"THE CRICKETER" CLAY PIPE, decorated with cricket bat, ball & stumps, marked on one side "The Cricketer", and on the other side "144211".

JOHN GUNN, nice signature on card. [John Gunn played 6 Tests 1901-05. England Test Player No.132]. From the Brian Bassano cricket autographs collection.

WARWICK ARMSTRONG, nice signature on piece. [Warwick Armstrong played 50 Tests 1901-21 including 10 as Australian captain. His team has since been regarded as one of the strongest in history. Australian Test Player No.80].

CRICKET BOOKS, noted "Australian Cricketers 1926 - Portraits Drawn from Life and Signed by each Player" by Laurence East [London, 1926]; "Cricket of To-day and Yesterday", volume II only, by Percy Cross Standing [London, 1902]; 1953-97 Tour Guides (9); booklet "The Founding of Australia" by D.Hope Johnston [London, c1938], signed by the author and endorsed to Keith Miller; original pen & ink cartoon "The Return of Cricket", signed "AEM" and dated "May 4, 1907", window mounted, overall 36x34cm; "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" by J.M.Barrie [London, c1920]. Fair/Good condition. (17 items)

CRICKET BOOKS: "Cricket of To-day and Yesterday", two volume set, by Percy Cross Standing [London, 1902], with extensive photos and 13 colour plates; plus "Playing the Greater Game - The Melbourne Cricket Club and its Ground in World War I" by Batchelder [Melbourne, 1998], signed by the author and numbered 152/200. Fair/VG condition.

Cricket Prints by Dugald Wynne, (based on the humorous series by E.P.Kinsella, c1902), comprising "Now or Never" (signed by artist, 57x45cm); and six smaller prints (each 32x45cm) - "The Boss", "The Catch of the Season", "Good Enough for His County", "The Hope of His Side", "How's That" & "Out First Ball". (7 items)

JACK CRAWFORD, nice signature on card. [Jack Crawford played 12 Tests 1905-08. England Test Player No.146. He also played for South Australia 1909-14, and was a member of the Australians tour to North America in 1913 & NZ in 1914]. From the Brian Bassano cricket autographs collection.

ERNIE HAYES, nice signature on card. [Ernie Hayes played 5 Tests 1905-12. England Test Player No.148]. From the Brian Bassano cricket autographs collection.

VICTOR TRUMPER, signature on lower right margin of superb half-tone offset lithographic print of Victor Trumper in full flight, also signed by the photographer George W.Beldam, published by The Swan Electric Engraving Company, London, 1st August, 1905; image size 38x30cm, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 63x58cm. Rare and attractive.

1906 Kinsella postcards, set of 6 humorous postcards depicting boy cricketers, published by Langsdorff & Co, London. Fair/G.

CHARLES MACARTNEY, superb signed photograph of Macartney in his Australian cap and blazer, 14x20cm. [Charles Macartney played 35 Tests 1907-26, Australian Test Player No.90].

J.B.HOBBS, collection of correspondence between Brian Bassano & Jack Hobbs - two signed hand-written letters (1949 & 1951); signed card & note re his 70th Birthday; signed card re his Knighthood; 3 envelopes addressed in Hobbs' handwriting & aerogramme with Hobbs' name and address as sender. [Sir Jack Hobbs played 61 Tests 1907-30. England Test Player No.157]. (9 items)

J.B.HOBBS, signature on real photo postcard; also Herbert Sutcliffe postcard with facsimile autograph. [Hobbs played 61 Tests 1908-30; Herbert Sutcliffe played in 54 Tests 1924-35]. (2 items)

c1908 J.J.Miller (Melbourne) "1907-08 England Team", 14 different postcards. Fair/VG. (14 items)

CRICKET PHOTOGRAPHS: Collection including Australian War Memorial photograph of WW1 Cricket in Gallipoli; c1975-82 photographs of Australian Test Players (62); reprinted photographs (28) re Ray Lindwall. Intereting collection, inspection will reward. (c147 items)

CRICKET FLASK, English pewter, made by Troika, c1920s, in shape of half cricket ball.

"Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1922", rebound in brown cloth, preserving front wrapper (without back wrapper). Fair/Good condition.

ALBERT HARTKOPF'S AUSTRALIAN "BAGGY GREEN" TEST CAP, from the 1924-25 Ashes series, green wool, with wire embroidered Coat-of-Arms on front, Hardings Mercery label endorsed "Hartkopf". Two small holes (one repaired) otherwise good match-used condition. [Albert Hartkopf played 1 Test in 1924-25 Ashes series contributing 80 to Australia's then record Test score of 600]. Extremely rare - only 5 "Baggy Green" caps from before 1930 have been sold in the past 20 years.

ERNEST TYLDESLEY'S CRICKET BAT FROM 1926, full size "Windett & Smith - Ernest Tyldesley" Cricket Bat, signed by Tyldesley in the ownership position, and endorsed "1926, Average 123.08, 12 Successive Innings - 144, 69, 144*, 226, 51, 131, 131, 126, 106, (ENG) 81, 44, 139, 85". It was later signed by the 1932 England Body-Line Team - 16 signatures including Douglas Jardine, Wally Hammond & Harold Larwood. The bat has been re-inforced with twine at base, and shows results of its heavy usage. The signatures and endorsements on reverse have been improved for display purposes. Provenance:- Family of Ernest Tyldesley. [Ernest Tyldesley, remains Lancashire's most prolific run-getter of all time, and played 14 Tests 1921-29. The 1926 season saw him batting better than ever, playing a succession of innings in July unrivalled in cricket history for its consistency in scoring 50 or better in 10 consecutive innings].

CRICKET GROUP: 1926 Players "Cricketers, Caricatures by RIP", complete set [50]; 1937 Godfrey Phillips "Sportsmen - Spot the Winner", complete set [50]; c1948 post-card size promotional trade card for "Discbat Cricket" game; 1956 Ashes tour group with "England v Australia Souvenir Score card and Fixture List" published by Meltonian (white cleaner); postcard "Australian Cricket Team, 1956"; team photo with facsimile autographs on reverse; 1956 scorecard MCC v Australians with 5 signatures - Graveney, Harrison, Sainsbury, Simpson & Titmus. G/VG. (Total 105)

CRICKET BOOKS, noted "The Test Match Surprise" by Jack Hobbs [London, 1926]; "W.G.Grace" by Darwin [London, 1948]; "The Complete History of Australian Cricket 1803-1989" in 5 volumes by Pollard [Sydney, 1987-90]; "Cricket in Australia" Volumes 1-6 [Melbourne, 1981-86]; "The Bradman Albums" in 2 volumes [Sydney, 1987]. (26 items)

CRICKET ASHTRAY, silver-plated, decorated with Kangaroo batting, made by Stewart Dawson, 7cm tall.

1926 AUSTRALIAN TOUR OF ENGLAND: Silk Scorecard for Final Test Match at Kennington Oval, 17x30cm.