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Lot 145

A Minton Majolica Game Dish, of two-handled oval form, the lid elaborately moulded with hare and gamebirds on a foliate moulded green ground, the outer body applied at either end with branch moulded handles and also decorated with oak leaves and acorns, on a brown basketweave moulded ground, with plain white liner (repaired), impressed marks, (bird’s wing on cover repaired), 19th Century, 14” long

Lot 283

Two modern Spode Plates (Game Bird Series): Mallard; Snipe, both in original boxes, 9 ½” diameter

Lot 328

Two Prattware Pot Lids: “The Game Bag” and “Shells”, (red seaweed), both 4” diam

Lot 631

A decorative Bronze Tazza, signed Moigniez, the central finial formed as a wolf, the dished top embossed with running game, bird of prey, etc, raised on a support modelled as a vulture, on an Ebonised Treen base, 11” diam, 13” high

Lot 1045

A fine early 20th Century Continental Silver and enamelled Snuff Box, of rectangular form, the hinged and domed cover decorated with a cobalt blue geometric border and enclosing a landscape panel depicting a seated Diana the Huntress with an attendant, together with game, bow and arrow and attentive hounds within a river landscape, to a waisted body and polished base, to a frosted gilt interior, marked 800 only, width 2 15/16”

Lot 1120

A late 19th Century Continental electroplated Vesta Case, of rectangular form, the hinged cover with striker and body decorated with game trophies within foliate borders, length 1 7/8”

Lot 1633

A part 19th Century Black Forest Wall Mounted Barometer, the carved and pierced case decorated with game and a hound’s head, over a replacement combination barometer and thermometer, height 20”

Lot 2584

A late 19th Century Gothic Oak small Sideboard, the short pediment moulded with scrolls and foliage, over two frieze drawers applied with lion masks, and with two doors below with heavy fielded panels of game etc, raised on plain feet, 49” wide

Lot 241

"The Cricket Field or The History and Science of the Game of Cricket", Third Edition 1859.

Lot 15

Spode cabinet plate, Pintail from the Game Bird series.

Lot 966

* A 20 bore Snider action shotgun converted from .577” game rifle, by R B Rodda & Co, 44” overall, barrel 24¾” with 3 folding leaf rearsights and engraved “R B Rodda & Co, Gun Makers (by Appointment to his Excellency the Viceroy), London & Calcutta”, numbered 29 on the barrel, and with 20 bore nitro proofs, the breech block extended by approximately 3/8”, colour hardened lock with safety bolt and wavy border and engraved “R B Rodda & Co”, walnut halfstock with horn fore end cap and chequered fore end and wrist; with steel mounts, sling swivels and replacement ramrod. GWO & C (the metalwork well refinished at the time of conversion, fore end cap chipped). Plate 16

Lot 980

An interesting de-activated American Wells Fargo Guard’s DB 12 bore hammer gun, number 10246, by L.C. Smith, the damascus barrels stamped “L.C. Smith, Maker, Syracuse, NY, Damascus Steel Barrels”, the butt with plain pistol grip and stamped on the underside “WF & Co”, the pressed horn or rubber heel embossed with a game dog and maker’s name. GWO & C (some service wear), with COD. Plate 12

Lot 325

London & North Eastern Railway Educational Game `Counties Of Britain Served By The London & North Eastern Railway. A full set in original box comprising `Famous Railway Posters`. Published by John Jaques & Son Ltd. The cards are virtually mint, the box extremely good with some scuffs.

Lot 1325

A boxed Canasta game with Ivorine counters, playing cards, anniversary clock etc

Lot 742

*Cricket. ‘International Cricket Match at Kennington Oval’ [and] ‘Lord’s Cricket Ground’, n.d., c. 1880, two uncoloured lithographs, slight spotting, each approx. 200 x 300mm, together with, Merry (Tom), , ‘Not Out Yet’, c. 1889, political colour lithograph of Gladstone and Salisbury as a wicketkeeper and batsman respectively, trimmed to image, 445 x 300mm, mounted, plus three b & w wood-engravings from the Illustrated London News, five b & w photogravure portraits of batsmen, late 19th c., and five signed limited edition colour prints by Roger Marsh, various sizes and condition, mounted. Roger Marsh was a well-known cricket artist and “paintings by Roger Marsh are almost conversation pieces, and he confesses a preference for the narrative content of the game to straightforward portraiture or action shots” (Wisden Book of Cricket Memorabilia, p.51, see index for other references). (16)

