More than a Game. History of the Western Province Cricket Board 1959-1991
Cape Town, Western Province Cricket Association, 2000. More about More than a Game. History of the Western Province Cricket Board 1959-1991
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A Bibliography of Notthinghamshire Cricket
Newnham on Severn, Christopher Saunders, 2005. Number 59 of only 100 copies. More about A Bibliography of Notthinghamshire Cricket
West Indies Tour of Australia 1968 - 1969
Crows Nest, NSW Cricket Association, 1968. Official Souvenir Programme. More about West Indies Tour of Australia 1968 - 1969
Alletson's Innings
London, Epworth Press, 1958/ 1957. 'The most remarkable sustained hitting innings in first-class cricket'. More about Alletson's Innings
Putting and Spared Shots
London, Methuen, 1939. More about Putting and Spared Shots
Australian XI English Tour 1930. With the compliments of the Orient Line [cover title]. A pre-tour booklet (180x130mm, 12 pages plus the decorated two-colour card covers); basically a who's who, with a third of a page (text and a portrait photograph) on each member of the squad: Woodfull (Captain), a'Beckett, Bradman, Fairfax, Grimmett, Hornibrook, Hurwood, Jackson, Kippax, McCabe, Oldfield, Ponsford, Richardson, Walker and Wall
Padwick 5054 (and a less informative entry would be difficult to find). More about Australian XI English Tour 1930. With the compliments of the Orient Line [cover title]. A...
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Australian Cricket Team. South African Tour, 1935-36 [cover title]. An official Christmas card
The third page is inscribed ('To you both and Lin') and signed in ink by Bert Oldfield, wicket-keeper on the tour. The centre-spread makes a most attractive display item. More about Australian Cricket Team. South African Tour, 1935-36 [cover title]. An official Christmas card
An original photograph (140x160mm) mounted on a detached autograph album leaf (165x195mm), captioned in pencil '1st Test Team for Australia at Brisbane. Dec 1947'. The match was against India on 28-29 November and 1-4 December 1947; it was India's first tour of Australia. The team comprised Bradman (Captain), Brown, Hamence (12th man), Hassett, Ian Johnson, Bill Johnston, Lindwall, McCool, Miller, Morris, Tallon and Toshack; the Manager is also in the group portrait
'The late withdrawal of key (Indian) players ... greatly weakened its side. The strength of Australian cricket at this time further unbalanced the contest, resulting in a 4-0 thrashing in the series' (Webster). This is hardly surprising, considering that ALL of the Australians in this particular team went on the... More about An original photograph (140x160mm) mounted on a detached autograph album leaf (165x195mm),...
Laws of the Australasian Game of Football as adopted by the Australasian Football Council
Adelaide, South Australian Football League Limited (and printed by Lonnen & Cope), 1924. 'Umpires and stewards must report bad language and foul play, such as hitting with the fist and with the elbow. The game, according to the laws, is strong enough, there being no occasion for foulness of any... More about Laws of the Australasian Game of Football as adopted by the Australasian Football Council
The Centenary Test. Melbourne Cricket Ground March 1977
Melbourne, MCC Library, 2002. Signed by all four authors. More about The Centenary Test. Melbourne Cricket Ground March 1977
The Development of West Indies Cricket. Volume I. The Age of Nationalism
Kingston, University of the West Indies Press, 1998. More about The Development of West Indies Cricket. Volume I. The Age of Nationalism
Eighty Golfing Years. A History of North Adelaide Golf Club
North Adelaide, The Golf Club, 1985. Loosely inserted is a 165x215mm black and white photograph of Howard Cocks, "the grand old man of North Adelaide Golf Club" (page 141). More about Eighty Golfing Years. A History of North Adelaide Golf Club
Eighty Golfing Years. A History of North Adelaide Golf Club
North Adelaide, The Golf Club, 1985. More about Eighty Golfing Years. A History of North Adelaide Golf Club
Australia versus England 1932-33. 'Triumph' and 'Champion' Test Match Souvenir Album [cover title]. An empty - in fact unused - collector's card album issued by the publishers of the boys' adventure story papers, designed to contain 32 cards issued with the papers. 200x150mm, [12] pages comprising pictorial front cover with pictorial advertising on the rear, a calendar of the tourists' fixtures and other Test match facts on the inside front and rear covers, and four captioned pages - with oblique corner cuts to hold four cards on each page - for each of the teams. The front cover is slightly unevenly sunned; an excellent copy
Not in Padwick (should it be?). More about Australia versus England 1932-33. 'Triumph' and 'Champion' Test Match Souvenir Album [cover...
Irish Hunting
Tralee, The Kerryman, [1954]. The history, the colour and the pageantry of Ireland's thirty-five packs of foxhounds and staghounds. Illustrations by Lionel Edwards. More about Irish Hunting
Boycott. The Autobiography
London, Macmillan, 1987. Inscribed, dated (5 February 1988) and signed by the author. More about Boycott. The Autobiography
The Bradman Albums. Selections from Sir Donald Bradman's Official Collection. Volume 1: 1925-1934. Volume 2: 1935-1949
Sydney, Rigby, 1987. The first trade edition, vastly superior to subsequent reprints. The frontispiece in each volume has been signed in blue ballpoint pen by Don Bradman, and there is a further signed inscription from him on the title-page of the first volume. (The leather-bound edition of 500 sets, with... More about The Bradman Albums. Selections from Sir Donald Bradman's Official Collection. Volume 1:...
A signed photograph (175 x 125 mm) of Don Bradman executing a straight drive
It was printed from the original 1930s negative in the mid-1990s, when it was personally signed in ink by Bradman and purchased by us at that time. Offered together with a vintage blotter issued by Vacuum Oil Company ('marketers of Laurel, Australia's Greatest Kerosene'), where a detail from the same..... More about A signed photograph (175 x 125 mm) of Don Bradman executing a straight drive
Images of Bradman. Rare and Famous Photographs of a Cricket Legend. With Special Inclusions from Sir Donald's Private Collection
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 about Images of Bradman. Rare and Famous Photographs of a Cricket Legend. With Special Inclusions from...