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Sporting Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:860
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:841
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:727
Date:23-Aug-2022
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Ab de Villiers - South Africa: 'Mrf' full-sized cricket bat, boldly signed on the face by de Villiers in black marker pen, 87 cm high.
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Dean Jones - Victoria & Australia: Jones's custom crafted flow neck golf carbon-steel putter by T.P. Mills Co (USA), stamped 'Dj 324' on the back of the putter head, length 89 cm, comes with Tp Mills 'Custom' putter cover; condition almost as new. This model of Mills putter retails US $995 (Au $1450 approx)
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Player signed colour photos: including Australians rod Marsh, Adam Gilchrist (20 x 25 cm) & Shane Watson; also John Emburey (England); various sizes generally very good condition.(7)
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Ricky Ponting & Michael Clarke: 'Double Impact' limited edition print numbered #48 of 200, featuring career biographies and a large colour image of both cricketers, signed by both players in silver marker pen; attractively framed & glazed, overall 100 x 68 cm. 'A' tag authenticated.
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Ricky Ponting & Michael Clarke: 'Double Impact' limited edition print numbered #49 of 200, featuring career biographies and a large colour image of both cricketers, signed by both players in silver marker pen; attractively framed & glazed, overall 100 x 68 cm. 'A' tag authenticated.
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'The Openers': Bob Simpson & Bill Lawry print, signed in gold pen by both players, numbered 37/350, window mounted, framed & glazed, with CofA, overall 44 x 42 cm.
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Michael Hussey: 'High Distinction' limited edition print numbered #298 of 1000, featuring test, Odi & T20 career statistics and a large colour image of the cricketer, facsimile signature; framed & glazed, overall 69 x 99 cm.
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Signed Australian Cricketer colour prints: action images from test Matches or one day Internationals comprising Adam Gilchrist, Brad Haddin, Doug Bollinger, Marcus north, Matthew Hayden, Merv Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson & Simon Katich, each 45 x 30 cm. (11).
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Mitchell Johnson: 'Australian cricket Heroes #4' poster, signed by Johnson; framed & glazed, overall 73 x 60 cm. Australian sports Management CofA (2009).
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West Indies: c.2010 Admiral cricket shirt (size Xxl) with approximately 15 signatures on reverse including Brian Lara, Chris Gayle & Dwayne Bravo.
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Autographed Literature: with hardbound Glenn McGrath 'Line and Strength', Steve Waugh 'Out of my Comfort Zone'; softbound Andrew Symonds 'Roy - Going for Broke', Shane Warne 'Shane Warne's Century', Ricky Ponting 'Captain's Diary 2006', Ian Chappell 'Life, Larrikins & Cricket' and four others. (10)
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Melbourne stars - Big Bash League: circa 2012 full size 'Spartan' cricket bat with 19 signatures including Shane Warne (Capt), Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Lasith Malinga, Glenn Maxwell & Matthew Wade.
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Australia - player signed cricket balls: comprising white balls (6) signed by Mark Taylor, Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, James Pattinson, Josh Hazlewood & James Faulkner; also red balls signed by Mitch Marsh & Peter Neville. (8)
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Balance of cricket memorabilia collection: with literature 1985 'World Championship of Cricket' limited edition (2,numbered #864 & 865 of 1000); also 1904 picture postcard (faults) showing 'Warner's English cricket Team', 1933 'West Indies cricket Tour of England' souvenir programme, 1977 Ian Redpath testimonial dinner programme signed by Ian Redpath, Ian Chappell & Sam Loxton, 1985 Castlemaine XXXX poster for Australian cricket tour, champagne glasses (2) for 1992 Benson & Hedges World Cup, 2006 cricket…
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Players cigarette cards complete sets: comprising 1926 'Cricketers, caricatures by Rip' [50] & 1934 'Cricketers 1934' [50]. Mainly G/VG. (100)
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1926 Wills (New Zealand): 'English Cricketers' real-photo series [25], G/VG.
