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Sporting & General Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:665
Sale Title:Sporting & General MemorabiliaLots with images:623
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:400
Date:15-Dec-2008
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'Hat Trick' Cricket Ball, with silver shield affixed, engraved 'Presented to, C.Darling, by A.C.C., Hat Trick, 6-10-07', mounted on silver pedestal.
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1907 Cartoon: Original pen & ink cartoon 'The Return of Cricket', signed 'Aem' and dated 'May 4, 1907', window mounted, overall 36 x 35 cm.
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Warwick Armstrong's Cricket Bat From The 1909 Ashes Tour, full size 'A.G.Spalding & Bros - Hayward Record' Cricket Bat, endorsed at top right on reverse 'To John from W.W.Armstrong 26/6/09', and signed by the 1909 Australian team, with 16 signatures - Monty Noble, Warwick Armstrong, Bert Hopkins, Hanson Carter, Percy McAlister, Roger Hartigan, Victor Trumper, John O'Connor, Charles Macartney, Warren Bardsley, Bill Whitty, Frank Laver, Vernon Ransford, Albert Cotter, William Carkeek & Syd Gregory. Bat…
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1909 Australian Team, display 'The Australian Team 1909' in three frames. The first comprises an autograph page with 16 signatures: - Monty Noble, Albert Cotter, Bill Whitty, Hanson Carter, Charles Macartney, Warwick Armstrong, Roger Hartigan, William Carkeek, Frank Laver, Percy McAlister, Syd Gregory, Victor Trumper, Warren Bardsley, Bert Hopkins, Vernon Ransford & John O'Connor, window mounted with team postcard & large photograph of Victor Trumper (reprinted from an original in Victor Trumper's photo…
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1909 Australian Team To England: Printed photo-montage 'The All-Australia Cricketers Now in England', depicting twelve of the 1909 tourists, from 'The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News', window mounted in ivory coloured boards, overall 37 x 45 cm.
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Cricket badges, lovely group of membership badges, comprising East Melbourne Cricket Club 1909-10; Prahran cricket club 1935-36; Fitzroy cricket club 1954; orange Sports & Social club (undated). Scarce group. (4 items)
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1910-11 South African Team, official team photograph, with typed label affixed entitled 'First Team of South African Cricketers', and with list of players names, noted P.W.Sherwell (captain), G.A.Faulkner, R.O.Schwarz & A.W.Nourse, overall 27 x 25 cm. Good condition.
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1912 Australian Tour of England: rare ticket, '1912, MCC, 3rd Day, Admit Bearer To, Members' Enclosure, England v Australia, Third day June 26', and signed by nember; together with postcard 'The Australian Team, 1912'. (2 items)
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Carlton Cricket club, lovely group of membership badges, with 1913-14, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1927-28 & 1928-29. Scarce group. (5 items)
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Melbourne Cricket Club, membership badges for 1914-15, 1955-56 & '56-57. Lovely Trio. (3)
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Vintage 'Wills's Woodbine Cricket Game', scarce tin game with advertising, 15 x 12 cm.
