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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:886
Sale Title:Sporting & General MemorabiliaLots with images:375
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:573
Date:29-Jun-2009
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Australia test Cricketers: nice autographs collection in two albums, with signed pieces (282), pictures (36), photographs (233), cigarette/trade/post cards (11). Noted Don Bradman (3), Bert Oldfield, bill Ponsford, Victor Richardson, Clarrie Grimmett, Ted A'Beckett, Stan McCabe (3), Alex Hurwood, bill O'Reilly (4), Len Darling (3), Lindsay Hassett (4), Sid Barnes (2), ray Lindwall (4), Keith Miller (4). From the Brian Bassano cricket autographs collection. (562 items)
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Arthur Mailey's Bohemians: An Arthur Mailey colour lithograph of Charlie Macartney, dated to mount April 17 1927; and signed in pencil by the team of eleven, comprising Macartney, Andrews, Mailey, Callaway, Oldfield and five other members of Mailey's Bohemians including Jim Banks, who also adds a pencil portrait of his creation 'Ginger Meggs'. Small tear to top edge not affecting the image. A very scarce set of team autographs
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1933 West Indies Team, 'Lord's cricket ground, London NW8' letterhead with 12 signatures including Jackie Grant (Captain), George Headley (known as 'The black Bradman'), Herman Griffith & Manny Martindale. Fair/good condition
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1934 Australian Team, autograph page with 13 signatures including Don Bradman, bill Woodfull, bill Ponsford, Len Darling, bill O'Reilly & Stan McCabe
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1934 Australian Team, autograph page headed 'Australian Cricketers 26/4/34' with 6 signatures - Bill Brown, Ern Bromley, Arthur Chipperfield, Ben Barnett, W.C.Bruce (treasurer) & Harold Busby (manager)
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Autographs: 1935 South African Team, autograph page (some soiling) - 10 signatures incl. Herbert Wade (captain), Dudley Nourse & Jock Cameron; 1955 South African team to England, page with 16 signatures incl. Jack Cheetham (captain), John Waite, Jackie McGlew & Trevor Goddard; 1964 Australian Team, team photo from magazine, with 17 signatures including Bill Lawry, Wally Grout, Norman O'Neill & Peter Burge. (3 items)
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1936 India Team to England, autograph page with 16 signatures including Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (Captain), Vijay Merchant, Syed Wazir Ali, Jahangir Khan, C.S.Nayudu & Mushtaq Ali
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1937 New Zealand Team to England, autograph page with 15 signatures including Curly page, Walter Hadlee & Merv Wallace. Also 1933 West Indies Team, autograph page with 12 signatures (traced over), including George Headley
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1938 Australian Team, official team sheet with 13 signatures including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe & Lindsay Hassett. Good example of Australia's first official team sheet
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1948 Australian Team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & bill Johnston; plus the usual handstamp of Sidney Barnes. Fair/good condition (folded & minor peripheral faults)
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1949 Zululand Team (v Australia - 1st match of 1949-50 South African tour), autograph page with 12 signatures; 1949 Transvaal v Australia, autograph page signed by Transvaal (11) & Australia (7); Team Sheets - 1991 Western Australian (12 signatures); 1992 Queensland (12 signatures); 1985-86 Griqualand West (11 signatures); 1985-86 Boland (16 signatures); 1993-94 Griqualand West (17 signatures). (7 items)
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1952 New South Wales Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Sid Barnes (scarce), Arthur Morris, Ray Lindwall, & Ian Craig; also autograph pages signed by Glebe 1st XI & Balmain 1st XI. (3 items)
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1953-54 New Zealand Team (1st tour to South Africa), autograph page with 15 signatures including Geoff Rabone (Captain), Bert Sutcliffe & John Reid; with note from New Zealand test player Bob Blair on reverse. Fine condition. Rare
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1956 Ian Johnson's XI (v Ray Lindwall's XI at Scg Jan.13-17 1956), autograph page with 12 signatures including Ian Johnson, Colin McDonald, Ian Craig, Richie Benaud & Pat Crawford
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1956 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Ian Johnson (captain), Keith Miller, Neil Harvey & Ray Lindwall. Slight peripheral faults, otherwise good condition
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1956 Australian Team, autograph page with 11 signatures including Ian Johnson, Ray Lindwall & Neil Harvey; on reverse 1957 West Indies (11 signatures including Gary Sobers); also Daily Express postcard/trade card 'The 1956 Australian Touring Side' with facsimile autographs. (2 items)
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1961 Australian Team, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey & Bob Simpson. Folded, otherwise good condition
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1964 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Bob Simpson, Brian Booth, Tom Veivers, Bill Lawry & Graham McKenzie. Fine condition
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1970 South African Team To England (Tour cancelled due to apartheid), team sheet with 15 signatures including Ali Bacher, Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards & Mike Proctor. Superb condition. Rare - Brian Bassano had 100 sheets made up
