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Sporting Memorabilia — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:863
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:862
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:606
Date:19-Sep-2016
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Cricket Prints & Engravings, noted 'Out! So Don't Fatigue Yourself, I Beg Sir?' & 'The Cricket Match Between Sussex & Kent at Brighton'. Various sizes.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1895-96 Member's Season Ticket, blue leather cover with gilt MCC logo & '1895-96' on front. No.761 Col.H.J.King. Fair/Good condition.
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Cricket Collection, noted 'The Jubliee Book of Cricket' by Ranjitsinhji [Edinbugh, 1897] (poor) with 8 signatures, 'A History of Indian Cricket' by Bose [London, 1990] with 9 signatures, replica Ashes urn, LP record of 1983 South Africa v West Indies, ephemera, Boonie figurines.
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1898', original paper wrappers. Fair condition (spine damaged).
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1899-1900 Member's Season Ticket, brown leather cover with gilt MCC logo & 'Season 1899=1900' on front. No.159 W.G.Russell Esq. Fair/Good condition.
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1906 team photograph Auckland United Cricket Club, plus booklets with '1936-1937 the Ashes - the Wrigley Souvenir Book', 'Cricket's Fun' by Ray Robinson.
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The Lancaster Cricket Club 1841-1909' by Gilchrist [Lancaster, 1910], limited edition No.218/250, with 24 signatures of Lancaster & Wanderers Cricket Clubs.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1912-13 Member's Season Ticket, red leather printed in gold, No.4656, with hand-stamped signature of Hugh Trumble. (Ticket has a large 'C' on front - possibly an early country member's ticket). Superb condition.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1912-13 Ladies Reserve Season Ticket, No.4656. Superb condition.
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British Sports and Sportsmen - Cricket and Football' [London, 1917], large format with 14 photogravures with tissues. Fair/Good condition.
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1918', original paper wrappers. Fair/Good condition.
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1919', original paper wrappers. Fair/Good condition.
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The Life of a Great Sportsman (John Maunsell Richardson)' by Mary Richardson [London, 1919], dark blue cloth with portrait of Richardson in gold on front cover. Fair/Good condition. [Richardson was a cricketer who played First-class cricket for Cambridge University, Member of Parliament and a steeplechase jockey who won two Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1870s].
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1921 Australian Team, caricatures of 11 players & 2 officials by an unknown artist, each about 9 x 12 cm.
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Arthur Mailey books in mixed condition, noted 'The Australian Fifteen For England' [Melbourne, 1921] (x3), 'Cricket Sketches and Short Stories' [Sydney, 1933] (no covers), 'Cricket Humour' [Sydney, 1956] (covers loose), 'Cricket Stories & Sketches' [Sydney, c1958] (x3). Also booklet 'Cricket 1926 - Photographs and Information of the Australian Team'.
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1928 Bill Jones poster No.20 showing cricket, 'Shirking Isn't Cricket!. Play the Game - and Enjoy It! Bill Jones', published by Parker-Holladay Co, London, size 56 x 71 cm. Fair/Good condition.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, 1928-29 membership badges, made by Bentley, Full member No. 1597 & Country member No.1216.
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Orient Line brochures - 'M.C.C. Australian Tour 1928-9' & 'M.C.C. Australasian Tour 1932-3', latter with cover faults.
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Douglas Jardine, 1928 (18 Dec) letter headed 'Kilmory, Point Piper' declining an invitation for Christmas night, and explaining he was going to a place about forty miles from Melbourne to stay, with lovely Jardine signature.
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Abc Cricket Books (38) from 1947-92, plus other cricket books/tour guides (16) including 'Souvenir of Australian Cricket Tour 1930', golf book.
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Don Bradman, signed photograph, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 32 x 43 cm.
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Cricket Records, noted 'Our Don Bradman' (2), 'Pat Hanna Discourses on Cricket' (2), 'The Gospel According to Cricket' (2) & '1968 Test Match Dinner' (2).
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Don Bradman's Straw Boater Hat, from his honeymoon - the 1932 Australian tour to North America, signed on the top 'Don Bradman'. Provenance: Given by Don Bradman to Tim Wall [18 Tests 1929-34], who gave the hat to one of his students Clark Whittington, thence by descent.
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1932-33 Bodyline Tour: 'Special Test Souvenir, with Careers of Players to Beginning of 1932-33 Season', issued by 'The Australian Cricketer' [Melbourne, 1932]. the most difficult of the supplements to find. Plus 'The Tests 1932-3', scarce pre-tour brochure published by Keating-Wood [Melbourne, 1932]. Poor/Good condition.
