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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:660
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:660
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:411
Date:12-Nov-2020
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Postcards: England to Australia 1903-04 'Bosanquet, Warner and Foster', Kent 1904 'Seymour, Huish and Fairservice', and circa 1904 England 'Strudwick, Hayward, Braund and Lilley'. (3)
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Postcards: early 1900s real-photo cards comprising a bird's-eye view of 'England vs South Australia, The Oval, Adelaide' (Oct. 9, 1903) being the opening fixture on 1903-04 Ashes Tour, the English Team captained by Pelham Warner, also 'Dr W.G. Grace (Captain) London County' taking guard at the crease, plus an image of an unamed Edwardian era cricket team and administrators. (3 items)
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1904-5 Membership fob, made by Stokes, unusually, with dark blue enamel instead of the white which is usually seen. Without an impressed number, we believe this was a proposal submitted by Stokes. It was probably not adopted beacuse it was almost identical to the 1903-4 design. This is the only example we have seen.
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1905, 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1908 editions of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack rebound into brown cloth boards with gilt on spine, original wrappers intact (1908 missing back cover), all editions with complete advertisements and photoplates, Fair/Good condition. (5)
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The Empire's Cricketers' Part II, published for The Fine Art Society by Dawbarn and Ward, 1905. Being original colour lithographs of W.G. Grace, P.F. Warner, G. McGregor and W. Rhodes by A. Chevallier Tayler. With original wrappers. (4 lithographs).
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The Empire's Cricketers' Part IV, published for The Fine Art Society by Dawbarn and Ward, 1905. Being original colour lithographs of M.A. Noble, H.V. Hesketh Prichard, David Denton and James Iremonger by A. Chevallier Tayler. With original wrappers. (4 lithographs).
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The Empire's Cricketers' Part VI, published for The Fine Art Society by Dawbarn and Ward, 1905. Being original colour lithographs of Clement Hill, H. Martyn, G.H. Hirst and W. Lees by A. Chevallier Tayler. With original wrappers. (4 lithographs).
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The Empire's Cricketers' Part VIII, published for The Fine Art Society by Dawbarn and Ward, 1905. Being original colour lithographs of A.C. Maclaren, Victor Trumper, G.L. Jessop and A. Lilley by A. Chevallier Tayler. With original wrappers. (4 lithographs).
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The Empire's Cricketers' Part X, published for The Fine Art Society by Dawbarn and Ward, 1905. Being original colour lithographs of W.H.B. Evans, H.K. Foster, J.J. Kelly and Leonard Braund by A. Chevallier Tayler. With original wrappers. (4 lithographs).
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The Empire's Cricketers' Part XII, published for The Fine Art Society by Dawbarn and Ward, 1905. Being original colour lithographs of G.W. Beldam, A.J. Hopkins, C.E. McLeod and E.G. Arnold by A. Chevallier Tayler. With original wrappers. (4 lithographs).
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1906-7 Membership badge, made by Stokes, No.99. A rarely seen adaptation of the fob, this badge has a slightly modified design at the top and has an additional 'leg' on the back to facilitate wearing on the lapel.
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Sydney Cricket Ground, 1906-7 Membership fob, made by Gaunt, London, No.1764 engraved for H.B.Francis on reverse..
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Melbourne Cricket Club, Annual Report, For the Season 1907-1908.' [Melbourne, Mason, Firth and McCutcheon, 1908] 124pp, with original dark pink covers. Includes a full report on all activities, match reports, averages, a complete list of members, etc. The Cricket Selection Committee held 8 meetings, the five members included H. Trumble, W.W. Armstrong and V. Ransford. (p.36).