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Don Bradman: small group of Bradman cards comprising Wills 'Cricket season 1928-29', Player's 1930 & 1938 cricketers and 1935 park drive 'Champions plus 'All Australian Company' D.G. Bradman matchbox label (scarce); also signed Christmas card, photo with facsimile signature and several modern postcards. (12 items)
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1932 Sweetacres - 'Test match Records': almost complete set [31/32, ex card 20], including Bradman, Ponsford, McCabe, Larwood, Jardine & Hammond, plus a couple duplicates and a single card from the second series; condition poor to G/VG.
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Amalgamated Press Ltd: 1932 'Australian & English Cricket Stars' complete set [32] loosely inserted into special ''Triumph' and 'Champion' test match souvenir Album' showing details of the forthcoming season, including the Ashes ('Bodyline') series; album with central fold, a few cards with faults, generally fair/good condition.
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Amalgamated press Ltd: 1932 'Australian & English cricket Stars' complete set [32] loosely inserted into special ''Triumph' and 'Champion' test match souvenir Album' showing details of the forthcoming season, including the Ashes ('Bodyline') series; album with central fold and spotting, cards in mixed condition.
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Don Bradman: cigarette/trading card selection featuring Bradman with c.1930 Sweetacres 'Sports Champion's card #48, 1933 Godfrey Phillips (Bdv) 'Test Cricketers' card #17; 1990-91 Stimorol card #37 'Sir Donald Bradman' autograph card signed by Bradman, plus two modern Sanitarium/Weet-Bix cards. (5 items)
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1948 Nabisco (Crispies, Weeties, Vita-Brits) 'Leading Cricketers' incomplete set [15/32] a few cards heavily duplicated with Sam Loxton (card no 18 x27) & Keith Miller (card no 21 x12); also 1928 'Giant Brand' Licorice 'English Cricketers' (blue backs) [8/24], others by Hoadley's & Sunicrust (usual staining), plus a few non-cricket cards; mixed condition. (110+)
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G/VG. Elusive as a complete set. 1965 Scanlens 'Cricketers', complete set [40]; generally to VG. Elusive as a complete set.
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1970s Sunicrust 'Weg's' cards: assortment with duplication including 'Footy Funnies' series condition to poor to VG. (41)
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1978 Scanlens 'Cricketers', complete set [66] + Checklists [6] plus a single gum wrapper. G/VG. (73 items)
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Sticker albums: selection with Scanlens 1982-83 complete (2, both complete), 1983-84 (approx.40% complete), Select 1996 official Acb album (complete); also 1990-91 'Clashes for the Ashes' medal collection, and Herald sun 'Ashes Action' pin collection both complete; condition variable. (5 items)
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Accumulation with 1938 John player 'Cricketers 1938' [10/50], 1948 Weeties 'Leading Cricketers' [8/32], 1972 Sunicrust Weg/Comedy cricket [13/18], 1984 Texaco trophy [12], 1997 Sanitariun/Weetbix 'Bradman Greatest Hits' [12]; also 1994-1995 Futera cricket two complete sets [100 x2, one set in album), also additional Futera cards including 1994 super series set [40] plus 29 duplicates & 'Elite XI' cards; pre-1980s cards in very mixed condition; later cards G/VG. (300+)
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1995 Futera - the Heritage collection - a collection of great cricketers: complete set [60] all signed, including Don Bradman, Bob Simpson, Bill brown, Keith Miller, ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey Arthur Morris, Richie Benaud & Graham McKenzie; in very good condition.
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Collector cards: selection in album with 2011 'Australian test cricket Captains' set of 43 cards with facsimile signatures, being a limited edition numbered #234 of 700 sets produced; also 2002-03 Acb platinum series complete set of 132 cards encompassing several sub-sets including. 'Bradman - Evolution of a Legend'; also a single Heritage collection card signed by Ron Archer & a single signature series card signed by Michael Clarke; faultless condition as issued. (177 cards)
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Collector cards: with 2001 Weet-Bix 'Official Collector card Album' complete with 60 cards, various other Weet-Bix emissions including. 'The Bradman Collection', 'Sir Donald Bradman - Greatest Hits', 'Australian test Cricketers' caricatures by John Ireland [20/20], 'Champions work Harder' [6/6], 2006-07 Ashes 'Aussie Legends' [6/6]; also Shane Warne cards (9, various publishers) and Weet-Bix 'Socceroos' [9/9]; very fine. (146 cards, one album)
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Australia: a hand-illustrated sheet headed 'Australia 1956' with the original pen signatures of Neil Harvey, Ian Johnson, Ian Craig, Len Maddocks, Keith Miller, Ron Archer, Jim Burke and eight other test cricketers. (15 signatures).
