DAY ONE CRICKET MEMORABILIA AUTOGRAPHED CRICKET EPHEMERA Test series by Wisden, its status was 277 Australia 1961. Official Australian demoted three years later. The tour fixture card signed to the back 270 M.C.C. tour of the West Indies World touring side won the series 4- cover in ink by all seventeen players. 1953/54. Official menu for the 1 Signatures include Benaud (captain), ‘Dinner to M.C.C. Team to visit West Harvey (vice-captain), Lawry, Indies’ held at the The Tavern, Lord’s 274 The Cricket Society (Northern Simpson, Burge, Davidson, Grout, on 13th December 1953. Signed in Section). Menu for the dinner held McKenzie etc. Light creasing and ink to the back cover by all sixteen on 13th June 1949. Signed to the ageing otherwise G/VG - cricket members of the touring party. verso by John Arlott and the actress, £50/70 Signatures include Hutton (captain), Margaret Lockwood. Some foxing Trueman, Statham, Bailey, Laker, and creasing otherwise in good 278 Kippax-Oldfield Testimonial Match’ Lock, Graveney, Compton etc. Small condition. Sold with a menu for the 1949. Official souvenir for A.L. tape mark to spine otherwise G - Bradford Sportsmen’s Society Fifth Hassett’s team v A.R. Morris team cricket £40/60 Annual Dinner held at Victoria Hotel, played at Sydney Cricket Ground, Bradford, April 19th 1956. Signed by February 25th -March 1st 1949. 271 Pakistan 1962. M.C.C. Dinner menu Len Hutton, H.J. White, Lord Mayor Signed in black ink to the front cover to the Pakistan cricket team 1962 of Bradford, Lord Burghley and one by Alan Kippax. Sold with a mono signed to the rear cover by fifteen other guest. Some creasing and press photograph of the captains, players and officials who attended adhesive marks to rear otherwise in Hassett and Morris, with Kippax the dinner. Players’ signatures good condition. Also four other walking off the field having include Hanif Mohammad, menus, some with signatures inspected the wicket. Some folds Mahmood Hussain, Alim-ud-Din, including Gower, Benjamin, and wear to programme otherwise Mahmood Hussain etc. G - cricket DeFreitas, A. Bedser, Willis etc. Qty 6 in good condition. Rare - cricket £30/50 - cricket £25/35 £50/70 272 South Africa 1955. M.C.C. Dinner 275 Bill Woodfull, Captain of Australia 279 M.C.C. in Australia 1928/29. Front menu to the South African cricket 1930. Carlton Cricket Club ‘Smoke cover of the official M.C.C. tour team 1953 signed to the front cover Social’ tendered to Mr W.M. Christmas card. Nicely signed in by Denis Compton and Viscount Woodfull-Captain 17th Australian XI black ink to the verso by all members Cobham, president of M.C.C. Signed on Monday 17th November 1930. of the touring party with the to the rear cover by all seventeen Decorative Toasts card produced for exception of Hobbs. Signatures members of the South African the evening to welcome home the include Hammond, Larwood, touring party. Signatures include victorious Captain, Australia having Jardine, Sutcliffe, Tate, Leyland, Cheetham (captain), McGlew, won the Ashes in England in the Tyldesley, Ames etc plus Sidney McLean, Endean, Tayfield, Heine, summer of 1930. With printed Southerton, editor of Wisden, Toone Goddard, Duckworth etc. Small tape caricature, by Wells, of Woodfull (manager) and Gertrude Chapman, mark to spine otherwise G - cricket depicted as the King carrying the wife of Percy. Duckworth has signed £40/60 Ashes urn and men bowing to him as ‘QuackQuack’. Original 273 Great Britain v Rest of the World ‘The return of our profitable son, decorative ribbon attached. Minor 1970. Waldorf Hotel Dinner menu The King comes back’ and ‘We’re wear and creasing to card dated 12th August 1970 on the eve glad you’re back, your Majesty’. extremities not affecting the of the Test Match played at The Woodfull has signed the card to the signatures. G/VG. Rare - cricket Oval. The verso signed by fourteen top left hand side in blue ink. Titles £200/300 players and guests including all below. To reverse are the Toasts 280 New Zealand 1958. ‘British twelve members of the Rest of the including Woodfull, W.L. Kelly for Sportman’s Club’ luncheon menu World Team. Players’ signatures the team, Donald MacKinnon for held for the New Zealand team at include Sobers (captain), Lloyd, Australian Cricket etc. G £70/100 the Savoy Hotel, 18th April 1958. Kanhai, Pollock, Proctor, Richards, 276 Australia 1934. The Institute of The front cover features a cartoon Murray, Mushtaq Mohammad etc. Journalists, London District by Tom Webster of a lion and a kiwi Also signed by Leslie Ames. Rare. G ‘Welcome Luncheon to the dressed in cricket attire with the - cricket £50/70 Australian Cricket Team’. Criterion caption ‘The cricketing kiwi: “Going The five match ‘Test’ series was Restaurant menu dated 27th April to do any bird watching this hastily set up to replace the South 1934. Signed to the back cover in season?” The lion: “Only in a nice Africa tour to England cancelled due pencil by Stan McCabe. G/VG - way”.’