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Sporting Memorabilia — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

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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1936 Amalgamated Press 'Australian & English Cricketers 1936-37', Real Photogravure Portrait postcards, complete set of Australians (10/20). Fair/VG.
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1936-38 Griffiths Brothers range, with 1936 Black Crow Throat Drops 'Australian Cricketers' (3/10 known); 1937 Black Crow Cough Drops 'Australian Cricketers' (10/11); 1937 Cruising Toffee 'Australian Cricketers' (7/10 known); 1938 Black Crow Cough Drops 'English Cricketers' (2/7 known); 1938 Cruising Toffee. 'English Cricketers' (3/7 known). Poor/VG. Extremely rare. (Total 25).
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1936-38 cricket cards, noted 1936 Churchman 'Cricketers' (50); 1936-38 Ardath 'Photocards' (31 cricket subjects); 1937 Barratt 'Famous Cricketers' (2/60); 1938 Barratt 'Famous Cricketers' (11/40). Mainly G/VG.
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1938 Boys' Captain Ties and Braces (Australia) 'Cricketers', complete set (18), noted Don Bradman, Stan McCabe & Lindsay Hassett. G/VG. Very scarce.
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1938 Sweetacres 'Cricket Caricatures', part set (18/24), noted Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Walter Hammond & Joe Hardstaff. Poor/VG. Rare
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1938 Hignett Bros 'Prominent Cricketers of 1938', complete set (50), noted Denis Compton, Sid Barnes & Lindsay Hassett. VG. Scarce set.
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1953-54 Coles (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', complete set (28). Fair/G.
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1955-58 cricket cards, noted 1955 News Chronicle 'Cricketers' (12); 1956 Kane Products '1956 Cricketers - 1st & 2nd Series' (50); 1958 National Spastics Society 'Famous County Cricketers' (24); 1958 Australian Licorice 'Test Cricket Series' (10/32 + 1 spare). Mainly G/VG. (Total 233).
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1956-57 Barratt & Co. 'Test Cricketers' (Series A) (35); plus (Series B) (45/48). One Poor, others. Fair/VG. (Total 80).
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1957 D.C.Thomson & Co. 'County Cricketers', complete set (64). Mainly G/VG.
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1959 A & BC Gum 'Cricketers', complete set (48), noted Trevor Bailey, Colin McCool & Freddie Trueman;. plus 1954 A & BC Gum 'All Sport Series' part set (20/120), all showing cricketers. G/VG.
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1959 Clevedon Confectionary 'Famous Cricketers' almost complete set (38/40);. plus 1960 'International Sporting Stars' (1/7 cricketers). Fair/VG.
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c1959-77 cricket cards, noted c1959 Anonymous 'Caricatures of Cricketers' (164); 1961 Calcutta Confectionary Works 'Cricketer Series' (3/75); 1962 Clevedon Confectionary 'Famous Cricketers' (15/25). Fair/VG. (Total 293).
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1961 A & B C Gum 'Cricketers - 1961 Test Series', complete sets 94 x 68 mm (48) & 90 x 64 mm (48). G/VG.
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1962 Australian (Giant Brand) Licorice 'Test Cricketers', part set (18/35), noted Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry & Ted Dexter. Fair/VG. Extremely rare.
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1965 Scanlens 'Cricketers', complete set (40). Poor/VG.
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1967 Carr's Biscuits 'Cricket Card Series', complete set (20), large size (77 x 190 mm), noted Brian Close, Gary Sobers & Bobby Simpson. G/VG.
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1972 Sunicrust (Australia) 'Comedy Cricket' (Weg cartoons), complete set (40). Fair/VG (two creased). Scarce set.
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1972 The Sun 'Test and County Cricket' complete set (72), stuck down on album pages. Mainly G/VG.
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1974 Sunicrust (Australia) 'Cricketers', complete set (40), noted Ian Chappell, Jeff Thomson & Bob Willis. Some staining and discolouration (as usual for this set). Very scarce set.
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1975 Ajax Laundry Detergent 'Australian Test Cricketers', complete set (12). G/VG. Extremely rare.
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1977 World Series Cricket 'Souvenir - World Series Cricket', complete set, medium size (64 x 103 mm) (56). G/VG. Scarce - we have only had these twice before.