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1956 Australian team on Tour: official team sheet with 16 signatures including Ian Johnson, Keith Miller, Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Neil Harvey & Gil Langley.
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1972 Australian Touring team sheet: official team sheet with 14 signatures including Keith Stackpole, Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Ashley Mallett & Doug Walters; also Victorian cricket Association team sheet for Centenary Test match with 11 signatures including Greg Chappell, David Hookes, Dennis Lillee, Rick McCosker, Kerrie O'Keefe & Max Walker. (2)
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Australia in England 1975: original pen signatures of 16 of the Australian touring party, each on an individual card. Noted Ian Chappell, Greg Chappell, Rick McCosker, Ross Edwards, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson & rod Marsh.
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1979 Australian Touring team 1979 World Cup: official team sheet with 14 signatures including Kim Hughes (Capt.), Andrew Hilditch, Allan Border, Rodney Hogg & Graham Yallop, also photograph (20 x 25 cm) of England's victorious 2019 World Cup cricket team, signed by Joe root (with CofA), plus a postcard showing Australia's 1979 'Prudential' World Cup team. (3 items)
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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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1994-95 Australia 'A' cricket team for international season: official team sheet with 15 signatures including Damien Martyn (Capt.), Michael Bevan, Matthew Hayden, Merv Hughes, Ricky Ponting & Greg Chappell (coach); also 1995 young Australia Tour to England official team sheet with 17 signatures including Stuart Law (Capt.), Justin Langer (V-Capt), Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden & Ricky Ponting. (2 items)
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Team sheets & Autographs: comprising 1994 England team sheet for West Indies Tour with 17 signatures including. Mike Atherton (Capt.), Alec Stewart, Robin Smith, Devon Malcolm, & Graeme Hick; undated autograph slip with signatures of 7 South African captains including. Kepler Wessels, Hansie Cronje, Shaun Pollock, Graeme Smith & Peter van der Merwe; 1994 Dean Jones Tribute match program, signed by captains Jones and Allan Border; also facsimile team autograph sheets (2) for 1948 Australian Tour of Great…
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Australia: 1999-2000 Australian team V India test series, official team sheet with 13 signatures including Stephen Waugh (Captain), Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist & Ricky Ponting. Australia won the series 3-0. In the first test Steve Waugh made 150 and Damien Fleming took 5/30 (in the 2nd Innings). In the second test Michael Slater made 91 and Brett Lee took 5/47. In the third, Justin Langer top scored with 223 and Glenn McGrath took 10 wickets.
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Fitzroy Bicycle club Premier Road racing team 1904-05: large format silver gelatin photograph (57 x 41 cm) laid down on card and displayed in a contemporary frame, overall 87 x 72 cm. The team members are identified on a label affixed verso.
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Sir Hubert Opperman: commemorative card produced by 6WF radio (Perth) to celebrate Opperman cycling form Kalgoorlie to Perth in a record time of 25 hours and 37 minutes on the 8th & 9th September 1933, signed by Opperman and dated '25-10-33'; also two caricature cards showing 'Oppy' (the human motor) produced by th 'Malvern Star' bicycle manufacturers. (3 items)
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Cycling race game - Lands end to John O'Groats: c.1934 board game, the box illustrated with image of Australian cyclist Hubert Opperman riding a 'Malvern Star' bike. Straightforward dice-based game, without printed instructions however the rules are self-explanatory; fine condition, box size 22 x 27 cm. Hubert Opperman broke the Lands End-John O'Groats record in 1934, making the trip in 57 hours & one minute.
