Harris against me, I shall have a hard job'. He also enquires whether there is a book available on Victor Trumper. In a follow-up letter dated 27th September 1955, Barnett states, 'it's rather surprising t Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 93 Arthur Booth. Yorkshire 1931-1947. Two page handwritten letter to 'Mr. Butcher', dated 15th February 1964. Booth is writing in reply to a request to sign a photograph of Booth batting for Yorkshire in the Roses match v Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1946, 'I was making a hay making swipe at a deliverer of Lancashire's left arm bowler, Bill Roberts. Incidentally I was bowled in doing so'. Nicely signed 'Arthur Booth'. Light folds otherwise in very good condition - cricket Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 94 Dennis Brookes. Northamptonshire & England 1934-1959. Single pages handwritten letter in ink on Northamptonshire C.C.C. letterhead, dated 19th April 1956. Writing to 'Mr. Savill', Brookes states that he joined Northamptonshire in April 1933 and played my first County game at Bradford in 1934 scoring 1 and 19 not out. Incidentally I played with a chipped fracture of the left thumb'. Nicely signed, Dennis Brookes'. Light folds, otherwise in very good condition - cricket Estimates£30 - £40StatusUnsold View details 95 Fatehsinghrao Prataprao Gaekwad, Maharaja of Baroda. Baroda 1946-1958. Single page typed letter dated 7th October 1970 from the Maharaja to C.C.W. Box-Grainger, Chairman of The Cricket Society. Writing from London, the Maharaja is writing to acknowledge receipt of a letter and is enclosing a copy of a reply to the Society President, Sir Oliver Leese. Nicely signed in blue ink, 'F.P. Gaekwad'. File holes to left edge, light folds, otherwise in very good condition - cricket Estimates£25 - £35Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 96 F.S. Ashley-Cooper. Cricket writer, collector and historian. Single page handwritten letter in ink dated 25th August 1923. Writing to F.E. Lacey, Secretary of M.C.C. at Lord's, Ashley-Cooper is enquiring about obtaining a copy of a reproduction of the portrait of Lord Harris. Nicely signed 'F.S. Ashley-Cooper'. File holes to left edge, light folds, otherwise in good condition - cricket Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 97 George Oswald Browning 'Gubby' Allen. Middlesex, Cambridge University & England 1921-1950. Two handwritten letters in ink from Allen to 'Jim [Swanton]'. In the first letter, dated 'Oct 14 [1968?]', Allen thanks Swanton for sending a copy of his new book, which he finds 'quite interesting', and in the second letter, dated 'Nov 18' he states that, 'With the move into the house approaching I have started a big clear out operation... I have come across a virtually complete set of The Cricketer g Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 98 George Oswald Browning 'Gubby' Allen. Middlesex, Cambridge University & England 1921-1950. Two page handwritten letter in ink from Allen to 'Jim [Swanton]', dated 'Sept 1'. Allen writes to thank Swanton for sending an article to appear in 'Sporting & Dramatic', which Allen describes as 'very good & very fair but I dare not answer it in the press as I have signed an agreement promising not to be interviewed before sailing without permission of M.C.C. and not to write an article in con Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold View details 99 No lot StatusUnsold View details 100 Pelham Francis 'Plum' Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. Two page typed letter from Warner dated 14th February 1926 from Warner to a collector. Writing from Datchet, Windsor, Warner is unable to provide a cap as requested, 'as I only have one' and is pleased the correspondent is a supporter of 'The Cricketer'. Nicely signed 'P.F. Warner'. The two pages laid down to either side of an album page, the second page smaller, possibly trimmed. 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