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Sporting Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:376
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:371
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:249
Date:24-Feb-2019
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Attractive display entitled 11981 the Twenty-Ninth Australian Tour to the United Kingdom & Sri Lanka' with an official team photograph and a fully signed official team sheet. The autographs include Kim Hughes (Capt.), rod Marsh (vice Capt.), border, Lillee, Alderman, wood and Yallop. With details of the tour annotated in black and gold against a green background, acid-free mount board, framed and glazed. Overall 107 x 56 cm.
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Rod Marsh, batting gloves, worn during the 1983 World Cup. Purchased by Alan Piper at the rod Marsh Testimonial auction (1-9-83), with a hand-written signed note from rod Marsh on the reverse of the ticket.
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Dennis Lillee: two black & white action photographs of the great bast bowler, one side-on and one from the batsman's perspective, both illustrating the incredible strength and momentum behind each delivery. Both attractively signed. (2) each 30 x 21 cm.
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Greg Chappell's Last test match, January 1984, at the S.C.G. A framed display featuring four original press photographs of Chappell 9and others) during his dramatic final test match appearance. Signed in 5 places by Chappell and once by rod Marsh. Overall 45 x 60 cm. In a fairytale finale, Chappell was finally dismissed for 182. Chappell amassed 7,110 test runs in his career, with 23 test centuries. He captained Australia in 48 test matches. Provenance: The Kevin O'Dowd collection.
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World series cup 1985-86: Australian Team full size Gray-Nicholls bat, signed on the front by the Australian Team (12 players) and on the back by the Indian and New Zealand Teams. (42 signatures in total). The 1985–86 world series was a one day international (Odi) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to India and New Zealand. Australia and India reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0. Allan Border, Kapil Dev and Jeremy Coney captained their respective teams.
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Don Bradman signature on a full-sized bat, circa 1985. (rubber grip deteriorated). In a presentation case (which requires some attention).
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Australia to Sharjah, U.A.E. March 1985 official Australian team sheet fully signed by the squad captained by Alan border, with Graeme wood (vice Capt.), Terry Alderman, Kim Hughes, Dean Jones, Simon O'Donnell and Kepler Wessels. Framed and glazed, overall 41 x 33 cm.
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Craig McDERMOTT: a display featuring McDermott's boots and batting gloves (all signed) as used during the 1985 Ashes Tour of England. Framed & glazed, overall 86 x 52 cm. McDermott was the spearhead of the Australian attack in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He had started his career with Queensland in 1983–84 and made his test debut for Australia in 1984–85 whilst still 19 V West Indies. In his first Ashes tour of 1985, he took 30 wickets, but he was over-bowled and was burnt out. In the 4th test he took…
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1986 tied test at Madras: Australia V India, full size trophy cricket bat, signed by the Australian Team, 11 signatures including Allan Border, Dean Jones (who scored a legendary double century) & Bruce Reid. With Bruce Reid collection certificate. This was only the second tied test match in cricket history. Provenance: The Bruce Reid collection, Charles Leski Auctions, March 2004.
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1986 tied test at Madras: Australia V India, full size cricket bat, signed by the Australian Team, 12 signatures including Allan Border, Dean Jones (who scored a legendary double century) & Geoff Marsh, as well as the Indian Team, 12 signatures including Gavaskar, Dev, Srikkanth & Azharrudin. From the Geoff Marsh collection. This was only the second tied test match in cricket history. Provenance: Charles Leski Auctions, 15th November 2007, lot 1516.
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A Bradman correspondence, 1987-1993, a series of seven letters to the present vendor, explaining his willingness to sign items sent to him, 1....strangely enough I still get an enormous mail and quite often it takes me 3 to 4 hours a day to deal with it....1 [letter of 25-7-89] and thanking his correspondent for his various gifts 'And the Tatts ticket' as expressions of gratitude. 'I've never won anything yet and don't expect my luck to change but I do very much appreciate the thought.1 [letter of 24-7-87]…
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A framed black & white photograph of Allan Border holding his bat in the air (Adelaide test match V New Zealand, December 1987) acknowledging the applause of the crowd at the moment he passed Don Bradman's test run total of 6996 runs. With the original signatures of Bradman & border. Overall 16 x 20.5 cm. Border was the only cricketer to have scored 150 in each innings of a test match. He retired as the leading run scorer in history, with a whopping 11,174 from 156 appearances. Provenance: The Kevin O'Dowd…
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The Bicentennnial test match - Jan.29th to Feb.2nd, 1988 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, a full-sized Gray-Nicolls bat with the full match report affixed to the front of the blade and signed on the back by the two teams. Over 103,000 attended the match which ended in a draw. David Boon top-scored for Australia with 184 not out and Chris broad for England with 139. McDermott took 6 wickets for 65 in England's only innings, Dilley took 5 wickets in each of Australia's innings.
