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ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA 1980 (LORD'S) CRICKET SCORECARD

Lord's. August 28 - September 2, 1980. Centenary Test match. 24 x 12.5cm. Scores not printed. Very good.

£5.00 (Code: 88585)

ENGLAND (WARNER'S XI) 1903-04 CRICKET POSTCARD

Team members named on front. Test Match v Australia at Adelaide, 1904. White borders. Postally unused. Rounded corners and some light damage to extremities. Good.

£5.00 (Code: 7145C)

ENGLAND V THE REST 1972 RUGBY PROGRAMME

Official programme for the Test Trial match at Twickenham, 1st January 1972. Team changes marked in pencil. Good.

£3.00 (Code: 41815)

THE ROSS GREGORY STORY

David FRITH

Biography of Australian Test cricketer Ross Gregory who was killed in action in Bangladesh in 1942. Paperback. 8vo. 336pp. Very good condition.

£14.00 (Code: 87190)

FIGURES OF CRICKET

Sudhir VAIDYA

Statistics and records of Test cricket from 1876-77 to 1960-61. 1st edition, small 8vo. 156pp. Internally very good, clean and bright. Dust-wrapper, very good.

£15.00 (Code: 29925)

ENGLAND V THE REST 1969 RUGBY PROGRAMME

Official programme for the Test Trial match at Twickenham, 18th January 1969. Vertical fold, a few spots. Good.

£4.00 (Code: 64631)

THE BEST XI

Geoffrey BOYCOTT

Boycott picks his greatest Test team of all time. 8vo. 394pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Boycott (not dedicated) to title-page.

£10.00 (Code: 83765)

LALA AMARNATH: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND

Rajender AMARNATH

Biography of one of the finest Indian cricketers of their early Test days, Lala Amarnath. Large 8vo. 1st edition. Dust wrapper, good.

£8.00 (Code: 84884)

CRICKET MASALA

Mark RAY

An evocative photographic documentary of cricket at all levels. From the Khyber Pass to Lord's, from youngsters joyfully swinging bats on the beaches of the sub-continent to Test matches at the MCG and

£18.00 (Code: 28169)

THE SPORTING LIFE

Robert LYND

Reminscences of Test matches, the Boat race, The Grand National, boxing and other sporting events before and after the First World War. 8vo. 251pp. Original brown cloth. Spotting to prelim and page edges.

£10.00 (Code: 41715)

SPRINGBOK GLORY

Louis DUFFUS

An account of the South African tour of England in 1955, under the genial Alan Melville, which included their first ever Test win in England in 48 years. 8vo. viii + 206pp. 8 plates. Dust-wrapper, lightly

£8.00 (Code: 75266)

BAT, BALL AND COWDREY

H.N. DAVEY

The author shares his reminiscences of 50 years of watching cricket, principally involving Kent County Cricket Club and Test matches. 8vo. 40pp. Paperback. Small mark to front. Good condition.

£18.00 (Code: 84189)

GOOD DAYS: A BOOK OF CRICKET

Neville CARDUS

Includes a day-by-day account of the cricket Test matches of 1934 between England and Australia. First Edition. 8vo. 288pp. Original blue cloth, very good.

£12.00 (Code: 67567)

DUCKS AND HUNDREDS

John KAY

An account of the English season of 1948 including the Test series against the great Australian touring side. 8vo. 179pp. 12 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed with some marks to

£9.00 (Code: 53836)

SOUTH AFRICA V AUSTRALIA 1958 (THE WANDERERS) CRICKET PROGRAMME

Official Test brochure for the match in Johannesburg, February 7-12, 1958.  Paperback. 24pp. A very good copy.

£25.00 (Code: X07298)

D'OLIVEIRA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Basil D'OLIVEIRA

The incredible story of D'Oliveira's rise to English Test playing status from the depths of despair as a Cape coloured in an apartheid regime. With a foreword by John Arlott. 8vo. 176pp. 16 plates. Dust-wrapper,

£5.00 (Code: 29900)

VERY ORDINARY SPORTSMAN

J.P.W. MALLALIEU

Sports book. Reflections of a sports fan, including the Boat Race, Cup Final, Olympics, Wimbledon, Test Matches , Derby etc. 8vo. 168pp. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges with chip to head of spine. Good.

