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Page:1 May 19, 2019 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A SPORTING MEMORABILIA - General & Miscellaneous Lots 4 BADGES: Cricket & Football membership badges c1980-1991, noted Melbourne Cricket Club (9); Essendon (8) & VFL Park (4), mainly fine condition. (21) 100 Lot 5 5 BASEBALL: c1905 real photo postcard of the Victorian Baseball team with some of their partners and 21 signatures including Test Cricketer Frank Laver, also T.Vaughan, W.G.Hickford, S.G.Lansdown, W.J.Scott, extremely scarce and superb condition. 300 8 EPHEMERA: Group including tennis with photographs of Martina Navratilova (8; one signed); 1957 & 1961 Davis Cup programmes; fishing with book "Rod and Stream" by Sharp [London, 1928]; 1892 invoice to Melbourne Cricket Club; c1950 MSD cricket catalogue; 1956 Olympics programmes (3); 1891 programme for Douglas Bay Regatta (Isle of Man). (41) 100 9 FRAMED SPORTING MEMORABILIA: Balance of collection including cricket (39); football with items from Adelaide, Brisbane (2), Carlton (2), Collingwood (6), Essendon (6), Footscray (2), Hawthorn (2), Melbourne, North Melbourne (3), Richmond, StKilda (9) & Swans (2); boxing; golf (3) & horse racing. Buyer must collect. (84) 200 CRICKET - General & Miscellaneous Lots 16 Balance of cricket collection including 1949 Capstan calendar featuring Don Bradman (some faults); 1947 Capstan calendar (damaged); Bradman Centenary calendar; supplement 'Australians Who Played in 1932-3 Test Series'; 1970s programmes/tour guides (13); tea towels (3); newspapers; door stop in shape of bowler. 150 17 Cricket collection including range of 1977 Centenary Test souvenirs; replica urn (repaired); stamps, covers, FDCs & coins; cricket mugs (3); book 'The Art of Bradman'; 1987 cricket medal from Masters Games. Inspection will reward. 100 Ex Lot 18 18 1988 England v West Indies, collection of 10x8" press photographs, with captions. [The West Indies won the Test series 4-0, and the tour has become known as the 'summer of four captains' as England used four different captains in the five Test matches]. (100) 200T 19 1993 Centenary Test Match Challenge for Derek Randall's Testimonial souvenir programmes (9) with 6 signed by participants including Greg Chappell, Doug Walters, David Hookes & Jeff Thomson; plus Derek Randall Testimonial booklet & dinner menu. Ex Ray Bright collection. 75 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 CRICKET - General & Miscellaneous Lots (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 20 AUTOGRAPHS: Post-war cricketers display comprising signed cards window mounted with photographs of Arthur Morris, Bill Brown, Trevor Bailey, Alec Bedser, Godfrey Evans & Fred Trueman, framed & glazed, overall 87x41cm. 100 Ex Lot 21 21 - 1970s-2015 range of menus (53), letters (4), programmes (5) & ephemera (27) with over 400 signatures, noted Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Dennis Lillee, Tony Greig, Shane Warne, Ian Chappell, Keith Miller, Bill Ponsford, Jack Ryder, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Ray Lindwall; also other sports legends including Hubert Opperman, Kieren Perkins, Cathy Freeman & Ron Clarke. (89) 500 22 BATS: comprising c.1900 'Hambledon' bat; 70mm wide 'County' practice bat; 'County' bat with 16 signatures including Neil Harvey, Ian Craig & Brian Booth. Ex Ray Bright collection. (3) 100 23 - autographed 'Gray-Nicolls' cricket bats (2) both signed by 14 Australian & West Indies cricketers including Kim Hughes, Carl Rackemann, Terry Alderman, Rod Marsh, Larry Gomes, Wes Hall & Roger Harper, fine condition though both bats endorsed. (2) 150 24 - Miniature Bats, one signed by Doug Walters in display case; others signed by 1981 Australia, England & Pakistan teams and David Boon. Ex Don Wigan collection. (5) 50 25 CLOTHING: Caps (8) including 1992-93 India's Friendship Tour to South Africa (signed "Bishan Bedi"), Australian Institute of Sport, Cricket Canada, Wellington, Wellington College & Matabeleland (2 - one signed Matthew Townshend); plus clothing including Narendra Hirwani headband (17 Tests for India 1988-96); Matabeleland shirts (3), also South African Eastern Province shirt, Northern Transvaal shirt; 'The Australians 1930' handkerchief; T-shirts (3; one with three Barbados signatures).. Ex Don Wigan collection. (19) 150 Ex Lot 26 26 PLATES: Collection including 'The Invincibles 50th Anniversary' by Bradford Exchange; 'Century of Centuries' plates for Don Bradman & Colin Cowdrey; 'Don Bradman: An Australian Legend" 5 plates from series & a spare; also Methodist Ladies College Centenary. (10) 250 27 POSTERS: 1980s-90s cricket posters, noted 3 signed by Imran Khan & one signed by Zaheer Abbas. Fair/Very Fine condition. (11) 80T Page:3 May 19, 2019 CRICKET - General & Miscellaneous Lots (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 28 28 TIES: Collection including 1977 Centenary Test, Australian Cricket Society, range of club ties including Peking & Kowloon. 