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Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CRICKET - Cricket Bats (Autographed) See also the sections below for bats and other items signed by individual players & teams.
Lot 57 57 1907-08 England Tour to Australia miniature cricket bat (44cm long) endorsed on front "English XI v Victorian XI, Melbourne 21-24 December 1907" with 13 signatures including Frederick Fane (captain), JB Hobbs & Wilfred Rhodes (105 not out), some fading. Aa very rare souvenir of this early tour. 300 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021
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Lot 58 58 'Summers Brown & Sons - JB Hobbs' full-size cricket bat, signed on reverse by 1920-21 Australia & England teams, 1930 Australian team & 1931-32 South African team; and signed on front by legends including Don Bradman, Clem Hill, John Worrall & Edgar Mayne; and c.1932 England team, with a total of 81 signatures including Warwick Armstrong, Jack Ryder, JB Hobbs, JWHT Douglas, Bill Woodfull, Don Bradman, H Cameron, Alex Bell, RES Wyatt & Maurice Tate, in display case, overall 19x99cm. 1,500 Auction 244 Page:3
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Lot 59 59 'Andrew Ducat' full-size cricket bat signed circa 1924 in India ink on front by England, South Africa, Rest of England, Yorkshire & Lancashire teams and on reverse by Surrey, Essex, Kent, Middlesex, Notts, Worcester, Sussex & Leicester teams; total of 150+ signatures, some faded but many still legible including Arthur Gilligan, Frank Woolley, Herbie Taylor, Mick Commaille, JWHT Douglas, Patsy Hendren, Jack Sharp, Andrew Ducat, Herbert Strudwick. 400 Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021
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Lot 60 60 'Tyldesley & Holbrook' full size cricket bat signed on front by 1930 4th Test England & Australian teams, 1933 England & West Indies teams, and on reverse by 1934 England & Australian teams & 1934 Machester City English Cup Winners (completely faded), with approximately 77 legible signatures including APF Chapman, Don Bradman, Douglas Jardine & George Headley. 1,000 Auction 244 Page:5
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Lot 61 61 Patsy Hendren signature in the ownership position on miniature cricket bat (49cm long), signed on reverse by 1934 Australian & English teams, with 24 signatures including Bill Woodfull, Don Bradman, Bill Ponsford, CF Walters (captain for 1st Test), Maurice Leyland & Leslie Ames, mounted in attractive corner display case with results of 1934 Tests & Averages, overall 59x73cm. 1,000 Page:6 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021
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Lot 62 62 Patsy Hendren's 'B.Warsop - E. Patsy Hendren' match-used cricket bat signed by Patsy Hendren in the ownership position, endorsed "Presented to Charlie Clapham, Last Test Match 1938", with a further 40+ signatures including 1938 England team on front (who scored a record 7 declared for 903 in the 5th Test), and on reverse HDG Leveson-Gowers XI v Australia, plus a few others, noted Denis Compton, Len Hutton (record 364), Maurice Leyland (187), Joe Hardstaff (169), Walter Hammond, cartoonist Tom Webster; RES Wyatt, Herbert Sutcliffe, Bill O'Reilly, Jack Fingleton; also JB Hobbs & George Gunn, some of the Australian signatures faded, most English signatures very legible and fine. [Elias "Patsy" Hendren was an outstanding English batsman in the inter-war period] 3,000 63 'Stuart Surridge' full-size cricket bat signed circa 1957 on front by West Indies team; and on reverse by Derby, Yorkshire, Surrey, Lancashire, Worcestershire & Middlesex teams; a total of 70+ signatures, some faded, the West Indies most legible including John Goddard, Clyde Walcott, Wes Hall, Gary Sobers & Everton Weekes. 120 Auction 244 Page:7
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Lot 64 64 1960 Tied Test Australia v West Indies full-size commemorative bat signed on front by 8 Australians & 7 West Indians including Richie Benaud, Bob Simpson, Frank Worrell & Gary Sobers, limited edition 434/500, mounted in attractive display case, overall 37x111cm. 300 Page:8 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021
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Lot 65 65 'Gray Nicolls - Crusader' full-size cricket bat signed circa 1965 on front by Sussex & South Africa teams, and on reverse by Essex, Worcestershire, AER Gilligan's XI & Surrey teams; a total of 69 signatures (some faded) including Jim Parks, John Snow, Peter van der Merwe, Eddie Barlow, Peter Pollock, Mike Deness & Micky Stewart, some water staining. 100 Auction 244 Page:9
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Lot 66 66 'Knights of Cricket' full-size cricket bat with signatures of Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Richard Hadlee, Sir Colin Cowdrey, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Clyde Walcot & Sir Everton Weekes, mounted in attractive display case, limited edition 334/480, overall 47x108cm. 500 67 1983-84 Australia, Pakistan & West Indies full size 'Gray-Nicolls' cricket bat signed by Australian team on front, and Pakistan & West Indies teams on reverse, with 44 signatures including Kim Hughes, Alan Border, Dennis Lillee, Imran Khan, Clive Lloyd & Viv Richards, in attractive display case, overall 29x103cm, signatures in superb condition. 150 68 1985 World Championship of Cricket full-size cricket bat signed by all seven teams - Australia, England, West indies, New Zealand, India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka; with 90 signatures including Allan Border, Clive Lloyd, David Gower, Geoff Howarth & Sunil Gavaskar. 250 69 1988 Bicentennary Test full size 'Gray-Nicolls' cricket bat signed by the Australian & England teams, with 28 signatures including Allan Border, David Boon (184 not out), Dean Jones, Mike Gatting & Chris Broad (139). 150 70 'World's Top Runmakers' display comprising 10 miniature cricket bats individually signed by Allan Border, Sunil Gavaskar, Graham Gooch, Javed Miandad, Viv Richards, David Gower, Geoff Boycott, Gary Sobers, Colin Cowdrey & Gordon Greenidge, framed & glazed, overall 99x55cm. 200 71 'The Champions of Cricket' full size cricket bat with 11 signatures including Viv Richards, Greg Chappell, Gary Sobers, Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee, limited edition number 171, in display case, overall 34x108cm. 200 72 'Great Test Performances, Australia vs England' full size cricket bat with 24 signatures including Bill Brown, Richie Benaud, Jeff Thomson, Dean Jones, Arthur Morris & Greg Chappell, limited edition 179/400, in attractive display case, overall 52x113cm. 200 73 'Ashes Captains 1948 - 2007/08' full-size cricket bat with 35 facsimile signatures on front, limited edition 153/500. 100 74 TABLE TENNIS BLADE!: 1982-83 Australia v England signed on one side by the Australian team, and on other side by the England team, with 28 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Geoff Lawson, Bob Willis, David Gower & Ian Botham. 100