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1932-33 Bodyline Tour: 'Owzat! Souvenir of the 1932-3 Tests', by cartoonist Tom Glover [Sydney, 1932]. Fair/G condition (tone spots).
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1932-33 Bodyline Tour: 'The Sporting Globe Cricket Book 1932-3' by Baillie [Melbourne, 1932]. Fair/Good condition. Scarce 'Body-Line' tour guide.
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1932-33 Bodyline Tour: 'Bodywhine! a Treatise on the Jardinian Theory', cartoons by R.W.Blundell with a few words by V.M.Branson [Adelaide, 1933]. Fair/G condition (tone spots).
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1934 & 1938 Australian Teams: Book 'The Fifth Continent' by Hoppe [London, 1931], signed in front by 1934 Australian team (20 signatures including Bill Woodfull, Don Bradman & Arthur Mailey self-caricature), and signed at reverse by 1938 Australian team (19 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Sidney Barnes & Arthur Mailey self-caricature). Also photo of the team with their automobiles, plus signed photos of Stan McCabe & boxer Tommy Farr.
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1936 Real Photogravure Portrait postcards 'Australian & English Cricketers 1936-37', complete set comprising Bradman, Brown, Chipperfield, Darling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, McCabe, Oldfield, O'Reilly, Allen, Duckworth, Fagg, Fishlock, Hammond, Hardstaff, Leyland, Robins, Verity & Worthington. Mainly G/VG condition. Extremely scarce as a complete set.
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1937 Don Bradman's XI v VIC Richardson's XI, Testimonial for Vic Richardson & Clarrie Grimmett at Adelaide Oval, miniature bat (30 cm long) signed by Bradman's team on front, and Richardson's team on reverse, with 23 signatures including Don Bradman, Jack Fingleton, Bill Brown, Ross Gregory (scarce), Lindsay Hassett, Victor Richardson, Stan McCabe, Bert Oldfield & Bill O'Reilly.
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Don Bradman, signed photograph, window mounted with two other photos, framed & glazed, overall 97 x 67 cm. with CoA.
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1938', limp yellow cloth. Fair/Good condition.
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1938 Ink-Blotter, 'Laurel the All-Purpose Kerosene Wins Every Test', shows a posed team photo with players names underneath. Near mint condition, scarce and highly collectable. Also Ladies Tickets for South Melbourne Cc 1910-11 & Melbourne Cc 1939-40.
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Don Bradman, signed photograph, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 36 x 50 cm. with CoA.
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Don Bradman, display comprising three hand-written signed letters from Don Bradman, 1939 letter regarding abstinence from alcohol, 1987 & 1990 letters to Norm Bevan, manager of the Reserve Bank, framed & glazed, overall 109 x 89 cm.
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1941', buff linen covers. Good condition. Scarce wartime issue.
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1946 scarce programme 'Official Souvenir, England V Queensland, Brisbane Cricket Ground, November 22 to 26, 1946'. Colourful and attractive, minor faults.
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the Invincibles', display with Don Bradman signed cricket card & 6 signatures window mounted with 5 pictures, framed & glazed, overall 70 x 65 cm.
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Don Bradman: Pair of signed photographs, one of the Don playing a straight drive, other showing the Don in his South Australian blazer, each overall 24 x 29 cm.
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Don Bradman, attractive display comprising full size cricket bat with hand-painted portrait by Dave Thomas & signed by Don Bradman, mounted in display case together with 6 photos of Bradman, with CoA, overall 117 x 60 cm.
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Don Bradman, display 'The Bradman Record 1927-1949', comprising two full size Cricket Bats, one with two painted portraits by Dave Thomas, other printed on front with Bradman?s playing statistics, with original signature at the bottom of the bat. Mounted in attractive display case, overall 51 x 115 cm, limited edition 242/334, with CoA.
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Don Bradman, signature on full size 'Bradman 452' Cricket Bat, in attractive display case, overall 100 x 25 cm.
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1996 Heritage/Futera 'Sir Donald Bradman' complete set [4], all signed by Don Bradman (one signature slightly faded), and each affixed to a Cricket Bat with details of Bradman's career.
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Don Bradman Sculpture: Bronze sculpture 'The Nonpareil' by Neale Andrew (1998), showing Bradman's classic cover drive, signed on the base by sculptor, and foundry stamp of Morris Singer, London, numbered '3/10a'. Only 20 were cast - 10 for Australia & 10 for England. in a jarrah presentation box.
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Don Bradman, signed photograph, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 31 x 42 cm.