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Richard Hadlee & Fred Trueman: large colour photograph signed by the two great fast bowlers, overall 33 x 41 cm.
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The Australian Captains bat: a full-sized bat displaying the original signatures of 19 different Australian cricket Team captains from Bradman to Taylor. The bat is displayed in a custom-built display box. Height: 96 cm. Some signatures are faded, fully legible signatures include Bradman, brown, Lindwall, Jarman and border.
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Keith Miller's SCG life Member's badge, 9ct gold, with 'Sydney cricket & sports ground Trust/ life Member' on front, and engraved on reverse 'Keith Miller MBE', in original presentation case. With Keith Miller collection certificate. Provenance: The Keith Miller collection, Charles Leski Auctions, March 2007, lot 149. A member of the Invincibles, at the time of his retirement from test cricket in 1956, Miller had the best statistics of any all-rounder in cricket history. He often batted high in the order,…
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The cricket World Cup in Australia: a group of (3) envelopes signed by teams participating in the World Cup one day international competition: one signed by the New Zealand team in Australia (14 signatures), another signed by the West Indies team (15 signatures) and the last signed by England (14 signatures). Also, a similar envelope signed by the 13 New Zealand team members at the 1990 world series cricket in Australia. (4 items).
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Dennis Lillee's Acb Chairman's XI cap, from the fourth lilac hill match - Acb Chairman's XI V New Zealand (the 'St match of the 1993-94 New Zealand tour of Australia), green with lilac bands, with embroidered lilac hill logo on front, signed inside by Dennis Lillee. Superb condition. The lilac hill matches, first played in 1990-91, become the first tour match of visiting teams. Caps are extremely rare - only 15 are awarded each year: 12 to players, one to Acb, one to Midland cricket board (lilac hill) &…
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Australia in Pakistan 1994: Craig McDermott's souvenir full-sized bat signed by the Australian touring party and the Pakistan team, with a total of 27 signatures including mark Taylor, Steve Waugh, mark Waugh, Shane Warne and Craig McDermott. With photo CoA signed by McDermott. Provenance: The Craig McDermott collection, Charles Leski Auctions, August 2001.
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Allan Border signed & framed action photograph presented in 3-D with a plaque at base 'Alan border limited edition No.51 overall 77 x 65 cm.
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Australia V England, 5th test, Perth - February 1995, a full size Gray-Nicolls autograph bat signed by the 10 of the Australians (including mark Taylor, Ian Healy, Steve Waugh, David Boon and Glenn McGrath) and 8 of the Englishmen (including Graeme Thorpe, Steve Rhodes, John Crawley and Mike Gatting.) Australia won the match by 329 runs.
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Great Australian Batsmen: Dean Jones and mark Waugh individually signed full-sized cricket bats, each with a certificate of authenticity. (2).
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Caught Marsh, Bowled Lillee: two full-sized cricket bats, one signed by the great fast bowler, the other signed by the wicket-keeper with whom he dismissed 95 test batsmen, a record which remains unbroken. (2).
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The Australians in the West Indies, 1995, full sized kookaburra Ridge back cricket bat signed by both teams (27 autographs) and the four umpires, including David shepherd. Australia won the 4 test series - 2 won, 1 lost, 1 drawn. Mark Taylor was Captain and Ian Healy, vice-captain for Australia. For the West Indies, Richie Richardson was Captain.
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Australia V South Africa 1993: a full size owl brand bat signed by the Australian team captained by Alan border (with mark Taylor, Ian Healy, Steve Waugh, mark Slater and Glenn McGrath) and 9 of the South Africans including Hansie Cronje, Jonty Rhodes and Brian McMillan. (the South Africa signatures are somewhat faded).