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1977-80 Sportscaster/Editions Rencontre 'Cricket cards' (114/126 known showing cricket). Wonderful collection of these sought after cards. G/VG.
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1978 Geo.Bassett & Co. 'Cricket - First Series', complete set (50). G/VG. Rare.
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1978 Scanlens 'Cricketers', complete set (66) + (6 Checklists). G/VG.
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1978 Geo.Bassett & Co. 'Cricket - second Series', complete set (50). G/VG.
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1978-79 cricket cards, noted 1978 Ardmona 'World Series Cricket 1978-79' (50); 1978 Top Trumps 'British Cricketers' (33); 1978 World Series Cricket 'Self Adhesive Souvenirs' (10). Mainly G/VG. (Total 287).
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c1979-90 cricket cards, noted 1988 Scanlens 'Cricket' (144); 1989 Scanlens (81/84 + spares);. 1990 Scanlens (84 + spares); 1989 Fai Insurance 'Australian Cricket Team' (24). Fair/VG.
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1980-81 cricket cards, noted 1981 Scanlens 'Cricket Superstars' (18); 1980 Top Trumps 'County Cricketers' (33). Mainly G/VG. (Total 151).
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1982-86 cricket cards & stickers, including 1986 A.P.D. Snack Foods 'Double Trouble' (60); 1986 Scanlens 'The Clashes for the Ashes' (66). Mainly G/VG. (Total 1274).
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1988 Scanlens (Stimorol) 'Cricketers', complete set (144), noted Allan Border, Malcolm Marshall &. Imran Khan; plus 1993 Futera 'Cricket 93-94' complete set (110). G/VG.
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1989-92 cricket cards, noted 1989 Scanlens 'Cricket' (84); 1990 Scanlens 'Cricket' (84); 1992 Shell. 'World of Cricket' (40); 1992 Total (SA) 'South Africa v India' (36). Mainly G/VG. (405).
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1993 County Print 'Australian Test Cricketers by John Ireland', part set (9/25) all signed, including Dean Jones, Paul Reiffel & Matt Hayden.
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1993-94 cricket cards, noted 1993 Futera 'Cricket' (110) & 'Bradman - The Greatest Legend';. 1993 Top Sport 'South Africa v Australia' (36); 1994 Futera 'Cricket' (110), 'Elite XI' (11), 'Super Series' (40) & 'Allan Border Hologram Card'. Mainly G/VG. (463).
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1994 Futera 'Signature Series' (6) - Michael Slater, Shane Warne, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor, David Boon (each with Redemption card & Certification card). VG.
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1994-96 cricket cards, noted 1995 Crown & Andrews 'Cricket Pogs' (110); 1995 'Shane Warne Hat Trick' & sample cards of Greg Chappell & Greg Blewett signature redemption cards; 1996 Futera 'VCA Centenary' (100); 1995 Sports Star Holdings (SA) 'Cricket 95 Provincial' (100). Mainly G/VG. (715).
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1994-97 cricket cards, noted 1994 Futera 'Craig McDermott - Man of the Series' card; 1997 Futera. 'Steve Waugh Impact Redemption Card' (uncut block, unsigned); 'Frontliners' (9); 'Run Machines'. in uncut blocks; 'Run Machines Acetate' (6) limited edition 46/120. Mainly G/VG.
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1995 Futera 'The Heritage Collection - A Collection of Great Australian Cricketers', complete set (60), with 58 of the cards signed, including Don Bradman, Ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey & Graham McKenzie. VG in special box of issue. Numbered '154/500'.
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1996 VCA/Futera 'VCA Centenary 1895-1995', complete set (100) in uncut sheet, limited edition 29/50, framed & glazed, overall 77 x 106 cm.
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1996 cricket cards & stickers, noted 1996 Futera sample of 'Caught Marsh, Bowled Lillee'; 'Mark Waugh Signature 4-Up Card' & 'World Cup Warriors' (10); 1996 Sports Deck (SA) 'Cricket World' (52). Mainly G/VG. (464).
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1996-2011 Indian cricket cards, large collection of these cards seldom seen outside India, which include players from Australia, England & the other Test nations. Mainly G/VG. (c3347).
