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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:720
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabilaLots with images:716
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:541
Date:10-May-2020
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1910-11 Ladies Reserve Season Ticket, No.4812.
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South Melbourne Cricket Club: 1910-1911 Member's Season Ticket, No.1034, red leather with gold embossing.
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Sydney Cricket Ground 1910-11 Membership medallion.
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Wisden's Almanack for 1910: rebound from title page to p.516 and incorporating the photographic plate 'Five Cricketers of the Year' (which included Warren Bardsley and Vern Ransford of Australia), half red calf over cloth-covered boards, blank end-papers, gilt titles to spine. Provenance: The family, by descent from the estate of Essex cricketer and England selector, Percy Perrin [1876-1945].
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Two Letters From Jamnagar Palace, 1910, Two autograph letters, written and signed by Harry Lester Simms while at Jamnagar Palace, a guest of Ranjitsinhji. The letters are addressed to 'Kumar Saheb' [Kumar Shri Godji Khengarji Saheb 'Manhubha', second son of Khengarji Rao III, ruler of Kutch at Bhuj Palace.], ...His Highness requests that you would be kind enough to play us 2 matches, here and at Bhuj.....kindest regards to His Highness, Your Brother & Kuty Saheb', 2 pages undated, and the second letter,…
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Ranjitsinhji of Nawanagar: A group of 4 greetings cards (16.5 x 20.50 cm) gilt-embossed crests each with a different coloured etching comprising Ballynahinch Castle (Ireland), Jamnagar House & Flower Garden (Staines, England) plus Vibha-Vilas Palace, Jamnagar, India, interiors are all blank, also 5 seasonal greeting cards (18 x 12.5 cm) showing the same scenes (Vibha-Vilas Palace x2) plus another showing Lakhota & Kotha, Jamnagar, some with insect damage. (9 items). [ex The Nawanagar Palace Museum…
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1911-12 Complimentary Membership Season Ticket, No.5194, olive leather with gold embossed reverse. Extremely scarce.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1911-12 membership badge, made by C. Bentley, No.1632.
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1911, 1912, 1913 & 1914 Wisden's Almanacks, rebound into hard covers preserving most original soft covers and advertisements. (4).
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Sydney Cricket Ground 1912-13 Membership medallion, numbered 2475, made by Miller & Morris.
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Victor Trumper (1877-1915), A page removed from an autograph book on which Trumper has written, There's a saying old & rusty, But it is ever true, T'is never trouble troubles, Till trouble troubles you. V. Trumper, 7th May 12'. mounted together with a reproduction photograph, framed and glazed, overall 52 x 45 cm.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1912-13 membership medallion, made by C.Bentley, No.2457, and the 1913-14 membership medallion, made by Stokes, No.1555. (2 items).
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Original Hand-Painted Portrait of Ranjitsinhji of Nawanagar: c.1912 image showing him wearing a ceremonial costume and matching turban, adorned with his British Gcsi & Gbe awards and sash of office, all set against a colourful backdrop featuring a stunning blue sky and water features, the iridescent elements of the image composed from Real Butterfly Wings. Commissioned by Ranji with a 'Made in England' label on the reverse of the white metal frame on stand (10 x 18 cm).
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Postcards: c.1912 coloured cards depicting cricketers C.B. Fry (Hampshire) and Colin ('Charlie') Blythe, the latter postally used within India, some peripheral blemishes. [Ex Ranji Nawanagar collection] (2).
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1914-15 membership medallion, made by Stokes, No.89, the 1915-16 membership medallion, made by C. Bentley, No.158, and the 1916-17 membership medallion, made by C. Bentley, No.1439. (3).
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Port Melbourne Cricket Club: 1914 gilt titled & decorated leather bound testimonial to 'The Hon F.T. Derham', the internal dedication with attractive hand-painted floral borders, minor edge wear & some light internal spotting, very fine condition overall, 22 x 29 cm. [Thomas Frederick Derham 1844-1922 was an Australian politician who served as Postmaster-General (1886-1890), he subsequently served as President of Chamber of Manufacturers (1897-1903) and of the Employers' Federation (1901-04).]
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1915-16 Ladies Reserve Season Ticket, No.3799 for E.W.Powell.
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South Melbourne Cricket Club, Life Member badge No.212, made by J.W.Purvis.
