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Cricket Memorabilia DAY ONE CRICKET MEMORABILIA CRICKET EPHEMERA made 13, Bangalore Jayaram who 10 W.G. Grace. Front cover of the made 70, L.S. Wells who 11no and ‘Boy’s Own Paper’ 28th September 1 Australia tour 1934. ‘The Australians took six wickets. The scoresheet 1895 with full page illustration of in England’. Souvenir pre tour measures 10”x15”. Odd faults W.G. Grace with caption ‘On The brochure for the Australian tour of otherwise in generally good Bat’s Back I Do Fly’, celebrating England in 1934. Published by condition £70/100 Grace’s 100 hundreds. Sold with ‘Dr. Advertiser Newspapers Limited, W.G. Grace 1848-1915. Centenary Adelaide. Pictorial covers. Wear to 6 England v Australia ‘Bodyline’. Souvenir Booklet’ published in 1948. front wrapper with small loss Original complete copies of the VG £30/50 otherwise in good condition £40/60 Australian newspaper ‘The Argus’ for January 13th and 14th, 16th- 11 ‘The Laurie Fishlock Benefit Fund’. 2 M.C.C. tour of Australia 1946/47. 20th 1933. The newspapers give Original poster for Fishlock’s Benefit Official ‘Commonwealth Railways. good coverage of the third Test in 1950. The poster is advertising an Trans-Australian Railway’ menu played in Adelaide with reports, event to help the fund. An exhibition produced for the M.C.C. team. The pictures, comment on the English display of billiard, snooker and trick menu in the shape of Australia with tactics etc. Qty 7. The newspapers shots by the famous one-hand title to front cover and tour details, are complete, each has tape support Billiards Champion and Royal to inside, menu and ‘Autographs’ to spine otherwise in generally good entertainer, Arthur Goundrill. The page. The menu dated 20th October condition. Interesting reading. G poster, in very good condition, 1946. Very good condition. Formerly £70/100 measures 10”x15”. Sold with a the property of Doug Wright, Kent & signed studio portrait photograph of England. With note to that effect This was the Test match that Fishlock (signature poor) and large from his widow £30/50 brought the ‘Body-line incident to caricature print of the MCC team to boiling point’. Woodfull was hit The M.C.C. team were crossing Australia 1950/51, featuring twice and Oldfield, who didn't bat Australia from Perth to Adelaide in Fishlock. G £30/40 in the 2nd innings, played a ball between tour matches from Larwood into his face. England AUTOGRAPHED CRICKET EPHEMERA 3 Cricket Ephemera. Small album won by 338 runs. Larwood and 11a Greg Chappell. South Australia, containing match tickets, Allen took fifteen wickets in the Somerset, Queensland & Australia membership cards, fixture lists, trade match 1966-1983. Greg Chappell’s original cards etc. Includes South Melbourne 7 Arthur Fielder. Kent & England one page typed statement read out Ladies ticket 1946/47, Richmond 1900-1914. Mono real photograph to the press following the underarm C.C. (Australia) members tickets postcard of Fielder in bowling pose incident in the 3rd One Day 1952/53, 1953/54, Australia v wearing Kent cap. Fosters of International between Australia and England match tickets, Melbourne Brighton series. The postcard is New Zealand held at Melbourne in 1990, Itinerary of the Australian XI in attached to a larger paper page with February 1981 involving his Brother England 1961 (Craven A), odd his pencil signature below and has Trevor Chappell. The statement Aussie Rules items etc. G £15/25 further images and handwritten reads ‘I have always played cricket 4 Cricket Ephemera. Selection of items details laid down next to it. To verso within the rules of the game. I took including real photograph postcards there is a laid down printed Albert a decision yesterday which whilst of Warren Bardsley (Empire Craig poem entitled ‘Old Records within the Laws of Cricket, in the Publishing), Neil Harvey (Playfair Thoroughly Smashed by Fielder and cool light of day I recognise as not Books) and Australian team 1953 further details’. G £80/120 being within the spirit of the game. (official). Plus photograph of Arthur The decision was made whilst I was 8 Cricket scraps. Selection of six colour Morris (Australian News No. 20351). under pressure and in the heat of the Victorian scraps of cricketers. All laid Sold with match tickets (includes moment. I regret the decision. It is down to individual paper pieces. G England v New Zealand 1949 etc), something I would not do again’. £15/25 brochures etc. G £30/50 The statement signed by Chappell. 