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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:806
Sale Title:Sport & General MemorabiliaLots with images:356
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:499
Date:29-Mar-2007
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International Cricketers: Classic Cricket Postcards, signed collection, including Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones, Mike Gatting, Graeme Hick, Chaminda Vaas & Jason Gillespie. (35 items).
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Australia: Signed autograph cards (40), nice collection signed during the 1980s, noted Bob Simpson, Doug Walters, Adam Gilchrist & Bill Brown; also a few celebrities including cartoonist Bill Mitchell, Alan McGillvray & Austin Robertson. (40 items)
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Autographs: Signed autograph cards (39), nice collection, noted Gary Sobers, Wes Hall, Kerry O'Keefe, Bill Lawry, Greg Chappell & Keith Stackpole. (39 items)
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1980-81 Australian Team, 'Duncan Fearnley - Clubman' Cricket Bat, with 11 signatures on front including Greg Chappell, Rod Marsh & Doug Walters. A couple of signatures fading, otherwise good condition.
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Signed Cricket Bats: 'County - 747' Cricket Bat, signed on front by 6 Australian cricketers incl. Mike Whitney, Merv Hughes & Simon O'Donnell; c1980-81 Indian Team, full size Cricket Bat, with 15 signatures on front incl. Sunil Gavaskar, Shivlal Yadav & Dilip Doshi; 'Gray-Nicolls' Cricket Bat, with plaque affixed 'Origin of the Ashes/ Commemorative Match/England vs Australia 18th January 1995/ (original August 28th 1882)', with signatures on front (all but 4 completely faded), noted Allan Border & Robin…
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1981 Australian Tour Of England: Metal wall plaque, engraved with Australian Coat-of-Arms, 'Australia Tour to U.K. 1981' and list of players names, shield-shaped, overall 13 x 16 cm
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County Cricket: Print 'Middlesex at Uxbridge' by Alan Fearnley, signed by the artist & numbered 803/850, overall 46 x 33 cm; plus c1980s Nottinghamshire, colour team photograph with 26 signatures on the mount incl. John Birch (captain), Derek Randall, Eddie Hemmings & Tim Robinson, window mounted, overall 37 x 33 cm (2)
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Tickets: Wonderful group of tickets & passes, c1982-85, for Mcg (16), Scg (1), Adelaide Oval (2), Brisbane Cricket Ground (6) & Waca (10); also Honorary Membership cards for The Queensland Cricketers Club in 1982 (5) - for Kim Hughes, Rod Marsh, Geoff Lawson, David Hookes & Bruce Yardley. Unusual group of seldom seen ephemera. (Total 40 items)
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Screen Prints, set of four titled 'Bowler', 'Batsman', 'Wicket Keeper' & 'Square Leg', by M.Handford, each signed by the artist and dated (1983 or 1984), and numbered /50; the four screen prints stuck onto one mount, framed and glazed, overall 36 x 36 cm
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Signed Cricket Bat, 'County - Supreme' Cricket Bat, with 22 signatures on front & reverse, possibly a Minor Counties match, noted Tony Lewis, Nick Cook, Gordon Greenidge & Simon Davis. Good condition.
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Signed cricket bat, full size cricket bat, with c43 signatures on front, noted bill Lawry, Keith Stackpole, Bob Hawke (Prime Minister), Leo O'Brien, bill O'Reilly & Tony Greig. Handle-rubber deteriorating, otherwise good condition
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Don Bradman: Books (14), noted 'Bradman - The Illustrated Biography' by Page (signed by Page & McGillvray) [Melb., 1983]; 'Bradman's Best' by Perry (signed by author) [Syd., 2001]; 'The A-Z of Bradman' by Eason (signed) [Sydney, 2002]; 'The Bradman Albums' 2 volumes in slip-case [Sydney 1987]; plus P.O.Pack, FDCs (2), postcard, medals (2) & cricket card. Fine condition. (21 items)
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'The Centurions - Scorers of 100 First-Class Centuries', team sheet with 10 signatures - Don Bradman, Glenn Turner, Colin Cowdrey, Tom Graveney, Dennis Amiss, Geoff Boycott, John Edrich, Graham Gooch, Zaheer Abbas & Vivian Richards.