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Vintage cycling jerseys: Ijsboerke team, size 6 (Xl) woolen/acrylic jersey made by Tricodnar (Belgium), also Griva Nijlen team, size 'Sl' woolen/acrylic jersey made by Campitello (Belgium); both c.late 1970s. (2)
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Royal park football club: 1883 member's ticket in blue leather with 'R.P.F.C./1883' and borders in gilt on front and reverse. The interior page lists fixtures for 'First Twenty' & 'Second Twenty', the inside back cover a full printed page with details of the club Patrons, Vice-Presidents, general Committee and match Committee. The inside front cover provides room for the membership number ('51'), member's name (illegible), and that of the Hon. Sec. (A.Warner). Royal park F.C. Was founded in 1864.
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North Melbourne football club: 1888 member's ticket in blue leather with cream leather straps on front and reverse embossed in gold 'N.M.F.C./Season 1888', with borders in gilt. The interior page lists 'First Twenty' & 'Second Twenty' engagements, the inside back cover with full printed page with details of the club Patrons, President, Vice-Presidents, general Committee and match Committee. The inside front cover provides room for the membership number ('308'), member's name (illegible - scored through),…
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North Melbourne football club: 1888 member's ticket in blue leather with cream leather 'Diamond' on front and reverse embossed in gold '1891', with borders in gilt. The interior page lists 'First Twenty' & 'Second Twenty' engagements, the inside back cover with full printed page with details of the club Patrons, President, Vice-Presidents, general Committee and match Committee. The inside front cover provides room for the member's name ('N.Daw'), and that of the Hon. Treas. (G.Bailey).
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1905 Melbourne V Geelong - round 14: 1905 picture postcard ('Port Melbourne railway Pier') the message 'Poor old Geelong; no hope now' referencing Melbourne's win by 35 points on 19/08/05; very good condition.
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Essendon football club (Association): 1913 membership fob, 'Essendon football club 1913 / Premiers 1911-12 / Winners Association Cup', made by C.Bentley. Only the second example we have offered.
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'Foundry Junior football Club' 1923 Premiers team photograph, including Carlo Barassi (grandfather of football icon Ronald Barassi), mounted on original card, 31 x 38 cm overall
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Country/District football - c.1924-29 member's tickets with Casterton 1928 & 1929, Cobden 1928 (2) & 1929, Colac (2, 1926 & 1928), Moe 1924, 1927 & 1929 plus 1929 Patron's ticket, Murtoa 1929, Seymour 1929 (2) plus Patron's Tickets for 1928 & 1929; others for Hopetoun, Lascelles, Mansfield (1929, family ticket), Mildura, Moyhu, Mundalla, Myrrhee, swan hill, Sorrento, Tandara (1929, lady's ticket); also a few non-football items with Nth. Melbourne CC (1926-27), Seymour CC (1929-30) and Williamstown Punt…
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Preston F.C. (VFA): 1925, 1926 & 1928 member's season Tickets, numbered '98', '1191' & '618' respectively, each with Fixture list, all are unpunctured (for games attended). To good condition. (3)
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Goulburn valley football Association: 1925-1929 member's season tickets comprising Bunbartha/Undera 1928, Cobram 1926 & 1928 plus a 1928 lady's ticket, Nathalia 1929 member's, Patron's & lady's tickets, Shepparton 1929 (with fixture list) and Tallygaroopna for 1925; also Goulburn valley football League: Tatura 1928 member's ticket & lady's Tickets (3), Kyabram 1927 (Premiership year) & 1929 member's tickets, Rusworth 1927 lady's ticket, Shepparton 1928 member's ticket; Goulburn valley second Eighteens…
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Ulverstone F.C. (North-West football Union, Tasmania): 1925 member's season ticket, with numbered list of home fixture opponents, holes for each game attended .
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Essendon: 1926 member's season ticket, with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Very good condition overall with only minor wear to the cover. Essendon finished 4th on the VFL ladder, losing to by Melbourne by 3pts in the Preliminary Final.
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Geelong: 1929 member's season ticket, with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Good condition.
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Essendon: 1927 member's season ticket, with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Fair/Good condition.
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Carlton: member's season ticket for 1928, with fixture list and holes for each game attended. Fair/Good condition.
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Essendon: 1928 member's season ticket, with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Good condition.
