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

‘Cricket. Slow v. Fast’. Early and rare original advertising handbill for ‘A Grand Match’ at Lord’s, 5th July 1841 ‘and following day’. The handbi...

‘Cricket. The Marylebone Club & Ground, with Pilch, against the Northern Counties of England’. Early and rare original advertising handbill for ‘A...

‘Cricket! Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington Oval’ 1853. Early original advertising handbill for ‘Grand Matches’ to be played at The Oval. Matches ...

‘Cricket! Yorkshire versus Surrey. The First Great Match of the Season’ 1873. Early original advertising handbill for the match played at Brammall...

David Denton. Yorkshire & England 1894-1920. ‘David Denton’s Benefit. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Headingley Ground, Leeds. August 5th,6th and 7th [19...

Australian tour of England 1938. Large original ‘News Chronicle’ advertising and promotional poster and image of the Australian team to centre and...

Hornibrook 6 for 5 Essex Rout’. Large original newspaper poster for the ‘Home’ edition of the [London] Evening News, dated 8th May 1930. The poste...

‘W.G.’s Son Drops Dead at Cricket’. Large original newspaper poster for the Daily Herald, dated 7th June 1938. The poster measures approx. 20”x30”...

‘The Sportsman Almanac 1902. ‘The Sportsman’ is the Oldest, Largest and Leading Sporting Daily Paper’. Large original rare poster for 1902 season....

‘Grand Cricket Match at Sheffield, E. Stephenson’s Benefit’ 1870. Early original Great Northern Railway handbill advertising train travel to Sheff...

Robert ‘Bobby’ Abel. Surrey & England 1881-1904. Original typed letter on ‘Tit-Bits’ magazine letterhead, hand dated 8th September 1890. The lette...

Fred Trueman. ‘Vitalis- Keeps even my hair neat all day’. Original 1960’s free standing card advertising sign/show card showing Trueman, half leng...

‘Groves Cricket & General Sporting News Agency, Sheffield’. Two four page ‘Final Revised List of Cricket Fixtures for 1887’, one printed on white ...

‘The Times. MC.C. Number. London May 25th 1937’. Original 25 page supplement to the Times newspaper with front cover depicting Thomas Lord with va...

‘Frank Worrell of Barbados 1924-1967’. Order of Thanksgiving for Worrell held at Westminster Abbey on 7th April 1967 with official ticket for admi...

Roy Kilner. Yorkshire, Europeans & England 1911-1927. Official single sided order of service sheet for the memorial service held for Kilner at Wom...

‘In Memoriam. Charles Burgess Fry 1872-1956’. Eight page original memorial service booklet for Fry, the funeral was held at St. Martin-in-the-Fiel...

W.G. Grace. ‘Souvenir of the National Testimonial to Dr. W.G. Grace, July 22nd 1879, with Photograph and Record of Performances. Sixpence.’ Printe...

W.G. Grace. ‘Banquet held on Monday, June 24th 1895 at the Victoria Rooms, Clifton to Mr W.G. Grace in celebration of his One Hundredth Century, c...

Farewell Dinner to Dr W.G. Grace 1898’. Original menu card for the Dinner, given by the Clifton Foot Beagles, held at the Clifton Down Hotel on De...

Yorkshire. ‘Dinner in honour of Hirst and Rhodes and on the occasion of the publication of A.A. Thomson’s fiftieth book’. Official menu for the di...

Lancashire C.C.C. 1873-1968. Five items relating to Lancashire including a Manchester C.C. 1873 folding member’s ticket with printed fixtures to c...

Albert Craig ‘The Surrey Poet’. Five items relating to Albert Craig, the cricket rhymester. Five page typescript for a B.B.C. Radio broadcast of ‘...

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1922/23. Official menu for the dinner given to the M.C.C. team at The Grand Hotel, Port Elizabeth, 20th November 1922....

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1922/23. Official menu for the ‘Farewell Banquet to the M.C.C. Team by the Natal Cricket Association’ held at the Durb...

Australia tour to England 1926. ‘Australian Party embracing the Australian Cricket XI 1926. Tour of Europe’. Official Itinerary booklet ‘Organised...

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1928/29. Official ‘Orient Line, R.M.S. Otranto’ souvenir brochure for the ‘M.C.C. Australian Tour 1928-9’. Decorative cov...

‘M.C.C. Australian Tour 1928-29’. Rare official 8pp tour itinerary with decorative card wrappers for the M.C.C. tour of Australia 1928-29. The fro...

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1938/39. ‘Timeless Test Series’. ‘South African Tour 1938-1939’. Official players itinerary for the tour with titles a...