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1995 Australian Tour to the West Indies headed display incorporating a fully signed official team sheet in combination with an official team photograph. Framed together with carefully hand-annotated details in black and gold against an acid-freen mountboard in green. The write-up provides full details of the four test series, which Australia won 2-1, with mark Taylor as Australia's Captain for the first time. Attractively framed and glazed, overall 107 x 60 cm. Steve Waugh led the Australian batting with…
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Shane Warne & Ian Healy signed photograph which commemorates Warne's 300th test Wicket at Sydney in January 1998 and Ian Healy's 100th test match, which had been at Adelaide. Framed & glazed, overall 39 x 47 cm. Shane Warne became the 13th bowler to claim 300 test wickets when he bowled Australia to an innings victory over South Africa in the Second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 1998. He took 11 for 109 during the match. Healy's signature will always be his work standing over the stumps to…
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Cricket World Cup 1999 headed display, attractively annotated in black and gold on green acid-free board. The display incorporated an official team photograph, a fully signed official team sheet and extensive details of the matches and the final, which resulted in Australia winning against Pakistan. Australia was captained by Steve Waugh, vice Captain was Shane Warne. Framed and glazed, overall 105 x 59 cm. The Tournament featured 12 teams, playing a total of 42 matches. In the group stage, the teams were…
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Don Bradman signed & hand-painted bat, a full-sized Bradman classic limited edition bat by Slazenger, enhanced with two original paintings of Don Bradman by Colin Bodie. The bat is displayed in a custom built glass-fronted case, surrounded by details of the Don's career and the bat bears his original signature together with an engraved plaque identifying the bat as #37 of 50. With a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist in October 2000 (who died in February 2001) and an article the sale of one…
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Steve Waugh, signature on full size 'Gm Maestro' cricket bat.
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Dennis Lillee limited edition [207/550] and Shane Warne's 400th Wicket limited edition [133/1500] signed posters. (2). Both with CoAs. 51 x 57 cm and 62 x 52 cm respectively.
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A Tribute to the Don 1908-20011, very large colour print by Brian Clinton, depicting Bradman playing his classic cover drive on the way to his record-breaking innings of 334 at Headingley in 1930. The print is mounted with career details and is signed to lower border by Bradman. Limited edition 2/99, also signed by the artist.Framed & glazed, overall 157 x 117 cm. Together with separately framed certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
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Sam Loxton signed full-sized Kookaburra cricket bat, dated 1.11.2001.
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Chris Gale signed junior size 'Spartan - Chris Gale signature' bat. As new.
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W.D. & H.O. Wills: 'Cricketers' (small 'S1) complete set (50) attractively presented in a double-glazed frame which facilitates reading the details on the back of each card. Cat.£375. Overall 47 x 52 cm.
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An accumulation of cricket cards including Will's 1903 'Australian & English Cricketers', 1905 'Australian club Cricketers', Godfrey Phillips 'Test cricketers 1932-331, and others. Mixed condition. (85+).
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1933 Godfery Phillips 'Test cricketers 1932-331 complete set (38), 1928 Major Drapkin 'Australian & English test cricketers (11), 1933 Godfrey Phillips 'Who's Who in Australian sport (10), 1933 Carreras 'Personality series (9), plus silks, animals and other subjects. All in an album. Mixed condition.
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1938 Ogdens 'Prominent cricketers of 19381, complete set [50], includes Don Bradman, Sid Barnes & Lindsay Hassett. G/VG.
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John player & Sons: 'Cricketers 19381 complete set (50) attractively presented in a double-glazed frame which facilitates reading the details on the back of each card. Overall 46 x 52 cm.
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John player & Sons 1938 'Cricketers' set, complete in the relevant Player's album, signed on the front cover by Don Bradman as well as beneath his card on page 15. Provenance: The Kevin O'Dowd collection.
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Trade cards: D.C. Thomson 1957 'County Cricketers' complete set [64], Ef. Also, Kane Products 11956 cricketers - 2nd Series' complete set [25], Ef, and Barratt & Co. 'Test cricketers by E.W.Swanton' complete set [35], Vf/Ef. Total Cat.£410.