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Numurkah F.C. (Goulburn valley football Association 1888-1930): 1928 & 1929 member's season Tickets, plus a 1929 lady's ticket each, with Fixture list; G/VG condition. (3)
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Footscray: 1929 member's season ticket in blue and claret with silver gilt lettering, numbered '5244', with Fixture list. And handstamped 'Cancelled' and unpunctured for games attended. Very good condition.
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Footscray: 1929 member's season ticket with Fixture list and holes for games attended; Fair/Good condition.
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Melbourne: member's season Tickets for 1929 (2), Consecutively numbered '1355' & '1356', with fixture lists, both Unpunctured (for games attended), the latter with M.F.C. 'Address Box' notice adhered to the inner cover; G/VG condition.
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Geelong: 1929 member's season ticket in blue and white with gilt lettering, numbered '2689', with Fixture list. Unusually Unpunctured (for games attended). Very good condition.
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Collingwood:1929 member's season ticket, low ticket number '257', with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Good condition. Premiership year - the 3rd of Collingwood's record 4-in-a-row.
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Geelong: 1929 lady member's season ticket, number '169', with Fixture list, unpunctured (for games attended); very good condition. Rare.
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Horsham FC (Winmera District football Association): 1929 member's season Tickets (5) numbered '345', '371', '478', '489' or '496', all with Fixture Lists; G/VG condition.
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Victorian football Association: 1929 member's season Tickets for Northcote (the year of their 1st VFA Premiership) and for Yarraville; both with fixture lists, the former punctured for games attended. (2)
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Country/District football - Ovens & Murray football Association: member's season tickets with Benalla Rovers FC for 1929 (2), the year of the merger of Benalla FC & Benalla Rovers FC (reverted back to BenallaFC in 1931), Wangaratta 1929 lady's ticket; also Wimmera District football League: Minyip 1929 member's Tickets (3), Stawell & District FC 1929 gent's & lady's Tickets (with intact stapled pull-outs for all home games) & Dimboola 1929 lady's ticket. (9)
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Gippsland football League: 1929 member's season Tickets for Rosedale FC & sale FC, with fixture lists, G/VG condition.
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Waranga north East football Association: 1929 member's season tickets for Euroa FC and for Kilmore FC, both with fixture lists, G/VG condition. (2)
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South Melbourne football club: a brass & enamel membership fob (#1310) made by Stokes, together with a brass & enamel Past players badge (P.P.T.O.A.) made by K.G.Luke; circa 1930s. (2 items).
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1940-65 assortment of football guides, the best likely 1940 (Jun.26) pictorial sporting globe supplement (torn in places, but very scarce) with Brownlow medallists Dick Reynolds & Marcus Whelan on the front cover; also 1951 1st Semi-Final Football Record (Essendon-Footscray), 1962 'Football - Herald-Sun Privilege Book', 1962 edition of 'Australian Rules Football' & 1964 (Aug.14) issue of 'Footy Week'; mixed condition (5)
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'The boy from Bakabugri': football themed comic strip by Pete Sullivan, 18pp staple bound, printed by Waverley Offset Publishing group (Mulgrave, Vic.); c.1970s. Rare.
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Essendon: 1941 member's season Tickets (2) Consecutively numbered '3142' & '3143' (scarce thus) with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Both in Fair/Good condition. Essendon finished 4th on the VFL ladder, and progressed to the Grand Final where they lost to Melbourne by 29pts.
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Essendon: 1942 member's season Tickets (2) Consecutively numbered '1652' & '1653' (scarce thus) with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Both in Good/Very good condition. Premiership year - Essendon's 7th Premiership, defeating Richmond 132-79 in the Grand Final.
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Essendon: 1944 member's season ticket, with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Good condition. Essendon finished 3rd on the VFL ladder, losing to by Richmond by 21pts in the Preliminary Final.
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Football badges: 1980s-early 2000s pin badges mostly North Melbourne related, also noted a vintage Melbourne Demons/Cbc bank pin badge. (12 items)
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Essendon: 1946 member's season ticket, with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Fair/Good condition. Premiership year - Essendon's 8th Premiership, defeating Melbourne 150-87 in the Grand Final.