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1915 Wisden's Almanack, rebound into hard covers by the publishers, preserving most of the original soft covers and advertisements.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1916-17 Ladies Reserve Season Ticket, No.1109 for G.W.Simpson.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1916-17 membership badge, made by C. Bentley, No.3204.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, Annual Report, For the Season 1916-17.' [Melbourne, Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon, 1917] 48pp, with original pale mauve covers). Includes a full report on all activities, match reports, averages, but no list of members, etc. in keeping with wartime austerity measures. The Club and the War.- Up to the present time 832 Members have joined the Colours [i.e. enlisted in the A.I.F.], of whom we regret to record 73 have lost their lives in serving their country. In this connection it is…
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1916 Wisden's Almanack, original paperback edition, complete.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1917-18 membership badge, made by C. Bentley, No.1424.
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1917 Wisden's Almanack, original soft cover edition, complete.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1917 Patriotic Carnival badge made by Stokes & Sons. The Patriotic Carnival was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from the 20th to the 27th of October to raise funds for the support of returned servicemen and their families.
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1918 Wisden's Almanack, rebound into hard covers retaining all the advertisements.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1919-20 membership badge, made by C. Bentley, No.4253.
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1919 Wisden's Almanack, rebound retaining most of the advertisements.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1919-20 membership medallion, made by C. Bentley, No.2102, the 1921-22 medallion, made by C. Bentley, No.169, and the 1924-25 medallion, made by Bentley, No.159. (3 items).
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1920-21 membership badge, made by C. Bentley, No.4060.
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1920 Wisden's Almanack, rebound into hard covers retaining the advertisement and original soft covers.
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The Australian Team in England - 1921, An original real photo postcard of the Australian Touring Party, signed in pen by all 16 players and officials, attractively mounted together with details of the team. Signatories include Armstrong (Captain), Bardsley, Ryder, Gregory, Mayne, Mailey, Carter & Oldfield. Framed and glazed, overall 33 x 29.5 cm. Australia won the 5 match Ashes Series, 3-0. For Australia, McDonald was the outstanding bowler, taking 27 Test wickets, Macartney top-scored with 115. Mead…
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1921 - 1923 Wisden's Almanacks, all rebound in hard covers, preserving the original soft covers in the 1921 and 1923 editions. (3).
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Selection of cricket-themed prints including 'Fuller Pilch playing for Kent against Sussex, 1837', 'Victor Trumper' print from a photograph taken by George Beldam showing Trumper's strokeplay, Chevallier Taylor 1905 print of Warwick Armstrong (Australian captain 1920-21), Victorian Gallery (London) humorous scene 'Village Cricket - Nine Gentlemen In Waiting' plus three other items, all framed & glazed, various frame sizes. (7 items).
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1921 Australian Ashes Tour of England: mounted display with large portrait photograph of Australian Captain Warwick Armstrong, alongside a smaller photograph showing Australian Touring Team, which has been signed by Armstrong, with a caption beneath, framed & glazed, overall 53 x 42.5 cm. [The 1921 Tour was highly successful, playing 38 matches, winning 22 of them, drawing 14 and losing just twice towards the end of the tour. Australia won the first three Test Matches in the series, meaning they had won…
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1923, 1932 and 1935 Wisden's Almanacks, attractively rebound in matching hardcovers preserving most original soft covers and advertising pages. (3).
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1924 & 1925 Wisden's Almanacks, both rebound in hard covers which preserve the original soft covers. (2).
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Jack Hobbs, pen signature on a photograph of him walking out to bat with Herbert Sutcliffe at Birmingham in 1924. Framed && glazed, overall 35 x 29 cm.
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Clarence Victor 'Clarrie' Grimmett's South Australian Cricket Cap, 1924, with the Saca emblem embroidered to front. Fine condition and attractively framed. Although born in New Zealand, Grimmett played most of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper. After marrying a Victorian, he moved to Melbourne, where he played first-class cricket for Victoria. He moved to South Australia in 1923, but it is for his…
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A wonderful autograph book with illustrated title page dated 1925 and featuring a double page 'West Indian Cricket Team Visiting Australia 1920-31', New South Wales and Victoria teams 1927, a page featuring the England Team, 3rd Test Melbourne 1928-29 headed 'Please autograph for Don Bradman' (in his hand), a wonderful illustrated page headed 'English Women's Cricket Team Touring Aust. 1934-5', 'Sth Africans 1931-2', 'Australian Eleven 1931', and more. The owner of the book, Ms Merle Charles Puddicombe…
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Sydney Cricket Ground: 1925-26, 1934-35 and 1936-37 Membership badges, (3).
