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THE GREATEST CRICKETER EVER! - SIR GARFIELD SOBERS. SOUVENIR PROGRAMME

Souvenir programme, published to mark the 40th anniversary of Sobers's Test debut. Includes tributes, quotations, stories and statistics relating to his extraordinary cricket career. Paperback. 4to. 52pp.

£100.00 (Code: 78039)

C.T. STUDD CRICKETER & PIONEER

Norman GRUBB

Charles Thomas Studd (1860-1931) was a cricketer and missionary who played in the famous Test match against Australia in 1882 from which the tradition of the Ashes began. He was captain of the Eton XI

£4.00 (Code: 37201)

SOUTH AFRICA V AUSTRALIA 1958 CRICKET SCORECARD

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, Feb 28 - Mar 4, 1958. Australia won by 8 wickets. Clinching this final Test to win the series 3-0, Australia were indebted to the bowling of Kline (4 for 33 in the first

£25.00 (Code: X08357)

INDIA V ENGLAND 1961-62 (BOMBAY) CRICKET PROGRAMME

Illustrated programme and scorecard for the first Test match at Bombay, 11-16 November 1961. Scorecard printed with England's first innings and India at 255-4. Single folded card. Very good condition.

£24.00 (Code: 7250A)

CHARLIE BARNETT (GLOUCESTERSHIRE & ENGLAND) CRICKET AUTOGRAPH

BARNETT, CHARLIE (GLOUCESTERSHIRE & ENGLAND)

Cricket autograph. Signed in blue ink on card. Charlie Barnett was a fine forceful opening batsman who played for Gloucestershire from 1927-1948 and made 20 Test appearances for England.

£18.00 (Code: 10658)

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA 1948 (MILLER CATCHING HARDSTAFF, TRENT BRIDGE) CRICKET PHOTOGRAPH

Black and white Press photo of Keith Miller's spectacular catch to remove Hardstaff during the Test Match at Trent Bridge. Sport & General, London. 15 x 10.5cm. Press caption stuck to reverse.

£30.00 (Code: 16075)

WICKET-KEEPING

R.T. STANYFORTH

Illustrated wicket keeping instructional from Yorkshire player and four time England captain, Ronald Stanyforth. Some nice plates showing action shots from Test matches between England, Australia, South

£18.00 (Code: 44408)

A CENTURY OF CORNHILL TESTS

Ken LAWRENCE

A large glossy history of cricket Test matches sponsored by Cornhill from 1978 to 1995. Includes many photographs by Patrick Eagar. Large 4to. 192pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Bookplate of Robin Marlar.

£10.00 (Code: 38256)

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,

£22.00 (Code: 75697)

THE ASHES? "CRICKETURES OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND ENGLISH TEAMS"

Frank LEE

Pre-match brochure containing caricatures of the 1936-37 Australian and English teams, issued for the fifth Test match at Melbourne. Paperback. 4to. 32pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers,

£75.00 (Code: 83267)

BISHOP AUCKLAND V CORINTHIAN-CASUALS 1956 (AMATEUR CUP FINAL) FOOTBALL PROGRAMME

Official football programme for the FA Amateur Cup Final, played on April 7th 1956. The England Test cricketer Doug Insole was in the Casuals team. Very good condition.

£12.00 (Code: 94533)

A HISTORY OF INDIAN CRICKET

Mihir BOSE

The definitive history of cricket on the Indian subcontinent, supported by a full statistical appendix including the scorecards of all India's Test matches from 1932 to 2001 and a table of averages

£8.00 (Code: 35147)

CRICKETERS CALENDAR

W, CURRAN REEDY

Each page contains a calendar week, accompanied by anecdotes, humorous sketches, songs etc.  Also contains a scorecard for the Final Test between England and Australia at the Kennington

£70.00 (Code: 37608)

AMES IS RESTING HIS HANDS - "SUN" SPECIAL, SOUVENIR EMBOSSED CARD

(LES AMES)

Unusual souvenir card reproducing a short article announcing that Kent and England wicketkeeper Les Ames will hand the gloves to Lancashire's Bill Farrimond (for the Test v South Africa at Lord's in 1935

£10.00 (Code: 76542)

ALI - THE LIFE OF ALI BACHER

Rodney HARTMAN

Biography of the South African test cricketer and administrator. With a foreword by Nelson Mandela. Large 8vo. Paperback. 450pp. Illus. Covers are lightly rubbed. From the collection of the sportswriter

£18.00 (Code: 89073)

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA 1953 (OVAL) CRICKET TICKET