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1984-85 Australia v West Indies, 'Gray-Nicolls' Cricket Bat, signed on front by both teams, with 21 signatures incl. Kim Hughes, Rod Hogg, Clive Lloyd & Viv Richards. Five of the signatures fading, otherwise good condition
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1984-85 Australia v West Indies, 'County' Cricket Bat, signed on front by both teams, with c20 signatures incl. Allan Border, Simon O'Donnell, Gordon Greenidge & Desmond Haynes. Some signatures fading.
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1985 World Championship Of Cricket, 'County' Cricket Bat, with facsimile autographs of the seven teams - Australia, West Indies, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & India. Superb condition. [India defeated Pakistan in the final at the Mcg]; plus 1992 World Cup, 'County' Cricket Bat, with facsimile autographs of the nine teams - Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, England, South Africa, India, West Indies, Zimbabwe & Sri Lanka. [Pakistan defeated England in the final at the Mcg]. Fine condition. (2…
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Greg Ritchie, match used 'Gray-Nicolls - Hookes Hurricane' Cricket Bat, signed on reverse and endorsed '94 Lords '85/ Another one of these please!!'. Tape on blade, otherwise good condition for match used bat. [Ritchie played 30 Tests for Australia 1982-87, making 1690 runs at an average of 35.21 and a highest score of 146 which came in the next Test, at Nottingham, following his 94 at Lords achieved with this bat.].
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1985-86 Australia v India, 'County' Cricket Bat, signed on front by Indians (17) & Australians (2), including Craig McDermott, Kapil Dev & Sunil Gavaskar. Good condition.
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1985-86 New Zealand Tour Of Australia, 'Newberry' Cricket Bat, with 14 signatures on front including Jeremy Coney, Richard Hadlee & Martin Crowe. Handle-rubber deteriorating, otherwise good condition.
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1986 cover commemorating Scarborough Cricket Club's Centenary Cricket Festival, with 18 signatures on front includimg Don Bradman, Neil Harvey, Sam Loxton & Graham McKenzie.
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1986-87 Australian Team, 'County' Cricket Bat, signed on front by Australian team, with 10 signatures including Steve Waugh, Dean Jones & Bruce Reid. Good condition.
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1987-88 Australia v New Zealand, 'Gray-Nicolls' Cricket Bat, signed on front by members of both teams, with a total of 14 signatures including Kim Hughes, David Hookes, John Wright & Ewen Chatfield. Good condition
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AUtographs: 1989 Ashes cover with 12 signatures including Geoff Boycott, Bob Appleyard & Martyn Moxon; 1998 W.G.Grace 150th Anniversary cover signed by Dickie Bird; plus 1987 Nothamptonshire v Yorkshire scorecard with 12 signatures. (3 items)
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Signed Cricket Bat, 'County' Cricket Bat, with 8 signatures on front, noted Dean Jones, Courtney Walsh & Clive Lloyd. Good condition.
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Paul Reiffel's Cricket Boots, match-used on debut 1991-92 v India, both signed & one endorsed '1991-92 Aus. Debut'. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate.
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1992-93 Australia v Pakistan, 'County' Cricket Bat, signed on front by both teams, with 20 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor & Javed Miandad. Handle-rubber deteriorating, and seven Australian signatures fading, otherwise good condition.
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1992-93 Australia v West Indies, 'Easton' Cricket Bat, signed on front by both teams, with 29 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor, Richie Richardson & Brian Lara. Some fading, otherwise good condition.
