AUTOGRAPHS, 10" x 5" photo of Leveson-Gower's XI who played the MCC team to West Indies at Scarborough, each signed except Brown, inc Townsend, Sellers, Smith, Mitchell, Sutcliffe, Wood etc., annotated by Freddie Brown, photo by Walker, from the Freddie Brown Archives, a.m.r., G £100-150
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AUTOGRAPHS, 10" x 5" photo of Leveson-Gower's XI v the MCC Australian team, Scarborough 1932, signed by all players other than Freddie Brown, inc Paynter, Nichols, Smith, Griffiths, Willard, Hendren, Gover, Sutcliffe, Hutton and Townsend, annotated by Freddie Brown and from his archives, photo by Walker, laid down to album page, G to VG £100-150
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BODYLINE, 5" x 3" and smaller candid snapshots, taken by Freddie Brown during the Bodyline tour of 1932, inc group watching tennis match at Launceston with Van Ryn, inc Gubby Allen, Pat Hammond, Viv McGrath, E. Vines, Wallison, three aborigines on the Perth to Adelaide railway, the Langi Willi house party with Freddie Brown and the Hammonds, together with a pier unknown location, a.m.r., G, 5 £50-80
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MAILEY ARTHUR, a scarce 8" x 10" menu for the British Sportsmen's Club Luncheon for the New Zealand tourists 1949, Savoy Hotel, 12th April 1949, designed by Tom Webster, with original pen and ink sketch of Freddie Brown by Arthur Mailey inscribed 'Wouldn't have come back if I'd known Freddy would be here', also signed to front by five other guests inc Bert Sutcliffe, inscribed to Brown to top right corner being his personal copy from his Archives, centrefold and age toning, a.m.r., G £120-160
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BODYLINE, a rare dinner menu, 5.5" x 8.5", on board the Union Royal Mail Line, RMS Maunganui, being the farewell dinner for the MCC team 'En Voyage 32', being Freddie Brown's own copy from his Archives, some foxing, G £80-120
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M.C.C., a 6.5" x 5.5" menu for the 150th Anniversary Dinner, Savoy Hotel, 15th July 1937, together with the opening table plan, from the Freddie Brown Archives, some foxing, fold to table plan and slight a.m.r., G, 2 £50-80
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INDIA, a scarce opening 5.5" x 8.5" menu given by Surrey CCC for the All India team Carpenters Hall, 22nd June 1936 and signed to inside back cover by 14 members of the touring party, inc P. Palia, Wazir Ali, Maharaj of Vizianagram, Merchant, Jai, Baqa Jilani, Nayudu etc., from the Freddie Brown Archives, slight a.m.r. and corner crease to front cover, G £160-220
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AUTOGRAPHS, a 4.5" x 7" opening menu for a dinner given by the MCC for the Australian team, 14th May 1934 and signed in pencil to front cover by 17 players inc Woodford, Oldfield, Ponsford, Wyatt, A.P.F. Chapman, White, Fleetwood-Smith, McCabe, Brown, Bromley, Marriott, Bennett etc., from the Freddie Brown Archives, age toning to front and slight a.m.r., G to VG £200-300
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HAWKS CLUB, Cambridge, an opening menu, Grosvenor House, 8th July 1947, for the Hawks Club Annual Dinner, Lord Burghley Chairman, together with a list of members at the Dinner (5" x 8", folds), from the Freddie Brown Archives, slight age toning, G to VG, 2 £40-60
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AUSTRALIA, a 5.5" x 8.5" opening dinner menu given by Surrey CCC to the Australian tourists, Thursday 31st May 1934, signed to back cover by 12 of the tourists, Woodfull, Bradman, Ponsford, Bramley, Wall, Ebling, McCable, Darling, Brown, Barnett, Grimmett and Kippax, ink stain and age toning, with Freddie Brown's handwritten initials in pencil to top left corner, slight staining and some foxing, G £250-350
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NEW ZEALAND, a 5" x 8" table plan for the dinner given to the New Zealand tourists by the British Sportsmen's Club, Savoy Hotel, 6th May 1937, from the Freddie Brown Archives, some age toning, G £50-80
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MENU, a 5" x 8" opening menu for Capt. J.G. Foley's Dinner, Friday 23rd Sept. 1938, for the Australian visitors, with speeches by McCabe and O'Reilly and songs by Fingleton, from the Freddie Brown Archives, slight foxing and indentation mark to front cover, G £30-40
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GENTLEMEN, a good 12" x 10" sepia photo of the 1938 Gentlemen v Players, laid down to large album page and annotated by Freddie Brown, players inc Farnes, Gibb, Hammond, Wyatt, Yardley etc., from the Freddie Brown Archives, G £60-80
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LILLYWHITE FREDERICK, Cricket Scores & Biographies, hardback Heavens editions, LE.100/500, Vols I to X, Vols XIII and XIV, EX, 12 £100-140
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AUTOGRAPHS, signed hardback editions, by various bowlers, inc Lillee, Hadlee, Mallett, Willis, Mushtaq, Trueman and Underwood, dj, VG, 11 £50-70
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AUTOGRAPHS, signed hardback editions by the authors, W.G. Grace by Midwinter, The Golden Age Of Cricket by David Frith, W.G. by Swanton, Sir Aubrey and Cricket's Silver Lining both by David Rayvern Allen, dj, EX, 5 £25-35
