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Sporting Memorabilia — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:599
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:599
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:476
Date:15-Aug-2017
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1921 Australian Team, register sheet from Queensborough Hall, London, with 16 16 signatures - Ted McDonald, Sydney Smith (manager), Bill Ferguson (scorer), Tommy Andrews, Edgar Mayne, Jack Ryder, Stork Hendry, Hanson Carter, Roland Pope (1 Test 1885), Arthur Mailey, Charles Macartney, Herbie Collins, Jack Gregory, Johnny Taylor, Warren Bardsley & Warwick Armstrong (captain). Together with 2 photographs signed by Stork Hendry.
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1926 Australian Team, hotel register with 12 signatures - Herbie Collins (captain), Arthur Mailey, Hunter Hendry, Jack Gregory, Tommy Andrews, Sam Everett, Warren Bardsley, Clarrie Grimmett, Arthur Richardson, Bill Ponsford, Charlie Macartney && Johnny Taylor, with John Ellis on reverse. Together with photos signed by Bill Ponsford & Stork Hendry.
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1928 West Indies Team (the year West Indies were granted full Test status), autograph page with 17 signatures, including Karl Nunes (captain), Learie Constantine, Herman Griffith & Snuffy Browne. Very scarce.
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1929 South African Team to England, team picture with 17 signatures including Nummy Deane (captain), Herbie Taylor, Edward van der Merwe & Bob Caterall. Fine condition.
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1932 India Team to England, autograph page with 13 signatures including C.K.Nayudu (captain), Naoomal Jaoomal, Syed Wazir Ali & Jahangir Khan.
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1935 South Africa team, autograph page with 14 signatures including Dudley Nourse, Herbert Wade && Alex Bell, together with postcard 'South African Cricket Team in England 1935' & signed photograph of Bruce Mitchell.
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1935-36 Australian Tour to India & Ceylon, menu 'Dinner to H.H.The Maharajadhiraj of Patiala's Team of Australian Cricketers at the Karachi Club on Saturday 23rd November 1935', small piece cut from reverse, but includes c68 signatures, plus team photo signed by R.O.G.Morrisby. Menu ex Tom Leather.
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1936-37 England Team to Australia, autograph page with 14 signatures including Gubby Allen (captain), R.E.S.Wyatt && Bill Voce, plus team picture with 6 signatures.
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1937 New Zealand Team to England, autograph page with 15 signatures including Curly Page, Walter Hadlee && Merv Wallace, together with signed photo of Walter Hadlee.
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1938 Australian Team, page headed 'Autographs of The Australian Cricket Team, 1938', with 13 signatures including Don Bradman, Sidney Barnes (scarce), Lindsay Hassett & Bill Brown. Together with postcard 'Australian Team 1938'.
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1938 Australian Team, itinerary '1938- Australian XI Tour in... Great Britain', with 9 signatures on front cover including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Bill O'Reilly. Covers with some soiling. Together with 3 signed photographs - Don Bradman, Bill O'Reilly, Don Bradman & Jack Badcock.
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1938-39 South Africa v England, team photograph with 11 signatures including Alan Melville, E.A.B.Rowan & Bruce Mitchell.
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1945 Australian Services Team, scorecard 'R.A.A.F. v Royal Air Force' with 12 signatures including D.K.Carmody, J.A.Workman & Keith Miller.
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1946 India tour to England, postcard from Thirlestaine Hall Hotel in Cheltenham, with 15 signatures including C.S.Nayudu, Vijay Merchant & Vinoo Mankad.
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1946-47 England Team to Australia, team picture with 9 signatures including Norm Yardley, Len Hutton & Alec Bedser.
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1947 South African team to England, autograph page with 18 signatures including Dudley Nourse, Ken Viljoen && Johnny Lindsay, plus 12 signed photographs & 2 signed pieces.
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1947-48 Australian Team, 1st Test v India, autograph page with 12 signatures including Don Bradman, Ray Lindwall & Lindsay Hassett. Together with two photographs of Bradman's 100th century signed by Don Bradman.
