Lost Histories of Indian Cricket. Battles off the Pitch
London, Routledge, 2006. One of the Sport in the Global Society series. More
London, Routledge, 2006. One of the Sport in the Global Society series. More
Cleckheaton, Dales Council Cricket League, 2004. More
Auckland, Moa Publications, 1986. More
[Melbourne, The Author], 2002. 'This Edition includes 334 numbered copies, of which this is number 184', and signed by the author. More
Tasmania, Apple Books, 1991. Number 182 of only 400 copies. Signed by both authors. More
London, Chapman and Hall, 1926. With the ownership signature of Ernest H.M. Baillie, the sportswriter 'BAIL', who possessed an exceptional cricket library (see the MCG website). Includes Australia v England, 1893-1909. Also with the stamps (pocket, card and cancellation datestamp) of the Melbourne Cricket Club library. Catton also writes of..... More
Leeds, Chorley and Pickersgill/ The Electric Press and the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1924 and 1950. More
Bowral, Allen and Kemsley/ Bradman Museum, 1994. Number 260 of the deluxe edition of 974 copies signed by Don Bradman. Loosely inserted is a sheetlet of ten Sir Donald Bradman stamps in Australia Post's Australian Legends series (still in the original packaging) and a copy of the Bradman Museum booklet..... More
The heavyweights are Benaud (Captain), Booth, Craig, Davidson, Flockton (12th man), Ford, Neil Harvey, Martin, Misson, O'Neill, Simpson and Thomas. Only Ford and Flockton were not current or former Test players (and five of them were Test captains). Webster as ever breathes life into this sheet of paper with his..... More
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
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
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). Australia won the series 3-2: 'England's failure can be attributed to a combination of poor batting and brilliance on the part of..... More
Seated next to him is Richard Norman Rowsell Blaker (1879-1950) and his young son, also Richard (1909-1967). Richard senior played 119 matches for Kent (1898-1908), 'a hard-hitting batsman and a fine slip fielder.... He helped Kent carry off the County Championship in 1906, and was President of the club when..... More
Busselton, The Author, 1998. Signed, dated (November 1998) and inscribed by the editor, and with his compliments slip loosely inserted. More
Busselton, The Author, 1996. Signed, dated (January 1997) and inscribed by the editor. More
Busselton, The Author, 1995. Signed, dated (January 1996) and inscribed by the editor. More
[Adelaide, The Club, 1959]. And autographs there from this auspicious year, in which the Club won the premiership in all three grades in the 1958-59 season. Sir Don Bradman proposed the toast to the Club, and he is one of the signatories, along with Clarrie Grimmett, the Club coach. Among..... More
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
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
Probably Edwardian; the underside of the base is stamped 'James Deakin & Sons | Sheffield | 10475'. More
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
There are eleven signatures in neat but random order: Border (Captain), Dodemaide, Dyer, Jones, Geoff Marsh, McDermott, Sleep, Peter Taylor, Veletta, Steve Waugh and Whitney. Very slightly creased; in excellent unfolded condition. More
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