Auction 244 Page:1 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CRICKET - General & Miscellaneous Lots Ex Lot 38 38 Balance of collection including 1900s Valentine's 'Series 545' postcards (4); Classic Cricket Postcards (82); commemorative cricket covers (94); 'Test Series Official Book 1983/84' with 25 signatures; 1940s-70s magazines (44); folder of newspapers & ephemera. (220+ items) 180 39 - including flag 'Test Cricket' made in South Africa; A4 print of Shane Warne signed by artist Stephen Doig; 1953 magazine signed on front cover by Neil Harvey; mini-bats (2) with facsimile autographs 'Australia's Finest Cricketers' for 1982-83 & 1988-89; cricket figurine; Pennant 'Souvenir, Diamond Jubilee Test, Played at Melbourne 1937. Australia's Team...' including D.Bradman Capt (some faults); 1951 scorecard England v South Africa; 1977 Jubilee Ashes Tests tour guide & book; newspapers (5) including deaths of Keith Miller & David Hookes. (17 items) 120 40 - including signed books (11) including Richie Benaud, Colin Cowdrey & Sunil Gavaskar; signed pictures (17), ephemera (5) & pieces (3); signed covers (11) with 40 signatures; cap signed by Brian Lara; unsigned books (10) & ephemera. (60+ items) 100 41 - including books 'Bradman - A Tribute' signed on front cover by Don Bradman; 'Sachin Tendilkar - Masterful' signed inside by Sachin Tendulkar; 'By Hook or by Cut' signed by Les Favell; 1977 Test Cricket PNC signed Tony Greig & two Chappells; cricket magazines/books (14); archive box of cricket pictures A-Z from newspapers & magazines. (100s) 100 42 Artwork & Prints 'The Ashes, Australia vs England. Sydney Cricket Ground 1895, Players of the 19th Century' print, limited edition 67/1000, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 106x79cm. 80 43 Books 'Australian Cricket' by Jack Pollard set of 5 volumes in slipcase [Sydney 1995], comprising 1803-1893 The Formative Years, 1893-1917 The Turbulent Years, 1918-1948 The Bradman Years, 1948-1995 The Packer Years & 1992 Years of Cricket Statistics. (5) 100 44 - group (11) including 'Bradman - The Illustrated Biography' (signed by Bradman); 'Boycott - The Autobiography' (signed); 'Lillee - Over and Out!' (signed); 'Double Century - 200 years of the MCC' by Lewis (signed); magazines (7); Wisden Australia 1st Edition 1998; MCG Souvenir View Folder; 1977 Test Cricket centenary PNC. (21 items) 150 Lot 45 45 - 'John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1888', rebound in brown cloth (without original wrappers), Fine condition. 250 46 - 'Wisden Cricketers Almanack' for 1986, 1998, 2001, 2004 & 2008-17. The first two issues with limp yellow covers, others hardbound with dust jackets, mainly Fine condition. (14 items) 140 47 Medals 1977 silver medal inscribed 'THE CENTENARY OF ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA/1877-1977' on front, on reverse St George & Dragon, issued by MCC; also 1980 bronze medal 'MCC BICENTENARY/1787-1987'; plus snuff box with enamel lid produced for 1980 Centenary Test, all in original presentation cases. (3 items) 150 48 - 1966 World Cup silver medal, 50mm diameter, with on face 'ROTHMAN'S WORLD CUP, 1966', and on reverse 'PRESENTED TO ............... AT LORD'S, SEPT.1966'. Presented to members of the World XI team. 100 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021 CRICKET - General & Miscellaneous Lots (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 49 49 - 1977 Centenary Test medal engraved on rim 'Presented to R.Willis', with front engraved 'VICTORIAN CRICKETERS ASSOCIATION 1877', and reverse engraved 'This Medallion presented by the Victorian Cricket Association To participants in the centenary Australia v England Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, March 1977, is engraved with the design of the medal given by the Victorian Cricketers Association to the Colonial Players in the First Test on the Same Ground in March 1877', in original case named 'R WILLIS". Extremely rare and sought after player's medal. [Bob Willis played 90 Tests 1971-84, including 18 as England captain] 1,000 50 - 'The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Cricket Match: Prime Minister's XI versus England' medal engraved 'R WILLIS 1978', in original presentation case. [Bob Willis played 90 Tests 1971-84, including 18 as England captain] 100 Lot 51 51 - 1982 'Inaugural Test Match, Sri Lanka vs England, 17-22 Feb: 1982', inscribed on reverse 'Made in Sri Lanka by Pattakannus, Colombo' and engraved for 'M.SMITH', in original presentation case. 100 Lot 52 52 Plate 1890 (circa) decorative majolica plate showing oriental cricketers, with olive green glaze on front, made by HB Co in Choisy-le-Roi in France, 23cm diameter. Very rare and attractive. 140 Auction 244 Page:3 CRICKET - General & Miscellaneous Lots (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 53 Postcards 1890 (crica) Christmas greeting card 'From One Flanel'd Fool to Another' depicting a cricketer wearing a striped blazer (some damage); 'Melbourne Cricket Ground - An English Eleven at Play 1904', 'Oval Manly, near Sydney', 'England v Australia, The Oval, Adelaide'; 'R.Abel'; 1936-37 photogravure postcards for Bill Brown, Bert Chipperfield, Len Darling, Jack Fingleton, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Bill O'Reilly, Gubby Allen, Laurence Fishlock, Maurice Leyland & Robert Robins (two creased); modern postcard 'The Australians 1886'. Fair/Fine condition. (16 items) 150 Ex Lot 54 54 Stamps & Covers 1969-2014 duplicated accumulation with cricket stamps (1200+), miniature sheets (330+) & first day covers/commemorative covers (240+). (1700+) 600 55 Tour Guides reproductions of 'Souvenir of Stoddart's English Cricket Team 1894-5' limited edition 27/50; plus 'Souvenir of the Visit of the MCC Team of English Cricketers 1903' limited edition 35/50. (2 items) 100 56 - 1948-54 range including 'The Listener-In Test Cricket Book' [Melbourne, 1948]; 'Australia Wins! The Illustrated Story of the 1948 Tests'; 'Sporting Globe Cricket Book 1950-51; also 'British Olympic Association Official Report of the London Olympic Games 1948'. Mainly good condition. (8 items) 150.