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Lot Type Grading Description Est $A SPORTING MEMORABILIA - General & Miscellaneous Lots 10 GREYHOUNDS: Collection including 1989 Press Pass; books 'The Greyhound in ' by Agostini & Collerson [Sydney, 1973] & 'Australian Greyhound Pedigrees' by Munt & Quilty [, 1989]; 1970s-90s magazines (26); Greyhound Racing Registers (10); plus a range of ephemera. 100 - General & Miscellaneous Lots 29 Collection including range of 1977 souvenirs; replica Ashes urn (repaired); stamps, covers, FDCs & coins; cricket mugs (3); book 'The Art of Bradman'; 1987 cricket medal from Masters Games; also pair of cups inscribed 'HM King Edward VIII, Crowned May 12th 1937' in anticipation of his cancelled Coronation. Inspection will reward. (Qty) 100 30 Balance of collection including signed postcard & signed FDC; cricket books (23) including '200 Seasons of Australian Cricket'; cricket magazines (c.120); plus 1960s 'Football Record's (2). (Qty) 120

Ex Lot 31 31 Autographs International Test Cricketers signed cards all-different collection mounted and identified on 8 sheets with players from England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, India, New Zealand, Pakistan & Sri Lanka; including , , Alan Donald, , , , Intikhab Alam & . (93) 450 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

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Lot 32 32 Bat 'Great Test Performances - Australia vs England' with 24 signatures including , , & , limited edition 214/400, mounted in display case, overall 49x110cm. 150 33 Bats (Autographed) Two 'Gray-Nicolls' bats signed by 14 Australian & West Indies cricketers including , , , Rod Marsh, Larry Gomes, Wes Hall & Roger Harper, fine condition although both bats endorsed. (2) 100 34 Bats (Autographed) 1984-85 Australia v West Indies signed by both teams; 1985 World Championship of Cricket with facsimile signatures of the 7 teams; 1992 World Cup with facsimile signatures of the 9 teams; 'County' bat with 14 signatures including , , & Darren Berry. All housed in display cases (one with no glass). (4) 200 Page:3 Oct 20, 2019

CRICKET - General & Miscellaneous Lots (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 35 Books (21) including 'Bradman's Best Ashes Teams' by Perry [Sydney, 2002] & 'Spun Out - The Story' by Barry [Sydney, 2006]; other sports books (7); plus c1930-33 'The Australasian Pictorial' colour cricket posters (11) in poor condition. (39) 100 36 Books 'Wisden Cricket Almanack' for 1975-1999, all with limp yellow covers. Ex Ken Piesse library. (25) 125

Ex Lot 37 37 Books (Autographed) 'Images of Bradman', deluxe leather-bound edition by Allen & Kemsley [Bradman Museum, 1994], limited edition 809/974 signed by Don Bradman; 'Ali - The Life of Ali Bacher' by Hartman [London, 2004] with Ali Bacher's autograph tipped-in; plus 3 titles signed by author Roland Perry. (6) 300 38 Clothing comprising Chris Cairns match-used Gunn & Moore cricket trousers from 1993-94 tour to Australia, signed and endorsed "Ripped Trou Courtesy of Chris Cairns"; Mark Greatbatch match-used Gray Nicolls pair of gloves from 1993-94 tour to Australia signed (both); and pair of Gray Nicolls batting gloves, from Tasmania v South Australia at Launceston 2001-02 (Lehmann Man of the Match with 85 ); plus Australian Cricket Tie from 1926 International Cricket Convention. Ex Don Wigan collection. (4 items) 100 Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

