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WICKETS, CATCHES AND THE ODD RUN

Trevor BAILEY

Cricket autobiography of Trevor Bailey, the all-rounder for Essex and England and later regular member of BBC Radio's Test Match Special team. First edition. 8vo. 240pp, 16 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper,

£20.00 (Code: 78480)

A FLICK OF THE FINGERS - THE CHEQUERED LIFE AND CAREER OF JACK CRAWFORD

Michael BURNS

Cricket biography of the Edwardian all-rounder who played for Surrey and became England's youngest Test player before emigrating to Australia and continuing his career with South Australia, Otago and Wellington. 8vo.

£15.00 (Code: 83792)

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, rubbed

£12.00 (Code: 84398)

ERIC HOLLIES THE PETER PAN OF CRICKET

Norman ROGERS

Cricket biography of Warwickshire's most successful bowler and the man responsible for denying Bradman a Test average of 100 when he bowled him for nought at the Oval in 1948. 8vo. 279pp. Text illustrations.

£10.00 (Code: 84977)

ENGLAND V THE REST 1947 RUGBY PROGRAMME

Official programme for the England v The Rest Test trial match at Twickenham on January 4 1947. 4pp. Minor folds, otherwise clean and unmarked. Very good.

£18.00 (Code: 2295)

NEW ZEALAND V ENGLAND 1963 (EDEN PARK) CRICKET PROGRAMME

Official programme for the first Test match at Eden Park, Auckland, February 23-27 1963. Paeprback. 32pp. Very good condition.

£14.00 (Code: 4650)

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA 1948 CRICKET RAILWAY HANDBILL (HEADINGLEY)

Railway handbill advertising train tickets to the Ashes Test match at Headingley, July 22-27 1948. 25 x 15.5cm. Very good condition.

£42.00 (Code: 20935)

COWDREY & RICHARDSON 1956 (TRENT BRIDGE) CRICKET PHOTOGRAPH

Original Press photograph of Cowdrey and Richardson going out to bat in the first Test of the 1956 Ashes series. 11 x 16cm. Very good condition.

£22.00 (Code: 82488)

OFFICIAL 1988 TOUR GUIDE. ENGLAND V WEST INDIES & SRI LANKA

(WEST INDIES TOUR OF ENGLAND 1988)

Pre-tour guide for the Test cricket series in England 1988. Paperback. 8vo. 68pp. Very good condition.

£6.00 (Code: 83396)

FIFTY YEARS A CRICKET WATCHER

William KENT

No. 5 from the first series of Cricket Book Society pamphlets, the author shares his revealing memories of watching county and Test cricket in England from 1896 to 1946. 8vo. 31pp. Paperback. Some marks

£8.00 (Code: 86937)

SOUTH AFRICA 1929 CRICKET PHOTOGRAPH

Black and white Press photo of H.G.Deane leading out the South Africans during the second Test Match in England. Smith's African Press Photo Service. 17 x 21.5cm. Pin holes in corners and small tear on

£55.00 (Code: 16084)

OFFICIAL 1990 TOUR GUIDE. ENGLAND V NEW ZEALAND & INDIA

(INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND 1990)

Pre-tour guide for the test series in England 1990. Paperback. 8vo. 56pp. Very good condition.

£5.00 (Code: 49906)

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS 1925 (MORRIS & SONS) CIGARETTE CARDS

A complete set of 25 black and white cards of Australian cricketers and Test Match grounds. Standard size (67 x 37mm). All in very good condition.

£45.00 (Code: 5118)

CRICKET - THE MEN AND THE GAME

Tony GREIG (as told to David LORD)

Greig (while Test captain) gives his view of some of the greatest cricketers of the time, with many photographs. 4to. 130pp. Owner's name to front pastedown. Dust-wrapper, with closed tear to back

£30.00 (Code: 80166)

ICC INTERCONTINENTAL CUP AND ICC INTERCONTINENTAL SHIELD

Roy MORGAN

Comprehensive coverage of over 100 international first-class matches between non-Test playing countries played between 2004 and 2010, including reports and scorecards for all games plus an extensive statistical

£20.00 (Code: 85309)

CRICKET IN THE BLOOD

Dudley NOURSE

Cricket autobiography of Arthur Dudley Nourse (1910-1981), famous South African cricketer who scored 208 in the Trent Bridge Test of 1951 having first toured England in 1935. 8vo. 212pp. Frontispiece,

£9.00 (Code: 61129)

CRICKET THROUGH THE PAGES - AN ILLUSTRATED ANTHOLOGY SPANNING 200 YEARS OF CRICKET

David Rayvern ALLEN (ed.)

