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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:784
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:784
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:475
Date:21-May-2014
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Bill Brown, nice portrait photograph of Bill Brown wearing his 1934 Australian 'Baggy Green' Cap & Blazer, with faded signature & endorsment, framed & glazed, overall 30 x 40 cm. Minor tone spots on mount, though attractive.
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Programmes: 'Fourth Test Match, England v Australia, Adelaide, Jan.29th.1937, Official Cricket Souvenir' (cover faults); also 1965 MCC v South Australian Country XI; 1967 India v South East Country XI; 1977 Centenary Test.
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1938 Australian Team: Official team photograph, titled 'Australian Cricket Team/ 1938', with 17 signatures on mount including Don Bradman, Sidney Barnes (scarce), Ern McCormick & Lindsay Hassett (some faults at right affecting signatures), window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 76 x 62 cm.
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1938 Australian Tour to England: Marvellous specialised collection, noted 1938 menu from Tss 'Taroona' signed by Australian team (faults); 1938 tour guide from Rms 'Orontes' signed by Don Bradman; Lindsay Hassett Smoke Night programme; Farewell dinner menu signed by Bradman & Fleetwood-Smith; tour guides (4); 'Follow the Tests' radio guide signed by Bradman; Players 'Cricketers 1938' (50) x 8 sets; Ogdens 'Prominent Cricketers of 1938' (50) x 2 sets; badges (3); postcards (2); letter from Bill Brown with 2…
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Poster: 'Cricket Records, 1862-1946. Australia, England, Sheffield Shield. With Compliments from Australian, Mercantile, Land & Finance Co., Ltd, Wool Stock and Produce Brokers, Brisbane, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 68 x 101 cm. Few minor faults, though overall good condition. Rare and attractive.
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Gripu Trousers: Advertising cards (4) with team photographs at centre, and with players names and facsimile autographs printed on mount - 1946-47 Australia, 1946-47 England, 1954 Australia & 1954-55 England, each framed & glazed, each overall 43 x 31 cm. An attractive group.
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'the Invincibles, Australian Test Team, 1948 Tour At England', display comprising reprinted team photograph, with signatures of 9 surviving members on photograph - Don Bradman, Neil Harvey, Ron Hamence, Ernie Toshack, Doug Ring, Bill Johnston, Bill Brown, Arthur Morris & Sam Loxton, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 51 x 50 cm.
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1948 Australian Tour to England: Photograph of Rms 'Orontes', with 49 signatures on mount, including Don & Jessie Bradman, the 1948 Australian Cricket Team - Lindsay Hassett, Bill Brown, Arthur Morris & Ray Lindwall (only Sid Barnes missing - he hated signing); also Arthur Mailey self-caricature on photograph; several members of Australia's 1948 Olympic Team, noted Billy Boyd (boxing), Peter Gardner (athletics), Len Fenton (yachting) & Ray Weinbrg (athletics); Archbishop Robert of Perth, superb condition,…
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1948 Australian Tour to England: Rare itinerary booklet '20th Australian XI Tour in Great Britain 1948', signed on front cover by Don Bradman. Extremely rare - believed to have been presented to. players & officials of the touring team. G/VG condition.
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'1948 Australian XI's English Tour', official P&O 32-page brochure with all 18 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Sid Barnes & Keith Miller. Some signatures a trifle faded, though it is scarce to find items signed by Barnes (whose signature was usually handstamped).
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1948 Australian Tour to England, full size 'Quaife & Lilley' Cricket Bat, signed by 1948 Australian team, 1958 New Zealand team & 1968 Australian team, with a total of 50 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, John Reid & Bill Lawry. Fair/Good condition.
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'The Invincibles - The Legend of Bradman's 1948 Australians' by Peter Allen (Sydney, 1998) - Deluxe Edition - No.17/48, signed by the 11 surviving members of the 1948 Australian team - Don Bradman, Arthur Morris, Keith Miller, Ron Hamence, Bill Johnston, Sam Loxton, Ian Johnson, Doug Ring, Bill Brown, Neil Harvey & Ernie Toshack. In original presentation case with embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms & '1948' on front. A magnificent production.