CRICKET - General & Miscellaneous Lots (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 39 Ephemera including 'World Championship Cricket, Australian Tour 1968' programme with 6 signatures including Basil D'Oliveira, Wes Hall & ; programmes for Australian Country Cricket Team tours to UK in 1961 & 1965; book "National Cricket" [, c1946]. (6) 100 40 Postcards humorous cricket artist PPCs by Harry Gallagher & William Rutledge Hamilton; also Taylor & Weg (2) for the retirements of & Rod Marsh. (5) 100 41 Prints 'The First International Cricket Match played at the 1862' by Henry Burn; 'The Grand Cricket Match, All England Eleven versus Twenty Two of ...'; 'The All-England Eleven Versus the Victorian Twenty-Two, Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 1st, 1864'. All framed & glazed, various sizes. Ex Bruce Ruxton collection.(3) 100 42 Programmes Centenary Test Match Challenge for Derek Randall's Testimonial souvenir programmes (9) with 6 signed by participants including Greg Chappell, Doug Walters, & ; plus Derek Randall Testimonial booklet & dinner menu. Ex collection. (11 items) 50 43 Ties collection (50) including 1977 Centenary Test, Australian Cricket Society, range of club ties including Peking & Kowloon; plus Olympics green tie embroidered with 'MELBOURNE/ 1956/ XVI OLYMPIAD', Olympic rings & torch over map of Australia. (51) 120 CRICKET - ENGLAND

Ex Lot 91 91 RANJITSINHJI: Group of five Greetings Cards showing Ranji's palaces, with greetings messages, not signed. [Ranjitsinhji, played 15 Tests for England 1896-1902, and was ruler of the princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933] (5) 300 Page:5 Oct 20, 2019

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CRICKET - TEAM SHEETS & AUTOGRAPH PAGES

Lot 97 97 1936-37 Australian team, autograph page with 13 signatures including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Bill Brown & Ross Gregory. 300 Page:6 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

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Lot 98 98 1948 Australian team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, , & ; plus the usual handstamp of Sidney Barnes; mounted on A3 page with signed action photograph of Don Bradman. 500 99 1972 Australian team to England, official team sheet with 17 signatures including , Keith Stackpole & . 120 100 1977 Australian team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Greg Chappell, Rod Marsh, David Hookes & Jeff Thomson. 90

Lot 101 101 1977-78 Australian team, WSC official team sheet with 26 signatures including Ian Chappell (), Greg Chappell, David Hookes, Dennis Lillee & Doug Walters. Superb condition. 150 Page:7 Oct 20, 2019

CRICKET - TEAM SHEETS & AUTOGRAPH PAGES (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 102 1960 Commonwealth Tour of Rhodesia and South Africa, official team sheet with 13 signatures including Richie Benaud, , & Len Maddocks. Superb condition. 120

Lot 103 103 1936-37 England team, autograph page with 16 signatures including (captain), Walter Hammond, Bill Voce & George Duckworth. 150

Lot 104 104 1927 New Zealand team, autograph page with 14 signatures including (captain), 'Curly' Page, Matthew Henderson (very rare autograph) & Herb McGirr. [From the tour to England to decide if NZ was ready for : it was a success, and the MCC side visited NZ in the 1929-30 season] 300 Page:8 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

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Lot 105 105 1931 New Zealand team, autograph page with 13 signatures including Tom Lowry (captain), 'Curly' Page, Stewie Dempster & Bill Merritt; mounted on A4 page with team photograph. [The first tour by a NZ team in which Test matches were arranged]. 250 Page:9 Oct 20, 2019

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Lot 106 106 1937 New Zealand team, autograph page with 15 signatures including 'Curly' Page (captain), Martin Donnelly, & ; mounted on A4 page with team photograph. [The third NZ team to tour England, and the second to play Test matches]. 150 107 1949 New Zealand team, autograph page with 15 signatures including Walter Hadlee (captain), Martin Donnelly, John Reid & Merv Wallace; mounted on A3 page with team photograph. [The fourth NZ team to tour England, and the most successful to date]. 100 108 1954 Pakistan team to England (the first Tests between the two sides), autograph page with 17 signatures including Abdul Kardar, Imtiaz Ahmad & ; plus 1962 official team sheet with 20 signatures including Javed Burki, Hanif Mohammad & . (2) 150 Page:10 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

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Lot 109 109 1977-78 West Indian team, WSC official team sheet with 16 signatures including (captain), , & . Superb condition. 150 110 1977-78 World team, WSC official team sheet with 15 signatures including (captain), , & . Superb condition. 150 Page:11 Oct 20, 2019