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The Australian Cricket Team in England - 1926, An attractive display comprising 18 signatures on two autograph pages, a formal photograph of the touring party, 5 cigarette cards and an original pen and ink caricature of the 'Team Manager' by Arthur Mailey, a member of the Australian Team. Other signatories include Bardsley, Grimmett, Macartney (who top-scored with 473 for the Australians), Ponsford, Richardson and Woodfull. Framed & glazed, overall 64 x 50 cm. After four farcical three-day Test matches…
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1926 - 28 Wisden's Almanacks, rebound in hard covers, the first preserving the original covers. (3).
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Sydney Cricket Ground: 1927-28 lady's Season Ticket, No.2816, blue leather with gold embossing.
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Bradman Related Publications: with 1938 Tour to England Orient Line 'Rms Orontes' guide & Olympic Tyre & Rubber Co Test Itinerary, 1948 'The Australian Tour' guide (2), 1946-47 'Pocket Book Cricket Guide' for England-Australia Tests, 'Bradman 1927-41' compiled by E.L.Roberts, Don Bradman's 'How to Play Cricket' (Daily Mail, 1935), 1948 Australian XI vs Tasmania souvenir programme, also score cards for Australian games featuring Bradman (6), 1938 (Jan. 27-28) Australian Board of Control for International…
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1928-29 membership medallion, No.1157 for a full member, plus the medallion for a country member No.261, the 1929-30 medallion, No.749, and the 1930-31 medallion, No.781. All made by C. Bentley. (4 items).
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Don Bradman's New South Wales State Cap, circa 1928, A New South Wales state cricket team cap, blue wool, State badge worked in ivory and red silk, Farmers Sydney label inscribed 'D.Bradman' in black ink. Offered together with a letter to the original vendor (dated December 1999) in which Sir Donald writes '...when playing for N.S.W. I was given a new cap every year. Andy Barlow was a friend of mine and a Test umpire and he asked me if I would give it to him for a keepsake. It was probably the second cap I…
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1929 Wisden's Almanack rebound in hardcover preserving the original front cover and the 1930 edition rebound in hardcover without original covers. (2)
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The West Indies Team in Australia - 1930, West Indies v Victoria Souvenir Programme and Scorecard for the four-day match which preceded the Test Match series. Signed internally by the full Victorian Team including Woodfull, Ponsford, Ryder, Hendry, a'Beckett, Darling, Barnett and O'Brien. Also signed by ten of the West Indians including Headley, Constantine, Hunte, Sealy, Barrow and Martin. The rear cover provides enough space for 'Don Bradman's Amazing Records'. Although a little foxed, the brochure is…
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Bradman's Highest Test Match Score - 334. A souvenir silk score card for the Test Match at Leeds, July 1930. Printed in deep blue by Crosland & Co., Kirkgate, Leeds. 12 x 27.5 cm. In the Third Test, at Headingley, Bradman scored a century before lunch on 11 July, the first day of the Test match to equal the performances of Victor Trumper and Charlie Macartney. In the afternoon, Bradman added another century between lunch and tea, before finishing the day on 309 not out. He remains the only Test player to…
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A cricket ball manual press used in the manufacturing process, circa 1930s. Cast steel on a wooden base. Very heavy!, 25 cm high, 40 cm across
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1930 Australian Criket Team, official team photograph, taken by T. Bolland, titled 'The 1930 (17th) Australian Test Team', signed to mount by the entire team, 17 signatures - W.L.Kelly (manager), Archie Jackson (scarce - he died of Tb in 1933), Tim Wall, Ted A'Beckett, Percy Hornibrook, Alec Hurwood, Clarrie Grimmett, T.Havard (official), Alan Fairfax, Bill Ponsford, Stan McCabe, Victor Richardson, Bill Woodfull (captain), Alan Kippax, Don Bradman, Bert Oldfield & Charlie Walker, overall 46 x 51 cm.…
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1930 Australian Team Postcards: An official team photo Pc by T.Bolland, St. Leonards, signed in ink on reverse byVictor Richardson, Hornibrook, A'Beckett, McCabe and Bradman. Also, a particularly scarce advertising postcard titled 'the Australian Cricket XI. of !(#). Visit to the English Steel Corporation Ltd., Vickers' Works, Sheffield, 13 May, 1930.' depicting the players and various officials during the visit. (2). Provenance: The estate of A.E.James, Physiotherapist to the Australian Cricket Team,…
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A delightful autograph album with nearly 120 signatures gathered from teams playing in Sydney, mainly during the 1930s. Includes the Australian team v South Africa (Sydney, 2nd Test Dec.1931) which Australia won by an innings and 155 runs (Rigg 127, Bradman 112, Grimmett 8-72), a page with most of the 1931 South African team, a Queensland team (including Benshed, Thurlow, Mossop and Cook), a New South Wales team (including Kippax, Fingleton, Brown, O'Reilly, McCabe && Oldfield), a Victorian team (including…
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The South African Team in Australia - 1931/32, An attractive display comprising of a signed action photograph of Don Bradman, mounted together with an autograph page of the South African tourists with 18 signatures, window mounted with a caption listing the South African team. Framed & glazed, overall 37 x 32 cm. Australia won the series 5-0, with Bradman scoring 806 runs including a 299 n.o. at an average of 201.50. Grimmett took 33 wickets and Ironmonger 31. For South Africa, the highest batting score…
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1931 - 1936 Wisden's Almanacks, all rebound in hard covers, all preserving the original yellow soft covers. (6)
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Melbourne Cricket Club, membership medallions for 1931-32 (No.855), 1932-33 (No.1233) and 1933-34 (No.768), all by C. Bentley. (3 items).