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1948 Australian Team, group of 6 press photographs from 1979 'Greats of '48' reunion dinner, with a total of 25 signatures - Don Bradman (3), Neil Harvey (2), Ray Lindwall (2), Doug Ring (2), Bill Johnston (2), Keith Miller (2), Ernie Toshack (3), Sam Loxton (2), Ian Johnson (2), Bill Brown (2), Colin McCool, Arthur Morris & Ron Hamence, each 21 x 16 cm. Also cricket card signed by Don Bradman. Superb condition.
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The Knights of Cricket, full size cricket bat, with signatures of Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Richard Hadlee, Sir Colin Cowdrey, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Clyde Walcott & Sir Everton Weekes, mounted in an attractive display case, overall 46 x 108 cm. .
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1948 Don Bradman Testimonial Match at MCG, Victorian Cricket Association page headed 'Don Bradman Testimonial Match, Players Allowances and cost of Excess Luggage' with 28 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall & Sid Barnes. Unique document.
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Don Bradman, display 'Sir Donald Bradman A.C.', with signature on piece, window mounted with two photographs, limited edition 658/2500, framed & glazed, overall 53 x 56 cm. .
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Don Bradman Bust: 'The Batsman circa 1930s' bust by sculptor Edwin Leech, signed to base and numbered Ed.No.15, white plaster on wooden base, with caption 'The Don, By Edwin Leech', 30 cm tall. G/VG condition. (Edwin Leech came to Australia in the late 1950s/early 1960s and lived in Kalamunda, WA. He had supposedly worked in England for Royal Doulton as a painter/modeler).
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Don Bradman, print 'Boundary Bound - Sir Donald Bradman' by d'Arcy Doyle, signed by the artist, limited edition 1228/1500, framed & glazed, overall 73 x 69 cm.
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Don Bradman, print 'Sir Donald Bradman' by Alan Fearnley (Bradman wearing Australian cap with. SCG in background), signed by Don Bradman & the artist, limited edition 410/850, framed & glazed, overall 47 x 57 cm.
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Don Bradman Correspondence: 1982-95 correspondence to Norm Bevan (SA manager of the. Reserve Bank of Australia), comprising signed letters on 'Sir Donald Bradman A.C.' letterhead (5); signed Christmas Cards (3); invitations to Don Bradman's Birthday Dinners (3); also other ephemera & signed letter from Colin Cowdrey.
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Don Bradman, bronze statuette 'The Cover Drive - Sir Donald Bradman A.C.' by Fredric Whitehouse, Bradman Museum limited edition 142/500, 19 cm tall. G/VG condition.
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Don Bradman, nice sterling silver display showing Bradman's cover drive, hallmarked Phl & numbered 100/1000, window mounted with signature on piece, overall 46 x 52 cm.
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Don Bradman, print 'Sir Donald and his Trusty Blade' by d'Arcy Doyle, signed by the artist, and numbered 451/1000, size 45 x 65 cm. Published by Queensland Cricketers' Club to commemorate Centenary of Sheffield Cricket 1992.
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Don Bradman, signature on 'Don Bradman' print by Brian Clinton, also signed by the artist & numbered 891/1000, published by the Bradman Museum, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 78 x 105 cm
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Don Bradman, signature on display of inaugural Australian Legends stamps, comprising Fdc, Coin Fdc, P.O.Pack (signed), stamp sheetlets & maxi cards; window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 55 x 71 cm.
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Don Bradman Bust: 'Bradman 99' bust by sculptor Stanley Hammond MBE, numbered 91/99, bronze on wooden base, 32 cm tall. Commissioned by the State Library of South Australia Foundation, for Sir Donald Bradman's 90th year in 1998. G/VG condition.
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Don Bradman, bronze statuette 'Don Bradman, Lord's 1930' by sculptor Tanya Bartlett, limited edition 66/2500, 37 cm tall, signed by the artist and dated 1999. A smaller version of her statue 'The Final Farewell' at the Bradman Museum in Bowral. G/VG condition.
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Don Bradman, display 'Sir Donald Bradman A.C.', with signature on piece, window mounted with two photographs, limited edition 1003/2500, framed & glazed, overall 53 x 56 cm. .