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1947-48 Indian Team to Australia, autograph pages (2) with 15 signatures including L.Armanath, Vijay Hazare, C.T.Sarwate, also Bill O'Reilly && Duleepsinhji, on reverse of pages 6 South Australia & 4 Western Australia players including Keith Carmody & John Mann.
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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. Together with 1981 signed hand-written letter by Don Bradman, plus signed photographs/pictures (9) with Don Bradman (7), Keith Miller & Ray Lindwall.
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1949 England team v New Zealand, 'Yorkshire County Cricket Club' letterhead with 8 signatures including Len Hutton, Alec Bedser & Eric Hollies (who famously bowled Bradman for a duck in his last Test innings).
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Balance of Collection, noted New Zealand group including 1949 autograph page with 11 signatures, plus official team sheets for 1958 && 1973 (2), plus England group including team sheets for 1973 & 1980, together with autograph page 1944 Army XI (v RAAF at Lords in June 1944) with 11 signatures including Brian Sellers, Doug Wright & C.B.Harris. Mainly G/VG. (7 items)
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1949 New Zealand team to England, autograph page with 16 signatures including Walter Hadlee (captain), Martin Donnelly && Merv Wallace, plus photograph signed Geoff Rabone & Bert Sutcliffe.
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1949-50 Australian Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris & Ray Lindwall, slightly trimmed, though scarce early official team sheet - rarer than the 1948 team sheet. Together with two signed photos - one Geff Noblet && Keith Miller, other Lindsay Hassett.
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1950 West Indies tour to England, autograph page with 11 signatures including Frank Worral, Clyde Walcott & Jeffrey Stollmeyer.
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1950-51 England team to Australia, autograph page with 17 signatures including Freddie Brown, Denis Compton && Len Hutton, 1951-52 West Indies team to Australia, autograph page with 15 signatures including John Goddard, Everton Weekes && Frank Worrell, 1952-53 South Africa team to Australia, autograph page with 16 signatures including Jack Cheetham, Jackie McGlew & Hugh Tayfield. (3 items).
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1950-51 England Team to Australia, postcard of P&O 'Strathdean', signed on reverse with 18 signatures including Freddie Brown (captain), Len Hutton, Denis Compton & Alec Bedser.
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1951 South Africa Team to England, autograph page with 14 signatures including Dudley Nourse, Eric Rowan && Cuan McCarthy, plus signed photographs of George Fullerton & Clive van Ryneveld.
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1951-52 Australian Team, 4th Test v West Indies, autograph page with 12 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris & Ray Lindwall.
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1951-52 West Indies Team to Australia, autograph page with 15 signatures including Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes && John Goddard, plus pages from 'Official souvenir Programme, West Indies visit to Tasmania' with 19 signatures.
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1952-53 Australian Team v South Africa, letterhead 'S.A. Cricket Touring Team, Australia and New Zealand 1952-1953', with heading 'Australia 1952-53' and 13 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall & Richie Benaud. Together with photograph signed Lindsay Hassett & Ian Craig.
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1952-53 South African Team to Australia, autograph page with 15 signatures including Jack Cheetham, Gerald Innes && Headley Keith, plus postcard signed Jackie McGlew & 9 signed photographs.
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1952-53 West Indies v India, 5th Test at Kingston, autograph page with West Indies on one side, 13 signatures including Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes && Clyde Walcott, India on reverse with 14 signatures including Polly Umrigar, Pankaj Roy & Vijay Manjrekar - these 6 all scored centuries.
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1953 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Lindsay Hassett (captain), Arthur Morris, Richie Benaud & Ray Lindwall. Together with signed photographs (6) & signed scorecards (3).
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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, Tony MacGibbon && John Reid, plus 6 signed photographs. Scarce.
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1954 Pakistan team to England, autograph page with 15 signatures including A.H.Kardar (captain), Maqsood Ahmed & Imtiaz Ahmed. Together with photo from trial match to choose team.
