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Sport & General Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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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1926 Wills (Australia) 'Cricketers', complete real photo set, noted Jack Gregory, Herb Collins and A.E.R. Gilligan
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1926 Barrat & Co. (Confectionary) 'Australian Cricketers, Action Series', part set [4/16], comprising W.Bardsley, W.H.Ponsford, T.J.E.Andrews & H.L.Hendry. Vg. Scarce set.
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1926-27 Resch's RB Lager 'Wickets', comprising Manly, Gordon, Balmain & University. (4)
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1928 Australian (giant Brand) Licorice 'English Cricketers' (blue back), complete set, including A.P.F.Chapman, D.R.Jardine & H.Larwood. Fair/G. (24)
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1928 W.C.Douglass (Australian - flour, etc) 'Cricket Season 1928-1929', part set (5/16), comprising No. 3 H.Sutcliffe, No. 4 G.Ducksworth (sic), No. 6 W.R.Hammond, No. 7 A.B.Freeman & No. 8 L.Ames. Fair/G. A rare set
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1928 Amalgamated Press (Champion & Triumph) 'England's Test Match Cricketers', complete set, including A.P.F.Chapman, D.R.Jardine & H.Larwood. G/Vg. (16)
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1928 Hoadley's Chocolates 'Australian Cricketers', part set [5/33], comprising N.Beeston, G.Morgan, W.A.Oldfield, R.K.Oxenham & C.B.Sangster. Fair/G. A rare set.
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1928 Wills 'Cricketers 1928', complete set, noted Hobbs, Jardine & Larwood. G/Vg. (50)
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1928 Amalgamated Press (Champion & Triumph) 'Famous Australian Cricketers', complete set, including Bill Woodfull, Jack Ryder & Bill Ponsford. Fair/G. (16)
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1928 Millhoff 'Famous Test Cricketers' (standard size), complete real photo set, noted Hobbs, Larwood & Woodfull. G/Vg. (27)
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1928 Millhoff 'Famous Test Cricketers' (medium size), almost complete real photo set [26/27], noted Hobbs, Larwood & Woodfull. Fair/Vg.
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1928 Ogdens 'Australian test Cricketers 1928-29', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson & Jack Hobbs. G/VG. (36)
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1928 Major Drapkin 'Australian and English Test Cricketers', complete real photo set, noted Hobbs, Larwood & Ponsford. G/Vg. (40)
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1928-35 Cigarette Card Album, with range of cricket cards (62) & others (43), noted Allens 1932 'Cricketers' [2/36]; Allens 1933 'Australian Cricketers' [3/18] & 'English Cricketers' [6/18 + spare]; Allens 1934-35 'Cricketers' (5 - trimmed); Dudgeon & Arnell '1934 'Australian Test Team' [1/16]; various Australian (Giant) Licorice (32 - most trimmed). Poor/Vg, inspection will reward. (Total 105)
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1929 Wills (Australia) 'Cricket Season 1928-29', complete set, including all 8 of the hard to find cards - Andrews, A'Beckett, Bettington, Hooker, Ironmonger (signed), Kelleway, Nothling and Scott (48)
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1929 McNiven's (Confectionary) 'Cricketers', part set (12/40), including A.P.F. Chapman, J.C. White & W. Oldfield. Fair/G. An extremely rare set
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1929 Morrows (Australian - Biscuits & Confectionary) 'Dinkum Sorts - Cricketers', part set (13/42 + one spare), including H.Larwood, W.H.Ponsford & C.Grimmett. Fair/G. A rare set. (total 14)
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1929 Wills 'Cricketers' (2nd Series), complete set, noted Ames, Tyldesley & Woolley. Fair/Vg. (50)
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1930 Players 'Cricketers 1930', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson & Bill Ponsford. G/Vg. (50)
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1930 Australian (giant Brand) Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', complete set (back inscribed '24 Photos in a complete set', though 27 known), including D.Bradman, A.Jackson & W.Ponsford. G/VG. Fine condition for these. (27)
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1930-31 Australian (giant Brand) Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', complete set (back inscribed 'There Are 24 Photos in a complete set of Australians'), including D.Bradman, A.Jackson & W.Ponsford'. G/VG. Fine condition for these. (24)
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1930 Plumridge's Confectionary 'Australian Cricketers', rare card A.Kippax. Fair condition.