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CRICKET - CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS 133 1984-96 cricket cards (246) including 1996 'VCA Centenary' [100] in album; ephemera with 1892 invoice from Victorian Cricketing & Sports Compy & 1950s Melbourne Sports Depot catalogue. 80 FOOTBALL - AUSTRALIAN RULES 143 Newspapers cuttings, notes & references regarding older players and coaches, in two suitcases from a lifetime of collecting. Ex Ken Piesse library. 100 144 Newspapers cuttings, obituaries, notes & references. A-Z in files in four boxes. An insight into how journalists researched in the pre-computer days. Ex Ken Piesse library. 100

Lot 167 167 CARLTON - TOM GORMAN: Rare 2-page process printed pamphlet 'Address by Edmund Finn Esq, Delivered at the Melbourne Athenaeum, May 26th 1880... re death of Tom Gorman', 11 stanzas written by Edmund 'Garryowen' Finn [Melbourne, 1880], in which he asks Carlton and Melbourne Footballers to donate for the widow's purse. Together with book 'Garryowen's Melbourne' [Melbourne, 1967]. A very rare (possibly unique) item of Australian Rules literature. [Tom Gorman was an original member of Carlton's teams from 1864-71. In 1880 Tom and 3 of his children died of the diptheria epidemic in Hamilton] 300 HORSE RACING - General & Miscellaneous Lots

Lot 266 266 Playing Cards Double pack featuring Phar Lap; double pack featuring racing scenes; plus 1988 Action playing cards full deck (56) each showing different past champions. The illustration is above Lot 270. 150 269 Prints 1906 colour lithograph 'Flavus, Imported Thoroughbred Stallion' supplement to 'The Sydney Stock and Station Journal', framed 59x55cm; plus reprinted 1937-38 Capstan calendar 'Capstan Cavalcade of Famous Winners' including Carbine & Phar Lap. (2 items) 100T Page:12 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A HORSE RACING - 1929 to 1932 - The Phar Lap Era 349 PHAR LAP: Collection of colour pictures/prints, noted finish of 1930 Melbourne Cup; 'Souvenir Phar Lap' published by National Museum of ; print published 'With the Compliments of Club Razor Blades'. Condition varies. Inspection recommended. (6) 100 HORSE RACING - 1932 Onwards 353 Balance of collection, noted Tommy J Smith signed display; racebooks (5) including 2012 Melbourne Cup; photographs of Craig Williams & Brett Pebble; race finish photograph. (9) 40 390 1938 Calendar 'Cavalcade of Melbourne Cup Winners' featuring 11 winners including The Trump, Peter Pan, Hall Mark & Phar Lap, with advert for Bob Ashton's Sports Centre in Wagga, size 38x52cm. Fair/Good condition. 120 391 1940 Capstan Calendar depicting a series of photos of all runners in the 1939 Melbourne Cup - The Start, Seven Furlongs from Home, One Furlong from Home & The Finish; also horse racing records, swimming, athletics, olympics and boxing records, size 54x90cm. Fair/Good condition. 150 404 MELBOURNE CUP: Collection of Media Kits (15) for 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1992 & 1993; plus range glossy brochures/media guides (17) from 1973 to 2008; also range of ephemera. A scarce group. (c40) 200 OLYMPIC GAMES

Lot 480 480 1896 Athens Olympics: 'The Olympic Games, BC776 - AD1896', published by Charles Beck [Athens, 1896] text in German & English, rebound in black leather (covers loose and spine missing). Ex Edwin Flack with his name on title page (part guillotined off when book bound). 300 490 1956 Melbourne Olympics: Tickets for Basketball for Nov.23 (2 consecutive); Nov.24 (3 consecutive); Nov.28 (2 consecutive) & Nov.29 (4 consecutive). Some tickets with faults or staining. (11) 200 Page:13 Oct 20, 2019

