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Sporting Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:715
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:378
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:565
Date:12-May-2009
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1908 Derbyshire Team, autograph page heded 'Derby County v gents of Philadelphia, Aug 17+18 1908' with 11 signatures including Albert Lawton (Captain), Arnold Warren & Norman Todd. Extremely rare souvenir from 1908 Tour of Gentlemen of Philadelphia to British Isles
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P Australian Team, postcard 'The Australian cricket Team, 1912' with 16 signatures on reverse - Syd Gregory (Captain), Edgar Mayne, Charles Macartney, Gervys Hazlitt (rare), Sid Emery, John McLaren, Harold Webster (rare), Warren Bardsley, Dave Smith (twice - rare), Charles Kellaway (twice), bill Whitty, Roy Minnett, Claude Jennings & C.J.Crouch (manager). Together with reprinted photograph of Gervys Hazlitt. Very rare group of signatures. (2 items)
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1912 South African Team, postcard 'The South African cricket Team, 1912', by Beagles & Co. (London), with 12 signatures on reverse - Louis Tancred, Louis Stricker, Herbie Taylor, Tommy Ward, Dave Nourse, Charlie Llewellyn, Sid Pegler, Gordon white, Rolland Beaumont, Joe Cox, Tom Campbell and Tip Snooke. Postcard with small corner fault, signatures fine
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1921 Australian Team, postcard of team with 15 signatures on front including Warwick Armstrong, Jack Gregory, Warren Bardsley & Jack Ryder. Postcard with creasing, and some fading to signatures, though very scarce. Window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 29 x 29 cm
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1924 South African Team, autograph page with 14 signatures including Herbie Taylor (Captain), Fred Susskind, Bob Catterall & Jimmy Blanckenberg (whose fate remains unknown - rare signature)
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1924-25 England Team, autograph page headed 'English XI, 2nd test' with 15 signatures including Arthur Gilligan (Captain), J.W.H.T. Douglas, J.B. Hobbs, Maurice tete & Patsy Hendren. Rare
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1927 New Zealand Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including 'Curly' page, Matthew Henderson (very rare autograph) and bill Cunningham; plus 5 later signatures including Walter Hadlee and Bert Sutcliffe. Rare team
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1927-28 South African Team, autograph page with 10 signatures including Nummy Deane (Captain), Jock Cameron, Cyril Vincent & Buster Nupen
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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
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1928-29 Australian Team, page endorsed at top 'Australian Team v England, 3rd test match, Adelaide, Feby '29' (actually 4th test), with 12 signatures, including Jack Ryder (Captain), Don Bradman, Archie Jackson (164), Clarrie Grimmett (6 wickets) & bill Woodfull. Scarce - Bradman's debut test series
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1928-29 Border Team, 'Federal Hotel, Christmas 1928' menu, with 12 signatures on back cover, including R.S.Cheshire (captain), Alec Clarke, Lawrence Miles & Jack Muzzell
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1929 South African Team, postcard 'The South African cricket Team, 1929' with 15 signatures on reverse including Herbie Taylor, Bruce Mitchell, Jock Cameron & Alex bell. Superb condition
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1930-31 Eastern Province Team, (v England at Port Elizabeth), page from score book with 14 signatures including Hubert Pagden (captain), William Brann, Eric Davies & Colin Maritz
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C1931-32 Australian Team, 'Lennons Hotel, Brisbane' letterhead with 11 signatures including bill Woodfull, Don Bradman, Jack Nitschke & Bert Ironmonger
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1932 India Team to England, autograph page with 16 signatures including C.K.Nayudu (Captain), Janardan Navle, Naoomal Jaoomal, Syed Wazir Ali, Jahangir Khan & Amar Singh; together with team picture. (2 items)
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1932-33 England 'Body-line' Team, autograph page with 14 signatures including Herbert Sutcliffe, Maurice tete & Maurice Leyland (no Jardine or Larwood); on reverse 1933 Otago with 12 signatures including Ted Badcock (rare), Sonny Maloney & Jack Dunning
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1932-33 New Zealand Team, autograph page with 13 signatures including 'Curly' page (Captain), Lindsay Weir, Paul Whitelaw & red Badcock
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1933 West Indies Tour of England, autograph page with 15 signatures including Jackie Grant (Captain), George Headley (known as 'The black Bradman'), Herman Griffith & Vincent Valentine., 1933 West Indies is a scarce Team
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1935-36 Transvaal Team (v Australia at Johannesburg), autograph page with 12 pencil signatures including Bruce Mitchell (Captain), Buster Nupen, Eric Davies, Shunter Coen & Arthur Langton
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1936 India Team to England, autograph pages (2) with 16 signatures including Vijay Merchant, Dattaram Hindelkar, C.K.Nayudu, 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 (Captain), Giff Vivian, Walter Hadlee & Merv Wallace