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1917-18 cricket fob: 9ct gold fob, with on front, 'Mc, Premiers, V.J.C.A., 1917-18', and engraved on reverse 'Presented To/ H.M.Puyett, in Appreciation of His Services to King & Country'; plus other medallions - 'Anzac Day 1918/ Gallipoli, France, Palestine', 'Victory/, the Peace of 1919' & 'Victorian Club'. (4 items)
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Balance of cricket collection: cricket prints (12) ; 1920-21 England team photograph (faults) ; 1938 Australian team photograph (modern reprint) ; folder 'Nostalgic Moments of Cricket' signed by Max Walker & Keith Stackpole; ink & wash drawing of Batsman by Per Henry Garman-Vik (1933- ). (16 items)
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Cricket Fobs: 9ct gold fobs (2), one engraved 'Hanks Cricket Club, Won by L.C.Turner, Batting Average, Season 1920-21'; other engraved 'Croydon C.C., 1925-26, Bowling Average, Won by F.Murray'. (2 items)
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Wilfred Rhodes' Cricket Bat from 1920-21, full size 'Salmon & Co.' Cricket Bat, signed by Rhodes in the ownership position, signed on front by English & Australian teams - c28 signatures including J.W.H.T.Douglas (Captain), J.B.Hobbs, Percy fender, J.W.Hitch. Warwick Armstrong (Captain), Warren Bardsley, Jack Gregory, Jack Ryder & Arthur Mailey, the bat is re-inforced with twine at base, and shows results of heavy usage. Signatures at top are legible, lower signatures faded. (Wilfred Rhodes played 58 Tests…
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1921 Australian Tour of England: Scarce, postally used postcard, titled on reverse 'The Victorious 1921 Australian Team, (Matches Played 38. Won 22. Drawn 14. Lost 2'.
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1922-23 M.C.C. Tour to Ceylon, Australia & New Zealand: Tich Freeman's photograph album from the tour, with 164 photographs, all neatly captioned, including cricket scenes, fellow cricketers, cricket grounds, hotels, views of the areas they visited - Naples, Port Said, Colombo, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Christchurch & Napier, scenes on board the Ss 'Orvieto' & Ss 'Ormonde'. Sold with three attractive 1920s New Zealand tourist booklets. A wonderful record of a MCC tour. (A.P.Freeman played 12…
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Linen handkerchief of 'England's Champion Batsman, J. B. Hobbs, Surrey and England XI', produced to commemorate Sir Jack Hobbs' century of centuries, achieved in 1923
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Warren Bardsley's 1925-26 Sheffield shield Winners medal, 'The Referee Medallion', engraved on reverse, 'W. Bardsley, N.S.W.C.C., Winners of Sheffield Shield, 1925 1926', in original circular case, endorsed on top 'W. Bardsley'. A beautiful cricket medal designed by Henry Dropsy, and made by Henri Teterger of Paris. (Warren Bardsley played 41 Tests 1909-26; he played for NSW 1903-26)
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1926 Australian Team, official team photograph, by T. Bolland, signed on photograph by the entire team, 17 signatures - Jack Ellis, 'Stork' Hendry, Jack Gregory, Jack Ryder, Arthur Richardson, Sam Everett, Sydney Smith (manager), Arthur Mailey, Clarrie Grimmett, Warren Bardsley, bill Woodfull, Herbert Collins (Captain), bill Ponsford, Charles Macartney, Tommy Andrews, Johnny Taylor & Bert Oldfield, overall 30 x 25 cm. Damage to top part of photograph, affecting some signatures, and majority of signatures…
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Bert Oldfield & Charles Macartney, display comprising pictures of Bert Oldfield & Charles Macartney, window mounted with signature of Bert Oldfield on piece, framed & glazed, overall 65 x 45 cm. [Oldfield played 54 Tests 1920-37; Charles Macartney played 35 Tests 1907-26].
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Victorian And English Scrap Book (1926), including 10 original photographs and scores of newspaper clippings and statistics.
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Ernest Tyldesley's Cricket Bat From 1926, full size 'Windett & Smith - Ernest Tyldesley' Cricket Bat, signed by Tyldesley in the ownership position, and endorsed '1926, Average 123.08, 12 Successive Innings - 144, 69, 144*, 226, 51, 131, 131, 126, 106, (Eng) 81, 44, 139, 85'. It was later signed by the 1932 England Body-Line Team - 16 signatures including Douglas Jardine, Wally Hammond & Harold Larwood. The bat was re-inforced with twine at base, and shows results of it's heavy usage. The signatures and…
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1926 Australian Tour of England: 'Stuart Surridge' full size cricket bat, endorsed '1926 Australian Team', with 17 signatures - Herbert Collins (Captain), Stork Hendry, Charles Macartney, Arthur Mailey, Warren Bardsley, Sam Everett, Johnny Taylor, Tommy Andrews, Bill Ponsford, Bill Woodfull, Jack Gregory, John Ellis, Sydney Smith (manager), Jack Ryder, Arthur Richardson, Bert Oldfield & Clarrie Grimmett. Bat varnished, signatures in fine condition.
