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Auction of Cricket, Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, Football and Sporting Memorabilia - 3 Day Auction (#13) 22/03/2024 10:30 AM GMT Closed

Starts Ending 22/03/2024 10:30 AM GMT

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Lot #1‘Cricket. Slow v. Fast’. Early and rare original advertising handbill for ‘A Grand Match’ at Lord’s, 5th July 1841 ‘and following day’. The handbill describes the teams as comprising ‘Eight Gentlemen and Players, with Three Slow Bowlers, against Eight Gentlemen and Players, with Three Fast Bowlers’. The ‘Slow’ team included Bayley, Cobbett, Lillywhite, Liddell, Hastings, Anson, Bentinck, Kynaston, Taylor, Guy and Wenman. The ‘Fast’ team was Mynn, Fenner, Redgate, Savile, Keate, Napier, Nethercot

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Lot closed - Winning bid:£320 (3 bids)
Estimate: £200 - £300

 

  • ‘Cricket. Slow v. Fast’. Early and rare original advertising handbill for ‘A Grand Match’ at Lord’s, 5th July 1841 ‘and following day’. The handbill describes the teams as comprising ‘Eight Gentlemen and Players, with Three Slow Bowlers, against Eight Gen