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1938 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures - Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, bill O'Reilly, Arthur Chipperfield, Lindsay Hassett, Mervyn Waite, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Frank Ward, Charlie Walker, Ben Barnett, Sid Barnes (scarce), Ted white, Ern McCormick, bill brown, Jack Badcock, Jack Fingleton & W.H. Jeanes (manager); framed and glazed, overall 16 x 20 cm. Also 1955 South Africa Team, autograph page with 9 signatures including Jackie McGlew, Trevor Goddard & Russell Endean; plus 1965 South…
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1939 West Indies Tour of England, page headed 'West Indies Touring Team 1939', with 15 signatures including Rolph Grant (Captain), George Headley (known as the 'Black Bradman'), Kenneth Weekes & Leslie Hylton (Hanged in 1955 for Murdering His Wife - the Only test Cricketer to Have been Executed). Fine condition
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South Africa Team Sheets: Collection of team sheets with facsimile autographs, 1947 to England; 1952-53 to Aust & New Zealand (5); 1955 to England; 1994 v Australia; 1994 to Uk. G/Vg condition. (9 items)
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c1948-50 Autograph Book, with 22 signatures, mainly cricket including 1948 Essex (12 signatures); also noted actress Dame Anna Neagle & golfer Sir Henry Cotton; Betty Cuthbert (Australian athlete, four-fold Olympic champion), signature on First Day Cover, together with two reprinted photographs; plus c1940-87 Entertainers signatures (10) on autograph pages, letters, cheque, photographs & card - noted Fay Bainter, Alfred Lunt, Timothy Dalton, Helen Hayes, Mary Boland, Beulah Bondi, Jeroen Krabbe & Salman…
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1948 Australian team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & bill Johnston; plus the usual hand stamp of Sidney Barnes; also signed on reverse 'Best Wishes, Sid Barnes'
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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 and laid down to autograph page, though scarce early official team sheet - rarer than the 1948 team sheet
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1950-51 England Team, official team sheet for tour to Australia & Nz, with 19 signatures including Freddie Brown, Denis Compton & Len Hutton, neatly folded into autograph book with 6 other cricket signatures including Ray Lindwall & Alec Bedser
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1952-53 West Indies Team, card with 12 signatures including Jeffrey Stollmeyer (Captain), Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes & Clyde Walcott
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1952-53 New Zealand Team, autograph page with 16 signatures including Merv Wallace (Captain), Bert Sutcliffe, Gordon Leggatt (rare) & John Reid. Fine condition
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1953 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris, Ray Lindwall & Don Tallon, slightly trimmed and laid down to autograph page; plus signed photographs of Brett Lee & Justin Langer, s. (3 items)
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1953-54 New Zealand 's 1st Tour of South Africa, autograph page with 15 signatures including Geoff Rabone (Captain), Bert Sutcliffe & John Reid. Fine condition.
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1954-55 West Indies v Australia, autograph page signed on both sides by Australians (8) & West Indies (9) including ray Lindwall, Richie Benaud, Keith Miller, Everton Weekes & Clyde Walcott. Together with 2-page letter dated 16.4.55 from Vincent Valentine (2 Tests 1933) who collected the autographs. (2 items)
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1956 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Ian Johnson, Keith Miller & ray Lindwall. Edges slightly trimmed, otherwise fine condition
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1956 West Indies to NZ, autograph page with 15 signatures including Denis Atkinson (Captain), Gary Sobers, Everton Weekes & Alfred Valentine. Together with letter dated May 14th 1956 from New Zealand Captain Harry cave who collected the autographs. (2 items)
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1957 West Indies to England, 'The Queens Hotel, Leeds' letterhead with 19 signatures including John Goddard (Captain), Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell & Gary Sobers
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England Team: 1958-59 official team photograph, signed by entire team, 21 signatures (some faded); 1993-98 England team sheets (9); also Sri Lanka 1984; England 'A' 1996 & England Under 19 1995/96; plus mounted photograph of Godfrey Evans signing autographs. (14 items)
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1958-59 West Indies Team, 'The cricket club of India' letterhead, with 17 signatures including Gerry Alexander (Captain), Gary Sobers, Wes hall & Lance Gibbs
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1961 Australian Team, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey & Bob Simpson
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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
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Cricketers' Club Of New South Wales Visitors Books, two books with autographs of visitors 1963-74 & 1985-88, with a total of 334 signatures including Don Bradman (twice) & a wonderful array of teams including 1963 South Africa, 1964 England, 1967 New Zealand, 1967 India, 1968 West Indies, 50th Anniversary of 1919 A.I.F. Cricket Team, 1969-70 Australia, 1970 New Zealand, 1970 Taiwan, 1971 England, 1945-46 Australian Services Team, 1971-72 World x I, 1973 Australia, 1987 Hunter 'Stork' Hendry's 92nd Birthday…
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1965 New Zealand Team to India, Pakistan and the Uk, official team sheet with 16 signatures including John Reid (captain), Graham Dowling & Bert Sutcliffe