Lot 749

[Wanostrocht, Nicholas]. Felix on the Bat; Being a Scientific Inquiry into the Use of the Cricket Bat: Together with the History and Use of the Catapulta... Also the Laws of the Game, as Revised by the Marylebone Club, 3rd ed., 1855, seven hand-coloured lithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, scattered light spotting, neat previous owner signature and bookseller blindstamp to fep, a.e.g., original cloth, rebacked, a little faded, small 4to. Padwick 397. The first cricket book to be illustrated with coloured lithographs. (1)

Lot 758

Football. Huddersfield Town v. Burnley, Monday August 30th, 1920, Official Programme and Record of Events, 8pp., last leaf with two holes and abrasions, a few light creases, 8vo, with a photographic print of the Huddersfield team for the F.A. Cup semi final v. Bristol City, 1919-20. Huddersfield’s first season in the top flight and first home game of the 1920-21 season, winning 1-0. (2)

Lot 928

Burrow (F.R.). Lawn Tennis. The World-Game of To-day, [1922], My Tournaments, [1922], b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Paret (J. Parmly), Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis, 2nd ed., 1922, photogravure frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, and others, all tennis-related (6 shelves)

Lot 127

COLIN W BURNS (BORN 1944, BRITISH) Signed Oil on Canvas “Black Game at Dusk – Perthshire” 17” x 24”

Lot 2538

"Amersham `pin cricket`, cricket scoring bagatelle game C.1950, with scoreboard"

Lot 530

A George IV silver half pint mug, of waisted shape, with applied design of reads and game birds, London 1829 Joseph Angell

Lot 44

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)]. ôLewis Carrollö. Dou first edition title and final leaf browned book-label of Thomas & Jania Erwin on front pastedown 1879; Symbolic Logic. Part I Elementary [all published] second edition frontispiece diagrams 3pp. advertisements at end ink note on front free endpaper endpapers browned 1896 both with embossed ownership stamp on front free endpaper original cloth a little rubbed and soiled the second with spine stained [Crutch 133a & 270a]; and a copy of The Game of Logic but lacking the envelope of counters and card 8vo (3)(3)

Lot 185

* “En Aeroplane”. Decorative board game printed sheet, French c. 1912, decorative design for parlour game played with dice, including hazards & consequences etc, full-colour lithograph on paper, un-mounted, complete with printed instructions & rules sheet (in 3 languages) (1)

Lot 353

* Aviation Roulette Game. An unusual decorative parlour board game, French, c. 1912, having decorative illustration depicting definitive aviators and their respective pioneer aeroplanes including Bleriot, Antoinette, Wright and Farman machines, and featuring international capitals of the world as destinations for the players, printed lithographic fold-out-format, maker inscribed “B.K. - Paris”, 36 x 37in (92 x 94cm) (1)

Lot 148

Royal Doulton "Coppice" cream jug, together with white metal game bird models etc.

Lot 249

Set of eight Bradford Exchange game bird collector plates

Lot 139

Gamebook. A good early 20th century game book covering the period 1905-1925, first free endpapers contain lists of the owners different guns, a synopsis of the number of days shot in each year, and brief historical notes on record bags from the 19th century, printed and red ruled pages listing each days bag and the names of the guns, illustrated with several contemp. photographs of shooting scenes, guns, beaters, favourite dogs, game cards and shooting instructions and lists of guns, very occ. spotting and offsetting, a.e.g., marbled end papers, contemp. red crushed morocco gilt, rubbed at extrems. oblong 4to. The compiler appears to be a Capt. Holland-Hibbert. The gamebook covers game shooting and stalking in England and Scotland as well as three seasons in India where Junglefowl, Sandgrouse, Peafowl, Sambher, Leopard, Wild pig, Black buck, Jackal, Bear, Tiger and Panther, and all are noted meticuously along with the size of each animal shot. Holland-Hibbert appears to have been very well connected as his shooting parties often comprise of various members of the English aristocracy and senior army officers as well as various Maharajas when shooting in India. A fascinating glimpse of the sporting life of an Edwardian gentleman. (1)

Lot 423

David Barrow, 20th century, "Game On!", signed, titled on verso, oil on board, 23 x 23cm.; 9 x 9in.