150 CRICKET - AUSTRALIA 29 AUTOGRAPHS: including Australia ODI shirt signed by Shane Warne; display signed by Don Bradman & Bill Ponsford; cricket bat signed by Greg, Ian & Trevor Chappell; also cricket cards 'Cricketers 1934' {50} & 'Cricketers 1938' {50}. 300 Lot 30 30 - Australian Test Captains autographs on 1992 Sheffield Shield Centenary stamps in gutter pairs, signed by Don Bradman, Richie Benaud, Lindsay Hassett, Ian Johnson, Ian Craig, Greg Chappell, Bill Brown, Brian Booth, Ian Chappell, Arthur Morris, Graham Yallop, Kim Hughes, Neil Harvey, Bill Lawry, Barry Jarman, Bob Simpson & Mark Taylor. 300 Ex Lot 31 31 BADGES: 1930-48 Circular 25mm badges 'Australian Cricketers' comprising Bromley, Brown, Chipperfield (2), Darling, Ebeling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, Kippax, McCabe, McCool, Oldfield, O'Reilly, Ponsford, Waite, Wall, Ward, White & Woodfull; also 21mm badge of Wally Hammond. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (21) 200 32 BATS: comprising 'Kookaburra' bat signed by Ricky Ponting; two 1940s match-used bats; 'Wisden' & 'Pride of Pakistan' bats. (5) 120 33 - 'County' cricket bat with 14 signatures including Merv Hughes, Doug Walters, Alan Connolly & Darren Berry. Housed in display case (no glass), overall 32x103cm. 100 Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 CRICKET - AUSTRALIA (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 34 34 - Cricket bat display with three signed bats - Australia 2004, Sri Lanka 2006 & Victoria 2006 (v Queensland in Pura Cup Final), framed together, overall 64x105cm. 300 35 CLOTHING: Australian Cricket Tie from 1926 International Cricket Convention, green with diagonal gold stripes made by Farmer's of Sydney; plus Darren Lehmann pair of Gray Nicolls batting gloves, from Tasmania v South Australia at Launceston 2001-02 (Lehmann Man of the Match with 85 not out). Ex Don Wigan collection.(2 items) 100 36 FRAMED DISPLAYS: comprising MCG Centenary; Russel Drysdale print 'The Cricketers'; Keith Miller display with signed mini-bat; MCG Member's Pavilion; D'Arcy Doyle print, various sizes. (5) 100 37 LITERATURE: including '1946-47 Test Series Souvenir'; books (12) including 'Australia - Story of a Cricket Country' by Ryan [Melbourne, 2001] & '200 Seasons of Australian Cricket' [Sydney, 1997]; magazines (40+), tour guides (5), programmes (5) & video. 50 Page:5 May 19, 2019 CRICKET - AUSTRALIA (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Ex Lot 38 38 POSTCARDS: 'Australian Eleven 1905' postcard fine used from Camperdown to Melbourne; plus Daily Express advertising card 'The 1956 Australian Touring Side' with facsimile autographs printed on reverse. (2) 100 Lot 39 39 - 'P.Newland (South A)' wearing his Australian cap & blazer from the 1905 Ashes tour; plus '1926 Australian Team, In Jaegar Shirts and Sweaters, etc'. Superb condition. (2) 100 Lot 40 40 - real photo postcard 'England v Australia, Test Match, Melbourne, Victoria' endorsed on front 'January 1912'. Superb unused condition. 100 Page:6 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 CRICKET - AUSTRALIA (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 41 41 - 1936 photogravure portrait postcards 'Australian & English Cricketers 1936-37' complete set comprising Bradman, Brown, Chipperfield, Darling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, McCabe, Oldfield, O'Reilly, Allen, Duckworth, Fagg, Fishlock, Hammond, Hardstaff, Leyland, Robins, Verity & Worthington. Fine/VF condition. Extremely rare as a complete set. 500 CRICKET - AUSTRALIA - 19th Century 42 'The First International Cricket Match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1862' by Henry Burn, Australian Cricket Print 1979, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 76x57cm. Ex Bruce Ruxton collection. 50 43 'The Grand Cricket Match, All England Eleven versus Twenty Two of New South Wales, Contested in the Outer Domain, Sydney, Jany 29th, 30th, 31st & Feby 1st, 1862', Australian Cricket Print 1981, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 107x82cm. Ex Bruce Ruxton collection. 50 44 'The All-England Eleven Versus the Victorian Twenty-Two, Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 1st, 1864', Australian Cricket Print 1982, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 79x59cm. Ex Bruce Ruxton collection. 50 45 1885 Mount Pleasant Cricket Club (Ballarat) original cabinet card photograph with cameos of each player endorsed 'Presented to C.E.Grainger Esq, as a token of respect by the Members of the Mount Pleasant Cricket Club, 1885' with 'Photographer Chuck, Next Savings Bank, Ballarat (Gold Medallist, London)' printed on back. Good condition. 100 46 1886 Fremantle Cricket Club Western Australia ½d Postal Card with announcement of the club's annual meeting (taking place that same night - 130 years