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1971-72 South African Team To Australia (Tour cancelled due to apartheid), team sheet with 16 signatures including Ali Bacher, Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards & Mike Proctor. Superb condition. Rare - Brian Bassano had 100 sheets made up
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1979 Australian Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 14 signatures including Kim Hughes (captain), Allan Border & Graham Yallop. Also 1993-94 South African Team to Australia (19 signatures); 1997-98 South African Team to Australia (18 signatures). (3 items)
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1980 Australian Team, official team sheet for Centenary Test tour of England, with 14 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Dennis Lillee & Rod Marsh. Good condition (peripheral tape stains)
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1981 Australian Team to Uk and Sri Lanka, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Kim Hughes, Dennis Lillee & Trevor Chappell; plus letter from manager Fred Bennett on Tour letterhead. (2 items)
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1983 Australian Team to Zimbabwe, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Dirk Wellham, David Boon & Dean Jones; 1982 Australian Team to Pakistan, official team sheet with facsimile autographs. Plus 1926 Players 'Cricketers, Caricatures by Rip', complete set [50]. G/Vg. (Total 52 items)
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1985 Australian Prime Minister's XI v West Indies, official team sheets for Prime Minister's XI (9 signatures) & West indies (14 signatures), noted Andrew Hilditch, Simon O'Donnell, Clive Lloyd & Malcolm Marshall. Scarce pair. (2 items)
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1986 Australian Prime Minister's XI v New Zealand, programmes (2), one signed on reverse by Prime Minister's XI (9 signatures), othe by Nz (12 signatures), noted Allan Border, Merv Hughes, Richard Hadlee & Martin Crowe. (2 items)
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c1907 German Cycling Badges, noted 'Deutsch Touren Club/Allgemeine Radfahrer Union'; 'Radfahrer Verein Binsdorf'; 'Banner-Weihe R.V. Pfeil Tubingen, 8-10 Juni 1907'; 'Radfahrer Ver.Pfeil Cannstatt/11 Stiftungsfest, Bannerweihe, 16 Juni 1907'; also 3 Stuttgart Catholic Club badges. Fair/Good condition. (8 items)
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1938 Melbourne Cup on wheels trophy: Art-Deco style trophy cup with lid, gold-plated on wood base, 51 cm tall, engraved on plaque 'Exhibition board Track, Melbourne Cup on wheels, 2 Miles, Won by R.L. Stevens, 1938', fair/good condition
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1939 Martin Journey Memorial Race trophy: Art-Deco style trophy cup with lid, silver-plated on rolled aluminium base, 50 cm tall, engraved 'Exhibition board Track, 13-2-39, Martin Journey, Memorial Race, 5 Mile Pro Scratch Race, Won by R.Stevens'
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Essendon: Weg premiership posters (issued late 1990s), complete Essendon set - 1897, 1901, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1946, 1949 & 1950, all window mounted, framed & glazed, each 58 x 77 cm. All from a limited edition 8/1000. (10 items)
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Member's Season Tickets, superb group with West Alberton for 1913, 1914 & 1915; Gelliondale for 1915; Alberton for 1920; & Devon for 1920. Very scarce. (6 items)
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North Melbourne, c1930s ceramic ashtray, horse-shoe shaped, showing two players going for a mark, with central shield in North Melbourne colours. Very scarce and unusual
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Men's vanity case, with sterling siver plaque affixed, engraved 'S.M.F.C., Pres to D. Mclaughlan, as a Token of Esteem, from the Players, 1938'
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Essendon: Weg 'Essendon 1949 Premiers' poster, with caricature of Norm McDonald (issued c2000), with signatures of 12 premiership players including Dick Reynolds, Jack Jones, Les Gardiner & Norm McDonald, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 45 x 56 cm. From the collection of the late Jack Collins
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Football Autographs: Autograph pages & pieces with c48 signatures, noted 1953 Richmond, 1953 Essendon, 3AW Commentators. ASignatures include Bert Deacon, Chicken Smallhorn, Harry Collier, Jock Cordner, Max Oppy, Alby Pannam, Norman McDonald, Stan Booth
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Footscray: 1954 Weg poster, window mounted with the signatures of 18 premiership players on the mount including Ted Whitten, Charlie Sutton, Jack Collins, Wally Donald & Peter box, framed and glazed, overall 63 x 75 cm. From the collection of the late Jack Collins
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Verdun Howell's 1959 Brownlow Medal: 9ct gold and enamel medal, with on front 'VFL/ Chas. Brownlow trophy', and engraved on reverse 'Victorian football League, Chas. Brownlow trophy, Season 1959, Won by V. Howell'. Verdun Howell was transformed by St Kilda into a prototype of the modern attacking full back. He played 159 games for the Saints between 1958 and 1968 and was second on a count back for the Brownlow in only his second season. Thirty years later the VFL saw fit to award him this medal…
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Collingwood: Scrapbook pages (2), one with 26 signatures including Phonse Kyne (rare), Kevin Rose, Terry Waters & Murray Weideman; other with hand-painted magpie poster
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Hawthorn: Member's Season Tickets 1962, 1963, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991 & 1993. (16 items)
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St. Kilda: 1966 original Weg poster, framed and glazed, overall 51 x 67 cm. Extremely rare and sought after, together with large photograph of the last game at Linton Street, framed, overall 77 x 51 cm.
