Auction of Cricket, Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, Football and Sporting Memorabilia

'Kent Club. 1842. Grand Cricket Match. England against Kent on the Beverley Ground, Adjoining the Cavalry Barracks, Canterbury on Monday August 1s...

'CRICKET. A Grand Match will be played in Lord's Ground, Marylebone on Monday July 16th 1849 and following days. The North of England against the ...

'Cricket. A Grand Match will be played on Spark's Ground, Grove Street on Tuesday 4th July between Eleven of the North of England and Grange Clubs...

M.C.C. Tour to Australia, 1932/33 'Bodyline'. Official Canadian Pacific 'R.M.S. Duchess of Atholl' Dinner menu, dated 4th May 1933. The two colour...

M.C.C. Tour to Australia, 1932/33 'Bodyline'. 'Marylebone Cricket Team, Toronto, Canada. April 26th 1933. Original sepia photograph of members of ...

Marylebone Cricket Club 'Centenary' 1814-1914. Pair of M.C.C. membership cards for the 1914 season. Maroon covers with 'M.C.C. Lord's 1814-1914'' ...

England v Australia 1934. Large rare official 'Complimentary' card match ticket for the 3rd Test match played at Old Trafford, Manchester on Frida...

Headingley Ashes Test match tickets. 1953-1981. Collection of match and car park tickets for Test matches played at Headingley. Series include 195...

England v South Africa, The Kennington Oval 1924. Pair of rare official 'complimentary' match tickets for the second day and third days play in t...

Wallasey C.C. Fixture cards for the seasons 1893, 1905-07, 1909-11, 1913-15, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925-34 1936-40, 1942-49, 1951-2004, 2007 plus 5 ru...

M.C.C. cricket tour posters. Two tour posters for M.C.C. to Greece 1997(11.5"x16.5") and to Bologna, Italy 1998 (14"x19.5"). Sold with a corrugate...

E. Lowe, 31, College Green, Bristol. c1850. Unusual promotional envelope with attractive ornate design to the front for the Bristol company specia...

'The Laws of the Game of Cricket c1744'. Large silk handkerchief with printed image of Hayman's 'Cricket in Marylebone Fields' to centre. 'Jos. Wa...

England v Australia, Headingley 1981. 'The Test Match of the Century'. One silk and one cotton square commemorating England's famous victory in wh...

Lancashire 1931. Linen handkerchief with printed image of the Lancashire team with title to top 'Lancashire County Cricket Club Season 1931' and '...

'W.G. Grace. Champion Cricketer of the World'. Large cotton handkerchief commemorating a Century of Centuries by Grace. The handkerchief has a cen...

England tour to India 2002. Official television schedule, running order, playing conditions, commentary rosters etc for commentators and summarise...

'Presented to Arthur B. Crosby by the Members of The Norton Cricket Club' 1904. Large black leather book presented to Arthur Crosby, accompanying ...

Cricketers' Orders of Service. Orders of service for Cedric Settle Rhoades 1920-1990 (Lancashire Chairman 1960/70's), Thomas Godfrey Evans 1920-19...

Frank Edward Woolley. Kent & England 1906-1938. Original 'Order of Service' for Woolley's Service of Thanksgiving held at Canterbury Cathedral, 18...

Kent C.C.C. Collection of ephemera including a Kent membership card for 1930 season in very good condition. Hand written letter from W.H.V. 'Hoppe...

Sussex C.C.C. Selection of items relating to Sussex including 'Hubert Doggart 90 not out', Packham & Sharpe, Hove 2015, limited edition number 80/...

A.V. Pope. Derbyshire C.C.C. Box of ephemera with good Derbyshire interest, formerly the property of the Pope family. Contents include a 'Pioneers...

Kent C.C.C. 1970s. Original ledger book containing the records of players' expenses for the 1972 season, includes the match v Australia. Each matc...

John Thomas 'Jack' Brown, Yorkshire & England, 1889-1904. 'The Battle of the Roses. Yorkshire v Lancashire. J.T. Brown's Benefit Match 1901'. Rar...

'Dinner to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Eton v Harrow match of 1900, held directly after the 1950 match on the 15th July 1950. The four p...

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1929. Rare original menu for the dinner 'to celebrate the winning of the County Cricket Championship', held at the Council ...

'B.B.C. Cricket Club. Annual Dinner'. Official menu for the Dinner held at The Empress Club, London on the 26th April 1960. Signed to rear cover a...

England tour of Australia 1978/79. Official menu for the Dinner in honour of the England touring team held on 25th January 1979 at the Kooyonga Go...

William Martingell. Kent 1841-1852. Very early handwritten memorandum from Martingell, on folded page, acknowledging receipt of payment from the c...