£5.00 (Code: 61973)

GOOD DAYS

Neville CARDUS

Includes a day-by-day account of the cricket Test matches of 1934 between England and Australia. Later edition. 8vo. 255pp. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges with small area of surface loss to spine.

£7.00 (Code: 87701)

OVER AND TIME: AN UMPIRE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Hayward KIDSON

Transvaal-born, Hayward Cary Kidson (1925-95) played 11 Test matches for South Africa in 1960. At the age of 25 he took up umpiring and became one of the leading exponents in the game. Large 8vo. [xiii}

£6.00 (Code: 25086)

THE THREE G'S V. THE THREE W'S

Ashley WINCOTT

Cricket book. A comparison between the Test careers of the three great West Indian cricketers Walcott, Worrell and Weekes (particularly when all were playing together) with those of the English players

£18.00 (Code: 63974)

THE WILDEST TESTS

Ray ROBINSON

Accounts of the various cricket Test matches down the years that have been interrupted by riots or disturbances of some kind, eg. Headingley 1970, Sydney 1971, Calcutta 1967. First edition. 8vo. 186pp.

£8.00 (Code: 27397)

LORD'S AND OVAL ANNUAL - ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA 1930

Robin BAILY (Ed)

Special Test Match edition featuring figures and facts plus the words and music of Jack Hobbs' Song. Includes pen portraits of both the English and Australian teams. 18.5 x 12.3cm. 15pp. Paperback. Good

£40.00 (Code: 76518)

CRICKET CHOICE

Alec BEDSER

Recently deceased Chairman of the Board of Selectors for England and former player for Surrey and England appraises contemporary players from the Test nations and picks a 'fantasy eleven' 204pp. 26 photographs.

£4.00 (Code: 31429)

IN TANDEM - CRICKET'S GREAT PACE PAIRS

Patrick FERRIDAY

Test cricket's best quick-bowling partnerships profiled, from Gregory and Macdonald to Donald and Pollock, via Holding and Roberts, Lillee and Thomson and others. 8vo. 240pp. Dust-wrapper. Very good condition. 

£18.00 (Code: 84321)

THE BEST LOVED GAME

Geoffrey MOORHOUSE

Moorhouse's beautifully-written examination of English cricket at all levels from Test matches to the village green. 8vo. 188pp. Some neat ink marks to margins. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges. Good

£5.00 (Code: 84999)

THE LIONS DIARY

Jeremy GUSCOTT

Rugby diary of the successful 1997 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa by the man who dropped the goal that won the test series. 8vo. 187pp. 8 colour plates. Book and dustwrapper very good..

£6.00 (Code: X01821)

PERCHANCE TO BOWL

John WAITE

South Africa's wicketkeeper batsman looks at Test cricket in the aftermath of South Africa's tour of England in 1960. 8vo. 176pp. 14 plates. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. Good.

£5.00 (Code: 29789)

THE CENTURIONS - FROM GRACE TO RAMPRAKASH

Patrick MURPHY

Updated edition of the book celebrating the rare group of batsmen - probably never to be extended - who have scored 100 centuries, featuring illustrated write-ups on the lives and careers of each player

£7.00 (Code: 87158)

SHEP: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

David SHEPHERD with David FOOT

Autobiography of the Test umpire and former Gloucestershire cricketer. 8vo. 242pp. 24 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Shepherd and David Foot to title-page (not dedicated).

£14.00 (Code: 78545)

TRIAL OF STRENGTH - THE 1977 BRITISH LIONS TOUR IN NEW ZEALAND

J.B.G. THOMAS

The Lions, without the services of JPR Williams, Gareth Edwards and Gerald Davies still managed to win 21 of their 25 tour matches, going down 3-1 in the Test series. 8vo. 176pp. Dust-wrapper, very good.

£8.00 (Code: 87111)