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Paul Reiffel's Australian Training/Casual Shirts (3), comprising one from 1993 Nz Tour, one from 1994 South African Tour, other 'A Team' from 1994-95, all signed. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate. (3 items)
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Cricket Clothing: Matthew Maynard's England 'Hong Kong Cricket Sixes' Shirt - blue with 'Hong Kong Cricket Sixes' logo on front, and 'Maynard' on reverse, with 8 signatures on front including Matthew Maynard & Adam Hollioake. [Maynard played 4 Tests 1988-94]; plus David Shepherd's Umpire's Jacket & Shirt - signed and endorsed 'England v West Indies, Edgbaston, 15th-19th June, 2000'. Superb condition. (3 items)
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Signed Cricket Bats: Michael Slater, 'Gray-Nicolls - Michael Slater' Cricket Bat, with picture of Slater on blade, and signed by Michael above. [Slater played 74 Tests 1993-2001]; Graeme Hick, 'County' Cricket Bat, signed on front by Hick. [Hick played 65 Tests for England 1991-2001]; & Gary Kirsten, 'County' Cricket Bat, signed on front by Kirsten. [Kirsten played 101 Tests for South Africa 1993-2004]. (3 items)
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c1993 Australian Team, 'County' Cricket Bat, with 12 signatures on front, including Allan Border, Dean Jones & Mark Waugh. Five signatures fading, otherwise good condition.
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1993 Ashes Tour: display comprising Paul Reiffel's Australian One-Day shirt, signed on front, and window mounted with action picture, framed & glazed, overall 106 x 84 cm with Paul Reiffel collection certificate
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1993-94 Australia v South Africa, 'Easton' cricket bat, signed on front by both teams, with 27 signatures including Allan Border, mark Taylor, Keppler Wessels & Hansie Cronje. Fine condition
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Paul Reiffel's Australian One-Day Jumper (long sleeves), from the 1993-94 Season, with 'Australia' on front, and 'Reiffel' on reverse, fine condition with Reiffel's signature & '93/94' on front. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate.
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Richard Snell's South African One-Day Shirt, from the 1993-94 Tour of Australia, with 'South Africa' on front, and 'Snell' on reverse, fine condition. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate. [Richard Snell played 5 Tests & 42 ODIs for South Africa 1991-96].
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Allan Border, original painting 'Ab' by Ken Farrow, oil on board, signed by the artist lower right, and dated on reverse '92', framed, overall 74 x 94 cm (Purchased in 1994 for$1500). [Allan Border played 156 Tests 1978-94, including 93 as Australian captain].
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Queensland Cricket Legends: Set of four original pencil & watercolour drawings by Bauer, comprising Ray Lindwall, Greg Chappell, Jeff Thomson & Ian Healy, all signed in the image by the artist, window mounted, framed & glazed, each overall 45 x 55 cm (4 items)
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Mark Waugh, print 'Mark Waugh' by d'Arcy Doyle, signed by Mark Waugh and the artist, limited edition 1060/1500, window mounted in acid-free matt, overall 76 x 102 cm With CoA.
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Paul Reiffel's Australian Hong Kong Sixes Shirt, from the first Hong Kong Sixes Tournament in 1994, with 'Reiffel' on reverse, fine condition with Reiffel's signature on front. With Certificate.
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Paul Reiffel's Australia 'A' One-Day Shirt, Pants & Jumper, from the 1994-95 Season v England, Australia & Zimbabwe, the Shirt & Jumper with 'Reiffel' on reverse & signed on front. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate. (3 items)
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1994-95 Australia 'A' v England, full size Cricket Bat, with label 'Benson & Hedges, Ashes Series, Australia v England', with 24 signatures including Damien Martyn, Ricky Ponting, Alec Stewart & Graeme Hick. Superb condition.
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Paul Reiffel's Australian One-Day Jumper (sleeveless), from the 1994-95 Season, with 'Reiffel' on reverse, and signed on front. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate.