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CRICKETER THE, magazines, 1949 (2), 1950-55 (each with 10), Annuals 1949-61 (14), The Cricketers' Magazine (7), G to VG, 87* £60-80
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AUSTRALIA, signed hardback editions, History Of The Sheffield Shield and History Of South Australian C.A., both by Harte, 100 Not Out signed by Graham Yallop, Mike Brearley and Peter Blundell (Secretary), The Paddock That Grew (unsigned), dj, VG, 4 £40-60
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KENT, hardback editions of The History Of Kent County Cricket Club, County Club reissues 1997, Vol. II signed by Derek Underwood and Alan Knott, acetate djs, MT, 3 £40-60
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AUTOGRAPHS, hardback editions, each signed by their author, inc David Lemon, Gerald Howat, Niall Edworthy, Rachel Heyhoe Flint/Netta Rheinberg, John Parker, Martin Speight, David Frith, Christopher Martin-Jenkins etc., dj, EX, 11 £30-40
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AUTOGRAPHS, hardbacks, softbacks (2), each signed by their author, inc Jim Swanton, Dickie Bird, Henry Blofeld, Gerald Howat, David Rayvern Allen, David Lemon, David Frith, Willie Ruston etc., dj, VG to EX, 15 £40-60
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SCRAPBOOKS, a collection of Woolwich Polytechnic exercise books, each filled with newspaper cuttings for the period 1947-49, generally G, 10 £40-60
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SELECTION, inc Wisden Book Of Cricket Memorabilia; Chad Valley Cricket At Lord's game; Australian and Wisden Cricketers Of The Century stamp, Programmes, Scorecards, Test matches, NatWest, Oxford v Cambridge, Tour guides, Prudential Cup, mainly 1980s/90s, generally G to EX, Qty. £30-40
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PRINT, a 19" x 25" late Victorian/early Edwardian coloured print of a young boy batting, The Captain Of Our Side, based on the Pears print, in oak frame, glazed, 22" x 28" overall, some scuffing, G £50-80
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ASHES THE, a rare 22" x 23" linen handkerchief, with printed design of the 1878 Australian tourists, inc Gregory, Spofforth, Bannerman, Murdoch etc., with four individual portraits, overmounted in cream, framed and glazed 28" x 29" overall, rust staining and some age toning, generally G £400-600
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GRACE W.G., a 20" x 20" linen handkerchief, commemorating his Century of Centuries, overmounted in cream, framed and glazed, 27" x 27" overall, some age toning, creasing and foxing, about G (Centre Page Illustration) £80-120
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SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA, a 48" x 11" panoramic of South Africa v Australia 2nd Test Sydney Cricket Ground, December 1931, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, showing the scoreboard South Africa 153 all out, Australia 170 for 2, Morkel O for 18, in contemporary frame, glazed, 51" x 14" overall, some age toning and tears, folds, G (Centre Page Illustration) £200-300
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WISDEN JOHN, Cricketers' Almanack, 1929, paper covers, lacking covers and some pages at beginning, Pages 5-706 present, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, P £30-40
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WISDEN JOHN, Cricketers' Almanack, 1945, limp cloth, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39,
age toning and wrinkling to spine, G £40-60 |
WISDEN JOHN, Cricketers' Almanack, 1946, limp cloth, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39,
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WISDEN JOHN, Cricketers' Almanacks, 1947-49, 1951-52, limp cloth, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, some age toning and bowing to spines, FR to G, 5 £40-60
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WISDEN JOHN, Cricketers' Almanacks, 1972, 1974, 1976-79, limp cloth, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, staining to spine (2), G, 6 £25-35
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MORKEL D.P.B., hardback editions, each signed and dated by Morkel to inside cover, inc 100 Years Of Trent Bridge, Spinning Round The World by Laker, Cricket From All Angles by Swanton, Mr. Cricket by Fergie, dj (3), from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, G, 5 £30-40
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BOOKS, mainly hardbacks, some softbacks, a number inscribed by family and friends to Morky, inc A Gallery Of Great Players, Bradman's Farewell To Cricket, Behind The Stumps by Evans, History Of Rondebosch Boys High School, History Of Tests by Sydney Smith, South Africa v England And Australia by Coleman, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, VR, 35* £35-50