Ticket for the final Ashes Test match of the 1953 tour, won by England to take the series 1-0 and so recover the Ashes for the first time since losing them in 1934. The ticket was for the fifth day (August

£18.00 (Code: 79573)

INDIA - WEST INDIES CRICKET SPECIAL 1978-79

Ashok SHARMA (Ed)

A pre-tour brochure covering the West Indies tour of India in 1978-79. A weakened West Indian team led by Kallicharran lost the 6 Test series 1-0. Includes profiles of both teams, a few articles and many

£48.00 (Code: 94416)

PETER MAY 1955 (BATTING AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA) CRICKET PHOTOGRAPH

Peter MAY (SURREY AND ENGLAND)

Original Press photograph of Peter May batting in the second Test match at Lord's against South Africa. 13 x 18cm. Press caption stuck to reverse. Good.

£18.00 (Code: 36958)

WHITES ON GREEN - A HISTORY OF CRICKET AT ST HELEN'S, SWANSEA

Bob HARRAGAN & Andrew HIGNELL

The fifth instalment of the 'Cricket Witness' series provides the illustrated story of the cricket and rugby ground at St Helen's, Swansea, particularly concerning the memorable matches played there by

£15.00 (Code: 81923)

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA 1953 (OVAL) CRICKET PHOTOGRAPH - COMPTON CAUGHT BY LANGLEY

Original Press photograph of Compton being caught by Gil Langley behind the stumps off Lindwall during the fifth (and decisive) Test match of the 1953 Ashes series. 25 x 20cm. Press caption to reverse.

£24.00 (Code: 82378)

SO CLOSE TO GLORY: THE LIONS IN NEW ZEALAND 1993

Ian McGeechan

The Manager's account of the 1993 British Isles tour in New Zealand, on which they narrowly lost the Test series to the All Blacks, 2-1. Paperback, small 4to. 96pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Illustrated

£16.00 (Code: 29957)

BEATING THE FIELD

Brian LARA (with Brian SCOVELL)

Autobiography of Brian Charles Lara, holder of the record for the highest first-class innings (501*), and the highest Test innings (400). Remarkably he remains the only player to have scored a single hundred,

£6.00 (Code: 49929)

LONG INNINGS: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR PELHAM WARNER

Pelham Francis WARNER

Cricket autobiography of "Plum" Warner, stylish opening bat for Rugby, Oxford University, Middlesex, MCC and England, whom he captained in 10 Test matches. He led Middlesex from 1908 to 1920, leading them

£10.00 (Code: 87498)

BRITISH ISLES IN NEW ZEALAND 2005: COMPLETE SET OF TOUR PROGRAMMES

A complete set of 11 (8 provincial and 3 test) programmes for the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand. Boxed set. Mint condition. 

£80.00 (Code: 47223)

ENGLAND V PAKISTAN 1962 CRICKET RAILWAY HANDBILL (HEADINGLEY)

Railway handbill advertising train tickets to the Test match between England and Pakistan at Headingley, July 5-10, 1962. 25 x 15.5cm. Very good condition.

£28.00 (Code: 62919)

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA 1948 (CRAPP CATCHING TALLON, OVAL) CRICKET PHOTOGRAPH

Black and white Press cricket photo of Don Tallon being caught spectacularly by JF Crapp, during the Oval Test Match. Godfrey Evans looks on. Central Press Photos Ltd, London. 15 x 10.5cm. Press

£25.00 (Code: 16071)

ROYAL NAVY V CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (FRATTON PARK) 1948 FOOTBALL PROGRAMME

Official programme for the match played at Fratton Park, Portsmouth, on October 27th, 1948.  Light folds. Score recorded in ink. Good condition. The University team included two Test cricketers -

£35.00 (Code: 80689)

BY HOOK OR BY CUT

Les FAVELL

Les Favell (1929-87) was a free-scoring opening bat for New South Wales and South Australia, who played in 19 Tests for Australia including a hundred in the Madras Test of 1960. 8vo. [viii] + 238pp. 30

£38.00 (Code: 78156)

SNOW STOPPED PLAY - THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF THE CRICKET GROUND IN WINTER

Graham COSTER

Historical episodes concerning snow and cricket accompanied by a glorious array of photographs illustrating the beauty of grounds in winter, from Test arenas to the game's remotest outposts. 8vo. 111pp.

£9.00 (Code: 80666)

A LIFE-LONG INNINGS: THE JACK RYDER STORY

Marc FIDDIAN

Cricket biography. John Ryder (1889-1977) was an aggressive, middle order right-hand batsman who toured England with Australia in 1921 and 1926 and went to South Africa in 1921-22. In all he played 20

£28.00 (Code: 88315)