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Verdun Scott's New Zealand Test Cap, black wool, with embroidered Silver Fern on front. Good match-worn condition (some wear to lining). [Verdun Scott played 10 Tests 1946-49, and is the only sportsman to represent New Zealand in Test cricket & rugby league].
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Verdun Scott's New Zealand Test Blazer, black wool, with embroidered Silver Fern & 'N.Z./C.C.' on pocket, Ballantyne tag inside endorsed 'Mr.K.J.Scott'. Poor condition (many holes). [Verdun Scott played 10 Tests 1946-49].
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Don Taylor's New Zealand Test Blazer, black wool, with embroidered Silver Fern & 'N.Z./C.C.' on pocket, Ballantyne tag inside endorsed 'Mr.D.D.Taylor'. Poor condition (some holes). [Don Taylor played 3 Tests 1947-56].
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Derek Shackleton's Hampshire Cricket Cap, purple wool with embroidered Crown over white rose logo. Fair condition (few holes) [Derek Shackleton played 7 Tests 1950-63, and played for Hampshire 1948-69].
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Arthur Milton's Gloucestershire Cricket Cap, deep blue wool with wire-embroidered Gloucester logo. Fair/Good condition (few holes). [Arthur Milton played 6 Tests 1958-59, and for Gloucestershire 1948-74. He also played football, including one match for England].
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Balance of Collection, noted signed Don Bradman poster, Invincibles cap signed Neil Harvey & Sam Loxton;mini-bats (2) signed 1981-82 Australia 7 1985 West Indies, cricket autographs (37), plus range of cricket photographs (c100).
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Fred Titmus' Middlesex Cricket Cap, blue wool with embroidered three swords on front. Fair/Good condition (few small holes). [Fred Titmus played 15 Tests 1955-75, and played for Middlesex 1949-82].
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Jim Parks' Sussex Cricket Cap, blue wool with wire embroidered Sussex logo on front. Good match-used condition. [Jim Parks played 46 Tests 1954-68, and played for Sussex 1949-72 & Somerset 1973-76].
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Cricket Books, mainly biographies, noted 'Farewell to Cricket' by Don Bradman [London, 1950], 'Hitting Across the Line' by Viv Richards [Sydney, 1991], 'The Barry Richards Story' by Barry Richards [Sydney, 1978]. Fair/Good condition.
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1951 England team, autograph page with 11 signatures including Freddie Brown, Len Hutton, Jim Laker & Alec Bedser.
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Fred Trueman's England Home Test Blazer, navy blue wool, embroidered Crown over Three Lions on pocket. Poor condition (some holes). [Fred Trueman played 67 Tests 1952-65].
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Hanif Mohammad's Pakistan Test Blazer, green wool, with wire embroidered Star & 'Cricket Pakistan' on pocket. Fair/Good condition (couple small holes). [Hanif Mohammad played 55 Tests 1952-69, including 11 as captain. His 499 broke Bradman's record as the highest individual score in first-class cricket].
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Official Souvenir Programme, South Africans Visit to Tasmania, January 16-21, 1953'. Scarce.
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Harold Rhodes' Derbyshire Cricket Cap, blue wool with embroidered Crown over yellow rose logo. [Harold Rhodes played 2 Tests in 1959, and played for Derbyshire 1953-75].
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Ken Barrington's Surrey Cricket Cap, maroon wool with embroidered Surrey logo on front. Fair/Good condition (few small holes). [Ken Barrington played 82 Tests 1955-68, and played for Surrey 1953-68].
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1953-58 folder of tour guides & ephemera, noted 'Commonwealth Cricketers' Tour 1953-54' [Madras, 1953], 'The Official Souvenir Brochure, Fourteenth M.C.C. Cricket Tour of South Africa 1956-1957' [Durban, 1956], scarce 1957 programme 'Australians V Natal'. Fair/Good condition.
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Godfrey Evans: Mantle clock with plaque engraved 'Presented to Godfrey Evans By the Ramsgate Sports Week Committee, For His Splendid Services in the Australian Tests 1954'. Fair/Good condition. [Wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans played 91 Tests 1946-59].
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Signed Cricket Books, noted 'The Rattle of the Stumps' by Bert Oldfield [London, 1954], 'The World on Tour - the Untold Story of Cricket's World XI' by Walters [Sydney, 2011], 'Cricket Matches Played By Australian Teams in Canada and the USA 1878 to 1995' by James [Sydney, 1999].
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Gordon Barker's Essex Cricket Cap, deep blue wool with wire-embroidered Three Swords logo, named inside 'G.Barker'. Fair/Good condition (couple small holes at back). [Gordon Barker played for Essex 1954-71].