A wide-ranging miscellany of writings reflecting on the game from the village green to the Test-match arena, with authors including F.R. Spofforth, Alec Waugh, Harold Pinter and Peter Roebuck. 8vo. 353pp.

£7.00 (Code: 80084)

FOLLOWING ON - A MEMOIR OF TEENAGE OBSESSION AND TERRIBLE CRICKET

Emma JOHN

The leading sports journalist shares her unusually keen teenage interest in Michael Atherton and his England Test team of the 1990s in a critically acclaimed, humorous and perceptive account of an underachieving

£6.00 (Code: 85096)

ENGLAND V THE REST 1954 RUGBY PROGRAMME

Official programme for the test trial, England v The Rest at Twickenham on January 2 1954. 4pp. Good condition.

£12.00 (Code: 79446)

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA 1981 (OVAL) CRICKET SCORECARD - ENGLAND RETAIN THE ASHES

Oval. August 27 - Sept. 1, 1981. Match drawn as England hang on to win one of the most extraordinary Test series 3-1. 30 x 21cm. Part printed. Central folds. Good condition.

£10.00 (Code: 93963)

THE LONG RUN

Alf GOVER

Between 1928 and 1948 Alfred Gover (1908-2001) was a whole-hearted fast bowler for Surrey and occasionally England. He then spent the next 40 years as a coach at his cricket "clinic" in south west London.

£5.00 (Code: 20079)

PHILIP MESNER NEWLAND (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) CRICKET POSTCARD

NEWLAND, PHILIP MESNER

Cricket postcard. Real photograph by Thiele, published by Ralph Dunn, London. Newland came on the 1905 Australian tour to England as reserve wicket-keeper, but did not appear in any Test matches. Postally

£70.00 (Code: 17549)

FROM BRADMAN TO BOYCOTT: THE MASTER BATSMEN

Ted DEXTER

Ted Dexter, former England Test captain, analyses the technique of 38 great batsmen, to convey his personal theories about the art of batting. 8vo. 159pp. Illustrated. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. Signed

£9.00 (Code: 42381)

TALK OF THE DOUBLE

Fred TITMUS

Frederick John Titmus took 2,830 first-class wickets and 168 test wickets in a career for Middlesex and England that spanned 1949-82, including the "double" eight times. 8vo. 196pp. 12 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper,

£6.00 (Code: 30736)

CRICKET TASK FORCE: THE STORY OF THE 1950-1951 AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Bill O'REILLY

An account of the England cricket tour of Australia under Freddie Brown. England were humbled 4-1 in the Test matches. 8vo. 192pp. 10 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, slightly rubbed to extremities

£10.00 (Code: 73477)

GROVEL! THE STORY AND LEGACY OF THE SUMMER OF 1976

David TOSSELL

A full account of the extraordinary Test series of 1976 between England and the West Indies. Includes a foreword by Tony Greig, who explains his pre-series comments and a full statistical recap of the

£10.00 (Code: 84948)

ENGLAND VERSUS SOUTH AFRICA 1955

Bruce HARRIS

An account of the 1955 Test matches between England, under Peter May, and South Africa, under Jack Cheetham 8vo. 184pp. Frontispiece, 14 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. Good condition.

£9.00 (Code: 80519)

NASSER HUSSAIN: PLAYING WITH FIRE, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Nasser HUSSAIN

The autobiography of the former England Test Captain. 1st edition. 8vo. 494pp. 32 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Hussain to title-page.

£9.00 (Code: 81933)

LUCK OF THE TOSS

Harvey DAY

A book for cricket lovers detailing some of the more esoteric highlights of Test and 1st Class Cricket from men who rose from their sick beds to win matches to limpets who hogged the crease for 5 hours

£5.00 (Code: 28182)

THE MEANING OF LUCK - STORIES OF LEARNING, LEADERSHIP AND LOVE

Steve WAUGH

The Australian Test cricket captain explores the concept of luck, based on his experiences in the worlds of sport, business and philanthropy. 8vo. 308pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Waugh

£22.00 (Code: 74648)