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1996-98 cricket cards, noted 1996 Futera 'Steve Waugh Platinum' SW2-5 uncut block & SW5; 1997 Select 'Ashes highlights' (10) & 'One on One' (7); 1998 Crown Collectibles (Pakistan) (63/66); 1998 Select 'Cricket Retail' (100 - 2 signed); 'Record Breakers' (7) & 'Gold Foil Parallel' (100). Mainly G/VG. (617).
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1998-2001 cricket cards, noted 1998 select 'Record Breakers' (7) & 'World Class' (12); 1998 Sports Deck (SAf) 'Wickets' (68); few scarce part sets from Pepsi india; 2001 Smokefree WA 'Western Warriors Coaching Tips' (7). Mainly G/VG. (704).
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2001-04 cricket cards, noted 2001 Topps signature cards for Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee & Damien Martyn; 2002 Elite 'Cricket Australia' (140) including 8 signature cards. Mainly G/VG. (267).
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2003-07 cricket cards, noted 2003 Archies (India) '2003 World Cup' (6); 2004 Esp 'Signature Series' (9). G/VG. (306).
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2005-08 cricket cards, noted 2007 Select 'Holofoil Parallel' (120) & 'Man of the Match' (16). G/VG. (719).
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2009-12 cricket cards, noted 2010 Select 'Ashes Series Collection' (50); 2011 Cricket Australia. 'Australian Test Cricket Captains' (44). G/VG. (832).
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2009 Eaglemoss (India) 'World Cricket Collection' (271/300) & 'Star Players' (11/60). G/VG. (These cards were only issued in India, and are very difficult to find outside India).
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2009-12 IPL cricket cards from India, wonderful range of sets from Wrigleys & Topps, difficult to find outside India. G/VG. (520).
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'The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers' by Martin-Jenkins (London, 1980), signed by 83 Test cricketers, noted Mike Denness, Mike Gatting, Tony Greig, Brian Statham, Derek Underwood, Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell, Neil Harvey, Ray Lindwall, Arthur Morris, Jeff Thomson, Barry Richards, Wes Hall, Malcolm Marshall, Viv Richards, Gary Sobers, Richard Hadlee, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Alimuddin, Imran Khan & Arjuna Ranatunge.Also Jim Laker signed photo & letter; cricket FDCs (18).
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'Australian Test Cricket Captains', A3 display comprising cover with 22 signatures including Don Bradman, Bill Brown, Lindsay Hassett, Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell, Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh & Ricky Ponting, surrounded by portraits of the 22 captains. Fine condition.
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Warwick Armstrong, superb pencil signature on piece. (Warwick Armstrong played 50 Tests 1901-21, including 10 as Australian captain).
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1926 Australian Team, display comprising autograph page with 12 signatures including Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford & Clarrie Grimmett, window mounted with 13 cigarette cards, framed & glazed, overall 50 x 49 cm.
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1928 West Indies Team (the year West Indies were granted full Test status), autograph page with 17 signatures including Karl Nunes (captain), Learie Constantine, Herman Griffith & Snuffy Browne. Very scarce.
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1928-29 England Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Percy Chapman (captain), J.B.Hobbs, Douglas Jardine (captain of the 1932-33 Bodyline team), Maurice Tate & Harold Larwood. Also another page signed by two umpires in Victoria v England match. Fine condition. From the collection of umpire Herbert Nichols.
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1930-31 West Indies Team to Australia, autograph page with 17 signatures including George Headley (the black Bradman), Jackie Grant (captain) & Herman Griffith; also the two umpires in the Victoria v West Indies match. From the collection of umpire Herbert Nichols.
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1931 New Zealand Team, autograph pages (2) with 11 pencil signatures including Tom Lowry (captain), Curly Page & Stewie Dempster. Rare - the first tour by a New Zealand team in which Test matches. were arranged.
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1931-32 South African Team, autograph page signed by the team that toured Australia, with 16 signatures including Jock Cameron (captain), Alex Bell, Jim Christy & Ken Viljoen. Fine condition.
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1932-33 England 'Body-Line' Team, autograph pages (2) with 15 signatures including R.E.S.Wyatt (twice), Herbert Sutcliffe, Walter Hammond & Harold Larwood. (No Douglas Jardine). G/VG condition.
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1933 West Indies Team, 'Lord's Cricket Ground, London NW8' letterhead with 12 signatures including Jackie Grant (captain), George Headley (known as the black Bradman), Herman Griffith & Manny Martindale. Fair/Good condition.