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1930 Western Suburbs Cinemas badges '1930 Australian Team', noted Don Bradman, Bill Woodfull & Archie Jackson. Fair/Vg. (14)
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1931 Australian (Giant Brand) Licorice 'South African Cricketers', complete set, including H.B.Cameron, x .Balaskas & E.A.Van Der Merwe. One creased, others Fair/Vg. (12)
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1932 Allens 'Australian Cricketers', almost complete set [17/18] & 'English Cricketers' complete set [18/18], with the Bill Ponsford card signed. Poor/G. Scarce set. (Total 35)
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1932 Sweetacres Champion Chewing gum 'Test Records', complete set (32/32) & 'Prominent Cricketers' part set (24/32 + 4 spares), with 6 cards signed - H.Ironmonger, Fleetwood-Smith, D.Blackie, E.L.A'Beckett, A.Hurwood & J.Ryder. Poor/VG. (total 60)
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1932 Hoadley's chocolates 'Empire Games and test Teams', the complete set of Cricketers (31/50), noted Don Bradman, Douglas Jardine & Harold Larwood. G/VG
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c1932 Weight Ticket Cards - comprising H.Alexander (good condit.) & L.Fleetwood-Smith (poor condit. - issued by Will Colley men's wear). [Similar weight ticket cards were issued c1935 by W.T.Avery, W.L.Brown, Cunningham & Anonymous - though neither of these cards are listed by Deadman]. (2 items)
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1932 Australian (giant Brand) Licorice 'English Cricketers', complete set (back inscribed 'There Are 18 Photos in a complete set'), including G.O.Allen, H.Larwood & Nawab of Pataudi. Two creased, others G/VG. (18)
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1932 Godfrey Phillips 'Test Cricketers 1932-1933', complete set, including Don Bradman & Douglas Jardine. G/Vg. (38)
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1933 Hoadley's Bubble Gum 'Australian Cricketers', almost complete set [16/18], noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson & Bill Woodfull. Fair/Vg.
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1933 Hoadley's Bubble Gum 'English Cricketers', almost complete set [17/18], plus the missing card E.Paynter filled in by an Allens card. Fair/Vg. (Total 18)
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1933 Allens 'Australian Cricketers', almost complete set (17/18), noted Don Bradman, Jack Fingleton & bill O'Reilly. Fair/VG. Above average condition for these
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1933 Allens 'English Cricketers', complete set, noted Douglas Jardine, Harold Larwood & bill Voce. Fair/VG. Above average condition for these. (18)
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1933 MacRobertson's 'Australian Sporting series', cards showing Cricketers - No. 44 Stan McCabe, No. 54 Fleetwood Smith & No. 70 B.A.Barnett. Fair/G condition. Rare - Deadman States 'Full set Not Seen'. (3)
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1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett & Bill Ponsford. G/Vg. (50).
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1934 Carreras 'Cricketers' (A series of 50, brown), complete set, noted Don Bradman, bill brown & Douglas Jardine. G/VG. (50)
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1934 Dudgeon & Arnell '1934 Australian test Team', complete set, noted Don Bradman, bill Woodfull & Alan Kippax; plus one signed card - bill brown. VG. A beautiful set. (16)
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1934 Australian Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', part set [6/24], including W.M.Woodfull, C.V.Grimmett & H.I.Ebeling. G/Vg.
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1934 badges (25 mm, made by A.E. Patrick, Summer Hill, NSW) '1934 Australian Team', noted Don Bradman, bill Woodfull & bill brown. (14)
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1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett & Bill Ponsford. G/Vg. (50).
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1934-35 Allens 'Cricketers', complete set, including the two cards numbered 3 (love & Ebeling), 12 (Nash & Oxenham) & 24 (Hornibrook & Hunt) ; and the Bradman card signed. G/VG. (39)
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1936 Churchman 'Cricketers', complete set, noted Ames, Hammond & Hollies. Vg. (50)
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1936 Hoadley's Chocolates 'Test Cricketers', almost complete set [39/40], including Don Bradman, Don Tallon & Maurice Leyland. Fair/Vg.
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1936-37 Allens 'Cricketers', complete set, including the bill brown card signed. G/VG. (36)
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1936-37 Australian Licorice 'Australian & English Cricketers', part set [8/44], including G.O.Allen, J.Hardstaff & Clarrie Grimmett. Fair/G. Rare set.