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Paul Reiffel's Australian Jacket & Training Pants, from the 1995 New Zealand Centenary Tour, the jacket with embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms on left breast, large 'Australia/New Zealand/Centenary Tour 1995' badge on reverse, and signed on front. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate. (2 items)
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Signed Cricket Bat, 'County' Cricket Bat, with 14 texta signatures on front, noted Merv Hughes, Doug Walters & Alan Connolly. Handle-rubber deteriorating, otherwise good condition.
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Paul Reiffel's Australian Test Helmet, from the 1995 West Indies Tour, green with Australian Coat-of-Arms badge on front, and protective grill, fine condition with Reiffel's signature & 'West Indies 95' on brim. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate. [Reiffel made 76 runs in his 6 innings on this tour, also taking 15 wickets at 17.53. Warne also took 15 (at 27.07) and McGrath 17 (at 21.71).].
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Shane Warne, signature on 'Nike' advertising poster, mounted on board, overall 92 x 61 cm; also signature on cricket shirt with embroidered 'Carlton Light' logo. (2 items)
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Don Bradman: 1996 hand-written letter on 'Sir Donald Bradman, A.C.' letterhead, signed in full 'Don Bradman'. Letter was cut on opening and repaired with tape, though signature fine.
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Ian Healy: 'The Keeper', panoramic photograph showing Ian Healy on his way to 161 not out in the 1996-97 1st Test Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, window mounted in acid-free matt, overall 102 x 46 cm; together with score card signed by Ian Healy, window mounted, overall 21 x 29 cm (2 items).
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Paul Reiffel's Australian XI Helmet, from the Australian x I v England x I match at Hobart during the 1998-99 Ashes Tour, yellow with embroidered Acb logo on front, and protective grill, fine condition with Reiffel's signature on brim. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate.
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Paul Reiffel's Victorian uniform, from 1998-99 Season (Victoria won the Mercantile Mutual cup), comprising Bushrangers Sheffield shield shirt (signed) ; plus Bushrangers One-Day cap, shirt & jumper, all signed - the shirt & jumper with 'Reiffel' & '4' on reverse, with Paul Reiffel collection certificate. (4 items)
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'Ganton' Business Shirt, size 42, with embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms on left pocket, fine condition. With Paul Reiffel collection Certificate.
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'Sir Donald Bradman', display comprising signed 'The Bradman collection' card affixed to full size replica 'Sykes - Don Bradman' cricket bat, the bat engraved with list of Bradman's centuries; window mounted with Bradman's statistics printed on mount, and displayed in an attractive wooden display case, overall 52 x 116 cm
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2000-01 West Indies Tour Of Australia, 'Gray-Nicolls' Cricket Bat, with title 'West Indies Tour Squad/ Australia 2000-01' and players names engraved on face, and 16 signatures including Jimmy Adams (captain), Wavell Hinds & Brian Lara. Three signatures with fading, otherwise fine condition.
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2001-02 South Africa Tour Of Australia, full size Cricket Bat, with title 'South Africa Test Squad/ Australia 2001-02' and players names engraved on face, and 19 signatures including Shaun Pollock (captain), Allan Donald & Herschelle Gibbs. Numbered 8 of 100, fine condition.
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Ali Brown's Record One Day Score: 2002 Surrey v Glamorgan Scorecard showing Brown's remarkable 268, signed by Ali Brown; plus book '268 - The Blow-By-Blow Account Of Ali's Amazing Onslaught And The Day The Records Tumbled' by Jones (signed by author) [Surrey, 2002]. (2 items)
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1903 Wills (Australia) 'Australian and English Cricketers', complete set, noted Victor Trumper, Monty Noble and plum Warner. (25)
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1904 Ogdens Guinea gold 'New series 1', part set (23/41 cricket subjects), noted Victor Trumper, C.B.Fry & Ranjitsinhji; plus two other Ogdens Guinea gold cards showing cricketers (one with corner crease) & 1901 Ogdens (Sydney) 'English Cricketer series' (1/14). Scarce group. G/VG. (total 26)
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1905 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian cricket Team', complete mauve set, noted Joe Darling, Warwick Armstrong & Victor Trumper. (15)
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1905 Wills (Australia) 'Australian Club Cricketers', part set [41/46], noted Syd Gregory, Victor Trumper & the rare A.McBeth. G/Vg. Lovely condition for this set.