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Darrel Baldock (St. Kilda, 1966 Premiership Captain), signed St. Kilda jumper, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 91 x 1 01 cm
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Barry Breen (St Kilda), hand-painted caricature, signed & endorsed by Barry Breen, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 55 x 65 cm; plus St Kilda Football Club 300th Game Testimonial Certificate - 'Barry Breen is the first St Kilda player to achieve 300 Games, which took place at Moorabbin, on Saturday July 3rd 1982 - v - Footscray', signed & endorsed by Barry Breen on reverse, framed & glazed, overall 36 x 31 cm. (2 items)
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Richmond, display 'Tiger Greats' with signatures of Michael Roach, Francis Bourke, Dale Weightman, Roger Dean & Barry Rowlings, limited edition 115/250, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 73 x 61 cm. With CoA
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Signed Displays (8) - Trevor Barker, Austin Jones, Dermott Brereton, Chris Grant, Lance Whitnall, Gary Ayres, Josh Fraser, Chris Tarrant; also footballs (2) - one signed by Essendon 1984. (10 items)
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North Melbourne: Displays 'Nth Melbourne F.C.-1996 Afl Centenary Premiers' signed by Denis Pagan & Wayne Carey, framed & glazed, overall 79 x 39 cm; plus 'Kangaroos - Premiers 1999' signed by Pagan, framed & glazed, overall 60 x 50 cm. With CoAs. (2 items)
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1996 Afl Centenary Hall Of Fame Legends: 1996 Centenary Grand Final poster, with 9 signatures - Jack Dyer, Dick Reynolds, John Nicholls, Polly Farmer, Leigh Matthews, Ron Barassi, Bob Pratt, Bobby Skilton & Jack Collins, limited edition 38/50, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 66 x 95 cm. From the collection of the late Jack Collins
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Shane Crawford (Hawthorn, 1999 Brownlow Medallist), signed Hawthorn jumper, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 91 x 1 01 cm
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Premiership Players' Club: 2001 display comprising sheet of Premiership Players' Club personalised stamps, window mounted with photograph of former players at launch, with 57 signatures on mount including Ron Barassi, Allan Jeans, Kevin Sheedy, Barry Davis, Doug Wade, Bob Rose, Alistair Lord, Peter Knights & Jack Collins, framed & glazed, overall 49 x 67 cm. From the collection of the late Jack Collins
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Premiership Players' club: 2002 poster 'Premiership Players' club Inc.Tasmanian Induction', with 12 signatures including Barry Davis, Terry Daniher, David Cloke, Alex Jesaulenko, Brian Dixon, Peter Hudson, Jack Jones, Sam Kekovich & Jack Collins, framed & glazed, overall 57 x 81 cm. From the collection of the late Jack Collins
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Anthony Koutoufides & Denis Pagan (Carlton), both signatures on Carlton jumper, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 91 x 1 01 cm
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Shane Crawford (Hawthorn): signature on large photograph of Crawford celebrating the Hawks 2008 Premiership, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 50 x 69 cm; plus large signed photo of him showing the 2008 Premiership cup to Hawks fans, (unframed), size 46 x 30 cm. Also mark Ricciuto signature on Adelaide Fc jumper, with CoAs. (3 items)
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c1913-34 football cards (49), noted Sniders & Abrahams 1913 (1); 1933 Allens (9), Carreras 'Personality Series' (3), Licorice Larks (6), Godfrey Phillips (10); Hoadleys 1933 (12) & 1934 (8); also range of other cigarette & trade cards to 1970s. Poor/G, though inspection will reward. (c300)
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c1913-58 football cards, noted Wills 1913 'Football Club Colours and Flags' [15/28 + 5 spares]; also Godfrey Phillips, Hoadleys, Allens, Kornies & Atlantic. Poor/Vg, though inspection will reward. (c117)
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1954 Argus 'VFL Football Caricature Swap Card Series', complete set [144], stuck down in 'The Argus Swap Card Album'. Fair/G
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1968 Ampol 'VFL Champions' folder & 45rpm record [3/12] - Doug Wade, Geelong; Peter Hudson, Hawthorn & Royce Hart, Richmond. Superb