Lot 7

Assorted card and other games, including the Game of Flowers (No.1126), copyright 1899, by the U.S. Playing Card Co., Cincinnati, complete, with rules, boxed; together with an empty box for a Britains set No.12, 11th Hussars (crushed, lid lacking two sides but with good label).Best Bid

Lot 14

A Chad Valley `The Test Match` mechanical table cricket game, boxed. Provenance: Ex shop stock, Actons of Aldershot, thence by descent.Best Bid

Lot 22

A late 19th century parlour game, `The Parquet Designer`, by A.N. Myers of London, comprising uncoloured geometric shapes, in original box, the sliding lid with pictorial paper label.

Lot 505

Football - NOTTINGHAM FOREST v. ARSENAL, 1948. A match programme for the game played on 24th January.Best Bid

Lot 508

Football - NEWCASTLE UNITED v. CHARLTON ATHLETIC, 1952. A match programme for the game played on 26th January; also an illustrated booklet, Football Stars Past - Present - Future, circa 1948; thirty-five assorted programmes, 1970s, including The World Cup Official Programme, 1970; five assorted rosettes, including England (2) and the Netherlands (1); a Nottingham Forest cloth badge; Bristol City Fixture Lists 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, & 1979-80; a quantity of assorted match tickets; and other items.Best Bid

Lot 584

SPORTING. Marchington, John, editor. A Portrait of Shooting, limited edition 641/1100, Anthony Atha / The Game Conservancy, Rugby 1979. Quarter leather and cloth, in slip-case, illustrations throughout, square quarto; Clayton, Michael, & King, John. The Golden Thread. Foxhunting Today, first edition, Methuen, London 1984. Cloth, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, SIGNED BY AUTHORS; Mason, Finch. Sporting Recollections, fifth edition, Fores, London 1886. Pictorial crimson cloth, plate and text illustrations, octavo; and four other works of sporting interest, (7).

Lot 263

A collection of twenty-four 1940`s and 50`s football programmes comprising 15th November 1947 Huddersfield Town vs Preston North End, Story of the FA Cup 1948 Finalists twenty pictures and details booklet, Wednesday 16th November 1949 England vs Ireland International played at Manchester Cities ground Main Road, Wednesday 21st September 1949 England vs FA of Ireland played at Goodison Park, Tuesday December 27th 1949 Oldham Athletic vs Mansfield Town, Saturday 15th April 1950 Scotland vs England played at Hampden Park, 14th October 1950 Leicester City vs Doncaster Rovers, Saturday 4th February Bolton Wanderers vs Portsmouth, April 8th 1950 Huddersfield Town vs Derby County played at Elland Road, England vs Scotland International Saturday 15th April 1950, Wednesday 18th January 1950 England vs Switzerland International programme, Saturday 5th January 1952 Bolton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur, Saturday 15th December 1951 Buxton vs Aldershot, 11th April 1952 Burnley FC vs Swansea Town, Saturday 18th October 1952 Sheffield Wednesday vs Derby County, Saturday 21st February 1953 Bolton Wanderers vs Aston Villa, Saturday September 12th 1953 Preston North End vs Newcastle Utd (x2), Wednesday 11th November 1953 England vs Ireland International played at Goodison Park, Saturday March 19th 1954 Bolton Wanderers vs Cardiff City, Saturday October 23rd 1954 Portvale vs Ipswich Town, Saturday 5th February 1955 Stoke City vs Luton Town, Saturday 16th November 1957 Bolton Wanderers vs Nottingham Forrest, Saturday 5th April 1957/58 Bolton Wanderers vs Manchester City, December 26th 1957 Mossley vs Hyde Utd, Saturday 6th April 1957 England vs Scotland International played at Wembley, Monday April 7th 1958 Nottingham Forrest vs Chelsea, Saturday December 19th 1959 Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle Utd and 26th December 1958 Birmingham City vs Manchester City, also a small quantity of 1960`s advertising sheets to include Lawrences Big Name in the Big Game football boot brochure, Football Stars Past, Present and Future no.2, 1964 team photograph sheets `The Story of Pele the World No.1 Footballer` booklet, `Football Favourites In Action`, `Todays Footballers In Action no.3`, `Football Manager of the Year Awards World Cup Series Fixture List 1966`, also a smaller quantity of Speedway and other programmes to include Belle Vue Speedway Manchester 2nd July 1966, Belle Vue Stock Car racing Saturday 6th May 1967, Wednesday 16th August 1967 High Speed Gas Challenge, Saturday 15th April 1967 The Double Diamond Trophy, Great Britain vs Russia International Speedway Test Match series 1964 for Saturday 4th July, Wednesday 8th July and Saturday 11th July contained in one programme etc (approx 40 pieces)