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1966-67 Australian Team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Bob Simpson, Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell & Tom Veivers. Fine condition
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1968 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including bill Lawry, Ian Chappell, Barry Jarman & Alan Connolly
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1969 New Zealand Team to England, India & Pakistan, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Graham Dowling (captain), Vic Pollard & Glenn Turner. 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 only 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 only 100 sheets made up
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1973-74 New Zealand Team to Australia, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Bevan Congdon, Glenn Turner, Lance Cairns & Richard Hadlee
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Sri Lanka Team Sheets, noted 1975 World Cup; 1982 Inaugural Test Match v England (bat-shaped); 1982 to India; 1983 to Australia & Nz; 1989-90 to Australia; also 1984 U19 to Australia; with a wide array of signatures including A.P.B.Tennekoon, Bandula Warnapura, Duleep Mendis, Ravi Ratnayeke & Aravinda de Silva. (6 items)
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1978-79 world Team, official world series cricket team sheet with 19 signatures including Tony Greig (Captain), Zaheer Abbas, Dennis Amiss & Barry Richards. Scarce - we have only had the 1977-78 world team previously
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1980 Australian Team, display comprising official team sheet for Centenary Test Tour to England 1980, window mounted with postcards of each team & two commemorative covers, framed and glazed, overall 78 x 65 cm
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New Zealand Team Sheets: 1980-81 to Australia (17 signatures); 1985-86 to Australia (15 signatures) x 6. Includes Richard Hadlee, Geoff Howarth, Martin Crowe & Jeremy Coney. (7 items)
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1981 Australian Team to Uk and Sri Lanka, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Kim Hughes, Dennis Lillee & Rod Hogg. Fine condition
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1981-82 Pakistan Team to Australia, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Javed Miandad, Zaheer Abbas & Imran Khan. Superb condition
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England Team Sheets: 1982-83 England Team to Australia (20 signatures); 1986-87 England Team to Australia (20 signatures). Fine condition. (2 items)
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1983 Australian Team to Zimbabwe, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Dirk Wellham, David Boon & Dean Jones
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1983 Pakistan Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 13 signatures including Imran Khan (captain), Moshin Khan, Zaheer Abbas & Mudassar Nazar
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Zimbabwe Team Sheets: 1992 Inaugural Test Match; 1983 World Cup; 1992 World Cup; 1994 Zimbabwe B; with a range of signatures including David Houghton, Duncan Fletcher & U.Ranchod (difficult to get). Fine condition. (4 items)
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1983 Australian Team to Sri Lanka, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Greg Chappell, David Hookes & Allan Border. Minor tone spots
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1984-85 Australian team, first test v West Indies at the WACA, official team sheet with twelve signatures including Kim Hughes, Allan Border and Terry Alderman
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1985 Australian Prime Minister's XIV 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 x I v New Zealand, programmes (2), one signed on reverse by Prime Minister's x I (9 signatures), othe by Nz (12 signatures), noted Allan Border, Merv Hughes, Richard Hadlee & Martin Crowe. (2 items)
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1987 M.C.C. Bicentenary 1787-1987 match, M.C.C. v Rest of the World, scorecard with 22 signatures including Mike Gatting, Allan Border, Sunil Gavaskar, Ian Botham, Graham Gooch, Richard Hadlee, Malcolm Marshall & Ravi Shastri. Also 1992 Australian Team for World Cup, scorecard Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide Oval, with 13 signatures including Allan Border (captain), Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor & Merv Hughes (2 items)
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1988 Australian Team to Pakistan, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Allan Border, Dean Jones & Steve Waugh. Folded, otherwise fine condition
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1991 Australia v England, 3rd test at SCG, official NSWCA team sheet partially signed by both teams, with 17 signatures including Geoff Marsh, Steve Waugh, Allan Lamb & David Gower. Fine condition
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1992 Australian Prime Minister's x I v West Indies, programme signed on reverse by Prime Minister's x I, 12 signatures including Allan Border, Adam Gilchrist, Mark Taylor & Dean Jones
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1992 Australian Team to Sri Lanka, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor & Shane Warne. Folded, otherwise fine condition
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1994 Australian Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Allan Border, mark Taylor & Shane Warne. Folded, otherwise fine condition. Scarce
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1995 Australian Team to West Indies, official team sheet with 18 signatures including mark Taylor, Carl Rackemann, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne & Steve Waugh. Folded, otherwise fine condition. Rare
