Mailey's Googlies. A Series of Sketches and Caricatures of English County and Test Match Cricket, by the Famous Australian Googly Bowler ...
London, Graphic Publications, Ltd., [1921]. Padwick 5027 and 7024. More
Cricket
'A Score, a Score, and Ten.' Poems
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. Nine of the poems are about cricket. Padwick 6494. More
A signed vintage photograph of Edgar Mayne, captain of both South Australia and Victoria, and a member of the 1912 and 1921 touring teams to England
The photograph is signed in ink in the top right-hand corner 'E.R. Mayne | Lords | April | 1921'. The 'Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket' states tha his 'upright style, pendulum-straight bat in defence and calm temperament marked him as a natural opening batsman'; this side view of him practising..... More
A series of six signed vintage gelatin silver photographs of English Test cricketers, taken in Sydney in the mid-1920s
All photographs are signed by the subjects; all but one is credited to May Moore (with her signature on the photograph [SP], the mount [SM] or in the negative [SN], as indicated below). Image sizes are given; all are presented on their original studio mounts, now archivally remounted and matted..... More
'Inter-Collegiate Cricket, 1910. PAC 118 and 209 v SPSC 368 and 191'. An original gelatin silver photograph of the St Peter's College team, victorious to the tune of 232 runs
The photograph (218 x 294 mm) is laid down as issued on the original printed mount; the photographer is E. Ziegler, 40 Elizabeth St, Norwood (Ernest Charles Victor Ziegler, active 1879-1925). The photograph and mount are in superb condition, behind glass in the original frame. 'The Advertiser' (11 December 1931)..... More
The Real Thing
A small broadside (295 × 210 mm) limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Stoppard, of an extract from his play of the same name published by Faber in 1982. It is a monologue on the construction of a cricket bat. 'Henry: (holding his cricket bat). This thing here, which..... More
Souvenir of English Cricketers' Visit to Adelaide. Third Test Match. January 13, 1933. [International Cricket. England v. Australia. Souvenir of Visit of MCC Team. October 1932 to March 1933. Third Test Match ... (cover title)]
Adelaide, South Australian Cricket Association, 1933. A pre-match publication for the Test that saw bodyline tactics move from controversy to crisis. Padwick 4487. More
A detached autograph album leaf (135 x 85 mm) signed in ink by the Australian team for the Fourth Test match against England in Adelaide, 31 January and 1, 3-6 February 1947. The signatures are Bradman [Captain], Dooland, Freer [12th man], M.R. Harvey, Hassett, Ian Johnson, Lindwall, McCool, Miller, Morris, Tallon and Toshack
Apart from two tiny filing holes along the top edge away from the signatures, the leaf is in excellent condition. Offered together with the official 'Fourth Test Illustrated Souvenir Programme and Score Sheet. Adelaide Oval 1947' [cover title] and a facsimile 'MCC Tour in Australia & New Zealand 1946-47' signature..... More
A detached autograph album leaf (165 × 200 mm) signed in pencil by the Australian team for the First Test against South Africa in Brisbane, 5-10 December 1952
The signatures are Hassett (Captain), Benaud (12th man), Harvey, Hole, Ian Johnson, Bill Johnston, Langley, Lindwall, McDonald, Miller, Morris and Ring. A heavyweight team by any account, with eight former Invincibles and five future Australian Captains. On the verso are the pencil signatures of the Victorian team for the match..... More
A detached autograph album leaf (160 × 130 mm) signed by eleven members of an English team (all Test players) for the match against Australia at Scarborough, 10-12 September 1930
The signatures are Wyatt (Captain), Duckworth, Duleepsinhji, Hobbs, Larwood, Leyland, Parker, Rhodes, Sandham, Sutcliffe and Tate. All but Tate have signed in ink; in fine condition. More
A vintage photograph of the 'MCC Team in Egypt'
Cairo, G. Liekegian & Co., [1909]. The team consisted of Simpson-Heyward (Captain: Worcs), Branston (Notts), Ebden (Middx), Wynyard (Hants), Metcalfe (Herts), Bell, Gibson (Essex), Luther (Sussex), Viscount Brackley, Dobson, Drummond and Moorhouse. 'The MCC broke fresh ground when they organised a tour to Egypt in the spring of 1909.... The..... More
A detached autograph album leaf (155 × 95 mm) signed in pencil by all seventeen members of the MCC touring team in Australia in 1936-37