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Ex Lot 492 492 1956 Melbourne Olympics: Collection of small figurines (14) sold as souvenirs, including athletes (2), torch runner (2), javelin, discus throw (3), swimming (2), boxing (2), fencing & weightlifting. Each on a small stand with 'Olympic Games/1956 - Melbourne'. Collection housed in Griffiths Sweets 1956 Olympics tin.Generally fine condition and very cute! (15) 300 494 1956 Melbourne Olympics: Ephemera group (25 items) with brochures, guides, maps (3 different), serviettes (2), 'Melbourne - the Olympic City' folders of drawings by Harry Hudson (3), 'Wardrop' clothing box; also collection of 1948-96 sports/olympics magazines (34). (Total 59) 100 Page:14 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

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Lot 498 498 1968 Mexico Olympics - Black Power Salute: Rare programme from Tommie Smith's visit to Melbourne in 1967 for 'The Recordbreakers' athletics meet, signed on front cover by Tommie Smith, and on reverse 5 others including Ron Clarke. [Tommie Smith & Australian Peter Norman both ran in the 220 Yards, and at Mexico won gold & silver in the 200m, prior to the famous Black Power salute at the medal ceremony]. 200 500 2000 Sydney Olympics: Ephemera group (34 items) with Media Kit; duplicated range of train timetables (26), brochures (7); plus collection of Cathy Freeman ephemera & postcards (56 items); 1990s range of newspaper banners, some Olympics related. Also hand-knitted children's jumpers (2) featuring Australian olympic mascot 'Willie'. 100

Ex Lot 504 504 EDWIN FLACK: Collection including transcripts of 1896 letters from Edwin Flack to his father; invitations (2) re 1914 Olympic Congress in Paris; 1914 letters to Flack from British Olympic Association & Gordon Inglis (head of delegation); range of letters to Edwin Flack (25), receipts (42 - many for antiques & art), photographs (38 - some original, others reprinted), postcards (2); copy of death certificate; 1935 auction catalogue for his antique furniture & paintings. Many of the photographs & documents used to illustrate the book 'Edwin Flack - The Lion of Athens' by Peter Sweeney [Perth, 2004]. [Edwin Flack was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative at the 1896 Athens Games, and first Olympic gold medallist, winning both the 800m & 1500m] (100+) 3,000 Page:15 Oct 20, 2019

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Lot 505 505 EDWIN FLACK: Signature with 14 others on reverse of a 1912 menu 'Dinner. Given by the Passengers to Captain St.John George & Officers, RMS 'Empire'. Oriental Hotel, Kobe, Japan'. [Australia's first Olympian and first Olympic gold medallist; very rare signature] 800 COLLECTABLES - GENERAL 512 Balance of collection with maps including 'Philips War Map of the Pacific'; National Bank calendars (17); prints & posters. Offer 516 Ephemera 1880s Victorian scrapbook including 3 large photographs of Oban, Scotland; small album of 1896-1910 ephemera; c.1939 Trooping of the Colours booklet; 1958 Hobart Regatta silk programme; advertising postcards & ephemera (27 items) including Swallow & Ariell's Pure Jams; Australian military postcards & photographs (26 items) plus 'The Aussie Wallet, Xmas Wishes from Australian YMCA 1918'; 1930s-40s NSW/Qld survey maps (8). (Qty) 250 517 Ephemera carton including racebooks (3) 1938 VATC, 1948 VRC Spring Carnival - Last Day & 1956 Royal Ascot with invitation to visit the Queen's Stables; ephemera from 1950s & 1960s trips to Europe; ticket for 1958 Kooyong 'Tournament of Champions'; travel documents (2) with facsimile autographs of Robert Menzies; range of magazines; book 'Lalique par Lalique' [Paris, 1977]; collection of cook books; P&O menus; old family bible; also range of postcards mostly 'European Vacation' including some Great Britain real photo cards, 1960s Fiji noted a few used, etc. (100s) 100 Page:16 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