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1934 Australian Team, autograph pages (2) with 14 signatures including Don Bradman, Bill Woodfull, Bill O'Reilly & Bill Ponsford. Also 1988 Bicentenary Test cover signed by Don Bradman & Len Hutton.
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1936 H.D.G.Leveson-Gower's XI, triple-postcard showing team photograph with 10 signatures including Brian Sellars, Herbert Sutcliffe & Patsy Hendren.
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1938 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Sid Barnes (scarce) & Lindsay Hassett. G/VG condition. Good example of Australia's first official team sheet. Together with sepia supplement 'The Australian Test Team, 1938'.
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1938 Australian Team, postcard 'Australian Team, 1938', with 16 signatures on reverse including. Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Sydney Barnes, Bill O'Reilly & Bill Brown. Fine condition.
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1946-47 Australian Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Fred Freer (in his only Test). In autograph book with no other signatures of note. Fair/Good condition.
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1946-47 England Team, autograph page with 14 signatures including Walter Hammond, Alec Bedser, Len Hutton & Bill Voce. G/VG condition.
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1947-48 Australia v India, First Test in Brisbane, 'Queensland Cricket Association' letterhead signed by both teams, with 25 signatures including Don Bradman (who scored 185), Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall, L.Armanath & M.J.Mankad. Some peripheral faults though signatures fine.
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1948 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett &. Bill Johnston; plus the usual handstamp of Sidney Barnes. Folded, otherwise very good condition.
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1948 Australian Team, beautiful autograph page with 18 signatures including Don Bradman, Sid Barnes (scarce), Lindsay Hassett & Ray Lindwall.
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1948 Australian Team: 'S.S.Strathaird' Autograph Book with c45 signatures including all 16 members of the 1948 Australian team including Don Bradman, Sidney Barnes & Lindsay Hassett.
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1949 Lindsay Hassett's XI v Arthur Morris' XI (Kippax & Oldfield Testimonial at SCG), autograph pages (2) with 24 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Keith Miller & Arthur Morris.
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A.J.Richardson Testimonial (Don Bradman' last First-class match - South Australia v Victoria 4th-8th March 1949), autograph pages (2) with 24 signatures including Don Bradman, Ian Johnson, Colin McDonald, Neil Harvey, Phil Ridings & Ron Hamence; plus piece signed by Arthur Richardson.
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c1949-89 group, noted 1949 New Zealand autograph page; 1953 Australia (6 signatures on pieces);. 1965 New Zealand team sheet; 1968 Australia team sheet; 1980 Australia signed scorecard;. 1989 Australia signed scorecard.
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1949-50 Australian Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris & Ray Lindwall. Some folds though Good condition and scarce early official team sheet - rarer than the 1948 team sheet.
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1950-51 Australian Team v England, autograph page with 12 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall & Jack Iverson. Mounted with reprinted team photograph.
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Ceylon/Sri Lanka: Album 'Touring Teams To & From Sri Lanka', containing c1950 Ceylon team. autograph page; 1952 Commonwealth XI (v MCC at Colombo - includes Keith Miller, Neil Harvey, Graham Hole, Vinoo Mankad & F.J.de Saram; collection of 1975-1999 Sri Lanka team sheets (25); visiting teams (14) including Australia 1981, 1983, 1988 & 1992; England 1981-82 (2); Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Bangladesh & South Africa. Wonderful collection, ex Percy Samara-Wickrama.
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1951-52 Australia v West Indies, display with autograph pages signed by Australia & West Indies, each with 12 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, Frank Worrell & Clyde Walcott. Mounted with reprinted photo of 1951-52 Australian team.
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1952-53 Australian Team v South Africa, autograph page with 11 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall & Bill Johnston. Mounted with reprinted team photograph.
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1952-53 West Indies Team, card with 12 signatures including Jeffrey Stollmeyer (captain), Frank Worrell & Clyde Walcott.
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1955 Australian Tour of West Indies (1st tour to West Indies), 'Courtleigh Manor Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica' pages, one signed by Australia, other signed by West Indies, with 39 signatures including Ian Johnson, Keith Miller, Richie Benaud, Clyde Walcott, Frank Worrell & Gary Sobers.
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1956 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Ian Johnson (captain), Keith Miller, Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey & Ray Lindwall. Good condition.