The signatures are Allen (Captain), Ames, Barnett, Copson, Duckworth, Fagg, Farnes, Fishlock, Hammond, Hardstaff, Leyland, Robins, Sims, Verity, Voce, Worthington and Wyatt (plus the manager, Captain R. Howard). Apart from very light smudging, the leaf is in excellent condition. Australia won the series 3-2: 'England's failure can be attributed to..... More
A detached autograph album leaf (165 × 195 mm) signed in pencil by the MCC touring team to Australia at the time of the First Test in Brisbane, 29-30 November and 2-4 December 1946 - the first post-war Test, and the first English visit for ten years
The signatures are Hammond (Captain), Alec Bedser, Edrich, Evans, Fishlock, Gibb, Hardstaff, Hutton, Ikin, Langridge, Pollard, T. (Peter) Smith, Voce, Washbrook, Wright and Yardley (plus the manager, Major R. Howard); only Compton is missing. 'Hammond led a team of great experience, although many players were in the twilight of their..... More
A detached autograph album leaf (165 × 200 mm) signed (mainly) in pencil by the touring MCC team in Australia, at the time of the First Test in Brisbane, 1-5 December 1950
The signatures are Brown (Captain), Alec Bedser, Berry, Close, Compton, Dewes, Evans, Hollies, Hutton (twice - once in ink), McIntyre, Parkhouse, Sheppard, Simpson, Warr, Washbrook and Wright (plus Nash, one of the managers, in ink). The only player not to have signed is Bailey. Given the starring role Hutton played..... More
A detached autograph album leaf (165 × 200 mm) signed in pencil by the NSW team for the match against Queensland, 24-28 October 1947 (SSM 354)
The signatures are Arthur Morris (Captain), Alley, Donaldson (12th man), Fred Johnston, Kissell, Lindwall, Lukeman, Miller, Moroney, Pettiford, Saggers and Toshack. Six Test players, including five future Invincibles; Alley and Pettiford played for the Services and/or later Commonwealth teams. This was Keith Miller's debut match for NSW, after representing Victoria..... More
A vintage gelatin silver photograph of the Australian Test cricketer Bert Oldfield, taken in Sydney in the mid-1920s
William Albert Oldfield (1894-1976), described by Jack Hobbs as the 'best wicketkeeper of his time', played for NSW and Australia, and his Test career of 54 matches ran from 1920 to 1937. This photograph is a fine sepia-toned head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Oldfield in a suit; he has signed and..... More
A vintage photograph (180 × 240 mm) of the 1912 South African Cricket Team 'at Lord's today'
The caption is explicit: 'The South African Cricket Team photographed at Lord's today. (They) will play their first match this season tomorrow (Saturday) v. Derbyshire ...'. Accordingly this photograph was taken on 3 May 1912. To quote Wisden: 'The South Africans failed so dismally in the Test matches that, although..... More
The Adelaide Friends of Sri Lankan Cricket present an Evening with the Sri Lankan Cricket Team. Saturday, January 4, 2003 ... [cover title]
A program (octavo, 12 pages of colour photocopy) signed by the entire squad of eighteen next to their portraits on the last few pages; a fine copy. The fifteen players are Jayasuriya, Attapatu, De Silva, Vaas, Muralitharan, Tillakaratne, Jayawardena, Arnold, Sangakkara, Fernando, Gunawardene, Gunaratne, Fernando, Nissanka and Mubarak. Offered with..... More
A signed colour photograph (260 x 350 mm) taken before the Test match in Adelaide in 1994
It features the two captains, Cronje and Border, in tracksuits in front of the empty Giffen Stand, gazing upwards with happy expectation at the coin that Border has just flipped. The caption on the verso simply states '1994. The Toss'; subsequent events have provided ample scope for more waggish alternatives..... More
Elysian Fields. Sport, Class and Community in Colonial South Australia, 1836-1890
Adelaide, The Author, 1982. Loosely inserted is the small original prospectus, and a related newspaper clipping. Pencilled on the title-page is a brief annotation indicating that the previous owner had confirmation from the author that only 1000 copies were printed. More
Test Cricket in Australia, 1877-2002. The Test Match Archive
[Melbourne, The Author], 2002. 'This Edition includes 334 numbered copies, of which this is number 184', and signed by the author. More
Australian Tour of the MCC Team 1958 - 1959
North Sydney, NSW Cricket Association, 1958. Official Souvenir Programme. More
50 Not Out. Clarence District Cricket Club Inc. 1956-2006
Rosny Park, Clarence District Cricket Club Inc, 2006. More
I Zingari Australia. 75 Years of Cricket, 1888 - 1963
[Point Piper, The Author], 1963. More