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1926 Australian Tour of England: rare grand stand ticket for the England v Australia Test match at Headingley on July 10th 1926; postcard 'The Australian Team 1926'; newspapers 'Daily Sketch' London, for 19th August 1926 with head-line 'Crowd's Wild Rush, After Test Match Victory' (2 - one an original, other a modern reprint). (4 items)
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'Cricket Sketches 1928-1929' by Arthur Mailey (Sydney, 1928), some tone & cover fault; very scarce.
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Don Bradman's World Record 452 Not Out Cricket Bat: Full size Cricket Bat, with plaque affixed to front 'This Bat, Pres. by Mr. S. Worthington of the M.C.C. Team, 1929-30, Was Autographed by Members of the Queensland and N.S.W. Teams on 6 Jan 1930 the Day That Don Bradman Made the World's Record Score of 452 N.O. For 1st Class Cricket'. Endorsed on reverse 'Sheffield Shield Cricket - 6th Jan 1930/ Queensland-N.S. Wales' signed by both teams, with '+' next to Don Bradman's signature and endorsement '+,…
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1930 Australian Team, official team photograph, taken by Bolland titled ‘The 1930 (17th) Australian test Team', signed to mount by the entire team, 17 signatures - W.L.Kelly (manager), Archie Jackson (scarce - he died of Tb in 1933), Tim wall, Ted A'Beckett, Percy Hornibrook, Alec Hurwood, Clarrie Grimmett, T.Havard (official), Alan Fairfax, Bill Ponsford, Stan McCabe, Victor Richardson, Bill Woodfull (Captain), Alan Kippax, Don Bradman, Bert Oldfield & Charlie Walker, overall 50 x 41 cm.
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1930 Australian Team, ashtray 'Australian Team Regains, the Ashes', showing, the Ashes urn surrounded by portraits of the 15 Australian Cricketers including Don Bradman, bill Woodfull & Archie Jackson, 14 cm diameter. Extremely rare. Fair (worn) condition.
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Don Bradman, c1930 lapel badge of Bradman batting, 21 mm high, believed made in Cootamundra area.
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1930 Australian Tour of England: rare and unusual pair of real photo postcards, published by A.W.Wardell of Brighton, depicting 'The Johnnie Walker Scotch Cinema' at Brighton. in effect this was a scoreboard, located on the sea front at Brighton, which gave up-to-date details of the England v Australia test matches. An accompanying press cutting shows the huge crowds attracted by the feature. (3 items)
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Alan Fairfax, bold signature on 1930 postcard, No. 4 from real photograph 'Australian Test Team' series. Postcard very slightly trimmed top & base. (Fairfax played 10 Tests 1928-31).
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Bill Ponsford, bold signature on 1930 postcard, No. 6 from real photograph 'Australian Test Team' series. (Ponsford played 29 Tests 1924-34).
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Bert Oldfield, bold signature on 1930 postcard, No. 13 from real photograph 'Australian Test Team' series. (Oldfield played 54 Tests 1920-37).
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Percy Hornibrook, signature on postcard 'Australian Test Team - P.M.Hornibrook'. (Hornibrook played 6 Tests 1928-30).
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Don Bradman, lovely contemporary signature on postcard 'Australian Test Team - D.J.(Don) Bradman'. (Bradman played 52 Tests 1928-48, including 24 as Australian Captain)
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J.B.Hobbs, lovely contemporary signature on real photo postcard. (Hobbs played 61 Tests 1908-30).