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1955 Australian Team to West Indies, 'Hotel Tower' (Georgetown, British Guiana) letterhead with 16 signatures including Ian Johnson (captain), Keith Miller, Neil Harvey & Ray Lindwall. Together with photo signed Ian Johnson & unsigned team photograph.
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1956 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Ian Johnson (captain), Keith Miller, Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey & Ray Lindwall. Together with postcard 'Australian Cricket Team, 1956' signed by Ian Craig, & 2 signed photographs.
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1956 Australian Team, itinerary 'Australian Team on Tour 1956' with 17 signatures including Ian Johnson (captain), Keith Miller, Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey & Ray Lindwall. Together with 10 signed photographs.
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1956 New Zealand team v West Indies (first New Zealand team to win a test match), team sheet from 50th anniversary with 9 signatures & 5 facsimile autographs.
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1956-57 England Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Peter May (captain), Doug Insole & Colin Cowdrey. Good condition.
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South Africa: 1956-57 team picture with 8 signatures, 1960 team sheet with 16 signatures (some tape stains), plus 23 signed photographs.
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West Indies: 1957 Middlesex v West Indies scorecard with 17 signatures, page with 10 signatures laid down, 1966 tour to England, autograph page with 15 signatures including Gary Sobers, Lance Gibbs && Rohan Kanhai, plus 9 signed photographs.
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1957-58 Australian Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Ian Craig (captain), Neil Harvey, Richie Benaud & Wally Grout. Good condition. Scarce.
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1958 New Zealand Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including John Reid (captain), Harry Cave, Bert Sutcliffe && Alex Moir, plus 13 signed photographs & scorecard signed Frank Tyson.
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1958-59 Australian XI Team, autograph page with 12 ink signatures including Neil Harvey, Bob Simpson & Ray Straus.
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1958-59 England Team, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Peter May, Colin Cowdrey & Jim Laker. Together with MCC Christmas Card signed by Peter May.
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1959 Indian Team to England, menu 'Indian Gymkhana Club, Dinner, in honour of The Touring Indian Cricket Team... Osterley, Middx', with 17 signatures including D.K.Gaekwad (captain), A.L.Apte & C.G.Borde. Folded, otherwise fine condition. Together with signed photograph of V.M.Muddiah.
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1959-60 Australian Team on Pakistan-India Tour, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Richie Benaud, Colin McDonald & Ray Lindwall. Very scarce.
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1960-61 England Team to New Zealand, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Dennis Silk, W.Watson & D.A.Allen. Fine condition.
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1960-61 Pakistan team to India, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Fazal Mahmood (captain), Hanif Mohammad && Saeed Ahmad, together with two postcards from 1958 first Pakistan tour to West Indies.
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1961 Australian Team, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Richie Benaud (captain), Neil Harvey, Graham McKenzie & Bob Simpson. Together with 9 signed photographs.
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England: 1962 autograph page 3rd Test v Pakistan with 11 signatures, plus team sheets for 1962-63 to New Zealand (some ageing), 1964-65 to South Africa & 1965-66 to Australia. (4 items).
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1962 Pakistan team to England, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Javed Burki (captain), Hanif Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad && Intikhab Alam, plus 3 signed photographs.
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1963-64 Australian Team for 1st Test v South Africa at Brisbane, autograph page with 11 signatures including Richie Benaud, Ian Meckiff (no balled for chucking) & Bob Simpson. Some tape staining at edges. Together with photo signed by Brian Booth.
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1963-64 South African tour of Australia & NZ, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Trevor Goddard, Eddie Barlow && Peter Pollock, plus 15 signed photographs.
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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. Ex Jack Potter collection.
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1964 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Bob Simpson, Brian Booth, Tom Veivers, Bill Lawry & Jack Potter. (Sheet with corner fault). Together with 6 signed photographs.
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1965 Australian Team to West Indies, official team sheet prepared in Georgetown, British Guiana, with 17 signatures including Bob Simpson, Neil Hawke & Bill Lawry. Very scarce.
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1965 New Zealand Team to India, Pakistan & the UK, official team sheet with 16 signatures including John Reid (captain), Graham dowling && Bert Sutcliffe, plus 9 signed photographs.