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The Australian Team in England - 1909, An attractive display comprising a real-photo postcard portrait of the team with printed title and team list, signed by all the Test team players, an original silk scorecard for the Fifth Test at the Oval (recording Bardsley's 136 in the 1st innings and 130 in the 2nd), a brass plaque inscribed 'Australia 1909, Warren Bardsley (1882 - 1954) became the first batsman to score a hundred in each innings of a Test Match.' Framed and glazed, overall 68 x 32 cm. The other…
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Melbourne Cricket Club, Annual Report, For the Season 1909-10.' [Melbourne, Mason, Firth and M'Cutcheon, 1910] 140pp, with original pale pink covers. Includes a full report on all activities, match reports, averages, a complete list of members, etc. The Football Committee regrets having to report that the team was rather unsuccessful this year, owing in a great measure to difficulties in the early part of the season....' (p.13)
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1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913 editions of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack rebound into brown cloth boards with gilt on spine, original wrappers intact (1910 missing front cover), all editions with complete advertisements and photoplates, Fair/Good condition. (4)
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Leonard Raven-Hill (1867-1942): A collection of 5 of Raven-Hill's full page illustrations 1911 - 1935, published in 'Punch' under the pseudonym 'Cravenhill' and mainly dealing with the Test Matches between Australia and England. Titles include 'The Imperial Defence Club', 'Down Under', 'Under the Weather' and 'End of First Act'. Offered together with a 1901 - 1935 collection of other etchings, lithographs and photogravures from other periodicals including 'The Graphic', 'The Illustrated London News', and…
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Wisdens: 1911 soft-cover edition (complete, but with defective spine and insect damage to cover), 1913 hard-cover edition (good condition but lacking the John Wisden plate), 2002 hard-cover with d/j and 2013 hard-cover with d/j. (4 volumes).
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1914 and 1915 of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack rebound into brown cloth boards with gilt on spine, both with (aged) original wrappers, photoplates and advertising papers intact (1915 edition with pages ii and iii partially adhered to each other), Fair/Good condition overall.
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John Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack for 1916' original hardbound edition, rebound with the spine cloth replaced (the original spine cloth piece has been retained and is included), minor peripheral blemishes to the original boards. The bookbinder has pasted white end papers over the original inside front and inside back cover advertising, otherwise completely intact. A very rare hardbound edition.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1917 Patriotic Carnival badge made by Stokes & Sons. The Carnival was held at the MCG, 20th - 27th October, to raise funds for the support of returned servicemen and their families.
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1917, 1918, and 1919 editions of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack rebound into brown cloth boards with gilt on spine, all with the original wrappers more or less aged, all advertising papers intact. Elusive wartime issues. (3)
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1918-19 Complimentary Season Ticket, No.3394, deep green leather with gold embossed logo and dates.
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1920-1924 editions of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack rebound into brown cloth boards with gilt inscriptions on spine, 1920 missing front wrapper, 1922 missing back wrapper and many pages with fragments cut out to facilitate a previous owner's indexing system, 1924 no front or back wrappers, condition overall Fair/Good. (5)
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A badge depicting Warwick Armstrong with the wording 'Memento of Testimonial to Warwick W. Armstrong' around the perimeter. Armstrong played his last Test Match in August 1921 and a Testimonial Fund was established that year. A cheque for £2,700 was handed to Armstrong by Prime Minster Billy Hughes at a function at the Melbourne Town Hall on 31 March 1922. Monty Noble also spoke, representing New South Wales.
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The Cricketer' magazine (United Kingdom) complete run of issues from 1921 (Vol. 1 No. 1) to December 2014 in 95 cloth-bound volumes in Lincoln green with gilt titles on the spine. [Founded in 1921 by Sir Pelham Walker, an ex-England captain who became a cricket writer, later editors included E.W. Swanton and Christopher Martin-Jenkins. The current editor is former Middlesex and Durham cricketer Simon Hughes.]
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1925-1929 editions of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack rebound into brown cloth boards with gilt inscriptions on spine, 1925, 1926 and 1927 editions missing back wrappers, 1929 missing front and back wrappers, condition overall Fair/Good. (5)
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The Australian Cricket Team in England - 1926, An attractive display comprising 18 signatures on two autograph pages, a formal photograph of the touring party, 5 cigarette cards and an original pen and ink caricature of the 'Team Manager' by Arthur Mailey, a member of the Australian Team. Other signatories include Bardsley, Grimmett, Macartney (who top-scored with 473 for the Australians), Ponsford, Richardson and Woodfull. Framed and glazed, overall 64 x 50 cm. After four farcical three-day Test matches…
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Leslie Alfred Brighthope (1913 - 2004) was an A-Grade cricketer who played for South Melbourne during the 1930s (and for other teams before and after that). A group of four medals or fobs associated with his cricketing career: L.W.J.L.Cricket Club 'Best All Round' 1926-27 (9ct gold), 'Special' from the same club, 1926-27 (9ct gold on sterling silver), also, the 'Best All Round' for 1927-28 (9ct gold) and finally, Brighthope's 1938-38 South Melbourne C.C. membership fob for 1937-38. (4 items).