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1931-32 South African Team, official team photograph, with title 'South African Cricket Team, Touring Australia, 1931-32', and players names printed on mount, noted H.B.Cameron (Captain), D.P.B.Morkel, Ken Viljoen & Sandy bell, window mounted, overall 46 x 37 cm. Good condition.
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Catalogues: c1932 comprising, The Melbourne Sports Depot Cricket Material Season 1932-33; The Australian Cricketer's Exercise Book; Hartleys Tennis Price List 1932-33. Some condition issues mostly good. (3)
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Bill brown's New South WalesCricket Cap, blue wool, embroidered 'NSWca' logo on front, signed inside 'Bill Brown'. Together with NSWca card signed 'My Old Cap, W.A.Brown'. (Bill brown played 22 Tests 1934-48, including one as Australian Captain; he represented NSW 1932-35, and Queensland 1936-50).
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Bill brown, nice signature on large photo of bill brown with Don Bradman, size 30 x 42 cm. (bill brown played 22 Tests 1934-48, including one as Australian Captain; he represented NSW 1932-35, and Queensland 1936-50).
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1932-33 'Body Line' Tour: 1932 (Aug.21st) signed letter from Freddie brown to joint England tour manager Mr.Palariet, requesting the sheet showing the M.C.C. Touring colours so that he can have them painted on his luggage. Fine condition. (Freddie brown played 22 Tests 1931-53 including 15 as England Captain).
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1932-33 'Body Line' Tour: 1932 (Aug.23rd) signed letter from George Duckworth to joint England tour manager Mr.Palariet, advising he has sent his passport to Lords for their examination. Fine condition. (George Duckworth played 24 Tests 1924-36).
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Douglas Jardine, lovely signature on lower part of letter. (Douglas Jardine, the Body Line Captain, played 22 Tests 1928-34).
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Bill O'Reilly, nice signature on double-sided hand-written card dated 30.8.85. Writes about sitting next to Douglas Jardine at a dinner at the Savoy Hotel hosted by Australian PM Robert Menzies. Menzies said he thought ‘That a vast number of Australians thought that he himself was the greatest ‘Bastard' ever to inflict his country with his presence'. Jardine replied emphatically ‘The Right Hon. Gentleman is misinformed, he may never do better than number two on the list'.
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1934 Australian Team, team photograph, signed below photograph by almost entire team, 18 signatures - Bill Ferguson (scorer), Clarrie Grimmett, Bill brown, Hans Ebeling, Harold Bushby (manager), Bill O'Reilly, Tim wall, W.C.bull (treasurer), Ern Bromley, Arthur Chipperfield, Don Bradman, Bill Woodfull (Captain), Alan Kippax, Len Darling, Bill Ponsford, Ben Barnett, Stan McCabe & Bert Oldfield (only missing Chuck Fleetwood-Smith), overall 40 x 36 cm.
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Ben Barnett's 'Skite' Scrapbook 1922-31: Bulging exercise book with 30 photographs, ephemera & press clippings, all neatly captioned, noted Victorian State Schools Football Team; Victorian State Schools Cricket Team; Scotch College Dramatic Society; Old Scotch Collegians Football Team with membership tickets (2); letters from Hawthorn Football Club inviting him to train in 1928, 1929 & 1930; 1928 Victorian Amateur Football Team with signed programme; Hawthorn-East Melbourne Cricket Club with signed menu;…
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Ben Barnett's Photograph Album 1929-30, with sections titled '1929 Victorian Colts tour to Perth for Interstate Colts Contest', 'With the Haw-East Melb Cricket Team, Maryborough, Easter 1929' & 'Victoria 2nd x I - Rasmania 23/12/29 - 4/1/30'. A fabulous collection of photographs (135) including 15 showing Aborigines in outback Wa, a signed photograph of the 1929 Victorian Colts (& signed menu), signed photograph of the 1929-30 Victorian 2nd x I (& signed menu), cricket scenes, fellow cricketers, cricket…
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Ben Barnett's Scrapbook from 1934 Australian Tour of England, with press clippings, neatly captioned. (Ben Barnett played 4 Tests for Autralia 1938, and 173 first-Class matches 1929-61. On the 1934 tour he was deputy wicketkeeper to Bert Oldfield).