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1932-33 membership badges, made by C. Bentley, (No.4312) and an unissued trial badge, numbered No.100 on reverse, made by Stokes & Sons. (2 items). Another example of the Stokes trial badge, with different colour arrangement, was sold in our April 2015 auction for $585 incl. Bp.
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A Signed Letter From Ranjitsinhji to King George V - 6th March 1932, 6th March 1932 typed letter on The Palace, Jamnagar, Kathiawar letterhead, with Ranjitsinhji's crest embossed in green, signed by Ranji at the end. A highly important historical document, addressed to King George V when Ranji had been elected to represent the interests of the Indian Princely dynasties with regard to their future in the political organization of India. Your Highness, the critical position in which the Indian States find…
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Indian Cricket Tour to England 1932 brochure for the Indian tour of England, the first series in which they played a test match against England, with player profiles, illustrated throughout, large 8vo format, 48pp with original decorative wrappers, minor edge blemishes. [A previous example realised $330 incl. Bp in our February 2019 sale.]
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Australia v England - Fourth Test at Brisbane, February 1933 - The 'Bodyline' Crisis, A fill-sized Sykes 'Don Bradman World Record' bat signed on the reverse by 17 members of the English Touring squad and the 12 Australians in Brisbane for the match. With further annotations at the foot including 'England won by 6 wickets 3 runs. This match gave England 'The Ashes'. The Australian team, led by Woodfull, included Richardson, Bradman, McCabe, O'Reilly and Ironmonger made 340 and 175 in their 2 innings. The…
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1933 Wisden's Almanack, original soft cover edition, complete. Minor insect damage to front and back covers.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1934-35 Honorary Membership Ticket, No.127 for Mr.A. Hough, red-brown leather with gold embossing. (faults).
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Women's Cricket: Australia v England 1934 - 1935 green and gold badge, the text continues 'Souvenir of Visit First English Ladies XI'. Extremely rare, The English women's cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand in 1934 and 1935. It was on this tour that the first women's Test matches were played: three against Australia, followed by one against New Zealand. England won the first two Tests against the Australians convincingly, and had the better of a drawn third Test, to clinch the Ashes. The game…
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The Australian Team in England - 1934, An attractive display comprising of an autograph page with 9 signatures in pen including Bert Oldfield, Bill O'Reilly and Bill Ponsford, mounted together with a signed action picture of Don Bradman and a picture of the whole team being introduced to King George V. Window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 37.5 x 52.5 cm.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, membership medallions for 1934-35 (No.568), 1935-36 (No.549) and 1936-37 (No.875), all by C. Bentley. (3 items).
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The 1934 Ashes Series: A collection comprising of a lizard skin wallet (by Smythson of Bond Street) inscribed in gold lettering 'With congratulations and best wishes to Mr. A.E. James from W.Harrison - Australia v England 1934' [Nb: these were presented to all members of the touring party], an official team postcard by Photo-Work Ltd., Brighouse, an Acb letterhead sheet with reproduction autographs of the touring party, a Surrey County Cricket Club printed score sheet recording the result in the Fifth Test…
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1934 Australia vs England 5th Test: signatures of Australian tour members on a plain postcard (faults) stated to have been collected by Bradman himself and signed by him, plus those of Alan Kippax, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford, Hans Ebeling (his only Test Match), Len Darling, Arthur Chipperfield, Bill O'Reilly, Stan McCabe, Bert Oldfield, Bill Brown, Ben Barnett, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith & Ernest Bromley reverse is annotated 'The signatures were collected by Don Bradman himself on the 18th…
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A mounted display titled 'Australia XI 1934' and showing the Orient Line R.M.S.Orford, which carried the Australian Team to England. The complete touring party of 18 has signed (in pen) to the mount but most of the autographs are damp affected.