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Ex Lot 522 522 GREAT BRITAIN - SHIPWRECKS: Collection of Grace Darling material including rare 1838 'Bamburgh Castle' broadsheet raising funds for an Annuity for the Heroic Grace Darling and her Father; books (3) including 'Grace Darling - The Heroine of the Farne Isles' [Southampton, 1875]; postcard; and Rowntree chocolates tin. [Grace Darling (1815-1842) was an English lighthouse keeper's daughter, famed for participating in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838: the paddlesteamer ran aground on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland; nine members of her crew were saved] (6) 600

Lot 523 523 GREAT BRITAIN - TITANIC: 'The Wreck of the Titanic (In Memoriam), Descriptive Fantasia, arranged by F.W.Owers', hand-written sheet music, 10pp, with postcard showing Titanic decorating front cover, fine condition. 250 Page:17 Oct 20, 2019

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUSTRALIANA

Ex Lot 537 537 Beer Lables c.1890s Coghlan & Tulloch's Ballarat Brewing Co labels for Extra Stout & Genuine Malt Ale, fine condition. (2) 100 539 Books cartoon booklet 'Mr Melbourne - Day by Day' by Mitchell [Melbourne, 1948] some toning; plus Infant Welfare Booklet 'Our Babies" with front cover illustration by May Gibbs [Melbourne, 1946]. (2) 100 Page:18 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

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Ex Lot 548 548 CARTOONISTS: Collection including Stan Cross original 'Wally and the Major' cartoon artwork (2), various drawings (28) housed in 11 sheets, 'Wally and the Major' cartoon books (15) from issues 2 to 16 [1943-57]; Carl Lyon 'Wally and the Major' cartoon artwork (77) including 3 pencil drawings from soon after taking over the strip - one with note from Stan Cross, c1938-39 cartoons for 'Shaver', proposed comic strips 'Jim Marston - Secret Agent', 'Chris of the Air Training Corps', 'Boys of St Crispins' & horse racing adventure strip - with synopsis, drawings, trial comic strips; Alex Gurney 'Bluey and Curley' cartoon books (5) from issues 2 to 9 [1942-49]; Sam Wells original cartoon artwork (7) including one with Don Bradman & another re Tom Hafey new Richmond coach; Eric Joliffe 'Joliffe's Outback' cartoon books (10) & calendars (7), 1982 letter from Eric Joliffe to Carl Lyon; BE Minns etching 'Aboriginal Man and Woman'; WEG (William Edward Green) 'WEG's World' cartoon book. (150+ items) 5,000 550 L A MUNICIPAL: 'Certificate of Competency/Municipal Clerks' (1949), Fellowship of the Insitute of Municipal Administration (1954) & 'Commission of the Peace Certificate of Assignment' as a Justice of the Peace (1963), all framed. NO RESERVE. 100 Page:19 Oct 20, 2019

AUSTRALIANA (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 553 SCHOOLS: Scotch College (Melbourne) archive of ephemera c.1937-51 including 1951 Centenary programme & Order of Service; 1937 Stamp Club Magazine (Vol.1 No.1); 1938 dinner menu; 1937-40 programmes for Athletics (8), swimming (2), rowing (5) & Anzac Day (3). Condition varies, though interesting history. (51) 100 AUTOGRAPHS 574 VICTORIAN POLITICIANS: Archive of letters to Northcote Council c1890-1937 with duplicated range of signatures including Sir Graham Berry (11th Premier of Victoria), John Cain Sr (34th Premier of Victoria), James Hume Cook, James Membrey, Henry Beard, Frank Brennan, William Evans, Esmond Kiernan, Frank Anstey, Frederick Hickford, William Beckett, Frederick Gray & David Methven. (280) 150 Page:20 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A MILITARIA - General & Miscellaneous Lots 597 18th BATTALION AIF Archive with 1914 staff photograph; 1916 Memorial Service for men who fell at Gallipoli; Reunion programmes for 1928, 1929 & 1938; photographs (3) of Japanese surrender at Brunei 1945; also 1917 group photograph of School of Technical Training, Royal Flying Corps, Reading (including Australians). Condition varies, though scarce group. (8 items) 150