. Signed to the front cover by to political pressure over apartheid. cricket £40/60 the artist, Webster, Denis Compton, Although originally designated a full Trevor Bailey, Bert Sutcliffe and the 5 athlete, Chris Brasher. G/VG - cricket (postmarked same date) and nicely 1895. Handwritten letter on Park £25/35 signed ‘A. Brian Sellers. G/VG - House, Thornbury headed paper, cricket £30/40 dated 20th October 1907. ‘Is the 281 Australia in England 1948. Rare enclosed quite correct. Kindly let me Toastmaster sheet for a lunch held at 286 Frederick Richard Brown. Surrey, know.’ The letter nicely signed in ink the Jamaica Wine House, London on Northamptonshire & England 1931- by Grace ‘Edward Mills Grace’. Light 15th July 1948. The typed text 1953. Hand written letter replying to horizontal fold otherwise in very surrounded by twenty signatures in an enquiry ‘about Tony Lock and his good condition - cricket £140/180 blue ink including all eighteen Benefit - but I’m afraid this is members of the Australian touring nothing to do with M.C.C.& is 292 Sidney James Pegler, Transvaal & party. Signatures include Bradman purely a matter for the Surrey South Africa 1908-1924. Typed (captain), Miller, Barnes, Hassett, C.C.C.’. Nicely signed ‘F.R. Brown’. letter on ‘South African Touring Brown, Morris, Lindwall, Johnston, I. G/VG - cricket £20/30 Team, 1951’ to George Brooking Johnson, McCool, K. Johnson letterhead acknowledging receipt of 287 Lord Martin Bladen Hawke, (manager) etc.G/VG - cricket the book, ‘55 Years Cricket Yorkshire & England 1881-1911. £300/400 Memories’ written by Brooking. Hand written letter/note acknowl - Signed in black ink by Pegler. G/VG 281 Australia 1948. Official ‘P&O R.M.S. edging the enclosure of a print. - cricket £25/35 Strathaird’ souvenir brochure for the Nicely signed ‘Hawke’. Not dated. Australian tour of England 1948. Horizontal and vertical folds Pegler was the manager of the South Printed in Sydney. Pictorial covers. otherwise G. Sold with an original African’s tour to England in 1951 Fully signed in ink to pen pictures by photograph of the presentation 293 Sir Hubert Ashton. Essex C.C.C. all eighteen members of the folder given to him on the occasion 1921-39. Typed letter from Ashton Australian touring team. Signatures of his wedding in June 1916 - cricket to Lady Helen Graham-Little nicely signed include Bradman, £70/100 concerning his candidature as a Hassett, Miller, Harvey, Johnson, 288 Lord Harris, Kent and England 1870- Conservative M.P. Signed by Ashton. Lindwall, Barnes, Loxton, Morris, 1911. Short typewritten letter G/VG - cricket £20/30 Ring, Toshack, Tallon etc. Some stating ‘I was not at Agra in 1981, minor age toning and wear to Hubert Ashton was M.P. for but am very glad to oblige you with covers, some light fading to Chelmsford, 1950-64 and President my autograph’. Dated 18th July signatures otherwise in good of M.C.C. in 1960 1929. Nicely signed ‘Harris’. G/VG - condition. Rare - cricket £200/300 cricket £60/80 294 Douglas Robert Jardine. Surrey & 282 George Geary, Leicestershire & England 1921-1933. Typed circular 289 William Gunn, Nottinghamshire and England 1912-1938. One page letter on ‘The Association of Cricket England 1880-1904. Hand written handwritten letter in reply to a Umpires’ headed paper appealing to note on ‘Gunn & Moore’ headed request to sign a bat. Dated 9th July local newspapers to publicise the memorandum sheet accompanying 1945 and nicely signed by Geary. G Association’s aim to improve the delivery of cricket bats to a Mrs - cricket £30/40 standard of umpiring and raise funds Mahon for her son. ‘...if at any time to do so. This copy addressed to the 283 William Quaife, Warwickshire & he is requiring anything else in Sports Editor of Liverpool Echo, England 1894-1913. Hand written connection with Cricket or Football dated 9th May 1955 and is signed note on ‘Quaife & Lilley Athletic we shall only be too pleased to give by Jardine, President of the Outfitters’ headed post card in reply our best attention to your esteemed Association. Horizontal folds to a request for his signature. Dated orders & allow you the same otherwise good condition - cricket 18th April 1943 and nicely signed by discount.’ Dated 7th January 1893. £60/80 Quaife. G - cricket £40/60 Nicely signed in ink ‘William Gunn’. Sold with ‘The Story of Gunn & 295 George Duckworth, Lancashire & 284 Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley. Moore’ published in 1978. G/VG - England 1923-38. Single page hand Yorkshire & England 1935-1955. cricket £100/150 written letter dated 24th July 1946 Hand written letter turning down a in which Duckworth is replying to an request to attend the Cheshire 290 William Gilbert Grace.