Page:1 May 19, 2019 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CRICKET - General & Miscellaneous Lots 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 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:2 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:3 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:4 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 later the post isn't this fast!), fine used with Fremantle 'F' duplex cancel. 100 Lot 47 47 1889 South Melbourne Cricket Club 1889-90 Member's Season Ticket, number 411. Superb condition. 1,000 Page:5 May 19, 2019 CRICKET - AUSTRALIA - 19th Century (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 48 48 1892 Sheffield Shield Winner's fob in 15ct gold awarded to Jack Worrall, in the shape of the original Sheffield Shield, engraved on reverse 'The Sheffield Shield, Victoria, Holders 1892, Badge, Presented to J Worrall'. [1892-93 was the first year of the Sheffield Shield after Lord Sheffield donated £150 to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia. Jack Worrall captained Victoria to victory in all 4 matches of the first season; he played 11 Tests for Australia 1884-1899; he also played football for Fitzroy 1884-1893, and was the first football coach, initially with Carlton 1902-1909, and then Essendon 1911-20, winning 5 Premierships]. 2,500 49 1895 Hepburn Cricket Club Ticket 'Concert and Dance, to be held in the Hepburn Assembly Hall, on Friday October 4th 1895' featuring a very attractive illustration of cricketer. 80 Lot 50 50 1899 Melbourne Cricket Club 1899-1900 Ladies Reserve Season Ticket, 'Melbourne Cricket Club, Ladies Reserve 1899-1900. No.2893'. Good condition. 300 Page:6 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CRICKET - AUSTRALIA - 1901 to 1927 Lot 51 51 'Out First Ball', original painting by Dugald Wynne (based on the humorous postcards by E.P.Kinsella, c1902), framed, overall 23x35cm. 100 Lot 52 52 1909 Tasmania Cricket Cap worn by Thomas Henry Elliott in 3 cricket matches as follows: - 1909 Tasmania v Victoria, 1912 Tasmania v England, & 1914 Tasmania v Victoria. The cap is green with a badge showing crossed bats on a map of Tasmania, some damage and moth holes, but believed to be the oldest Tasmania cap known. With letter of provenance from his grandson. {Despite producing many fine cricketers in the late 19th century, for nearly 80 years the Tasmanian side played an average of only two or three first class matches per year, usually against one of the mainland Australian teams, or a touring international Test team, finally entering the Sheffield Shield in 1977-78} 500 Page:7 May 19, 2019 CRICKET - AUSTRALIA - 1901 to 1927 (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 53 53 1913 Melbourne Cricket Club 1913-1914 Membership Badge, made by Stokes. Fine condition. 150 Lot 54 54 1922 South Melbourne Cricket Club drinks serving tray presented to Bill Woodfull with oval plaque 'To Mr.W M Woodfull, from S.M.C.C. Members in recognition of his splendid Interstate Cricket performances Season 1922-23'. 400 Lot 55 55 NTCA Life Member's Medal, 9ct gold, awarded to Thomas H.Elliott in 1939. [The North Tasmania Cricket Association has the oldest first-class cricket ground in Australia]. {see earliest known Tasmanian cricket cap above}. 150 Lot 56 56 WACA medal with Swan & text 'West Australian Cricket Association', with on reverse cricket bat, stumps & 'Life Member', engraved 'G.Rutherford/ -118-'. Some wear, though fine condition. 250 Page:8 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CRICKET - AUSTRALIA - 1928-1948 - The Bradman Era Lot 57 57 1934 (29 Aug) letter from Findlays Pty Ltd in Launceston with image of Don Bradman top left, to Tamar Cricket Club advising that Findlays have been appointed sole representative in Tasmania for the world-renowned 'Don Bradman' Cricket Bats. 100 58 - Historic Tasmanian cricket photograph showing CL Badcock & ROG Morrisby walking out to bat in 1934 Tasmania v Australian XI match at Launceston, both wearing their Tasmania caps. 80 Page:9 May 19, 2019 CRICKET - AUSTRALIA - 1928-1948 - The Bradman Era (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 59 59 1938 Don Bradman, signature on replica of 'Elastra-Strap' advert from 1938, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 49x60cm. 120 60 - Don Bradman, slightly faded signature on photograph 'Australian Test Cricketer, Don Bradman, arrives at Southhampton 31.5.1938', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 45x34cm. 100 Lot 61 61 1948 'The Invincibles' display with dinner menu with 18 signatures on reverse including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Sidney Barnes, window mounted with team photograph, overall 50x85cm. 600 62 - Don Bradman, signature on photograph 'Some of the 1948 Australian XI at Balmoral Castle', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 45x35cm. 120 Page:10 www.abacusauctions.com.au May 19, 2019 CRICKET - AUSTRALIA - 1928-1948