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Don Bradman Prints: 'Sir Donald Bradman - The Greatest Batsman of All Time' (36, various) including 8 mounted on foam core board; plus 'The Don - In the Nets, Waca, circa 1948' (5). G/VG condition.
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Don Bradman: 'Gray-Nicolls' Cricket Bat with canvas affixed to blade with two hand-painted portraits of Don Bradman, initialled 'Yl', endorsed at top 'Thanks & Best Wishes to Gray Nicolls, Don Bradman'. VG condition.
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Don Bradman, signature on card affixed to full size replica 'Sykes - Don Bradman' Cricket Bat, engraved with details of Bradman's record, in attractive display case, overall 44 x 112 cm.
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Don Bradman, prints (11) 'Sir Donald Bradman A.C. 1908-2001, World Test Record Score 334 Australia. vs England, Leeds 1930' by Weg (each one signed by the artist), published by the Bradman Museum, size 39 x 51 cm.
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hand-painted Cricket Bats: Full size cricket bats (3), with paintings in oil on front - one showing W.G.Grace; another 'Captain of the Eleven', from the painting by Philip Hermogenes Calderon; last showing 'Hillyer' & 'Stephenson' (from the lithographs by John Corbet Anderson). Atrractive trio.
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1949-50 Australian Tour of South Africa, team photograph with 16 signatures on mount below including LIndsay Hassett (captain), Neil Harvey, Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, Arthur Morris & Sam Loxton, overall 38 x 42 cm. G/VG condition.
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1949-50 Australian Team to South Africa, S.S.'Nestor' Farewell Dinner menu with 16 signatures on inside front cover, including Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris & Ray Lindwall. Menu with small tear at base, otherwise good condition.
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Cricket Books, noted 'Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's for 1949, 1951, 1957, 1962, 1968 & 1978. (all with limp yellow covers); 'Sir Donald Bradman - A Biography' by Rosenwater (London, 1978);. 'Bradman's First Tour' (Adelaide, 1981); 'Cartoonists at the Cricket' by Piesse (Melbourne, 1983); 'Remembering Bradman' by Geddes (Melbourne, 2002). Fair/Good condition.
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Cricket Books & Tour Guides, noted 'Don Bradman's How to Play Cricket' (Melbourne, 1948);. tour guides (6) with 'Sporting Globe Cricket Book 1950-51'; Abc Cricket Books (19); 1950-51 badges (3);. 1961 itinerary; cricket magazines (7).
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Keith Miller, two 'Keith Miller - Frame by Frame' prints - one showing Miller bowling, other showing Miller batting, both signed and numbered 240/500, window mounted together, framed and glazed, overall 117 x 92 cm. s. (Keith Miller, one of Australia's most popular cricketers, played 55 Tests 1945-56).
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Cricket Photographs: Snapshots (86) on well-annotated pages, appear to have been taken by an Australian cricketer, noted scenes from 1950 Australia v England, 1951 Australia v West indies, 1952 Victoria. v West Indies, 1952 NSW v South Africa, 1953 Australian team in Tasmania. G/VG condition.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: Card with 5 hand-painted designs for the 1950-51 Membership badge, produced by Swann & Hudson. Minor tone spots though unique.
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Signed Cricket Bats: c1951 bat with many faded signatures - Australia, South Africa, Commonwealth XI. & England XI; 1985 England v Australia; 1992 Nat West Final - Northamptonshire v Leicestershire;. also 1992 World Cup with facsimile autographs. Fair/Good condition.
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c1954 England Team, full size 'Gunn & Moore' Cricket bat, with 12 signatures on face including. Len Hutton, Peter May, Johnny Wardle, Brian Statham & Bill Bowes. Some signatures faded, otherwise. Good condition.
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1957-58 Australian Team to South Africa, printed team photograph, with 16 signatures on the mount, including Ian Craig, Neil Harvey & Richie Benaud, framed & glazed, overall 63 x 51 cm. Fair/Good condition.
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1963 Royal Worcester Plate, 'West Indies Cricket Team - 1963. Worcester May 1st', with facsimile signatures and rim in gold, made during the players' visit to the factory during the tour; signatures include Frank Worrell, Conrad Hunte, Lance Gibbs, Wes Hall & Gary Sobers. Very rare.