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Autographs: a collection of (180) on cards, autograph book pages, team sheets, etc. Noted Leo O'Brien (Aust.), Bruce Reid (Aust.), H. Gimblett (England), L. Braund (England), Colin Cowdrey (England), R. Kilner (England), N. Haig (England), C.F.Root (England), Brett Hogg, Len Maddocks, John Rutherford, Geoff Lawson, bill Lawry, Ian Chappell, Neil Hawke, Ian Redpath, Keith Stackpole, Mike Kasprowicz, Simon Katich, Joe angel, Alan Dale, Steve Waugh, Ron Hammence, Paul Reiffel, Andy Bichel (all Aussies),…
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An autograph page dated 11-6-19051 and headed (incorrectly, as far as we can tell) 'Australian cricket Team V English XI' with the ink signatures of Victor Trumper, Monty Noble, Hanson Carter, James Mackay, Austin diamond, E.L. Waddy, G.LeonardGarnsey, J. O'Connor and R.A. Duff, all of whom represented New South Wales and several of whom also represented Australia.
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An autograph page dated 11-6-19051 and titled (incorrectly, as far as we can tell) 'English XI cricket Team' with the ink signatures of Vernon Ransford, Frank Laver, Fred Collins, Charles Jones, Matthew Ellis, J.F. Horan, Peter McAlister, Ernest bean, James Horan, E.V. Carroll, and Tom Warne, all of whom represented Victoria and several of whom also represented Australia.
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New Zealand: 1931-2004 collection of team sheets and autograph pages, comprising an autograph page signed by 12 of the squad in England in 1931, a 1965 official team sheet for the Tour to India, Pakistan and the U.K., a 1978 official team sheet for the tour to the U.K., a 1979 official team sheet for the Prudential cup (UK), the 1980-81 Australian Tour, April 1989 the New Zealand Team V Western Australia, the 1990 U.K. Tour team, the 1993/4 Team to Australia (2 different teams), the 1994 team to the U.K.,…
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South Africa: 1931-2003 collection of (21) team sheets or autograph pages. A wonderful collection which includes the team to Australia 1931/32, the team to Australia 1935/36, the team to England in 1947, the England & South African teams at old Trafford July 1951, the team to Australia & New Zealand 1952-53, the 1955 team to Great Britain, the 1963/64 team to Australia and New Zealand, the 1965 team, the 1970 team to the U.K., the January 1986 team V Australia, and several others. A fine assembly that…
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New Zealand: The 1937 team to England, small autograph page with 15 signatures including Curly page, Walter Hadlee and Merv Wallace, together with a signed photograph of Walter Hadlee. (2 items).
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Australian XI - Gt. Britain 1938 (partially) signed official Autographs teamsheet: 13 members of the touring party have signed in pen, including Bradman, McCabe, Hassett, Barnes, brown, O'Reilly and Fingleton.
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Indian test sheets & autograph Pages: 1947 - 1999 collection of (10) items, comprising the official team sheet for the Indian cricket Team in Australia 1947-48 (Amarnath, Capt., Hazare, vice. Capt.) fully signed, an undated (1948) letter from Kumar Rai Singh following the Indian team's visit to Mildura (where they played a Victorian country team), the 1952 India cricket Team in England, fully signed, the 1967-68 Indian cricket Team in Australia and New Zealand, the Indian cricket Team during the 1969-70…
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Australia: 1948 official Team sheet of 'The Invincibles' squad to England, led by Bradman and Hassett, with 17 original signatures, lacking only the always absent Sid Barnes autograph which is hand-stamped in the wrong place!, during the sea journey to England, the players were required to sign autographs on 5,000 team sheets. Barnes had a stamp of his signature made, and paid a young boy in drinks to deal with the sheets for him, but he landed himself in trouble with Captain Don Bradman and manager Keith…
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West Indies: 1950-2005 marvellous collection of (17) team sheets and autograph pages including the 1950 team to England, the 1960/61 team to Australia, the 1969 team to Australia (with the Australian team autographs as well), the 1973 team to U.K., the 1975-76 team to Australia, the 1979 team for the Prudential cup, the 1979/80 team to Australia and New Zealand, the 1981-82 tour to Australia, the 1983 team to South Africa (and the Eastern Province team), the 1983/84 team to South Africa, the 1984 team V…
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South Africa: The 1951 team to England, autograph page with 14 signatures including Dudley Nourse, Eric Rowan and Hugh Tayfield, plus signed photographs of George Fullerton & Clive van Ryneveld. (3 items)
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Pakistan: 1954-62 group with 1954 team signatures on autograph page together with a team photo, 1962 official team sheet fully signed for tour to England, plus 3 signed photographs of team members. (5 items).