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1957 West Indies to England, 'the Queens Hotel, Leeds' letterhead with 19 signatures including. John Goddard (captain), Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell & Gary Sobers. Together with reprinted photograph of the team.
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West Indies: 1958-59 'The Cricket Club of India Ltd' letterhead with 17 signatures including. Gerry Alexander (captain), Gary Sobers, Rohan Kanhai, Wes Hall & Lance Gibbs; plus 1991-92. West Indies to Australia, autograph page with 13 signatures including Richie Richardson (captain), Brian Lara, Desmond Haynes & Malcolm Marshall. Good condition.
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Pakistan 1962 Pakistan team to England, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Javed Burki (captain), Hanif Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad & Intikhab Alam; 1977 signed autograph pages (2);. 1992-93 team sheets (2); also 1954 reprinted team photographs (7).
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1975 Australian Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Ian Chappell (captain), Greg Chappell & Dennis Lillee. Fine condition. Scarce. (Australia 274 lost the inaugural World Cup Final to West Indies 8/291).
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1977 Centenary Test: Autograph Book & Notebook with 143 signatures of current & former Test players, noted Greg Chappell, Tony Greig, Dennis Lillee, Rick McCosker, Harold Larwood, Bill Voce, Bob Simpson, Arthur Morris, Jim Laker, Frank Tyson, C.E.Pellew, Alec Bedser.
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1977 Australian Team to England, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Greg Chappell (captain), David Hookes, Doug Walters, Rod Marsh & Jeff Thomson. Fine condition.
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Sri Lanka: Collection of team sheets comprising 1977 v MCC; 1977 v Derrick Robins' XI; 1982 v India;. 1983 World Cup; 1983 v West Indies; also 1982 Arosa Sri Lanka (2 team sheets). G/VG.
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1980 Australian Team for Centenary Test tour of England, official team sheet, with 14 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Dennis Lillee & Rod Marsh. Fine condition.
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1981 Australian Team to UK and Sri Lanka, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Kim Hughes, Dennis Lillee, Rod Hogg & Trevor Chappell (only played 3 Tests but was made infamous when he bowled an underarm delivery to New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie in 1981). VG condition.
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1985 Australian Team to England, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Allan Border (captain), David Boon, Andrew Hilditch, Craig McDermott & Jeff Thomson. Fine condition.
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1991-92 Australian Team, Saca team sheet with 12 signatures including Allan Border, Merv Hughes &. Shane Warne. Fine condition. Rare - Shane Warne's Test debut.
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1992 Australian Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Allan Border (captain), Geoff Marsh, Craig McDermott, Steve Waugh & Dean Jones. Fine condition. Scarce.
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1993 Australian Team to England, official team sheet with 21 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor & Shane Warne. (In his first Ashes tour, Warne bowled Gatting with 'the ball of the Century'). Fine condition. Scarce.
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1998 Australian Team to Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Stephen Waugh (captain), Adam Gilchrist & Glenn McGrath. Fine condition. Rare.
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1999 Australian Team to World Cup, menu 'Australian Cricket Team World Cup Champions 1999', with 16 signatures including Stephen Waugh, Shane Warne & Adam Gilchrist. Fine condition. Rare.
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South Melbourne: c1880 hand-coloured carte-de-visite photograph of footballer in South Melbourne colours, taken by E.Pollard & Co. of Lygon Street, Carlton. Fair/Good condition.
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Austin 'Goosey' Lewis' Melbourne Jumper, blue linen with red leather strip at front with eyelets. for lacing up the front. A white number '10' has been stitched to the reverse at a later date. (Austin 'Goosey' Lewis played 87 games for Melbourne 1897-1903. A brilliant centreman who showed. pace and power in his football. He was a half forward flanker in the Demons 1900 flag side).
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Carlton: 1907 'League Football Series' postcard; 1960s Golden Fleece decal; 1960s folk-art wall plaque; c1970s adidas postcard showing Alex Jesaulenko.
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1912 'The Victorian Football Follower', Vol.16 No.24, for Friday 27th September, 1912 (end-of-year edition, covering VFL Grand Final). Poor condition (missing covers & pages trimmed); 1946 'Football Record's, for 2nd Semi Final & Preliminary Final. Also c1935 'Football, Australian Rules' booklet produced by the Abc. Fair/Good condition.
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