Willie Bates. Yorkshire & England 1877-1887. Early handwritten two page letter from Bates, on folded page, acknowledging the congratulations sent,...

Robert Peel. Yorkshire & England 1882-1897. Early note on single sheet with short cricket prose handwritten by Peel. The note, headed 'Morley. Jun...

Edward Wainwright, Yorkshire & England 1888-1902. Short early letter on single sheet handwritten by Wainwright. The letter, headed 'Tinsley, Sheff...

Nicholas Wanostrocht. Large folding manuscript indenture on vellum, dated 23rd November 1829. An agreement between Nicholas Wanostrocht and his Wi...

Pelham Francis 'Plum' Warner. Middlesex & England 1894-1929. A collection of seven handwritten letters written by Warner during World War II to hi...

Levi G. Wright. Derbyshire 1883-1909. Four page handwritten letter with envelope, dated 12th June 1912 on Midland Railway headed paper, to C.P. Gr...

Wilfred Wooller. Cambridge University & Glamorgan, 1935-1962. Typed single page letter on official Glamorgan C.C.C. headed paper. The letter from ...

John Victor 'Vic' Wilson. Yorkshire & England, 1946-1962. Handwritten single page letter dated 18th June 1972, thanking the recipient for his help...

Oswald Stephen 'Ossie' Wheatley. Cambridge University, Warwickshire & Glamorgan, 1957-1970. Handwritten single page letter on Warwickshire C.C.C. ...

Bryan Douglas 'Bomber' Wells. Gloucestershire & Nottinghamshire 1951-1965. Single page headed letter signed by Wells in three variants, 'B.D. Well...

William Thomas Taylor. Derbyshire 1905-1910. Single page typed letter on Derbyshire C.C.C. headed paper from Taylor in his capacity as Secretary, ...

Arthur Brian Sellers, Yorkshire 1932-1948. Hand written letter turning down a request to be the Chief Guest at a dinner in Birkenhead, Cheshire. L...

Sydney Santall. Warwickshire 1894-1914. Hand written letter replying to a request for a book on Warwickshire that Santall had compiled. Letter dat...

William Harry Patterson. Oxford University & Kent 1878-1900. Hand written single page letter replying to an enquiry about a cap. Nicely signed by ...

Malcolm Robert Jardine. Oxford University & Middlesex 1889-1897. Hand written two page letter. Signed by Jardine and dated 8th August 1942. G/VG -...

Alfred Powell Rawlins Hawtin. Northamptonshire 1908-1930. Hand written single page letter regarding payment for two editions of the Wisden Cricket...

Gerald De Lisle Hough. Kent 1919-1920. Hand written two page letter to H.W. 'Plum' Warner, Kent enthusiast and collector. Written on Kent C.C.C. h...

Arthur George Holt. Hampshire 1935-1948. Single page typed letter on 'Holt & Haskell' headed paper to J. Sokell, Wombwell Cricket Lovers' Society,...

Martin Crowe. Somerset & New Zealand. Single page typed 'Tribute to Vic Marks' written for Marks' benefit in 1988. Signed by Crowe. G - cricket ....

Frederick Gale ('The Old Buffer'). Handwritten four page letter dated December c1890s, to Mr [R.S.] Holmes, author and collector, giving dates of ...

J.M. Kilburn, cricket journalist and author. Handwritten two page undated letter from Kilburn to J.M. Coldham, with three pages of handwritten not...

E.V. Lucas, cricket author, c1950s. Single page handwritten draft with amendments in Lucas's distinctive hand of the suggested wording for a memor...

H. Wisden Luff. Three page handwritten letter from Luff to J.M. Coldman dated 22nd November 1955 discussing options for disposing of his cricket b...

Rev Bishop Henry Hutchinson Montgomery. Cambridge University 1867-1869. Two page handwritten letter from Hutchinson, dated 9th March 1926 to 'Live...

E.W. 'Tim' Padwick. Author of 'A Bibliography of Cricket'. Collection of correspondence dated 1978-1982 comprising three handwritten and two typed...

Albert Guy Pawson. Oxford University & Worcestershire 1908-1911. Two page handwritten letter to J.D. Coldham dated 12th August 1972 from his Surre...

Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby, later Ponsonby-Fane. Surrey & Middlesex 1844-1862. Handwritten headed card of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, ...

Norman Preston, editor of Wisden 1952-1980. Single page typed letter on 'Wisden Cricketers' Almanack' headed paper, dated 20th January 1956. Prest...

Alfred Shaw. Nottinghamshire, Sussex & England 1864-1897. Hand written letter in ink, nicely signed by Shaw on 'Shaw & Shrewsbury' headed paper, u...

Early Kent club cricket. Three page hand written letter in ink from a Ellen Sophia Stephens of West Farleigh, Kent, to her sister, Maria, dated 11...