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Australia in the West Indies: black & white real photo postcard of the first Australian Team to tour the West Indies & British Guiana, March - June 1956, signed in ink by 14 players in the squad, which included Miller, Lindwall, Benaud, Maddocks, Davidson, hill and McDonald and the team manager. Australia's first visit to the Caribbean saw high scoring in all but the third test at Georgetown. Clyde Walcott made five centuries in the series, and Atkinson and Depeiaza shared a world record seventh wicket…
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1956-83, a small collection of six Australian Team sheets, all with minor faults or incompletely signed. A great source of autographs including Ian Johnson, Keith Miller, Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey, Len Maddocks, Dennis Lillee, Max Walker, Doug Walters, Allan Border, Rick Darling, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, rod Marsh, Jeff Thomson, Terry Alderman, rod Hogg and Geoff Lawson. (80+ signatures).
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Australia in South Africa 1957-97: a group of four fully signed Australian team sheets comprising the 1957-58 Tour (Ian Craig, Capt.), the '85/87 Tour (Kim Hughes, Capt.), the 1994 Tour (Allan Border, Capt.), and the 1997 Tour (mark Taylor, Capt.) with 74 original autographs in ink.
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English County cricketers: a collection of 1958 signatures, mainly on pages removed from an autograph album, including Derbyshire (10+8), Essex (10 signatures), Glamorgan (4), Gloucester (12+7), Hampshire (11), Kent ((6), Middlesex (8+9 including 2 signed photos of Denis Compton), Northamptonshire (20), Worcestershire (4) & Yorkshire (4). [Total: 121 signatures]. Together with a page signed by 4 BBC cricket commentators.
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1961 Australian Team, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Richie Benaud (Captain), Neil Harvey, Graham McKenzie & Bob simpson. Folded, otherwise good condition.
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Australian Team sheets: 1961 Australian Team on Tour (Richie Benaud, Capt., Neil Harvey, vice Capt.) with 19 signatures, 1964 Australian Team on Tour (Bob simpson, Capt., Brian Booth, vice Capt.) with 16 signatures, 1968 Australian Team on Tour (bill Lawry, Capt., Barry Jarman, vice Capt.) with 17 signatures, 1984 West Indies Tour (Kim Hughes, Capt., Allan Border, vice Capt.) with 18 signatures, 1986 Tour of India (Allan Border, Capt., David Boon, vice Capt.) with 15 signatures. (5 sheets, with a total of…
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Pakistan: 1961-2001 collection of (12) team sheets and autograph pages, including the 1961 Pakistan Team to India, 1972-3 Pakistan team to Ceylon, Australia and New Zealand, the 1978 Pakistan team to U.K., the 1982 team to England (Imran Khan, Capt.), the 1983-4 team to Australia (Imran Khan, Capt.), the 1987 team to U.K. (Imran Khan, Capt.), the 1988 team to Australia & New Zealand (Imran Khan, Capt.), plus 4 later team sheets. All but one fully signed.
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Australia in England 1961: an official Australian team sheet signed by the whole touring party which included Benaud (Capt.), Harvey (vice Capt.), Grout, Lawry, McDonald and simpson. Also, a similar team sheet but, most unusually, with reproduction signatures. Together with an original press photograph (20.5 x 25 cm) of the team signed in ink by Alan Davidson, Neil Harvey, Richie Benaud, Peter Burge and Colin McDonald. (3 items). The five match series finished at 2-2. Lawry topped the batting for Australia…
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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. {Bob Simpson's first Ashes tour as captain}.
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Australia: 1966-67 official team sheet for the Australian Team on Tour, W.L. Jacobs, Manager-Treasurer. Fully signed, with Bob simpson Captain and bill Lawry vice-captain. (16 signatures). Provenance: The bill Jacobs collection.
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1972-79 collection of Australian official Team sheets, all fully signed, comprising 1972 (Ian Chappell, Capt.), 1973 (Ian Chappell, Capt.), 1975 World Cup Tour to Canada & United Kingdom (Ian Chappell, Capt.), 1977 (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1978 to the West Indies (Bob simpson, Capt.), 1979 World Cup Team (Kim Hughes, Capt.) and 1979 Tour of India (Kim Hughes, Capt.). (a total of 115 original signatures).