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c1998-2003 signed football cards (70) & stickers (8), noted Lenny Hayes, Matthew Lloyd, Nick Stevens, Dale Thomas, Stephen Silvagni, Peter Burgoyne, Adam Goodes, Chris Judd, Jason Akermanis & Brent Harvey. G/Vg. (78 items)
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1890 'Football Programme', Vol.2 No. 10, for Saturday July 5, 1890, with teams for four matches, Victoria v South Australia; Carlton v Footscray; North Melbourne v Fitzroy; port Melbourne v Williamstown; a Premiership ladder with 12 teams; and a note that Geelong is visiting South Australia; and South Melbourne has just returned from Sydney. Front cover with engraving of A. McKenzie of Carlton. Fair/good condition (covers loose and pages fragile)
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1960-63 'The Crier' (Official Organ of the Farrer Football League), incomplete run with Vol.1 Nos 5, 7-11, 13, 19(2)-21; Vol.2 Nos 4-5, 8, 15, 17; Vol.3 Nos 1 & 20; Vol.4 Nos 2, 4-5, 7-9 & 12. Published in Wagga Wagga. Rare. (Total 25)
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Autographs: Autograph pages (4) with 26 signatures, noted Paddy McCue (1908 Wallaby - Olympic gold medalist, later Kangaroos 1911-13), Ray Stehr, Frank Stanmore, Noel Pidding, George Bishop, Herb Navo, Pearce, Skillen, Arthur Oxford, Paul Tierney, Fred Laws, Viv Farnsworth
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Collectables, noted 'All Blacks Souvenir - New Zealand's Rugby Players' by J.C.Rich [London, 1935]; programmes (5 with a few signatures) including 1938 New Zealand v Queensland & 1951 2nd Test Great Britain v Nz; Tour Guides (2) for 1951- 52 & 1955; postcard 'England Receiving R.O.Courtney Trophy and Ashes. 3rd Test, Sydney 1936'; 1978 Boxing-Dinner Evening menu in honour of The 1978 Australian Rugby League Touring Team. (11 items)
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'The 1947/8 Wallaby Tour - The One That Nearly Got Away' by Spark [Yorkshire, 1989] numbered 176/700; Rl Tour Guide 'The Australians Tour 1948' (cover faults); plus scarce Rl programmes - 1992 World Cup Final - Australia v Great Britain at Wembley; 1992 World Club Challenge - Wigan v Brisbane Broncos at Wigan. (4 items)
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1952-53 Australian Kangaroos: Autograph pages (2), with c22 signatures including Keith Holman, Ferris Ashton, Colin Geelan, Frank Stanmore, Tom Tyrell, Brian Carlson & Ken Kearney. Another page with on front c1958 British Lions, with 17 signatures including Dave Bolton, Mick Martyn, Larry Archer & Brian Edgar; on reverse 4 signatures with Charlie Banks & Wally O'Connell. Good condition
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1958 New South Wales Rl Team (v Queensland 24/5/58), autograph page with 13 signatures including Barnes, Holman & Povan; on reverse 1951 Nsw Cricket Team, 9 signatures including Arthur Morris, Ray lindwall & Richie Benaud
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Rugby League: Signed photographs (9), rugby cards (11) & Nz $1,000,000 notes (8), noted Andrew Ryan, Willie Poching, Luke O'Donnell, Trent Waterhouse, Ben Kennedy, Willie Mason & Michael Luck; also c210 unsigned rugby cards
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1908 Australian Wallabies tour to great Britain, official programme, 'Australia v Neath and Aberavon, Thursday October 15th 1908', with decorative cover featuring Australian Wallaby and Welsh dragon, with team picture of the Wallabies to inside pages. Good condition. (11 days later Australia won the rugby Tournament at the 1908 London Olympics)
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1908 Australian Wallabies tour to Great Britain, official programme, 'Lancashire versus Australia, Played at Fallowfield, Wednesday Nov.25th 1908', with team picture of the Wallabies to back cover. Fair/Good condition. [30 days earlier Australia had won the rugby tournament at the 1908 London Olympics]
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c1949-76 photographs of New Zealand 'All Blacks', playing South Africa in both Nz and South Africa, includes action shots, portraits & tour photos. Ex South African sports writer Brian Bassano. (550+)
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Rugby Union Collectables: Advertising sign 'Hahn Brewing, Longbrew Lager, Major Sponsor of S.A. Rugby Union', size 92 x 38 cm; Rugby Union ties (7) including Wallabies, Lions Tour of Australia & Rugby Club of South Australia; luncheon menu signed by General Peter Cosgrove, Chris 'Buddha' Handy & Michael Von Berg; Wallabies key ring; also menu signed by Jeff Kennett. (11 items)
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