9 ‘Lion Ale-Bier’. Excellent South Some staining, not affecting the text, 5 London County Cricket Club African free standing card otherwise in good condition. A c1903/04. The Middlesex County advertising sign c1950/60’s for ‘Lion unique item from an infamous Times Cricket Score Sheet’. Original Ale-Bier’. The sign depicts a lion incident in Australian cricket history. printed scoresheet used to report walking out to bat wearing a South Previously sold by Chappell in matches to the newspaper following African cap with bat under his arm Christies sale held in Melbourne in close of play. This scoresheet gives and holding a bottle of Lion Bier and July 2001 £500/700 the full scores of the match between holding a pint of Beir in the other Ealing C.C. and London County With the series tied at 1-1, Australia hand. The sign measures approxi - Cricket Club. Players include W.G. looked to have gained the upper mately 9”x10”. Generally good/very Grace who scored 60 runs and took hand by batting first and setting good condition £40/60 four wickets, W.L. Murdoch who New Zealand a chase of 235 runs. 5 Online Bidding Knights Sporting Limited are delighted to offer a new online bidding facility at our auctions for bidders who cannot attend the sale. Bid on lots and buy online from anywhere in the world at the click of a mouse with the-saleroom.com's Live Auction service. 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Please note that any lots purchased via the-saleroom.com live auction service will be subject to an additional 3% commission charge + VAT at the rate imposed on the hammer price. 6 Undisciplined bowling and fielding fact that I have been travelling all 24 Arthur E. Fagg. Kent & England by the Australians, and a great over the place playing cricket will I 1932-1957. Ink signature of Fagg on innings from Kiwi opener Bruce hop influence you to mitigate the piece laid down to album page dated Edgar narrowed the target to 15 sentence. I am playing cricket on the 23rd March 1939. G £30/40 with one over to play. Chappell’s days you asked us’. The letter dated younger brother, Trevor, a batting 5th July 1909 and nicely signed by 25 K.S. Duleepsinhji. Sussex & England all-rounder who specialised in Warner. G £140/160 1924-32. Ink signature of bowling at the end of an innings, Duleepsinhji on piece, dated 2nd delivered the final over. From the 15* Pelham Francis Warner. Middlesex & August 1951. G £30/50 England 1894-1920. Lord Hawke’s first five balls, Trevor Chappell took 26 Arthur Gordon Chipperfield. New two for 8, leaving the new batsman, tour of New Zealand 1902/03. Excellent four page handwritten South Wales & Australia 1933-1939. Brian McKechnie, to score a six to Excellent ink signature of tie the game. At this point, Greg letter from Warner, headed Christchurch, N.Z. to ‘Hutchinson’, Chipperfield on large piece. G Chappell intervened, told his £30/50 brother to deliver the ball along the regarding arranging an appointment ground, ie. underarm, and he then in London with Ward Lock & Co 27* ‘Australian Test Captains’. Six ink informed the umpire to let the (publishing house). He goes onto signatures of Neil Harvey, Arthur batsman know of the change of talk about the M.C.C. tour and the Morris, Bill Lawry, Ritchie Benaud, bowling style. Despite the protes - country. We have had a very good Greg Chappell and Allan Border on tations of wicketkeeper Rod Marsh, time and a triumphant match so far. individual ‘Australian Test Players’ the ball was delivered and the I made 211 the other day.... This is a headed cards. G £50/70 batsman simply put his bat in front beautiful country but the climate is overrated’. The letter dated 28th 28 E.L. a’Beckett, C.V. Grimmett and of the ball to stop. He then hurled C.E. Pellew, Australia Test players. his bat away. A large crowd of February 1903 and nicely signed by Warner. G £150/200 Ink signatures nicely signed to 50,000, mostly Australian, loudly individual cards. One signed on booed the Australian team from the Warner made his 211 v Otago on piece and laid down to card. G field. Although under-arm bowling the 13th/14th February 1903 £40/60 was not allowed in One Day cricket in England at the time, it had not 16 Frank Edward Woolley.
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