Enquire Within Upon Everything
London, Barrie and Jenkins Ltd, 1978/ 1856. More
Sport
Kensington Cricket Club. President's Social to Premiership Team, SACA Season 1926-27. Kensington Oval, Tuesday, May 17, 1927 (cover title)
Two of the thirteen players listed are worthy of note: L.V. Pellew (toured NZ in 1920-21, and brother of the more famous Nip, to coin a phrase), and W.S. Stirling (with the AIF Services Team in England in 1919 and South Africa in 1919-20). The ownership signature of Joe Keogh..... More
Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1886. Edited by Charles ... Alcock
London, Lillywhite, Frowd, 1886. More
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1982
Includes an appreciation of Ken Barrington, the effects of politics in cricket, and Indian cricket over the previous fifty years. More
More than a Game. History of the Western Province Cricket Board 1959-1991
Cape Town, Western Province Cricket Association, 2000. More
West Indies Tour of Australia 1968 - 1969
Crows Nest, NSW Cricket Association, 1968. Official Souvenir Programme. More
Alletson's Innings
London, Epworth Press, 1958/ 1957. 'The most remarkable sustained hitting innings in first-class cricket'. More
Putting and Spared Shots
London, Methuen, 1939. More
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
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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
An end-of-match scorecard (approximately 255x150mm) for the Fifth Test, England versus Australia, commencing Saturday, 20 August 1938 (a four-day match)
England won by an innings and 579 runs: Hutton 364, Leyland 187 and Hardstaff 169 contributed to the record total of 7 wickets declared for 903 (a figure that is still in the top ten first-class scores of all time); Australia could manage only 201 and 123, as both Bradman..... More
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
An end-of-match score card (200x130mm) for the Third Test, Old Trafford, 8-13 July 1948
The match, with more than a day lost to rain, was drawn: Compton outshone them all with an unbeaten 145. Archivally mounted with a card signed by Don Bradman (displayed in a window in the mount); one crease across the centre; in excellent condition, ready for framing. More
An official Australian Board of Control for International Cricket autograph sheet for the Australian Team on Tour, 1968
The seventeen signatures are Lawry (Captain), Ian Chappell, Connolly, Cowper, Freeman, Gleeson, Hawke, Inverarity, Jarman, Joslin, Mallett, McKenzie, Renneberg, Redpath, Sheahan, Taber and Walters. Very slightly creased; a fine copy. More
An 'unofficial' autograph sheet (but on the gilt-embossed letterhead of the Australian Cricket Board) for an Australian Test Cricket team
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