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AUSTRALIA, a rare 10" x 8" photo of the Australian team who played South Africa during the 1931/32 season, each individually signed, Oldfield, H.C. Nitschke (two tests in this Series only), Iremonger, Wall, Rigg, McCabe, Bradman, R.C. Oxenham (7 matches), Ponsford, Kippax, Woodfull, Grimmett, laid down to professional photographers mount by Thiel of Brisbane, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, in contemporary oak frame, glazed, 20" x 16" overall, pinholes to corners of original mount, VG (Centre Page Illustration) £600-900
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CAHN JULIEN, a rare 19" x 10" sepia photo of Sir Julien Cahn's team to Canada, 1933, showing the 15 tourists standing in line, inc Cahn, Blunt (NZ), P.A. Gibb, S.D. Rhodes, G.F. Heane, D.P. Morkel, E.W. Swanton, I. Peebles, R.W. Robins etc., laid down to professional photographers mount, in contemporary oak frame, glazed, 25" x 14" overall, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, bottom margin trimmed to fit frame, G £80-100
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CAHN JULIEN, 17" x 9" photo showing a dinner in a grand hotel, possibly on Cahn's tour to Canada 1933, the dining room with artificial turf, cricket wicket and each table named after a fielding position, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, overmounted in cream, framed and glazed, 23" x 15" overall, VG £50-80
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MORKEL D.P.B., a pair of 11" x 9" photos of Villager Football Club, 1st team, 1927 and 1928, each by Akkersdyk of Cape Town, each with Morkel in the team, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39,
one trimmed, laid down to printed photographers mount, 19" x 15.5" overall, pinholes to corners, trimmed (1), FR to G, 2 £25-35 |
SOUTH AFRICA, 6" x 8" photo of D.P.B. Morkel and H.B. Cameron, both standing in whites, individually signed and annotated by Morkel Australia 1931-32, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39,
framed and glazed, G to VG £50-80 |
WESTERN PROVINCE, a 10.5" x 6.5" sepia photo of the Western Province Currie Cup team 1925, inc Bell, Morkel, Steyn, De Klerk etc., laid down to printers card with written annotation, 14" x 9.5", from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, pinholes to corners causing some loss of paper, about G £25-35
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WESTERN PROVINCE, 8" x 6" photo of the Western Province team who played Solly Joels touring side 1924/25, inc Steyn, Hands, Morkel etc., annotated probably by Morkel in white ink, framed and glazed, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, VG £25-35
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WESTERN PROVINCE, 8" x 6" photo of the 1930 Western Province team, from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, framed and glazed, G £20-30
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SOUTH AFRICA, a fine 12" x 9.5" photo of the South African tourists to Australia 1931/32, laid down to professional photographers printed mount, by Sidney Riley of Brisbane, signed by all 17 players, inc Cameron, Morkel, Dalton, Viljoen, Christy, Bell, Mitchell etc., from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, 22" x 15" overall, slight scuffing, VG (Centre Page Illustration) £300-400
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ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, a 20" x 8" panoramic photo of South Africa v England, 4th Test, Jo'burg, January 1928, showing Ernest Tyldesley being caught by Morkel off Nupen, fully annotated in ink by Morkel,from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, tear to top edge and pinholes to corner, FR to G £40-60
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CAHN JULIEN, 11" x 8" photo of Sir Julien Cahn's XI v Romany, June 1933,from the Archive Of Denijs Paul Beck Morkel, born Cape Town 1906, Died Nottingham Oct. 1980, toured South Africa to England 1929 and to Australia 1931, played and captained for Julien Cahn's XI from 1932-39, pinholes to corner and a.m.r., about G £30-40
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PHOTOGRAPHS, 11" x 9" and smaller, some laid down to album pages, inc 11" x 4" panoramic style of Vincent catching Sutcliffe, Morkel dropping Holmes, both from the 1929 test series, 6" x 8" inscribed to Denjs from Sandy 8.4.32, MCC in Ireland 1933, crossing the equator etc., good VR, 9 £40-60
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BARNES SYDNEY, signed 3" x 4.5" full-length standing next to Morkel, laid down, G £50-80
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MORKEL D.P.B., a scarce sepia RP p/c showing him full-length batting at The Hague, for Mr. North's XI, June 1931, slight scuffing, G £25-35
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MORKEL D.P.B., 6" x 8" and slightly smaller photos, showing him h/s 1932, b/w from Western Province 1925 and another of him and C. Leary at Rondebosch High School and a sepia 8" x 6" of the South African team at the Roker Hotel, Sunderland 1929, each framed and glazed, G to VG, 4 £35-50
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MORKEL D.P.B., a 36" x 20" x 12" brown travelling trunk, with South African colours, used by Morkel both on his tour to UK 1929 and Australia 1931, scuffing to panels, rusting to lock, FR to G £30-40
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