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Essendon: 1946 'Essendon football team, Premiers' duotone image (20 x 13 cm), light staining at upper-right, otherwise good condition; also 1946 'Annual report and balance Sheet' (some staining/foxing), as presented to members at the 1947 Annual Meeting. The Premiership image is believed to be very scarce. (2 items). This was the first of six successive Grand Final appearances by Essendon between 1946 and 1951, from which it won three Premierships.
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Essendon: 1947 member's season ticket, with Fixture list & holes for each game attended. Fair/Good condition. Essendon finished the year as runner's up on the VFL ladder going on to contest the Grand Final, losing to Carlton by a single point.
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Richmond football club: 1949 End-of-Season Trip to Western Australia; special lapel badge issued to participants. Rare.
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North Melbourne football club, special pin for the 1949 end-of-season team trip to Hobart.
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Fitzroy football club: various pins, badges, a fob and a club tie-pin; the earliest dated 1950. (8 items).
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Sturt football club (SANFL) 1950 - 2001 range of membership and supporters badges and fobs, (12 items).
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West Adelaide football club, 1951 - 1997 range of badges, fobs and pins, (22 different).
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Geelong football club: 'Souvenir history book 1951 Jubilee year souvenir Brochure' 80pp (published by Henwood & Dancey); 'Those Mighty Cats - a Look at the Geelong football Club' 1966; 48pp (published by Prudential Publishing); also the C.G. Greeves Supplement to 'Pals' of Sept.26, 1925 and an early photograph of 'The Champions 1886 Geelong', together with several relevant newspaper cuttings.
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Geelong football club: 'Life member - Past players & officials Ass'N' two-part badge; also, a 9ct gold Gfc lapel pin; both items circa 1950s.
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Various Argus football publications: 'Let's Look at football with Hugh Buggy' (1952); 'Footy and the clubs that make it' (1953); 'Full history of the Finals - VFL Premiers' (1953).
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Collingwood - Annual Reports: for 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958 (Premiers) & 1963; to VG condition; also July 1955 and April 1956 editions of 'The Collingwood Footballer'. (7 items)
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Essendon: 1953 (2), 1960 & 1961 scholar's season Tickets, plus 1960 & 1961 member's season Tickets, all with Fixture Lists & holes for game attended. Fair/Good condition. (6)
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Richmond: c.1953 black blazer believed to have been presented to retiring club doctor Dr Arthur Hargrave, attractive embroidered 'Richmond F.C./ 'The Tigers'/Victoria' patch on breast pocket; some damage to lining, very good condition overall.
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1953 season VFL Diary/Scrapbook: with newspaper cuttings pasted in for each round of the home & away season including coverage of the 'Lightening Premiership' Final held on 2nd June; plus newspaper cut-outs of the 12 VFL teams (in colour), plus other cut-outs showing players-in-action.
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Footscray football club: 1950s - 2000s range of fobs, pins and badges, (9 different items).
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VFL football spoons: silver plated souvenir pitcher spoons (4) with enamelled images of footballers at tops of the handles, two in blue guernseys with black shorts (one in original box, as new), one in blue guernsey with white shorts, the other in red guernsey with white shorts, all stamped 'Pitcher E.P.N.S. A1. Melb.'on reverse. (4)
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Richmond football club, brass & enamel Coterie fobs, (2), 1950s-60s.
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Melbourne: 1956 reprint Weg Premiership poster by Wegart; attractively framed and glazed, overall 87 x 65 cm.
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Essendon: 16th Dec.1957 printed letter on Efc letterhead, signed by club secretary W.H. Cookson, to Mr. B. Wells of Mitcham, informing him that he is to be invited to 'come along to training next year.....we would like to know at your earliest convenience whether you desire accommodation arranged and employment found.'. Although Bill Cookson (1900 - 1980) played only two games for Essendon, he went on to be an important member of the committee of management of the club, so much so that a stand was named in…
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Melbourne football club - Literature: '100 Years of football - the story of the Melbourne football club 1858-1958' by E.C.H. Taylor, Foreword by Robert Menzies, 181pp hardbound; in very good condition.
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Geelong football club: '2nd Eighteen' pin, a very attractive club tie-pin, and four social club fobs. (6 items).
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Port Adelaide football club 1958 - 2008 collection of badges, fobs and pins, (23 different).
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