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Cricket Books, noted 'The Complete Illustrated History of Australian Cricket' by Pollard (Melbourne, 1992); 'Cricket - A Way of Life' by Martin-Jenkins (London, 1984); 'The Story of Continental Cricket' by Labouchere. Provis & Hargreaves (London, 1969). (51 books).
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1970 Rest of World v England, full size 'Slazenger' Cricket Bat, with 22 signatures on front including. Gary Sobers, Clive Lloyd, Graham McKenzie, Rohan Kanhai & Barry Richards; plus four Counties - Glamorgan, Lancashire, Middlesex & Hampshire with a further 47 signatures on reverse. Some fading but includes some famous cricketers.
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1971-72 Australia v Rest of World, full size 'Slazenger - Garfield Sobers' Cricket Bat, with Rest of World team on front, 15 (faded) signatures on front including Gary Sobers, Tony Grieg & Bishen Bedi; and Australia on reverse, 18 signatures including Ian Chappell, Doug Walters & Graham McKenzie. Bat with minor faults, endorsed, 'From R.Kanhai'.
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Jeff Thomson, signature on 'The Australian Cricket Legends, Frame by Frame - Jeff Thomson' print, limited edition 130/1500, framed & glazed, overall 106 x 44 cm. VG condition.
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Cricket Books, noted 'The Paddock That Grew - The Story of the Melbourne Cricket Club' by Dunstan (Melbourne, 1974); 'A History of Cricket' Volume I by Altham & Volume II by Swanton (London, 1962); 'Wisden Cricketers' Almanack' for 1958 & 1963. Fair/Good condition.
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Sir Garfield Sobers, signed display 'Brilliance All Round', limited edition 281/500, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 47 x 58 cm. (Sir Garfield Sobers played 93 Tests 1953-74).
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Geoff Boycott, match used 'County Sports - Geoff Boycott' Cricket Bat, signed on reverse by Geoff Boycott. Handle-rubber deterioting and tape around bat. (Boycott played 108 Tests 1964-82).
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Limited Edition Cricket Books, noted 'Curiosities of Cricket' (UK, 1978 reprint); '10th Wicket First. Class Cricket Record Partnership 307 runs' by Riley (signed) (Melbourne, 1997); 'Trumper Triumphant'. by Wolstenholme (signed) (UK, 2002); '418 to Win - West Indies Record Score' by Kumar. (signed by author & West Indies team) (Trinidad, 2003).
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1978 Victoria v England, Robert Menzies Memorial Match, full size 'Gray-Nicolls' Cricket Bat signed by both teams and umpires; also 'A History of The Ashes, Cricketing Greats 1945-1995' Cricket Bat with 50 facsimile autographs; signed miniature cricket bats (2); 1992 World Cup glasses (5).
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1978-79 World Series Cup, full size 'Gray-Nicolls' Cricket Bat signed by Australia, England & West Indies teams, with a total of 44 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Mike Brearley, David Gower, Clive Lloyd & Viv Richards. A couple of signatures faded, but bat varnished and majority in superb condition.
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Australian 'Baggy Green' Test Cap, green wool, embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms on front, made by Albion, player unknown. Good match-used condition. This one has been sent to us from the West Indies.
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Kerry O'Keefe's Australian Test Blazer & Jumper: Blazer green wool with Australian Coat-of-Arms embroidered on pocket, named inside 'K.O'Keefe' with faded signature below. Australian Test Jumper (sleeveless) with few minor holes. (Kerry O'Keefe played 24 Tests & 2 ODIs 1971-77; he became a much-loved Abc cricket commentator).
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Alec Stewart's England Home Test Cap, navy blue wool, embroidered Crown over Three Lions. on front, named inside 'Alec' & signed. Good match-used condition. (Alec Stewart played 133 Tests 1990-2003. He is the most capped English cricketer of all time in Test matches and 2nd most capped in. One Day Internationals).
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John Emburey's England Touring Test Cap, navy blue wool, embroidered St.George & Dragon. on front, named inside 'J.E.Emburey'. Good match-used condition. (John Emburey played 64 Tests. & 61 ODIs 1978-95).