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1977-80 collection of Australian official Team sheets, all fully signed, comprising 1977 (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1979 (Kim Hughes, Capt.), 1980 Pakistan Tour (Greg Chappell, Capt.) and 1980 Centenary Test Tour of England (Greg Chappell, Capt.). (a total of 62 original signatures).
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1977-83 collection of Australian official Team sheets, all fully signed, comprising 1977 (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1979 (Kim Hughes, Capt.), 1980 Pakistan Tour (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1981 U.K & Sri Lanka Tour (Kim Hughes, Capt.), 1982 New Zealand Tour (Greg Chappell, Capt.) and 1983 Zimbabwe Tour (dirk Wellham, Capt.). (a total of 97 original signatures).
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1979-83 collection of Australian official Team sheets, all fully signed, comprising 1979 World Cup (Kim Hughes, Capt.), 1981 U.K & Sri Lanka Tour (Kim Hughes, Capt.), 1982 New Zealand Tour (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1985England Tour (Allan Border, Capt.), 1988 Pakistan Tour (Allan Border, Capt.) and 1991 Zimbabwe Tour (mark Taylor, Capt.). (a total of 98 original signatures).
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1980-97 collection of Australian Team sheets, etc, all fully signed, comprising 1980 Centenary Tour publicity photograph fully signed in the large margins (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1982 New Zealand Tour (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1992 World Cup (Allan Border, Capt.), 1993 England Tour (Allan Border, Capt.), 1997 South Africa Tour (mark Taylor, Capt.) and 1997 Ashes Tour (mark Taylor, Capt.). (a total of 106 original signatures).
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1980-89 collection of Australian official Team sheets, all fully signed, comprising 1980 to Pakistan (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1980 Centenary Tour of England (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1981 to U.K. And Sri Lanka (Kim Hughes, Capt.), 1982 to New Zealand (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1983 to Sri Lanka (Greg Chappell, Capt.), 1983 World Cup Tour (Kim Hughes, Capt.), 1983 to Zimbabwe (dirk Wellham, Capt.), 1984 to West Indies (Kim Hughes, Capt.), 1984 to India (Kim Hughes, Capt.), 1985 to England (Allan Border, Capt.),…
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Sri Lanka: 1981-2006 collection of (14) team sheets and autograph pages, including the 1981 team to U.K., the 1984/5 team to Western Australia, the 1987 team to Western Australia, the 1989/90 team to Australia, the 1991 team to New Zealand, the 1992 team to New Zealand and Australia, the 1994 team to Zimbabwe, the 1995 team to New Zealand and Sharjah, the 1995/96 tour to Australia, the 1999 tour to Australia, all several others. A hard to assemble group.
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English County Team sheets & autograph Pages: 1983 - 92 collection of (27 sheets) comprising Durham 1992, Essex 1983 & 1987, Glamorgan 1983 & 1987, Gloucestershire 1986 & 1986-87, Hampshire 1983 & 1984, Kent 1987 & 1970 signed team photograph, Lancashire 1986, Leicestershire 1983 & 1987, Nottinghamshire 1983, 1987 and 1992, Somerset 1987, Surrey 1984 & 1987, Sussex 1984 & 1987, Warwickshire 1983 & 1987, Worcestershire 1986 & 1987 and Yorkshire 1987. All in good condition. [Total: 500+ autographs}
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1985 Australia to England with 17 signatures [Allan Border, Captain, Andrew Hilditch, vice Captain], 1992 Australian cricket Team Tour of Sri Lanka with 16 signatures [Allan Border, Captain, mark Taylor, vice Captain], 1992 Benson & Hedges World Cup Australian Team with 17 signatures [Allan Border, Captain, Geoff Marsh, vice Captain]. All 3 official team sheets in matching frames with green & gold borders.
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New Zealand Team sheets: 1990 United Kingdom Tour (John Wright, Capt., Martin Crowe, vice Capt.) fully signed (16 autographs), also, New Zealand Womens Team Tour to England & Ireland 1996 (Sarah Illingworth, Capt., Maia Lewis, vice. Capt.) fully signed (18 autographs).