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The Australian Cricket Team in South Africa 1935-36, Attractively framed display comprising an Official Programme for the Tour signed on the front by all 14 players including Victor Richardson (Captain), Stan McCabe (VC), Bill Brown, Jack Fingleton, Clarrie Grimmett and Bert Oldfield, mounted together with a team picture and a caption listing all the Australian participants. Overall 54 x 32 cm. The Australians played 16 matches, all of them first-class. They won 13 (10 of them by an innings) and drew the…
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George Headley: A signed picture of Headley in his batting stance. Framed & glazed, overall 44 x 29 cm. George Headley [1909 - 1983] represented the West Indies in 22 Tests between 1929 amd 1953. He made 2190 runs at an average of 60.83.
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Dudley Nourse'S South Africa 1935 Test Team Cap, green wool, embroidered springbok & 'S.A.1935' on front, made by Devereux of Eton, and named to Nourse in pen on the label. Good match-worn condition. Attractively framed. Primarily a batsman, Nourse was captain of the South African team from 1948 to 1951. The 1935 Tour to England (for which he received this cap) was his Test cricket debut. After he scored a century in three consecutive innings, both innings against Surrey and then against Oxford, Plum…
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The English Team in Australia 1936-37, An attractive display comprising a team photograph plus an autograph page signed by all 14 players who appeared in the Test matches plus 3 other members of the touring party, including Wally Hammond, who top scored (231 n.o.) and made the most runs (468) for England, Les Ames, who took 13 catches, Bill Voce, who took 26 wickets, the captain, Gubby Allen and Maurice Leyland, who made 441 runs. Framed & glazed, overall 46 x 27 cm. This Ashes Series was Bradman's first…
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M.C.C. Team - Australian Tour - 1936-37, official team photograph by the 'Sydney Mail', attractively mounted with names printed below, framed, but not glazed. Superb condition. (Image 30 x 37.5 cm) overall 50 x 62.5 cm.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: A collection of membership medallions comprising 1937-38, 1938-39, 1940-41, 1948-49, 1956-57, 1957-58 and 1957-58 Country, also, two 50 Years Member's pins. (9 items).
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1937-39 Wisden's Almanacks, the first rebound in hardcover preserving the original yellow covers, 1938 and 1939 cloth covers. (3).
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A miniature William Gunn 'Autograph' bat headed 'Australia 1938' with the signatures of the whole squad including Bradman, McCabe, O'Reilly and Bill Brown, who also features on a fine laminated portrait photograph by Sidney Riley, Brisbane which has been encased and laminated. (2 items).
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The Australian Team in England - 1938, A display comprising of the official team sheet fully signed by all 17 players in the touring party, including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Bill Brown, Bill O'Reilly and Charles Fleetwood-Smith, mounted together with a picture of the team and officials. Framed and glazed, overall 47.5 x 36.5 cm. Five Tests were planned but only four Test matches were played, after the 3rd Test was washed out. Australia won 1 and England won 1. Bradman's 103 in the 4th Test extended to 6…
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Australia v England: First Test Match at Nottingham, June 1938, C.J. Barnett (126) and Len Hutton (100) signed photograph depicting the two batsmen walking out to start their great opening stand. The match ended in a draw. Framed and glazed, overall 44 x 33.5 cm.
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1938 Wisden's Almanack, original linen cloth cover edition, complete. Includes 'D.G. Bradman, 1927-37 An Australian View by The Hon. Mr. Justice Herbert V. Evatt.
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1938 Australian Tour to the United Kingdom attractively presented display incorporating a fully signed team sheet (with 16 autographs) and the team photo as published by the 'News Chronicle' and 'The Star'. Beautifully hand-annotated in black and gold on green acid-free mountboard providing details of results of the five test match series as well as details of Australia's best performers. Framed and glazed, overall 107 x 59.5 cm. Under the captaincy of Don Bradman, Australia won the 4th Test, lost the 1st…
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Merv Waite's 1938 Australian Team cufflinks, sterling silver and enamel. (2). Accompanied by a letter of provenance fromthe daughter of Ian Ray Curnow, former General Manager of the Glenelg Football Club, to whom Waite presented them.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1939 - 1960s range of admission tickets and passouts including several rare 'Brookes Lemos' advertising types and World War II period events. (26 different items).
