Knight's Sporting Auctions Auction of Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia - Live Three Day Auction (#17) 21/03/2025 10:30 AM GMT Closed Starts Ending 21/03/2025 10:30 AM GMT 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) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 341-350 of 1168. Previous|1...333435363738...117|Next Lot #341 ‘A Warsop Triangular Bat circa 1890’. A triangular practice cricket bat made by Benjamin Warsop of St. John’s Wood, London. The triangular shaped bat’s blade is only 2.5” in width and has ‘B. Warsop, Marylebone’ stamped across the splice and below a faded trade mark and ‘B. Warsop’ impressed to the cap of the bat. The back of the blade rises sharply from the splice into an acutely angled ridge before sharply falling away at the last moment towards the toe. The thickness of the blade is almost co View details Estimates£140 - £180StatusUnsold Lot #342 James Cobbett ‘Gutta Percha Driver’ cricket bat c1890. Stamps for ‘Richardson of Liverpool’ to the bat in several places. ‘Cobbett’ impressed twice to the cap of the handle and the initials ‘W.D.R.’ and number D23045 run down the splice. The back of the bat is gently rounded rather than ridged. Little is known of James Cobbett because he died of consumption in 1842, aged 38. He kept a workshop near to Lord’s cricket ground and his business thrived after his death. Sold with the late vendors res View details Estimates£70 - £100StatusUnsold Lot #343 John Barlett ‘compressed’ cricket bat 1892. Stamps for ‘Bartlett, Waterloo Road (the makers address)’ to the bat. Silver coat of arms shield to back engraved ‘Thornton C.C. won by Spencer Lambert for best batting. Average Season 1892. The back of the bat is almost flat as the front, but rises slowly to a low rounded ridge. The handle is formed from nine slips of cane. Little is known of John Bartlett’s bat making business except that he began working in Lambeth in about 1850 and he relied upon t View details Estimates£70 - £100Winning Bid£60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #344 John Thomas Brown. Yorkshire & England 1889-1904. ‘A.E. Stoddart’s tour of Australia 1894/1895’. ‘Pilling & Briggs of Manchester ‘Lancashire Spring Handle’ cricket bat presented to Jack Brown for making the highest score in the tour match between eighteen of Ballarat and Stoddart’s team, the match played at Ballarat 5th-7th January 1895. Brown made 64 in the first innings and the match was drawn. The bat with silver metal shield to splice on the back of the bat is inscribed ‘Cricket. England v B View details Estimates£400 - £600Winning Bid£330StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #345 Jack Brown’s century bat (117 v. New South Wales) 1894. A ‘Crawford The Exceller Patent’ bat by H.C. Crawford of Plumstead, Kent. Impressed ‘Crawford The Exceller Patent’ to face over splice, ‘J. Wisden and Co London’ to both shoulders, and ‘Crawford’ to handle cap. Below the splice to the face is an inscription in ink in Brown’s own hand, ‘J.T. Brown 117 Sydney Nov 24- 1894’ from Stoddart’s tour to Australia 1894/95. The back of the blade is gently humped, flattening towards the toe. The bound View details Estimates£400 - £600Winning Bid£320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #346 David Denton. Yorkshire & England 1894-1920. Stuart Surridge ‘Rapid Driver’ cricket bat used by Denton in the 1905 cricket season scoring over 2405 runs, becoming one of Wisden’s ‘Five Cricketers of the Year’ [Wisden 1906], and making 52 and 153 not out against the Australians at Bradford in June 1905. The bat is inscribed clearly in black ink in Denton’s hand ‘Scored over 2000 runs with this bat including 52 and 153 not out versus Australians at Bradford June 5,6 & 7th 1905’. Additionally insc View details Estimates£1,500 - £2,500Winning Bid£1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #347 Samuel Meston’s ‘Special Selected’ Breeden Bat 1906. The bat by W.J. Breedon of Leyton, Essex. Impressed to the front shoulders ‘W.J. Breedon’, across the splice ‘Special Selected’ and ‘Leyton Essex’, below ‘Roberts Bristol’ and ‘Extra Spring’. The back shoulder inscribed in ink ‘S.P. Meston 1906’, the inscription barely legible, affected by what appears to be a large scorch mark. The back is steeply rounded rather than ridged, falling away to the toe, the shoulders sloping. The bound handle app View details Estimates£80 - £120StatusUnsold Lot #348 David Denton. Yorkshire & England 1894-1920. Gunn & Moore ‘The Autograph’ cricket bat used by Denton in the 1908 cricket season scoring two consecutive centuries for Yorkshire against M.C.C. at Scarborough in August and September 1908. The bat is inscribed clearly in black ink in Denton’s hand ‘Scored 121 and 133 with this bat against M.C.C. at Scarborough. August 31st + September 1st and 2nd 1908’. The bat in good original condition and has some tape bound to the blade View details Estimates£1,200 - £1,600StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #349 Gunn & Moore ‘Nonjar’ cricket bat c1910. Stamps for ‘Gunn & Moore Nonjar’ to front and impressed ‘Reblade’ stamp to back. The blade is ‘reblade’ provided by the manufacturer, a service often used in those days. The handle is made of a mixture of many canes and rubber strips, hence the brand name ‘Nonjar’. In his early days with Gunn & Morre, the great cricketer and bat maker, William Sherwin was in charge of the Company’s reblading division. Sold with the late vendors research notes giving furth View details Estimates£60 - £90Winning Bid£40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #350 John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs, Surrey & England 1905-1934. A Summers Brown ‘Force’ cricket bat used by Jack Hobbs in making 154no for the Players versus the Gentlemen at Lord’s in 1911. The face of the bat has the standard Summers Brown wording impressed to it and below this is the signature of Hobbs. Beneath this are the following words inscribed in ink ‘Record Force Bat. Gents v Players, Lord’s 1911. J.B. Hobbs went in first with this bat and played right through the innings scoring 154 not out cons View details Estimates£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...333435363738...117|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117 Next
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