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1965-66 Australia Team, 3rd Test v England at SCG, autograph page with 12 ink signatures, including Brian Booth, Grahame Thomas & Neil Hawke.
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1966-67 Australian Team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Bob Simpson, Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell, Graham McKenzie, Keith Stackpole & Tom Veivers. Together with 2 signed photographs.
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1967 Indian Team to England, menu 'The Northern Cricket Society, Honours, The Indian Cricketers, at the Guildford Hotel Leeds', with 17 signatures including Nawab of Pataudi, Farokh Engineer & B.S.Bedi. Scarce.
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1967-68 India tour of Australia & NZ, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Nawab of Pataudi (captain), Farouk Engineer & B.S.Chandrasekhar, plus 3 signed photographs.
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1968 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures, noted Bill Lawry, Barry Jarman & Ian Chappell. Together with 20 signed photographs.
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West Indies: 1968-69 tour to Australia/NZ, official team sheet with 20 signatures, 1969 tour to England, dinner menu with 22 signatures, plus 14 signed photographs.
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New Zealand: Group with 1969 tour to England signed scorecard, team sheets (3) for 1972 tour to West Indies & Bermuda, 1973 tour to UK, 1974 tour to Australia, plus 50 signed photographs.
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1969-70 Australian Team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell, Graham McKenzie, Doug Walters & Alan Connolly. Together with signed photo of Bill Lawry.
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India: Team sheets (3) for 1969-70 v Australia, 1974 tour to United Kingdom, 1976 tour to New Zealand & West Indies.
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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. {Scarce - Brian Bassano had 100 sheets made up}.
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1970-71 England Team to Australia & NZ, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Ray Illingworth (captain), Colin Cowdrey, Basil D'Oliveira & Geoff Boycott. Together with 10 signed photographs.
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Pakistan: Team sheets (2) for 1971 tour to UK, 1972-73 tour to Australia && NZ, plus 11 signed photographs.
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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. {Scarce - Brian Bassano had 100 sheets made up}.
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1972 Australian Team, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Ian Chappell (captain), Keith Stackpole, Greg Chappell, Graeme Watson & Dennis Lillee. Together with 8 signed photographs.
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1973 Australian Team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Ian Chappell, Keith Stackpole & Dennis Lillee. Together with 3 signed photographs.
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West Indies: Team sheets (2) for 1973 tour to UK, 1975-76 tour of Australia, plus 9 signed photographs.
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1973-74 Australian Team, 1st Test v New Zealand at MCG, team sheet with 12 signatures including Ian Chappell, Keith Stackpole & Kerry O'Keefe. Together with 4 signed photographs.
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1974 Australian Team to New Zealand, official team sheet with 14 signatures including Ian Chappell (captain), Keith Stackpole, Ray Bright & Greg Chappell. Fine condition. Very scarce - we've only had this one twice before.
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England: Team sheets (3) for 1974 tour to West Indies, 1974 England team for 2nd Test v India at Lords, 1974-75 tour to Australia && NZ, plus 6 signed photographs.
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Pakistan: Team sheets/autograph pages (5) for 1974 tour to England, 1976 tour to Australia, 1978 tour to UK, 1979 2nd Test v Australia, 1979 tour to England, plus 11 signed photographs.
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1974-75 Australian Team v England, team sheet for 5th Test at Adelaide, with 12 signatures including Ian Chappell (captain), Greg Chappell, Jeff Thomson & Dennis Lillee. Together with team photo signed Ian Chappell.
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1975 Australian Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Ian Chappell (captain), Greg Chappell & Dennis Lillee. Together with 10 signed photographs. [Australia 274 lost the inaugural World Cup Final to West Indies 8/291].
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New Zealand: Team sheets (5) for 1975 World Cup, 1976 tour to Pakistan && India, 1978 tour to UK, 1980-81 tour to Australia, 1980 2nd Test v Australia, plus 20 signed photographs.
