"Football Field and Sports Telegram", 11 issues from the first volume [Bolton, 1884-85], comprising Vol.1 Nos.14 & 17-26, with reports on football (soccer), rugby & cricket with Shaw's Eleven touring Australia. (11 items)

1907 programme "The South London Harriers, Programme of the Spring Athletic & Cycling Meeting, held at Kennington Oval"; 1932 rare programme "Track and Field Championships of New South Wales" (competitors include Olympians - Jack Metcalfe, George Golding & Eileen Wearne); 1948 Manly Annual Night Carnival featuring Herb McKenley & John Winter - group with programme, advertising flyer, two photographs & press clippings. (7 items)

SPORTS BOOKS, noted "200 Years of Australian Sport" by Heads & Lester [Sydney, 1988]; "The Encyclopaedia of Sports & Games - Vol.1 "Cricket" by Earl of Suffolk [London, 1911]; "The Sporting Collector" by Stanley [London, 1984]; "The Makers of Australia's Sporting Traditions" by McKernan [Melbourne, 1993]; "Man at Play - Nine Centuries of Pleasure Making" by Armitage [London, 1977]; "Seventy Years of BBC Sport" by Gearing & McNeill [London, 1999]. (74 items)

CROQUET MALLETT, stated to have belonged to Bessie Terry, world champion at croquet.

SPORTS: 1937 boxing poster "BEN VALENTINE, Fiji Isles, Age 24. Open to Meet Any Middle-Weight in the World... From Shark Fighter to Prize Fighter" published in London, overall 25x38cm; "The 1947/8 Wallaby Tour - The One That Nearly Got Away" by Spark [Yorkshire, 1989]; RL Tour Guide "The Australians Tour 1948" (cover faults); plus scarce RL programmes (2). (5 items)

British Athletic programmes 1946-64, includes 1948 British Championships & "British Empire v USA" with Australian Olympians including Shirley Strickland; 1953 GB v France; 1954 Championships; 1955 British Games. (17 items)

1956 Melbourne Olympics biscuit tin by M.A.Craven & Son Ltd (UK); rugby collectables with "All Blacks Souvenir - New Zealand's Rugby Players" by J.C.Rich [London, 1935]; programmes (5 with a few signatures); 1950s Tour Guides (2); 1978 Boxing-Dinner Evening menu in honour of The 1978 Australian Rugby League Touring Team; autograph page signed by French boxer Ray Famechon; photograph of Johnny Famechon; 1923 programme Victoria Coursing Club Waterloo Cup meeting in Geelong; plus Waterloo Cup 1836-2005 badge. (16 items)

LAWN BOWLS BADGES, attractive display with 348 Lawn Bowls badges, mainly from the 1960s, plus another (rather tatty) display with a further 247 badges. (Total 595)

SPORTS BOOKS, noted "The Sporting Image - A Pictorial History of Queenslanders at Play" by Howell & Brown [Brisbane, 1989]; "The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing" by Headon [Melbourne, 2001]; "Running with the Ball" by Mancini & Hibbins [Melbourne, 1987]; "Pageantry of Sport" by Arlott & Daley [New York, 1968]. (35 items)

SPORTS BOOKS, noted cricket (44 books & 2 videos), Olympics (3 books & 1988 "Australian Olympians" LP record), Commonwealth Games (2), football (3), tennis (5), golf (2). (68 items)

SPORT: Cricket books (8) including "Australian Cricket - The Game and the Players" by Pollard [Sydney, 1982]; & "Trumper - The Illustrated Biography" by Mallett [Melbourne, 1985]; set of 8 casette tapes "Bradman - The Don Declares"; Rugby League books (9) including "The Story of Australian Rugby League" by Lester [Sydney, 1988] & "The Kangaroos - The saga of Rugby League's Great Tours" by Heads [Sydney, 1990]; also RL video & Melbourne Football Club mirror.

BASKETBALL GROUP, noted Tony Ronaldson's signed South East Melbourne Magic basketball singlet; Tony Ronaldson's Titans basketball singlets (2 - one signed by Ronaldson, other with 5 signatures); plus "Slam Dunk" Basketball with 5 signatures from South East Melbourne Magic's 1996 Championship team. (4 items)

Prints by Gary Winter, "Melbourne Grand Prix 1-2-3", signed by the artist and numbered 402/500, overall 75x65cm; & "Kiwi Magic" (America's Cup Yachting), signed by the artist and numbered 202/500, overall 75x65cm. (2 items)

FRAMED DISPLAYS/PRINTS (7) - Joe Montana signed display; Australia Cricket World Champions 1999 display; famous people print by J.Eathorne; basketball print by Brent Hayes; Vince Lombardi prints (2); USA Women's Soccer Team display comprising "Olympic Football USA/Sydney 2000" T-shirt with 9 signatures; plus "Ross Faulkner" Football with c20 Collingwood signatures. (8 items)