Adelaide, Stevenson [Jewellers], 1905. 'The Magarey Medal is named in honour of William Ashley Magarey, an active sports administrator who became the first SANFL Chairman in 1897 when the League was still known as the South Australian Football Association.... The Magarey Medal has been awarded in every year of SANFL..... More
Adelaide, Tomlinson [Jewellers], 1923. 'Established in 1877 as the South Australian Football Association, SANFL is the oldest State League competition in Australia, one week older than the Victorian Football Association. Renamed the South Australian Football League in 1907, the N was added in 1927 to reflect the national game of..... More
Belfast, Blackstaff Press, 1978. More
The ticket is issued to 'R. Burton Esq.', and it is signed in ink by the MCC secretary, B.J. Wardill. At the time, Richard Burton (1863-1933) was a 20 year-old school teacher from Gawler, north of Adelaide, who was very active in the local sporting community. 'He won a cup..... More
Manchester, Parrs Wood Press, 2005. More
Busselton, The Author, 1995. Signed, dated (January 1996) and inscribed by the editor. More
Busselton, The Author, 1996. Signed, dated (January 1997) and inscribed by the editor. More
Busselton, The Author, 1998. Signed, dated (November 1998) and inscribed by the editor, and with his compliments slip loosely inserted. More
Cardiff, ACS (Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians), 2006. More
Christchurch, Hedgehog House, 1997. Signed by the author on the half-title. 'As expedition climbers, Rob Hall and Gary Ball formed the most dynamic and accomplished mountaineering partnership New Zealand has ever seen. With 47 international expeditions between them, to some of the highest and remotest peaks in the world, they..... More
London, British Museum, 1953. More
London, Robson Books, 1997. 'Published for the first time since 1832, with text from a previously unknown manuscript'. More
The earliest reference to local football in Mount Gambier appears to be the following article in the 'Border Watch' on Saturday 31 August 1867: 'The match at football which has been for some time under consideration between competitors selected from the two Cricket Clubs belonging to The Mount, will, it..... More
Auckland, Moa Publications, 1986. More
Adelaide, Stevenson [Brothers, Jewellers], 1908. Norman Claxton (1877-1951), sportsman and businessman: by the late 1890s he 'was showing promise as a batsman in the Adelaide Electoral (district) cricket competition. An elegant right-hander, he scored over 500 runs in 1900 and again in 1904, at averages of 48 and 72. After..... More
[Adelaide], T.S. Carey & Co., [Printers], 1887. The Norwood Football Club was formed in February 1878; 'the club won a premiership in its debut year. With South Australia having only recently adopted the Victorian code the presence in the Norwood side of a preponderance of ex-Victorians obviously contributed to the..... More
Adelaide, Stump & Co., 1887. Those featured in the photograph are (left to right, top to bottom): M.S. Rowe (committee), O. Bertram, A. Packham, G.A. Combe (vice-captain), G. Liston, A.G. Miller, R.M. Bertram, W. Guster, and W. Rawson; H.C. Burnet (committee and SAFA delegate), A.J. Roberts, C. Rischbieth, G. McKee..... More
The Norwood Football Club was formed in February 1878; 'the club won a premiership in its debut year.... The 1878 flag was followed by five more in succession, and indeed before the turn of the century the club had won no fewer than eleven premierships and never once finished lower..... More
Offered together with another two items: a voided gold 'SANFL Ltd' monogrammed fob (27 mm in diameter, with a small attached bail; hallmarked 'M.L.' and '15 C'; 4.9 gm); and a red-and-blue enamelled brass Norwood Football Club badge (18 mm in diameter, with almost all of the red enamel in..... More
Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier Hunt Club, [1986]. Presentation copy warmly inscribed and signed by the author to Peter and Judy Rymill at "Old Penola" More
[Geelong, The Author, c.1989]. Signed by the author on the flyleaf. One of 1000 copies. More
Melbourne, Lansdowne, 1965. Inscribed, signed and dated (30 January 1965) by Dawn Fraser: "To Reg & Mary, Many 'Thanks' for everything that you both have done for us. Lots of Love" More
Sydney, Haldane Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1978 (reprint)/ 1977. Inscribed and signed in ink on the front flyleaf by the author (as Hubert F. Opperman, with his nickname, 'Oppy'). Opperman (1904-1996) 'cyclist, politician, and diplomat [was] especially adept at riding for twenty-four hours without rest, holding records in every cycling..... More
Guildford, Charles W. Traylen, Antiquarian Bookseller, [1955] (facsimile edition)/ 1807. 'An exact facsimile of the first and only edition of one of the rarest of all sporting books' (dustwrapper). More
Palmer (about 70 kms east of Adelaide, and about 15 kms from Mannum), apparently no longer fields a football team. In 2001, 'Palmer had a population of 305 people living in 124 dwellings. By the 2016 census, the population had dropped to only 202 people in 93 dwellings' (Wikipedia). Presumably..... More