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1975-76 Australian Team, 2nd Test v West Indies at Perth, team sheet with 12 signatures including Greg Chappell (captain), Ian Chappell & Dennis Lillee. Scarce.
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England: Team sheets (4) for 1976-77 tour to India, Sri Lanka && Australia, 1977-78 tour to Pakistan && NZ, 1978-79 tour to Australia, 1979-80 tour to Australia && India, plus 7 signed photographs.
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1977 Australian Team to New Zealand, team sheet with 15 signatures including Greg Chappell (captain), Rod Marsh & Dennis Lillee.
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1977 Australian Team for Centenary Test, team sheet with 12 signatures including Greg Chappell (captain), David Hookes, Dennis Lillee & Rick McCosker. Together with 3 signed photos.
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1977-78 Australia v India, 1st Test at Brisbane, Qca team sheet signed by both teams, with 22 signatures including Bob Simpson, Jeff Thomson, Kim Hughes && Sunil Gavaskar, plus Menu 'Australian Cricket Board, Dinner, In Honour of The 1977-78 Indian Touring Team' with 18 signatures including Don Bradman, plus 4 signed photographs.
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1977-78 West Indies team, WSC team sheet with 15 signatures including Clive Lloyd, Joel Garner & Viv Richards.
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West Indies: 1978-79 tour to India, programme pages with 15 signatures, Team sheets (2) for 1979 World Cup & 1981 U25 tour to Zimbabwe, 1980 tour of England scorecards for 2nd Test & 4th Test, each with 7 signatures, plus signed photograph of Gordon Greenidge.
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India: Team sheets (5) for 1979 tour to United Kingdom (faults), 1980 6th Test v Pakistan, 1980-81 tour to Australia && NZ, 1981 tour to NZ, 1981 3rd Test v England, plus signed photographs of Sunil Gavaskar & N.S.Yadav..
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Pakistan: Team sheets (5) for 1979-80 tour to India, 1981-82 tour to Australia, 1982 tour to England, 1983 World Cup, 1983 tour to India, plus 19 signed photographs.
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England: Team sheets/pages (5) for 1980 Centenary Test v Australia, 1981 tour to West indies, 1981-82 tour to India, 1982 MCC v India, 1982 1st Test v India.
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New Zealand: Team sheets/autograph pages (5) for 1981 v India, 1982 team, 1982-83 team, 1983 tour to Australia, 1983 v England, plus 9 signed photographs.
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1981-82 First Rebel Tour to South Africa: Scorecard signed by South Africa & Sab English Team, with 28 signatures including Mike Proctor, Jimmy Cook, Graham Gooch & Geoff Boycott.
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West Indies: Team sheets (6) for 1981-82 tour of Australia, 1983 Rebel tour of South Africa, 1983 tour of Zimbabwe, 1983 1st Test v India, 1983-84 Rebel team, 1983-84 Rebel XI v Eastern Province (signed both teams), plus signed photograph of Michael Holding.
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India: Team sheets (4) for 1982 tour to United Kingdom, 1982-83 tour to Pakistan, 1983 tour to West Indies, 1983 World Cup (India champions), plus 6 signed photographs & 1983 Seasons Greetings Card.
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England: Team sheets (5) for 1982-83 tour to Australia, 1982-83 1st Test v Australia, 1983 World Cup, 1983 1st Test v NZ, 1983 3rd Test v NZ, plus signed photo of Graeme Fowler.
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1983 West Indies Rebel tour to South Africa, team sheet signed by both teams, with 28 signatures including Lawrence Rowe, Collis King, Peter Kirsten & Clive Rice.
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India: Team sheets / autograph pages (5) for 1983 1st Test v West Indies, 1984 Young India tour to Zimbabwe, 1984-85 5th Test v England, 1985 tour to Australia, 1985 tour to Sri Lanka.
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New Zealand: Team sheets (6) for 1983 World Cup, 1984 tour to Sri Lanka, 1984 Young New Zealand tour to Zimbabwe, 1984 tour to Pakistan, 1985 World Championship of Cricket, 1985 tour to West Indies.
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