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Sydney Cricket Ground 1927-28 (No.2141) and 1928-29 (No.657) Membership fobs, together with the Country Membership fob for 1923-33 (No.448), made by Amor. (3 items).
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Australian Test, Sheffield Shield and International Cricketer Autographs: A lovely collection of autographed displays, team sheets and signed postcards in an album, including Ted a'Beckett (4 Tests), Jack Moroney (7 Tests), Jim de Courcy (3 Tests), Graeme Watson (5 Tests), Dave Renneberg (8 Tests), Ian Chappell (75 Tests), Allan Border (156 Tests), Laurie Mayne (6 Tests), David Ogilvie (5 Tests), Les Ames, Colin Cowdrey, Geoff Boycott, Michael Holding, Richard Hadlee, Dean Jones and many more. [Total: 114…
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Postcards: The 1930 Australian team and the 1956 Australian Team, two official postcards, Unused. (2). Also, a reprinted 1930 Team photo postcard with original signature in ink of Don Bradman and three humorous cricket cards. (6 items).
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1930-1934 editions of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack rebound into brown cloth boards with gilt inscriptions on spine, 1931 missing front and back wrappers, the condition of wrappers on other editions is quite variable, 1933 edition with Cricket Bat bookmark (Bat handle missing as is usual), condition overall Fair/Good. (5)
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1930 Australian Team in England: Signatures (10) on autograph page including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford, Vic Richardson and Alan Kippax.
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The South African Team in Australia - 1931/32, An attractive display comprising of a signed action photograph of Don Bradman, mounted together with an autograph page of the South African tourists with 18 signatures, window mounted with a caption listing the South African team. Framed and glazed, overall 37 x 32 cm. Australia won the series 5-0, with Bradman scoring 806 runs including a 299 n.o. at an average of 201.50. Grimmett took 33 wickets and Ironmonger 31. For South Africa, the highest batting score…
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Autographs: Framed and glazed signed selection comprising Alan Fairfax on undated SS Oransay England-Australia letterhead, also signed images comprising Harold Larwood signatures (2) on a two-image display, one showing 1929 4th Test scoreboard, Alan McGilvray (3) on a display comprising two images and a small piece, plus David Hookes signed image of him executing a cut shot. (4 items)
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England in Australia 1932/33 - The Bodyline Series, An album containing photographs, pictures, postcards and a score sheet, all associated with the English squad and incorporating 32 original autographs, namely Harold Larwood (2), Bill Voce (2), Gubby Allen (2), Bill Bowes (2), Maurice Tate (3), Hedley Verity (1), Herbert Sutcliffe (4), Wally Hammond (1), Robert Wyatt (1), Eddie Paynter (2), Maurice Leyland (3), Nawab of Patudi (1), Freddie Brown (1), Tom Mitchell (1), Leslie Ames (2), George Duckworth (2)…
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Cricket - Booklets, Guides and Programmes: 1930s-70s selection including:Cricket! Its Origin and Development' (1935, ABC Publications), 'Cricket - As Demonstrated by Australia's Greatest Stoke Maker - Alan Kippax', 1948 Charlie Macartney 'Fight for the Ashes', 1949 Cyril Washbrook 'Meet the Players', 1950-51 'Sporting Globe' Cricket Book, 1950-51 'Sporting Life' Cricket Book (2), NSW Cricket Association's 'Coaching Magazine' 1930 issues (2), plus Cricket Year Books for 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62 and 1963-64…
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Western Australian Cricket Association Membership fobs for 1933-34 (No.30), 1934-35 (No.46) and 1936-37 (No.83), by 3 different makers. (3 items).