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Cricket Library, books on cricket tours c1955-2000, noted 'The Fight For the Ashes 1956' by West [London, 1956], 'Cricket at the Crossroads' by Ian Johnson [London, 1957], 'Cricket From the Grandstand' by Keith Miller [London, 1959]. Fair/Good condition.
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Peter Burge's Queensland Cricket Cap, maroon wool with embroidered 'Qca' monogram on front, endorsed inside 'Pb'. Good match-worn condition. [Peter Burge played 42 Tests 1955-66, and represented Queensland 1953-68].
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Len Coldwell's Worcestershire Cricket Cap, green wool with embroidered 3 Pears logo on front. Fair/Good condition (few small holes). [Len Coldwell played 7 Tests 1962-64, and played for Worcestershire 1955-69].
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Peter Walker's Glamorgan Cricket Cap, blue wool with embroidered daffodil on front. Fair/Good condition (few small holes). [Peter Walker played 3 Tests in 1960, and played for Glamorgan 1956-72].
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M.J.K.Smith's Warwickshire Cricket Cap, blue wool with embroidered bear on front. Fair/Good condition (few small holes). [M.J.K.Smith played 50 Tests 1958-72, including 25 as captain, and played for Leicestershire 1951-55 & Warwickshire 1956-75].
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1956 & 1969 West Indies tours to New Zealand: Full size 'Wilsons - Merv Wallace' Cricket Bat signed on reverse by 1956 & 1969 West Indies teams, 29 signatures including Everton Weekes, Gary Sobers, Clive Lloyd & Wes Hall. Fair/Good match-used condition (some signatures improved).
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Sydney Cricket Ground: Collection of lady's Tickets (12) from 1956-57 to 1981-82.
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Cricket Books, noted '10 For 66 and All That' by Arthur mailey [London, 1958], 'A Nation Imagined - First West Indies Test Team' by Beckles [Jamaica, 2003], 'Green Hills to the Gabba - the Story of Queensland Cricket' by Diehm [Sydney, 2000], 'The Singapore Cricket Club 1852-1985' by Sharp [Singapore, 1985].
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Norm O'Neill's Australian Test Jumper, long sleeves, cream wool with green & gold trimmings, name tag inside 'N.O'neill'. [Norm O'Neilll played 42 Tests 1958-65].
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Cricket Books, noted 'The Golden Age of Cricket 1890-1914' by Frith [London, 1978], 'Cricket's Silver Lining 1864-1914' by Allen [London, 1987], 'Great Days in New Zealand Cricket' by Brittenden [Wellington, 1958]. Fair/Good condition.
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1959-69 tour guides & ephemera in folder, noted 'Denis Compton's Star-Studded Commonwealth Xi' [Durban, 1959], 1960-61 programmes 'Invitation XI V Benaud's Cavaliers' & 'Natal V Benaud's Cavaliers', 1963 'Rhodesia V Cavaliers', 'Official Programme, a Souvenir of the Visit of E.W.Swanton's Commonwealth Cricket Team to Hong Kong' [Hong Kong, 1964].
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Collie Smith's West Indies Test Cap, maroon wool, embroidered West Indies badge on front. Fair condition (some holes). [Collie Smith played 26 Tests 1955-59, and was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1957. He died from injuries sustained in a car accident in 1959 (at age 26) in which Garry Sobers was the driver].
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Colin Milburn's Northamptonshire Cricket Cap, maroon wool with embroidered rose on front (badly worn). Fair/Good condition (few small holes). [Colin Milburn played 9 Tests 1966-69, and played for Northamptonshire 1960-74].
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Cricket Books, noted books (48) including 'Cricket's Imperial Crisis of 1932-1933' by Stoddart [140/200, Canberra, c1979], 'The Cricketing Record of Major Warton's Tour 1888-9' [McKenzie reprint 1987], 'Old English Cricket' [Willows reprint 1995], plus Nswca Year Books (7), Abc Cricket Books (15)' Cricket Memorabilia Society magazines (27).
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Rohan Kanhai's West Indies Test Cap, maroon wool, embroidered West Indies badge on front, named inside 'R.B.Kanhai'. Very good condition. [Rohan Kanhai played 79 Tests 1957-74].
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Barry Knight's England Test Jumper (sleeveless), with MCC colours, named inside 'B.R.Knight'. Good condition. [Barry Knight played 29 Tests 1961-69].
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Rohan Kanhai's West Indies Test Jumper, long sleeves, with name label 'R.Kanhai'. [Rohan Kanhai played 79 Tests 1957-74].