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Adelaide Oval, members badges for 1933-34 (No.911), 1938-39 (No.1597), 1939-40 (No.1381), 1940-41 (No.2063), 1951-52 (No.2908) and 1952-53 (No.691) all by Schlank. (6 items).
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1940-41 Junior Membership Ticket, No.326, grey leather with gold embossing.
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Adelaide Oval: A collection of membership medallions including 1940-41, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1949-50 (City & Country types), 1950-51 (Country x 2), 1951-52, 1953-54 (Country x 2), 1954-55 (City & Country types), etc., to 2003. (44 items).
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1940 - 1944 Wisden's Almancks, all with original cloth covers. (4). Mixed condition.
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Australian Test Captains 1940 - 1990 presentation plaque with the original signatures of 18 Australian Captains including Bill Brown, Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris, Ray Lindwall, Ian Craig, Richie Benaud, and eleven more. With certificate of authenticity.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, Annual Report, For the Season 1942-43.' [Melbourne, Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon, 1943] 28pp, with original blue covers. A very slender war-time edition in which several mentions are made of the fact that activities and income have been severely curtailed because of 'the occupation of the Ground by the Crown'. Club and the War.- The Club is proud of the fact that 2146 of its Members are in the Fighting Forces. In addition many others are engaged in full time war duties.' (p.6), After…
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1944-45 Full Member membership ticket, with black printed text on pale blue background, numbered No.388 on reverse. The traditional metal and enamel membership badge was not produced in 1944 due to metal rationing efforts during World War Two.
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1944 Wisden's Almanack, original hard cover binding.
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1945 - 1949 Wisden's Almanacks, all original linen covers. (5). Mixed condition.
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A 'Ken Meuleman Aust XI. VIC XI. Autograph' bat, signed to the front of the blade by 1946-48 Australian and English teams, and on reverse by the Indian team which visited Australia 1947-48. A total of 47 signatures including Don Bradman, Sid Barnes, Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, Wally Hammond, Len Hutton, Bill Voce, V.S.Hazare, L.Amarnath, M.H.Mankad & D.G. Pahdkar. Length 44 cm.
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The Australian Tour of New Zealand - 1946, An official team photograph by C.P.S. Boyer of Wellington, with printed title and names, signed by all 15 named players and officials including Bill Brown (Captain), Bill O'Reilly (VC), Lindsay Hassett, Keith Miller and Sid Barnes. Framed and glazed, overall 37.5 x 42 cm. There was only one Test on this tour. This was the first 'Test' level designated match between the two countries although there had already been 20 tours across the Tasman in the previous 75…
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1946 'Cricket Records' poster distributed by Tom Gorman, proprietor of the Prince Consort Hotel, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The poster provides Australia, England and Sheffield Shield statistics going back to 1862 and photographs of some significant players. Laid down on linen, overall 86 x 52 cm.
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The souvenir programme for the First Test Match between Australia and New Zealand at the Basin Reserve, March/April 1946. The scores for New Zealand's two innings and Australia's first are fillin-in by hand.
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Australia v England - First Test, Brisbane 1946, A junior size bat (73 cm length) used to collect the signatures of the Australian and English teams, assembled in Brisbane for the first post-War Ashes Test Match. This was the first in a five match series, with Bradman as captain, which Australia won, 3-0 with 2 drawn. The bat is titled in blue 'First Test - Australia v England played at Brisbane Nov.29th to Dec.4, 1946' and is signed by the 12 Australians, including Bradman, Hassett, Barnes, Lindwall,…
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Fitzroy Cricket Club: 1948-49 to 1977-78 collection of membership medallions, all different. (15).
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1948 'The Listener In Test Cricket Book', 52pp (including cover) signed twice to the front cover by Don Bradman, compiled and edited by Rohan Rivett. Profiles the Twentieth Australian Team for England and their likely opponents. Also, a souvenir programme for the February 23, 1992 'The Bradman XI v South Africa' game played on the Bradman Oval at Bowral, also signed to the front cover by Don Bradman. (2 items). Provenance: The Kevin O'Dowd Collection.
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