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1998 South Africa Team, official team sheet with 23 signatures including Hansie Cronje, Gary Kirsten & Herscelle Gibbs. Fine condition
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1931 V.A.C.U. Century Run: enamel medal/badge with on front 'V.A.C.U./ century Run 1931/ 100'
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1932 Melbourne - Castlemaine Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Melbourne to Castlemaine/ Road Cycle Race/ Malvern Star', and engraved on reverse 'W. Langley/2.7.32'
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1932 Colac - Melbourne Road Race: Enamel medal/badge with on front 'Dunlop Road Race', with on reverse 'Colac - Melbourne Amateur 100/ 1932'
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1933 Melbourne - Castlemaine Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Melbourne to Castlemaine/ Road Cycle Race/ Malvern Star', and engraved on reverse 'C. Langley/1.7.33'
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1933 V.A.C.U. Century Run: enamel medal/badge with on front 'V.A.C.U./ century Run 1933'
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1933 Colac - Melbourne Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Dunlop/ Road Race', with on reverse 'Time medallion, 1933, Amateur 100, Colac - Melbourne/ N. Langley/ 4h 14m 14s'
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1934 Colac - Melbourne Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front '100 Miles/ Colac to Melbourne/ 1934/ Preston star/ Centenary Road Race'
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1934 Melbourne - Castlemaine Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front '1934 Centenary/ Melbourne to Castlemaine/ Preston star/ Road Race/ 72 Miles'
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1935 Peninsula Tour: enamel cycling medal/badge with on front 'Peninsula Tour 1935/ 110 Miles/ Healing', and engraved on reverse '1st/ N.Langley/ 73 Min/ 4H 54M 14S'
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1935 Colac - Melbourne Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Colac - Melbourne Road Race/ 1935/ Vacu'
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1936 Peninsula Tour: enamel cycling medal/badge with on front 'Peninsula Tour 1936/ 110 Miles/ Healing', and engraved on reverse 'N.Langley/ first & Fastest/ 4h 41m 10s/ Course record'
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1936 Colac - Melbourne Road Race: Enamel medal/badge with on front 'Hartley/ 1936/ Colac - Melbourne'. Minor enamel chips
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1937 Melbourne - Shepparton Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front '1937/ 3SR/ V.A.C.U./ Melbourne to Shepparton 106 Mls'
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1937 Peninsula Tour: Enamel medal/badge with on front 'Healing/ 110 Miles/ Peninsula Tour/ 1937'
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1937 V.A.C.U. Century Run: enamel medal/badge with on front 'V.A.C.U./ 1937/ century Run'
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1938 Melbourne - Warrnambool Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front '165 Miles/ 1938/ Healing/ Melbourne - Warrnambool'
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1938 Melbourne - Shepparton Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front 'V.A.C.U./ 3sr/ Centenary Cycle Race/ Melbourne - Shepparton/ 1938'
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1938 Colac - Melbourne Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Hartley/ Colac to Melbourne/ Road Race/ 1938'
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1938 V.A.C.U. Century Run: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Vacu/ 1938/ century Run'
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1939 Colac - Melbourne Road Race: Enamel medal/badge with on front 'Healing/ Colac - Melbourne/ 104.5 Mls/ Cycle Race/ 1939'
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1939 V.A.C.U, century Run: enamel medal/badge with on front 'V.A.C.U. Century Run 1939'
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1941 V.A.C.U, century Run: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Century Run/ 1941/ 100 Miles/ V.A.C.U.'
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1948 Melbourne - Warrnambool Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Melbourne to Warrnambool/ Healing/ 165 Miles/ Road Race/ 1948', and numbered on reverse '36'
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1948 Midlands Tour: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Midlands Tour 112 Miles/ Healing/ Road Race/ 1948', and numbered on reverse '15'
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1949 Melbourne - Warrnambool Road Race: enamel medal/badge with on front '1949/ 165 Miles/ Healing/ Melbourne - Warrnambool', and numbered on reverse '31'
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1949 Midlands Tour: enamel medal/badge with on front 'Healing/ 116 Miles/ 1949/ Midlands Tour', and numbered on reverse '9'; also club badges 'Eastern Suburbs A.C.C.' & 'Fairfield Amateur C.C.'. (3 items)
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Essendon: 1922 Paramount Sporting Photos postcard 'Essendon football Team, 1922'. G/VG
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Essendon: 1941 real photo postcard of Essendon Team. Fair/G
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Essendon: 'The Argus' press photograph of Essendon Team, c1953. Fine condition
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Hawthorn: Member's Season Tickets 1961 (Hawthorn's 1st Premiership - rare), 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991 and 1993. (23 items)
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