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1905-53 cricket cards, balance of collection in album, noted 1931 Allens 'Bradman's Records' card No.8; superb oval Don Bradman card from 1935 Carreras 'Popular Personalities'; 1905 Wills 'Sporting Terms' (2); 1929 United Tobacco (South Africa) 'The South African Cricket Touring Team, British Isles, 1929' (3); 1938 Ogdens 'Prominent Cricketers of 1938' (16); 1953 Morning Foods 'Test Cricketers' (2 signed cards - Richie Benaud & Ron Archer). Poor/Vg. Inspection will reward. (Total 66)
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1906 Sniders & Abrahams (Milo Cigarettes) 'Cricketers in Action', complete set, noted W.G.Grace, Joe Darling & F.S.Jackson. Based on Chevalier Taylor's iconic Empire Cricketers prints, this is one of the best looking sets of cricket cards. One with surface faults, others Fair/Vg. (40)
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1907 Wills (Australia) 'Prominent Australian & English Cricketers' (1-50), complete set, noted Syd Gregory, Victor Trumper & B.J.T. Bosanquet. (50)
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1907 Wills (Australia) 'Prominent Australian and English Cricketers' (51-73, grey captions), complete set, noted J.B. Hobbs, J. Hardstaff and H. Strudwick, one creased (23)
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1907 Wills (Australia) 'Prominent Australian & English Cricketers' (66-73, Red captions), almost complete set [7/8] plus F.L.Fane with Grey caption. Fair/G. (Total 8).
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1908 Wills 'Cricketers' (Wills's), complete set, noted The Hon.F.S.Jackson, P.F.Warner & Lord Hawke. G/Vg. Difficult set in this condition. (25)
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1909 Wills (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers' (Blue borders), part set [19/25 + 1 duplicate with different back], noted A.C.Maclaren, C.B.Fry & Victor Trumper. G/Vg. (Total 20)
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1909 Wills (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers' (Red borders), part set [16/25 + 3 duplicates with different backs], noted W.W.Armstrong, S.E.Gregory & G.L.Jessop. One missing corner, others mainly G/Vg. (Total 19)
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1910 Wills (Australia) 'Australian & South African Cricketers' (Blue borders), part set [41/60], noted Clem Hill, Victor Trumper & R.O.Schwarz. G/Vg.
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1911 Wills (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', complete set [59], plus 13 duplicates with various backs, noted Clem Hill, Victor Trumper & J.W.H.T.Douglas. Condition varies as usual, mainly Fair/Vg. (Total 72)
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1922 Pattreiouex (casket Cigarettes) 'Real Photos of Famous Cricketers' (printed backs), part set (10/96), noted J.M. Gregory, C.G. Macartney & H. Makepeace. Scarce
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1924-25 Allens 'Cricketers', part set [14/42], noted C.G.Macartney, J.Ryder & F.E.Woolley. Seven cards trimmed, mainly Fair/G. An extremely rare set.
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1926 Allens 'Cricketers', part set [5/60], comprising 4 W.M.Woodfull, 6 J.Ellis, 12 C.V.Grimmett, 16 S.Everett & 32 M.A.Noble. Fair/G. An extremely rare set.
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1926 Gallaher 'Famous Cricketers', first half of set (1-50) + No.58, noted A.A.Mailey, C.G.Macartney & H.Sutcliffe. G/Vg. (Total 51)
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1926 Amalgamated Press (Champion & Triumph) 'Famous Test Match Cricketers', part set [27/32], including Bert Oldfield, Bill Ponsford & Jack Hobbs. Fair/G.
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