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1937 Griffiths Brothers (black Crow Cough drops) 'Australian Cricketers', part set (9/11 known), noted Sid Barnes, Jack Fingleton & Lindsay Hassett; also 1936 'Australian Cricketers' (1/9 known) - L.S.Darling. Three cards trimmed, Fair/G. Extremely rare. (total 10)
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1937 Griffiths Brothers (Cruising Toffee) 'Australian Cricketers', almost complete set (9/10 known), noted Don Bradman, bill brown (signed) & Arthur Chipperfield. One card trimmed, G/VG. Extremely rare
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1938 Griffiths Brothers (black Crow Cough drops) 'English Cricketers', almost complete set (6/7 known), noted Ames, Barnett & Paynter. Fair/VG. Extremely rare
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1938 Griffiths Brothers (Cruising Toffee) 'English Cricketers', almost complete set (5/7 known), comprising Compton, Edrich, Farnes, Hutton & Verity. G/VG. Extremely rare
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1938 Players 'Cricketers 1938', complete set, with the Bill Brown card signed. G/Vg. (50)
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1938 Hoadley's chocolates 'Test Cricketers', complete set, including Don Bradman, Sid Barnes & Len Hutton (36)
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1938 Allens 'Cricketers' (coloured), complete set, including Don Bradman, bill brown (signed) & Cyril Washbrook. G/VG. (36)
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1938 Sweetacres Champion Chewing gum 'Cricket Caricatures', part set (6/24), comprising Hassett, Waite, Fleetwood Smith, white, brown & Robins. Poor/G
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1938 badges (25 mm, made by A.E.Patrick Pty Ltd, Summer Hill, Nsw) '1938 Australian Team', noted Don Bradman, Sid Barnes & Lindsay Hassett. G/Vg. (16)
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1946-47 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Cricketers in Australia' (backs without framelines), complete set with 5 cards signed - bill brown, Ron Hamence, Keith Miller, Ken Mueleman & George Tribe. G/VG. (40)
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1946-47 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Cricketers in Australia' (backs with framelines), complete set with 5 cards signed - Bill Brown, Ron Hamence, Ken Mueleman, Arthur Morris & George Tribe. G/VG. (40)
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1947 Stamina Clothing 'No.4 Series - An Ideal Cricket Eleven', almost complete set [10/11 + Title Card], noted W.G.Grace, K.S.Ranjitsinhji & Victor Trumper (missing J.J.Kelly). G/Vg. Rare set.
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1947 Radio Fun (Amalgamated press) 'Famous test Cricketers', part set (19/24), noted Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Dudley Nourse & Norman Yardley. One Fair, others G/VG. Rare set
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1948 Nabisco (Weeties, Crispies, Vita-Brits) 'Leading Cricketers', complete set with 10 cards signed - bill brown, bill Johnston, Ron Hamence, Neil Harvey, Sam Loxton, Ken Mueleman, Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Doug ring & Ernie Toshack. Fair/VG. (32)
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C1948 Anonymous 'Cricketers' (most 11 x 16 cm, on paper with plain backs and no series title), showing players from Australia, England & India. (39)
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1949 Anglo-French Sweetworks (South Africa) 'South African test Cricketers', complete set, all signed, noted Dudley Nourse, Eric Rowan & Hugh Tayfield. G/VG. An extremely rare signed set. (12)
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1949 Anglo-French Sweetworks (South Africa) 'Australian test Cricketers', complete set, all signed, noted Lindsay Hassett, ray Lindwall & Colin McCool. Fair/VG, several with paper adherance on reverse. An extremely rare signed set. (14)
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1950 Fyna Foods (Australia) 'Test Cricketers', part set [15/40], with 5 cards signed - Ron Hamence, Arthur Morris, Sam Loxton, Bill Johnston & Keith Miller. Fair/G. A rare part set, the Ron Hamence card on extremely rare cream paper.
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1951 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', complete set with 4 cards signed - Ken Archer, Ken Mueleman, Neil Harvey & Bill Brown. A few cards trimmed, mainly G/Vg. Scarce set. (48)
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1951 Potter & Moore (Australia - toiletries) 'Famouus Cricketers', complete sets of Australian players (20) & English players (20 + 1 spare), with three cards signed - Ken Archer, Keith Miller & Geff Noblett. G/VG. (41)
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1956 Kane Products '1956 Cricketers', 1st series (25) & 2nd series (25), complete sets, the 1st series with 9 cards signed - Keith Miller, Neil Harvey, Ron Archer, Colin McDonald, Alan Davidson, Len Maddocks, Frank Tyson, Ian Craig & John Rutherford. G/VG. (total 50)
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1956-57 Barratt & Co. 'Test Cricketers', Series A [3/35] & Series B [2/48], including the Richie Benaud card signed. G/Vg. (Total 5)
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1958 D.C.Thomson & Co. 'The World's Best Cricketers', part set [17/72], with 2 cards signed - Keith Miller & Frank Tyson. Poor/G.
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c1984-92 cricket cards, comprising 1984 Shelleys Ice Cream 'Essex County Champions' [25]; 1984 Texaco Petrol 'Texaco Trophy Cricket Cards' [12]; 1992 John Brindley 'Bob Hoare Cricket Charatures' [12]; also postcards 'Laws of Cricket' [set of 12]; '111 Years of the Ashes' medallions (2). G/Vg. (Total 63)
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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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1926 Australian Team, autograph page signed by 12 players & manager, including Herb Collins, bill Woodfull, Jack Gregory & bill Ponsford
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1926 north of England Team (who played Australians in June 1926), autograph page with 11 signatures, including Arthur Carr, Percy Holmes, George Geary & Harold Larwood
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1926 Australian Team, 1926 Essex County cricket club lady's member ticket, signed on reverse by the Australian team, 14 signatures including - Herbert Collins (Captain), Jack Ryder & bill Ponsford. Good condition
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1928-29 England Team, autograph page with 10 signatures including Percy Chapman (Captain), Douglas Jardine (Captain of the 1932-33 Bodyline team) & Harold Larwood. Fine condition
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1929 South African Team, autograph page with 7 signatures including Neville Quinn, Jim Christy & Denijs Morkel. Fine condition.