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1934 Australian Team, attractive photograph of the Australian Cricket Team with King George V & Queen Mary, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 28 x 23 cm. Ex Ben Barnett collection.
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1934 Australian Tour of England: group ex Ben Barnett collection, with press photograph of Ben Barnett at batting practice in his Baggy Green; dinner menu with 6 signatures including Sir James Barrie (author of Peter Pan), Sir Edward Lutyens (architect), A.E.W.Mason (author) & Colonel Freyburg VC; itinerary for Tour of Europe after Cricket Tour. (3 items)
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Ben Barnett's Photographs, noted lovely photo of Ben wearing Hawthorn-East Melbourne cap signed 'Sincerely yours Ben'; action photographs (6); negative of Ben catching Don Bradman. [Ben Barnett played 4 Tests for Autralia 1938, and 173 First-Class matches 1929-61].
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1938 Australian x I v Tasmania, small panoramic photograph showing both teams, size 20 x 5 cm. Ex Ben Barnett collection.
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Ben Barnett's Scrapbook from 1938 Australian Tour of England, with press clippings, neatly captioned. (Ben Barnett played 4 Tests for Autralia 1938, and 173 first-Class matches 1929-61).
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Ben Barnett's Photographs From 1938 Australian Tour Of England, noted 1938 Australian team photograph by Sasha of London; action press photographs (7) - one showing Australians celebrating a wicket with Bradman hopping on one leg; photos of Barnett in his Australian blazer (3); photos of Barnett doing conjuring tricks (3). One of the photos endorsed on reverse 'It was his conjuring tricks which sved him from the horrors of Outram Road Jail' (where he was a Pow during World War II). (14 items)
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Don Bradman, photograph of Bradman playing cards with Chipperfield, Barnett & white during 1938 tour, size 16 x 12 cm. Ex Ben Barnett collection.
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1938 'Kodak Film' Advertising Photograph, with caption 'The Test Match at Leeds. Barnett of England was caught out by Barnett of Australia (the wicket-keeper) by this stroke', size 38 x 35 cm. Ex Ben Barnett collection.
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1953-54 Commonwealth XI Tour of India: group ex Ben Barnett collection, with press photograph of Ben Barnett (Captain of Commonwealth XI) shaking hands with Mr.Nehru; plus two rare tour guides 'Tour in India By, the Silver Jubilee Overseas Cricket Team 1953-54' & 'Cricket Souvenir 1953' by Sinha (Calcutta, 1953). (3 items)
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1954 Gentlemen: Team photograph from the Gentlemen v Players match at Lords in 1954, with 11 signatures including David Sheppard (Captain), Reg Simpson, bill Edrich, Peter May, Colin Cowdrey & Ben Barnett. Ex Ben Barnett collection. (Barnett settled in England in 1949 to work for an Australian pharmaceutical Company).
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Balance Of The Ben Barnett Collection: Travel Trunk, painted 'B.A.Barnett' on lid, and with remains of 'Australian Cricket Team' label; containing 2 signed photos (dated 1936, and 1941 in military uniform); portrait photos (2); family photos (31); 1948-49 album of photos (c156) of trip to Singapore, Malaya & Siam; military uniform & badges; 'The Story of 'F' Force'; press clippings; cricket magazines with articles on Barnett; 'The Crisis in Cricket and the Leg Before Rule' by Lyttelton (signed) [London,…
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1934 England v Australia, a full size 'Gradidge - The Leslie Ames Autograph' Cricket Bat, endorsed at top 'Australian x I, 1934, 2nd Test Match', signed on front by English & Australian Teams, with 28 signatures incl. R.E.S. Wyatt (captain), Maurice Leyland (109), Leslie Ames (120), Hedley Verity (15 wickets), Bill Woodfull (captain), Bill Brown (105), Ben Barnett & Don Bradman. A few minor worm holes, otherwise very good condition.