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1948/49. Official folding menu for the ‘Civic Dinner in honour of the M.C.C. Touring Team’ held at the Commercial Hote...

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1948/49. Rare official menu for the dinner given for the M.C.C. held at the Polleys- Hotel, Pretoria, 8th December 194...

Yorkshire County Cricket Club archive circa 1860’s to 1960. A large and comprehensive coverage of Yorkshire County cricket covering the century co...

Worcestershire C.C.C, Selection of club ephemera including ‘The Income and Expenditure Accounts and list of the Committee’ detailed for the Annual...

‘England’s Champion Batsman. J.B. Hobbs. Surrey & England XI’ 1922. Large linen handkerchief with printed headings and five images of Hobbs in var...

Test and County match tickets 1990s-2010s. Box of four album binders comprising over seven hundred original modern match tickets covering Test ser...

Cricket ephemera selection. Green presentation folder containing a miscellany of original and copy ephemera. Original items include an early print...

Harold Gimblett. Somerset & England 1935-1954. ‘Harold Gimblett’s Hundred’ 1935. Black album comprising nicely presented photographs, articles, co...

‘The Book of the Counties. A Cricket Anthology by Roger Mann’. 1948-1961. A large loose-leaf philatelic album comprising an ornately hand drawn ti...

William Lloyd ‘Billy’ Murdoch. New South Wales, Sussex, London County, Australia & England 1875-1904. Original and interesting two page ‘begging l...

John Alfred ‘Jack’ Flavell. Worcestershire & England 1949-1967. Original two page handwritten letter, undated but late 1940s, from Flavell to Warw...

William George ‘Willie’ Quaife. Warwickshire & England 1894-1928. Two original single page typed letters from Quaife to Leslie Deakins, Secretary ...

George Oswald Browning ‘Gubby’ Allen. Middlesex, Cambridge University & England 1921-1950. Single page letter from Allen, handwritten in ink and d...

Douglas Robert Jardine. Oxford University, Surrey & England 1920-1934. Two page handwritten letter on ‘The Scottish Australian Company Limited’, L...

Brian Maurice Brain. Worcestershire & Gloucestershire 1959-1981. An interesting selection of eight handwritten and typed letters dated 1963 and 19...

Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Four letter comprising correspondence from 1965 between Sutcliffe and Leslie Deakins, Secretary ...

Edgar John ‘Eddie’ Barlow. Transvaal, Eastern Province, Western Province, Derbyshire, Boland & South Africa 1960-1983. Three letters relating to ...

Warwickshire players selected for England 1968-1970. Five typed letters received by Leslie Deakins, Secretary of Warwickshire C.C.C. from the M.C....

Colin Everton Hunte Croft. Guyana, Demerara, Lancashire & West Indies 1971-1982. Single page handwritten letter from a young Colin Croft to Leslie...

John Major, Prime Minister, visit to Edgbaston 1994. Four typed letters relating to John Major visiting Edgbaston. The first, dated 8th March 1994...

Warwickshire trialists 1950s-1980s. Eight letters, the majority from and/ or to Leslie Deakins, Secretary of Warwickshire C.C.C., relating to requ...

Commentators and journalists correspondence 1949-1967. Four letters to and from Leslie Deakins, Secretary of Warwickshire C.C.C. One is a single p...

Cricketers’ Association 1967-1994. A collection of ten typed letters from the Cricketers’ Association relating to Committee meetings at Edgbaston,...

Warwickshire C.C.C. miscellaneous correspondence 1950s-1990s. A selection of approx,. twenty letters to and from Warwickshire Secretaries Leslie D...

A.F. Wiren letter to Plum Warner 1940. Lengthy two page handwritten letter with good cricket content from Wiren at his home in Wellington, New Zea...

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England. 1865-1908. One page handwritten letter on ‘Gloucestershire C.C.C.’ ‘Thrissell House, Bristol’ he...

George Edward Tribe. Victoria, Northamptonshire & Australia 1945-1959. Single page handwritten letter on Northamptonshire C.C.C. letterhead, dated...

George Edward Tribe. Victoria, Northamptonshire & Australia 1945-1959. Single page handwritten letter in ink on Northamptonshire C.C.C. letterhead...

Neil Radford and Basil D’Oliveira. Worcestershire C.C.C. Four letters relating to Worcestershire cricketers, including two invitations to Neil Rad...

Cricket and sports writers signatures c.1930s onwards. A good selection of approx. forty signatures of writers, broadcasters, commentators, collec...

International Test and County signatures 1930s onwards. A good selection of over sixty signatures, the majority signed to white cards with the odd...