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Jack Russell's England Touring Test Cap, baseball-style, navy blue, embroidered St.George &. Dragon on front, signed inside & dated '95'. VG condition. (Jack Russell played 54 Tests 1988-98).
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Alec Stewart's England Home Test Cap, baseball-style, navy blue, embroidered Crown over. Three Lions on front, signed on the brim 'Alec Stewart'. Good match-used condition. (Alec Stewart played 133 Tests 1990-2003).
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Jack Richards' England Touring Test Cap, navy blue wool, embroidered St.George & Dragon. on front, named inside 'C.J.Richards', also endorsed & signed by Australian wicket-keeper Tim Zoehrer. VG condition. (Jack Richards played 8 Tests & 22 ODIs 1981-88).
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Ravi Shastri's Indian Test Cap, navy blue with wire embroidered Indian logo on front, signed on brim by Ravi Shastri. Good match-used condition. (Ravi Shastri played 80 Tests & 150 ODIs 1981-92. The highlight of his career was when he was elected Champion of Champions in the World Championship of Cricket in Australia in 1985, and in the same season he equalled West Indian Gary Sobers' record of hitting six sixes in an over in first class cricket).
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Devang Gandhi's Indian Cricket Cap, baseball-style, navy blue with wire embroidered Indian logo on front, signed inside by Devang Ghandi. G/VG condition. (Devang Ghandi played4 Tests & 3 ODIs 1999-2000).
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Jacob Oram's New Zealand Cricket Cap, baseball-style, black with embroidered Silver Fern on front, worn & signed inside by Jacob Oram. Good match-used condition. (Jacob Oram has played 33 Tests, 160 ODIs & 36 T20Is 2003-12).
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Danny Morrison's New Zealand Test Cricket Cap, black wool, with embroidered. Silver Fern on front, signed inside by Danny Morrison. Good match-used condition. (Danny Morrison played 48 Tests & 96 ODIs 1987-97).
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Asif Mammood's Pakistan Test Cricket Cap, green wool, wire embroidered Pakistan logo on front, named inside to label 'Asif Masood'. G/VG condition. (Asif Masood played 16 Tests & 7 ODIs 1969-77).
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Wasim Akram's Pakistan Test Cricket Cap, green wool, embroidered Pakistan logo on front, signed inside by Wasim Akram. G/VG condition. (Wasim Akram played 104 Tests & 356 ODIs 1984-2003).
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Pakistan Test Cricket Cap, green wool, embroidered Pakistan logo on front, made in Sharjah, player unknown. G/VG condition.
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Shoab Akhtar's Pakistan Cricket Cap, baseball-style, green with embroidered Pakistan logo on front, signed inside by Shoab Akhtar. Good match-used condition. (Shoab Akhtar played 46 Tests, 163 ODIs. & 15 T20Is 1997-2011).
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Wasim Raja's Pakistan Test Cricket Cap, green wool, wire embroidered Pakistan logo on front, initialled inside'W.H.R'. Good match-used condition. (Wasim Raja played 57 Tests & 54 ODIs 1973-85).
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Roshan Mahanama's Sri Lanka Cricket Cap, baseball-style, blue with Sri Lankan Lion badge. on front, signed inside by Roshan Mahanama. Good match-used condition. (Roshan Mahanama played 52 Tests & 213 ODIs 1985-99).
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Muttiah Muralitharan's Sri Lanka Cricket Cap, baseball-style, bright blue with Sri Lankan Lion badge on front, signed inside by Muttiah Muralitharan. Good match-used condition. (Muralitharan played 133 Tests & 341 ODIs 1992-2011).
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Clive Lloyd's West Indies Test Cap, blue wool, wire embroidered West Indies badge on front, named inside 'Clive H.Lloyd' and signed inside by Clive Lloyd. G/VG condition. (Clive Lloyd played 110 Tests & 87 ODIs 1966-85. He was Wisden's Cricketer of the Year in 1971).
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Matt Nicholson's Australia A One-Day Cap, yellow & green with embroidered 'Acb' logo on front, and 'Australia/ A' on reverse, signed inside by Matt Nicholson. Fine condition. With Paul Wilson collection certificate. (Matthew Nickolson played 1 Test 1998 and over 100 first-class games for NSW, Western Australia, Northamptonshire & Surrey).
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