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1932 Australian Team to United States & Canada, autograph page with 14 signatures, including Don & Jessie Bradman (on their honeymoon), Arthur Mailey, Victor Richardson, Stan McCabe, Hanson Carter & Alan Kippax. Extremely rare team
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c1933 autograph page with 6 signatures - Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford, Alan Kippax, Alan McGilvray & Hugh Chilvers.
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1934 Australian Team, display comprising autograph page with 16 signatures including bill Woodfull, Bert Oldfield, Clarrie Grimmett & bill O'Reilly; plus piece signed by Don Bradman; window mounted with 16 cigarette cards from Players 'Cricketers 1934', overall 34 x 53 cm
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1939 Surrey Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Monty Garland-Wells, Freddie Brown & Alf Gover
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1939 West Indies Team, autograph pages (4) with c15 signatures incl. George Headley (known as the 'Black Bradman'), Rolph Grant (captain) & Learie Constantine; plus hand-drawn caricatures of Headley & C.B.Clarke.
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1948 Australian Team, official team sheet with the signatures of 11 'Invincibles' including Don Bradman, bill brown & Keith Miller; plus Sidney Barnes handstamp & Keith Johnson (manager); also Denis Compton, Jack Fingleton, George Duckworth & signed self-portrait by Arthur Mailey
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1948 Australian 'Invincibles' Team, official team sheet with 13 signatures including Don Bradman, bill brown & Keith Miller; plus Sidney Barnes handstamp. Some peripheral faults, though scarce
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1948 Australian 'Invincibles' Team, notebook page with 4 signatures - Don Bradman, Sid Barnes (scarce), Don Tallon & Ron Saggers
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1948 England Team, white card (21 x 14 cm) with 13 signatures including Len Hutton, Alec Bedser, Denis Compton & Cyril Washbrook.
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1949 New Zealand Team, group of pages cut from a tour guide, with 16 signatures including Walter Hadlee (captain), Martin Donnelly & Merv Wallace.
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c1950 Yorkshire Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Norman Yardley, Len Hutton & Alec Coxon.
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'Middlesex County Cricket Club' by Prittie [London, 1951], signed by the Middlesex team of the period, 13 signatures including Denis Compton, Bill Edrich & Fred Titmus.
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1953 Australian Team, autograph page with 13 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, ray Lindwall & Keith Miller
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1956 Australian Team, attractive page with hand-painted heading 'Australia, 1956', with 15 signatures including Neil Harvey, Ian Johnson, Keith Miller & ray Lindwall, fine condition, window mounted, overall 41 x 51 cm
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1966-67 Australian tour (to South Africa), official team sheet with 16 signatures including Bob Simpson (captain), Bill Lawry & Graham McKenzie. Fine condition.
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1966-67 Australian tour (to South Africa), official team sheet with 16 signatures including Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell & Graham McKenzie. (Missing Bob Simpson, but includes manager). Fine condition.
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Australia: Official team sheets (3) comprising 1972 (edges trimmed); 1979 World Cup (tape stains) & 1981 to Uk and Sri Lanka; with 50 signatures incl. Ian Chappell, Kim Hughes & Dennis Lillee; plus Western Australia 1981-86 team sheets (12) & Victoria 1988-98 team sheets (12) with a good array of signatures. (27 items)
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1972 Australian tour (to England), official team sheet with 18 signatures including Ian Chappell (Captain), Keith Stackpole & Dennis Lillee. Folded, otherwise fine condition
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1973 New Zealand tour of England, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Bevan Congdon (captain), Richard Hadlee & Glenn Turner.
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1977-78 World Team, official Wsc team sheet with 15 signatures including Tony Greig (captain), Zaheer Abbas & Barry Richards.
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1978 New Zealand tour of England, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Mark Burgess (captain), Richard Hadlee & John Wright. Fine condition.
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1979 Australian Team to India, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Kim Hughes, Andrew Hilditch & Rod Hogg.
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1979-80 England tour to Australia and India, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Mike Brearley (captain), Bob Willis & Ian Botham. Fine condition.
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1980 Australian Team to England for Centenary Test Tour, official team sheet with 14 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes & Allan Border, superb condition, window mounted, overall 40 x 51 cm
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