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1991-99 collection of Australian official Team sheets, all fully signed, comprising 1991 to West Indies (Allan Border, Capt.), 1991 to Zimbabwe (mark Taylor, Capt.), 1992 World Cup Team (Allan Border, Capt.), 1992 to Sri Lanka (Allan Border, Capt.), 1993 to New Zealand (Allan Border, Capt.), 1993 to England (Allan Border, Capt.), 1994 to South Africa (Allan Border, Capt.), 1994 to Sri Lanka & Pakistan (mark Taylor, Capt.), 1995 to West Indies (mark Taylor, Capt.), 1995 young Australia to England (Stuart…
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Zimbabwe: 1992-2003 collection of (5) team sheets and autograph pages including the October 1992 first test match against India, the 1998 team to Sri Lanka and New Zealand, the 1999 World Cup Squad, the 2000 team, and the 2003 team to England. All hard to find!
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Australian Team sheets, fully signed, comprising 1997 Ashes Tour (mark Taylor, Capt.) and 1998 India Tour (mark Taylor, Capt.). (a total of 40 original signatures).
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1997-99 group of Australian Team sheets, all fully signed, comprising 1997 Ashes Tour (mark Taylor, Capt.), 1998 India Tour (mark Taylor, Capt.) and 1999 West Indies Tour (Steve Waugh, Capt.). (a total of 59 original signatures).
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1998 Australian Team to India, official team sheet with 20 signatures including mark Taylor (Captain), Shane Warne & Steve Waugh. Fine condition.
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Australian test player signed cards: a collection of 150 different signed cards, mounted and identified on sheets including bill brown, Ian Craig, Bob simpson, Brian Booth, Barry Jarman, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Steve Smith as well as others including Greg Blewett, Trevor Chappell, Alan Davidson, Geoff Dymock, Ross Edwards, Mike Hussey, Merv Hughes, Paul Hibbert, Neil Harvey, Brad Hogg, Justin Langer, Terry Jenner, Eric Freeman, Geoff Lawson, Sam Loxton, Brett Lee, rod Marsh…
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New Zealand test player signed cards: a collection of 31 different signed cards, mounted and identified on sheets including Walter Hadlee, Sir Richard Hadlee, Bevan Congdon, Chris Cairns, John Bracewell, John Reid, Martin Crowe, Stephen Fleming and Jeremy Coney.
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West Indies test player signed cards: a collection of 26 different signed cards, mounted and identified on sheets including Everton Weekes, Seymour nurse, Sonny Ramadhin, Cammie Smith, Phil Simmons, Carl Hooper, Michael holding, Wavell Hinds, Courtney Walsh, Lance Gibbs, Joel Garner and Tino best.
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South African test player signed cards: a collection of 22 different signed cards, mounted and identified on sheets including Peter Pollock, Alan Donald, Jacques Kallis, mark Boucher, Nicky Boje, Lance Klusener, Trevor Goddard and Mike Proctor.
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Indian test player signed cards: a collection of 51 different signed cards, mounted and identified on sheets including Hirwani, Bhandari, Prasanna, Pathan, Chandrashekar, Maninder Singh, Ashish Kapoor, Kumar, Bishen Bedi, Chopra, Harbajan Singh, Rahul Dravid, Patel, Badani and Rohan Gavaskar.
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English test player signed cards: a collection of 80 different signed cards, mounted and identified on sheets including David Lloyd, ray Illingworth, John Edrich, Peter lever, W.E. Russell, Graeme Hick, Wayne Larkin, Derek Underwood, Tony Greig, R. Subba row, Derek Randall, Phil Edmonds, Dennis Amiss, Mike Atherton, Mike Dennis, David Larter, John snow, Mike Brearley, Mike Hendrick, Alan Knott, Trevor Bailey, Mike Smith and Devon Malcolm.
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An accumulation including the 1928 Constitution and Rules of the Victorian country football league, the 1950 edition of the Australian National football Council's Laws of the Australian National game, approximately 60 fixtures, a quantity of Scanlan's cards in mixed condition, a collection of 13 Quit campaign 'Give smoking the boot' stickers, other cards by Select, Optus, Mobil, 1976 & '77 Scanlens League football bubble gum wrappers, various stickers, publications, brochures and other ephemeral items.…
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Melbourne Cricket Club - Football Club: 1879-80 Members ticket, blue leather with gilt embossed 'M.C.C. 1879-801 overstamped 'Football', internally printed in black with ornate MCC logo and spaces for the names of the member, the club treasurer and secretary to sign. Extremely rare.
