Knight's Sporting Auctions Auction of Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia - Live Three Day Auction (#21) 31/10/2025 10:30 AM GMT Closed Starts Ending 31/10/2025 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)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 161-170 of 1387. Previous|1...151617181920...139|Next Lot #161 Elias Henry ‘Patsy’ Hendren. Middlesex & England 1907-1937. Single page handwritten letter in ink from Hendren, dated 18th February 1926 on the official letterhead of the ‘West London Indoor Cricket & Sports Club’ where Hendren was Manager. Hendren is replying to an invitation from ‘Mr. [John] Webber’, Manager of the Sports Department at Harrods, to attend a week of promotional employment. ‘I am writing to confirm your offer to me at Harrods for one week... Hoping I shall be able to do some good View details Estimates£60 - £90StatusUnsold Lot #162 Charles Frederick ‘Fred’ Root. Derbyshire, Worcestershire & England 1910-1932. Two handwritten letters in ink from Root in Tipton, Staffordshire to Mr. John Webber, Manager of the Sports Department at Harrods. In the first, a single page letter on ruled paper dated 14th March 1927, Root acknowledges receipt of an invitation to attend Harrods for promotional employment, but states he has to ‘get the permission of the Worcestershire County Cricket Club’. In the follow-up two page letter dated 23rd View details Estimates£70 - £100Winning Bid£155StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #163 Herbert ‘Bert’ Strudwick. Surrey & England 1902-1927. Single page handwritten folding letter in ink from Strudwick in London to John Webber, Manager of the Sports Department at Harrods, dated 22nd March 1927. Strudwick is replying to an invitation of employment for promotional work at Harrods, ‘I called at the Oval this morning to obtain leave, but found Mr. R.N.C. Palairet [Secretary, Surrey C.C.C.] away until Monday next... I will write to you as soon as I hear from him’. Very nicely signed ‘H View details Estimates£60 - £90StatusUnsold Lot #164 Harold Larwood. Nottinghamshire, Europeans & England 1924-1938. Single page handwritten letter in ink on ruled paper from Larwood to John Webber, Manager of the Sports Department at Harrods. The letter is undated but probably 1927. Larwood is replying to an invitation of employment for promotional work at Harrods saying ‘I have today received a reply from the Committee of the “Notts CCC” and they are willing to release [me] on the dates arranged’ and closes by enquiring ‘shall I require my crick View details Estimates£100 - £150StatusUnsold Lot #165 Douglas Robert Jardine. Oxford University, Surrey & England 1920-1934. Two page handwritten letter from Jardine to Ron Yeomans, collector and Secretary of the Northern Cricket Society. Written on ‘The Scottish Australian Company’ official letterhead and dated 26th March 1956, Jardine is writing to accept an invitation to attend a function in Leeds on 11th July and ‘propose the toast of the Australians’. He goes on to point out that ‘No doubt you know that the Australians are pretty strict about View details Estimates£120 - £160Winning Bid£110StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #166 Arthur Percy Frank Chapman. Cambridge University, Kent & England 1920-1938. Single page typed letter from Chapman, hand addressed in ink to a ‘Mr Hornsby’. Chapman had been dropped as captain (and player) for the last Test of the 1930 Ashes series against Australia. This letter is dated 23rd September 1930, one month after the series had finished. Chapman writes to say ‘I was, naturally, exceedingly disappointed to start with, but now it’s all over I think really I was lucky to be out of it!’. V View details Estimates£100 - £150Winning Bid£100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #167 Alfred Shaw. Nottinghamshire, Sussex & England 1864-1897. Rare and early single page handwritten letter from Shaw to J.M. Cotterill (Sussex 1870-1888), dated 17th January 1879. Shaw is inviting Cotterill to play in his benefit match, ‘Will you favor me by consenting to have your name added to the list of players in the North v South match to be played at Lord’s on June 2nd, 3rd & 4th (Whit Monday etc) for my benefit’. Very nicely signed ‘Alfred Shaw’. The letter is laid down with, to the verso, View details Estimates£250 - £350Winning Bid£280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #168 Edward Ralph ‘Ted’ Dexter. Cambridge University, Sussex & England 1956-1968. Eight pages of notes written by Dexter for an article for the Sunday Mirror, 25th July 1976, reporting on the 4th Test, England v West Indies, at Headingley 22nd- 27th July 1976. Reporting on the third day’s play Dexter describes ‘a crazily unpredictable morning’s play. At the start Tony Greig was eleven short of his hundred, thirteen were needed to save the follow-on and there was the imminent threat of a new ball for View details Estimates£70 - £100StatusUnsold Lot #169 Hampshire cricket 1940s-1990s. Two binders comprising a good selection of ephemera relating to Hampshire. Included is an official scorecard for Hampshire’s final home match of the 1961 season v Derbyshire at Bournemouth, which Hampshire won by 140 runs to seal their first ever County Championship title, signed to the back by Mike Barnard, Jimmy Gray, Leo Harrison, Peter Sainsbury and David ‘Butch’ White. First day cover for the 1973 ‘Champion County’ match v M.C.C. at Lord’s. Signed typed letter View details Estimates£60 - £90Winning Bid£140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #170 Sydney Francis Barnes, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, England & Wales 1894-1930. Large sheet of ‘ledger’ size paper (9.5”x15.5”) very nicely signed to the top of the page in ink by Barnes, he has then proceeded to write his date of birthday ‘19th April 1873’ to the left and then handwritten his career highlights below. These include ‘M.C.C. tours to Australia in 1901/02, 1907/08 and 1912/13 (should be 19111/12), South Africa in 1913/14 and home series against Australia in 1902, 1909 an View details Estimates£70 - £100Winning Bid£380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...151617181920...139|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139 Next
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