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1934 advert 'Souvenir Test Cricket, 1934/ Australia v England', by Plumridge Pty Ltd, Brisbane, with photos of Australian players, programme of matches & photos of test grounds, size 37 x 27 cm. Together with 'Melbourne Cup, Flemington' by Osboldstone & Co., size 54 x 24 cm. Both with central fold, otherwise fine condition. (2 items)
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1934 Australian Tour to England: 'Australia's 18th Cricket Tour of England 1934 Souvenir' tour brochure by A.W.Simpson (Nottingham, 1934); plus scarce scorecard of 1st Test. (2 items)
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Bill brown, nice signature on undated hand-written letter containing critical comment regarding Ian Botham. (bill brown played 22 Tests 1934-48, including one as Australian Captain).
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Don Bradman small Toby jug, c1934, 10 cm high, fine condition. Together with Falcon Playtime cup showing Koalas playing cricket. (2 items)
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1935-36 Australian Tour of South Africa: 'Gunn & Moore' full size cricket bat, front endorsed 'The Visit of the Australian Team 1935/36' and with handwritten scorecards of the test matches; reverse signed by both teams and umpires, with 31 signatures including Victor Richardson (Captain), Bill brown, Jack Fingleton, Stan McCabe, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill O'Reilly, Herbert Wade (Captain), Dudley Nourse, Jack Siedle & Arthur Langton. Bat varnished, signatures in fine condition.
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Joe Hardstaff (Junior): Cricket Ball with sterling silver band engraved 'Joe Hardstaff. From the Skipper. 100 Runs in 51 minutes v Kent at Canterbury. August 6th 1937'; plus a wooden ashtray with small plaque engraved '1948'. [Joe Hardstaff played 23 Tests 1935-48. Hardstaff's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy. The Nottinghamshire captain was George Heane]. (2 items)
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'Australian Team, 1938' official team photograph, signed to the mount by the entire team, seventeen signatures including Don Bradman (captain), Lindsay Hassett, Sidney Barnes, Stan McCabe, Bill Brown and Ben Barnett
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1938 Australian Team, tin team photo with advertising 'Listen in on Radiola', players names & dates of test matches, overall 25 x 19 cm.
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1938 Australian Team, tin team photo with advertising 'Above All - 'roplane Jellies', title, 'Australian Touring Team - 1938' & players names, overall 14 x 9 cm. Scarce - we haven't seen this one before
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1938 Australian Team, display comprising official team sheet (fair condition with some staining at top) with 14 signatures - Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Arthur Chipperfield, Charlie Walker, Mervyn Waite, Ben Barnett, Jack Fingleton, Ted white, bill O'Reilly, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Frank Ward, Jack Badcock, bill brown & W.H. Jeanes (manager); window mounted with team picture, framed and glazed, overall 43 x 56 cm
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1938 Australian Tour of England: Scarce ticket for the 3rd Test, England v Australia at old Trafford, on July 8th- 12th; together with real photo postcard 'Carpet Bedding, Australia v England, the Leas, Folkestone', with note on reverse '85,000 Plants, 18 Plant Varieties'. (2 items)
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Cricket Scrapbooks: three scrapbooks of press & magazine clippings, one volume covering 1938 Australian tour to England; 2nd with interesting cricket articles 1949-50; third with interesting cricket articles 1950-51. (3 items)
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1938 Australian Tour of England: Orient line souvenir brochure 'Australian XI - English Tour 1938, Orient Line R.M.S. 'Orontes' 20,000 Tons'; plus tourist souvenir painting of 'Orontes' with Sydney Harbour bridge. (2 items)
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Don Bradman, lovely signature on modern postcard 'Marco Elasta-Strap, Featuring 1938 Australian Cricket Team with Captain D.G.Bradman'.