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International Cricket. The Australian Cricket Team in England, Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1934. 13.5 x 16 cm, 52 pages (including covers) with vignette portraits of all the players, the fixtures, previous results, portraits and details of the 'Famous Cricket Authorities [who] will Describe the Games', explanations of technical terms and two pages of field placings diagrams. Saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers, in extremely fine condition. This is the first of the ABC cricket tour booklets, and is…
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The 1934 Australian Cricket Team in England, An official team photograph, window mounted, with 15 original pen signatures in the window below: Bill Woodfull (captain), Alan Kippax, Don Bradman, Fleetwood-Smith, Hans Ebeling, Arthur Chipperfield, Bill O'Reilly, Tim Wall, Bill Brown, Len Darling, Stan McCabe, Bert Oldfield, Ben Barnett and officials. Overall 41 x 35 cm. Australia won the 1934 Ashes series against England, winning two of the matches and losing one, with the other two tests drawn. In the…
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1934 Australian Team in England: Signatures (14) on autograph pages including Don Bradman, Bill Ponsford, Stan McCabe, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Woodfull, endorsement on reverse from English film and stage actor Owen Nares.
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Ashes' Test Cricket Publications: comprising '1936-1937 The Ashes - Wrigley Souvenir Book', 1948 'Cricket Stars No.1 - Past - Present - Future' (Bradman on front cover), 1948 'The Story of Test Cricket, England v Australia' (Bradman on front cover), signed by Neil Harvey, 1948 'Cricket - The Australian Tour' (fixtures, records and photograpghs of players), 1948 'Tour Fixture List and Results to Date' (up to 3rd Test), also 1934 Daily Mail souvenir photograph of the Australian cricket team. (5 items)
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1934 Australia vs England 5th Test: signatures of Australian tour members on a plain postcard (faults) stated to have been collected by Bradman himself and signed by him, plus those of Alan Kippax, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford, Hans Ebeling (his only Test Match), Len Darling, Arthur Chipperfield, Bill O'Reilly, Stan McCabe, Bert Oldfield, Bill Brown, Ben Barnett, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith and Ernest Bromley reverse is annotated 'The signatures were collected by Don Bradman himself on the 18th…
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Sydney Cricket Ground Membership fobs for 1934-35 (No.3321), 1935-36 (No.411) and 1937-38 (No.2275), the first 2 made by Amor, the last made by Angus and Coote. (3 items).
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George Headley: A signed picture of Headley in his batting stance. Framed and glazed, overall 44 x 29 cm. George Headley [1909 - 1983] represented the West Indies in 22 Tests between 1929 amd 1953. He made 2,190 runs at an average of 60.83.
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Lancashire County and Manchester Cricket Club Membership cards for 1935, 1937 and 1941, all endorsed to Harry H. Bullough, whose son, John, played for Lancashire between 1914 and 1919]. The 1937 card is a rare 'Life Member' type, the 1941 card includes the following printed statement 'War Year (Second Year) This is to testify that Mr. [H.H. Bullough] has paid [One Guinea] as a subscription for the year 1941 to help keep the Lancashire County Cricket Club free from financial difficulties during the…
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1935-1939 editions of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack rebound into brown cloth boards preserving the original covers, gilt inscriptions on spine, the condition of original wrappers is quite variable, 1936 edition with Cricket Bat bookmark (Bat handle missing), condition overall Fair/Good. (5)
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Autographs: Australian Test Team Players #117 (Ponsford), #140 (O'Reilly), #150 (Brown), #154 (McCormick) and #171 (Morris x 2) signed cut-out pictures - all action shots - mounted together on a large sheet. (6 signed pieces). Overall 30 x 41 cm.
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Melbourne Cricket Club Membership fobs for 1939-40, 1946-47, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1956-57 and 1958-59, also a 50 Year Membership lapel pin. (9 items).
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Melbourne Cricket Club, Annual Report, For the Season 1942-43.' [Melbourne, Mason, Firth and M'Cutcheon, 1943] 28pp, with original blue covers. A very slender war-time edition in which several mentions are made of the fact that activities and income have been severely curtailed because of 'the occupation of the Ground by the Crown'. Club and The War.- The Club is proud of the fact that 2,146 of its Members are in the Fighting Forces. In addition many others are engaged in full time war duties.' (p.6),…
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1943-44 Honorary Membership Ticket for 'Mr B.L. Grant', numbered 'H64' on thick green card, dated '1SEP1943'.
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A collection of cricket club annual reports comprising of Carlton C.C. (4, between 1951 - 55), Fitzroy C.C. (9, between 1955 - 1967), Melbourne C.C. (4, between 1944 - 67) and St.Kilda C.C. (3, between 1954 - 62). (Total: 20 items).
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