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John Waite's South Africa Test Cap, from 1961-62 New Zealand Tour to South Africa, green wool, embroidered Springbok & 'S.A.1961-62' on front, named 'J.Waite' on label. Fair/Good condition (few small holes). [John Waite played 50 Tests 1951-65, and took a new Test record 26 dismissals in this series].
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Ian Chappell's South Australia Cricket Cap, blue wool, embroidered 'Saca' logo on front, signed inside by Ian Chappell. Good match-used condition (small hole at front). [Ian Chappell played 75 Tests including 30 as captain, and played for South Australia 1962-80].
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Jackie Hendriks' Wicket-Keeper's Gloves, match-worn, both signed & endorsed 'To Jack Ryder, with Best Wishes, Jackie Hendriks'. Fair/Good condition. [Jackie Hendriks played 20 Tests for West Indies 1962-69].
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Geoffrey Boycott's Yorkshire Cricket Cap. blue wool, embroidered white rose on front, named inside 'G.Boycott'. Fair/Good condition (few holes). [Geoff Boycott played 108 Tests 1964-82, and played for Yorkshire 1962-86].
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Geoff Boycott's Yorkshire Blazer, navy blue wool, with embroidered rose on pocket, initials 'G.B.' embroidered inside. Fair condition (some holes). [Geoff Boycott played 108 Tests 1964-82, and played for Yorkshire 1962-86].
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Geoffrey Boycott's Yorkshire Jumper (sleeveless). Fair condition (some holes). [Geoff Boycott played 108 Tests 1964-82, and played for Yorkshire 1962-86].
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1962-63 England Tour to Australia & New Zealand: Full size 'Gradidge - Garfield Sobers' Cricket Bat, signed by England & New Zealand teams, 25 signatures including Ted Dexter, Colin Cowdrey, John Reid & Graham Dowling. Fair/Good condition.
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Brian Bolus' Nottinghamshire Cricket Cap, blue wool with embroidered Coat-of-Arms logo on front. Fair/Good condition (few small holes). [Brian Bolus played 7 Tests 1963-64, and played for Yorkshire 1956-62, Notts 1963-72 & Derbyshire 1973-76].
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Apartheid Isn't Cricket' 1963-64 flyer/poster published by a group of Australian Trade Unions, Authorised by T.Gordon, 36 Mort Street, Balmain. Very scarce.
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Cricket Programmes, 1964-98 range, noted 1964 New Zealand v South Africa 3rd Test in Auckland, 1985-89 England programmes (44) in four bound volumes. Fair/Good condition.
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Ian Redpath's Victoria Cricket Cap, blue wool, embroidered 'Vca' logo on front, signed inside by Ian Redpath. Fair/Good condition (small hole at side). [Ian Redpath played 66 Tests 1964-76, and played for Victoria 1961-76].
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Brian Booth's' Leicestershire cricket cap, green wool with embroidered fox on front. Fair/good condition (few small holes). [Brian Booth played for Lancashire 1953-63 & Leicestershire 1964-73].
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Geoff Boycott's England home test blazer, navy blue wool, with embroidered Crown over three lions on pocket. Poor condition (some holes). [Geoff Boycott played 108 Tests 1964-82].
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Ian Chappell's Australian test jumper, long sleeves, cream wool with green & gold trimmings. [Ian Chappell played 75 Tests 1964-80, including 30 as Captain].
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Bob Cunis' New Zealand test jumper, long sleeves, with embroidered 'B' on collar. [Bob Cunis played 20 Tests 1964-72].
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Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's Indian test cap, from c1964-65 Tour to Australia & NZ, black wool with wire-embroidered Indian logo on front, signed inside 'Pataudi'. Good match-used condition. [Nawab of Pataudi Jr played 46 Tests 1961-75, including 40 as Captain, and played with his cap pulled down over his damaged right eye].
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Hanif Mohammad's Pakistan test cap, green wool, wire embroidered Pakistan logo & '1964-65' on front, name tag inside endorsed 'Hm'. Good match-used condition. [Hanif Mohammad played 55 Tests 1952-69, including 11 as Captain, and was Wisden Cricketer of the year for 1968].
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Ken Higgs' Lancashire cricket cap, blue wool with embroidered red rose on front. Fair/good condition (few small holes). [Ken Higgs played 15 Tests 1965-68, and played for Lancashire 1958-69 & Leicestershire 1972-86].
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1965-66 England Tour to Australia & NZ: full size 'Stuart Surridge - Ken Barrington' cricket bat, signed on front by England & New Zealand teams, 23 signatures including M.J.K.Smith, Geoff Boycott, Barry Sinclair & Bevan Congdon. Fair/good condition.
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