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'Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1943', buff linen covers. Good condition. Scarce wartime issue.
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'Australian Table Cricket', made by Jupe Bros. of Sydney c1945, complete game with lead/zinc figures, zincanneal pitch & canvas field, in original box. Box with faults, though complete game is extremely rare.
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1946-47 England Tour of Australia: rare programme 'Fourth Test, Illustrated Souvenir Programme and Score Sheet, Adelaide Oval 1947' (Adelaide, 1947); plus Christmas card 'Mcc Touring Team, Australia, New Zealand, 1946-7'. Good condition. (2 items)
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1946-47 England Tour of Australia: Full size 'Gradidge - Imperial Driver' Cricket Bat, endorsed 'England v Australia, 1946-47' and signed by both teams, with 29 signatures including Wally Hammond (captain), Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook, Denis Compton, Alec Bedser, Don Bradman (captain, Lindsay Hassett, Sidney Barnes (scarce), Ray Lindwall and Neil Harvey. Good condition, ex Cyril Washbrook (with initials in ownership position on reverse), who played 37 Tests 1937-56.
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Cricket books: 1946-2001 Tour Guides (14) including 'Sporting Globe Cricket Book' for 1946-47 & 1950-51; 1964 tour guide signed by Bob Simpson; pictures of 1964 Australia & England teams with facsimile autographs; books (3) including 'The Public School Cricket Year Book' for 1914; 'Cavalcade of Anglo-Australia Test Cricket 1877-1938' by Roberts. (19 items)
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Collectables: Teddy bears (2) & stuffed toys (4) - fox, owl, rabbit & Cheer Champ; Neil Harvey signed photograph; 1947- 48 India Tour to Australia - printed Wells cartoon 'Trunk Line Call; Set of 4 Steven Garner Cricket Prints. (12 Items)
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The Most Important Piece Of Sporting Memorabilia Ever Offered At Auction In Australia - Don Bradman's Australian 'Baggy Green' 1948 'Invincibles' Test Cap, green wool, embroidered Coat-of-Arms & '1948' on front, endorsed on Farmers label 'D.G.Bradman'. Vg condition. With a note from Bradman 'This memo is to certify that on his twelfth birthday I gave Richard Robins one of my Aust. x I caps. If he decides to sell it the auctioneers are hereby assured it is genuine'. Provenance: Ex Richard Robins, Sir Donald…
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Don Bradman's Last test match: full size 'Stuart Surridge' Cricket Bat, signed on reverse by English 5th test team and complete Australian 'Invincibles' touring squad, 34 signatures including Eric Hollies (who bowled Bradman for a duck in his last test innings), Norman Yardley, John Dewes, Allan Watkins, Len Hutton, Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Neil Harvey, Don Tallon, Sidney Barnes (scarce) & Keith Miller. Bat in (still in it's original 'Stuart Surridge' wrapper), so signatures in pristine condition, the…
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1948 Australian Team, very large and impressive team photograph, showing the team in cricket attire, some wearing their 1948 Baggy Green Caps, the photograph, laid down to board, measures 104 x 76 cm. Title 'Australian Cricket Team 1948' and players names on piece affixed lower centre, and indistinctly written at lower right in white lettering 'With the Compliments of Plummer Roddis Ltd, Hastings' (a large department store, now Debenhams). Odd marks and damp staining, otherwise good condition, the…
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1948 Australian Tour to England, full size 'Gradidge, the Len Hutton Autograph' Cricket Bat, signed on reverse by Australian & English teams, with 24 signatures including Don Bradman, Neil Harvey, Don Tallon, Sidney Barnes (scarce), Keith Miller, Norman Yardley, Len Hutton, Alec Bedser, Denis Compton & Cyril Washbrook. Signatures faded though still legible, bat in Fair/good condition.