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North Melbourne 'Kangaroos' Pre-History, Hotham Football Club 1883 Member's ticket in blue leather with a cream leather strap and gilt borders, with 'H.F.C. 18831 embossed in gold. The inside, printed in blue provides a double page printed list of 'Engagements of first Twenty' with room for the results to be filled in another full printed page with details of the club Patrons, Vice-Presidents, General Committee and match Committee. The inside front cover provides room for the member's name (S. Gregory) and…
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Carlton 1884 Member's card (for Mr. W.J. Hemsworth) in dark blue leather with gilt lettering, interior with printed details of the office bearers, the list of matches including some in South Australia. Carlton finished 6th on the ladder in 1884. [Lower corner lost.]. Accompanied by some later photographs of Alex Jesaulenko and a reproduction photo of the 1947 Carlton Premiership team. (4 items).
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Carlton 1903 Member's card (#1284 for Mr. A.R.Harris) in dark blue and white with gilt lettering, interior with details of the office bearers, the list of matches and 10 of the 24 original match tickets still present. Carlton finished 3rd on the ladder in 1903. The previous example sold by US (in October 2010) brought $2,240 incl. BP.
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South Fremantle Football Club 1907 official team photograph, block mounted, 28 x 32 cm overall. (some peripheral damage does not affect the image.)
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A 9ct gold medallion engraved 'K.R.F.C.1 (believed to be Kennett river Football Club) 'Premiers 1907 M. Connelly', also, a gold-plated Elgin pocket watch (working but lacking the glass face) engraved1Presented to Mick Connelly for his Services & Loyalty to the B.F.C. Premiers 1910 - Beeac, Nov.101. (2 items).
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Norman 'Hackenschmidt' Clark [1878-1943] Carlton hall of Fame Inductee - 1989, a Carlton Football Club illuminated presentation, oak-framed, hand-painted and dated 12th March 1909, signed on behalf of the Committee by the president, J. Urquhart, the treasurer, Reg Blay & the secretary, John 'Jack' Worrall (acknowledged as league football's first coach and the man who, as a journalist, coined the term 'Bodyline'.) 86 cm x 70 cm overall including the frame. From Stawell gift champion to Carlton premiership…
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Essendon: 1912 Essendon (Association) Football Club Membership badge (by Bentley). The badge incorporates the premiership flag, which Essendon won in 1911. 1912 was also a premiership year for the club. Coincidentally, the Essendon VFL club also won the Premiership in both those years.
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Footscray 1913 Membership badge (by Bentley). Founded in 1877 in Footscray, the club won nine premierships in the Victorian football Association (VFA) before gaining entry to the Victorian football League (since renamed the AFL) in 1925. Footscray won the VFA Premiership in 1913, defeating North Melbourne in the final by one point.
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Carlton 1920 Membership card (#3909 for Mr Gregory of Stewart St., Brunswick), dark blue with gilt details on cover, office bearers and list of Matches inside. Carlton finished 3rd on the ladder in 1920.
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Carlton 1921 Membership card (#4339) white and dark blue on cover, office bearers and list of Matches inside. Carlton was a Grand Finalist in 1921, losing to Richmond by 4 points in a low scoring game.
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Geelong cricket & Football Club: Member's Season ticket for 1921-22, blue & white with gilt lettering, fixture list and officials details including Charles Brownlow, Secretary. Membership No.15 hand-stamped internally and named in manuscript to R.N. McDonald. Together with a metal cigarette case with an enamel city of Geelong crest affixed and the initials 'R N McD' scratched onto the upper face. (2 items).
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Geelong cricket & Football Club: Member's Season ticket for 1922-23, blue & white with gilt lettering, fixture list and officials details including Charles Brownlow, Secretary. Membership No.13 hand-stamped internally and named in manuscript to R.N. McDonald.
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Geelong cricket & Football Club: Member's Season ticket for 1923, blue & white with gilt lettering, fixture list and officials details including Charles Brownlow, Secretary. Membership No.13 hand-stamped internally and named in manuscript to H. McDonald.
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Geelong Football Club 1928 2nd eighteen Member's Season ticket, number '86' and named to R.N. McDonald, with fixture of matches printed on reverse. Extremely rare. G/VG condition
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