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Cricket Autographs: Autograph pages signed by Sam Loxton & Bill Brown; signed photograph of Ian Johnson; Bill O'Reilly signature on 'Cricketers 1938' card; also action photograph of Wally Hammond (unsigned). (5 items)
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1948 Australian Tour of England: postcard '1948 Australian Cricket Team', with team group of 12 players and facsimile autographs, published by R.A. (postcards) Ltd.
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1948 Australian Tour of England: Tour Guide 'Cricket 1948, the Australian Tour' edited by A.W.Simpson; scorecard for 3rd Test; plus postcard-size plain back team photo with players names at base. (3 items)
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1948 Australian Tour To England: Rare scorecard Scotland v Australians at Edinburgh, September 13-14, 1948 (last match of the 'Invincibles' tour, Bradman's penultimate match).
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1948 Australian tour to England: Tour Guides (4) - 'Souvenir of Australia's 1948 Test Team' by Robertson-Glasgow (Manchester, 1948); 'The Ashes' by Cardus (London, 1948); 'The Story of Test Cricket, England v Australia' published by day (Berks, 1948); 'Australia' Vol.4 No. 6 published by Australian News & Information bureau (London, April 1948). Also 'Gunn & Moore' Calendars (8), for 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963 & 1966 in varied condition. (12 items)
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c1948 post-card size promotional trade card for 'Discbat Cricket' game, depicting Ray lindwall, Peter Smith (Essex & England), Bill Brown, Arthur Morris and Jack Robertson (Middlesex & England) playing the table-top game.
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Don Bradman: 1948 postcard-size photograph of Don Bradman taken at the Scarborough cricket Festival; plus c1934 postcard 'Records Broken Or Equalled by Don Bradman, Australia', anonymously published mono postcard showing the Don wearing his Baggy Green, with list of records below. (2 items)
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Don Bradman: 'The Berwick Series of Autographed Jig Saw Puzzles of Famous Cricketers. No.1 Don Bradman', by Berwick's Toy Co.Ltd., Liverpool, complete including insert with Sir Don Bradman profile.
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Don Bradman & Len Hutton: prints 'The Winner of the Match, Excelsior Cricket Club, Islington, 1864' (2), one signed by Don Bradman, other signed by Len Hutton, each 38 x 26 cm. Some creases.
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Don Bradman, display 'The Bradman Centuries', comprising photograph of the Don's batting stance, window mounted with record of his centuries printed on the mount, framed and glazed, overall 41 x 49 cm; plus Don Bradman display comprising four nice photographs, window mounted with caption, framed & glazed, overall 53 x 68 cm. (2 items)
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Don Bradman, print 'Sir Donald Bradman' by Alan Fearnley (Bradman wearing Australian cap with SCG in background), signed by Don Bradman and the artist, limited edition 715/850, overall 46 x 56 cm.
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Don Bradman, nice signature on poster 'Bradman Museum/ Bowral NSW Australia', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 104 x 73 cm.
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A Don Bradman Correspondence: Excellent collection of correspondence from Don Bradman to Nigel Ward of Norfolk, England, who conducted personal research into Don Bradman's ancestry during the 1990's, comprising 49 hand and type written letters from Bradman dating from July 1990 to February 1999. The correspondence refers to Ward's research connecting Bradman's ancestors to two small rural villages - Bradenham in Norfolk, and Withersfield in Suffolk. He had traced Bradman's ancestors back to the 16th…
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Don Bradman Leadlight Window, attractive stained glass window, with text in lower pane 'Sir Donald Bradman/ M 52 Inns 80 N/O 10 R 6996 H/S 334 Av. 99.94', artwork by Stephen Morgan & Julia Dunn, with 'Dragonfly Leadlight & Julia Dunn Art' at lower right, framed, overall 77 x 155 cm.
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Don Bradman, display comprising complete set of 1995 ‘The Bradman collection' cards (20) - with each card signed by Bradman, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 48 x 51 cm.
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