Lot 330

A pair of 19th century trumpet form wine glasses, the bowl engraved with fighting game cocks and inscribed `The bet to the fight`, the stem with inverted teardrop air bubble, height 17.5cm (illustrated)

Lot 432

A pair of 19th century Royal Dux figures, the male carrying dead game and quiver of arrows, the lady carrying an oval basket of fish, pink triangle mark and no.2065 and 2066 to base, height 33cm

Lot 254

A wartime propaganda football game titled `Trench Football` circa 1916, a skill game in which the player has to navigate a small ball bearing along a trench to the goal whilst avoiding the attention of the German team who guard each turn with a pocket that will drop the ball back to the start, the German team comprising Little Willie, Von Terpitz, Von Kluck, Von Bulow, Von Hindenburg, Von Der Goltz, Von Moltke, Enver Pasha, Von Sanders, Count Zeppelin and The Kaiser, under glass, wooden frame, printed `mode of attack` to reverse, 24 by 16.5cm., 9 1/2 by 6 1/2in. †

Lot 294

A page from the official Wembley Stadium Distinguished Visitors Book signed on the occasion of the Chelsea v Charlton Athletic 1944 Football League (South) War Cup Final signed by General Dwight Eisenhower and other dignitaries, sold with a colour scan of the original front cover to the Wembley Visitors Book that was employed between 1935 and 1947; and digital archive match reports from The Times newspaper (3) The 1943-44 Season was the fourth season of special wartime football matches played in Britain during the Second World War, after normal Football League and Football Association Cup football was suspended in England in September 1939. Teams were split into a north and south regionalised system. The Southern Cup final was contested between Charlton Athletic and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on 15th April 1944. All 85,000 tickets were sold and all players were professionals, which was not always the case during the war years. Charlton won the game 3-1 and then went on to play the Northern Champions Aston Villa in a play-off at Stamford Bridge. The game ended 1-1 and honours were shared. The Visitors Books bears signatures of some Illustrious personalities who were present at the match, and is a unique record of the Chelsea v Charlton War Cup final. Importantly, the book bears the signature of General Dwight Eisenhower who, at the beginning of 1944, had been ordered to Britain from the Mediterranean to be Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. A photograph of Eisenhower meeting the Chelsea team on the Wembley pitch before the game was reproduced on p.596 of The Guinness Record of the F.A. Cup by Mike Collett (Guiness Publishing Ltd., 1993). Less than three months after the Chelsea v Charlton Cup final, the D-Day Landings commenced on 6th June 1944, ultimately leading to the declaration of victory on V.E. Day 8th May 1945. The following month H.M. King George VI conferred the Order of Merit on Eisenhower, who later became the 34th President of the United States of America in January 1953 and serving two terms until his retirement in 1960. He died in 1969. Other signature in the Visitors Book include: Harold Alexander (later Earl Alexander of Tunis), Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre of War 1944-1945; Rt. Hon. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour and National Service 1940-45; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1945-1951; Firoz Khan Noon, Indian Representative, British War Cabinet, 1944-45, later leader of the Pakistan Republican Party; 1st Baron Wigram, Colonel of the 19th Lancers, Indian Army, and Extra Equerry to King George VI 1936-1952; Group Captain Sir Louis Greig, Gentleman Usher in Ordinary to King George VI 1924-36, Extra Gentleman Usher 1937-1952 (he also played international rugby for Scotland); William Phillips, Personal Representative of the President of the United States to India 1942, Political Officer (U.S.) on General Eisenhower`s Staff, London, 1943-44; Sir Frank Newson-Smith Bt., Lord Mayor of London 1943-44; 1st Earl of Woolton, Member of the War Cabinet 1943-45, Minister of Reconstruction 1943-45; General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, Adjutant-General to the Forces 1941-46; General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, GOC-in-C, Anti-Aircraft Command 1939-45; and others.

Lot 349

A rare programme for the Irish Free State v Holland international match played at Dalymount Park, Dublin, 8th December 1935 On their first visit to Ireland, Holland won the game 5-3.

Lot 351

A very rare programme for the Wales v England international match played at Wrexham 28th March 1898, folded card by printed by Robert Jones`s `Minerva`, Hope Street Chambers, Wrexham, marked `official programme` and priced one penny, team-line ups to centre-pages. This was England`s 63rd international fixture. It was played at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, on 28th March 1898 before 4,000 spectators. England won the game 3-0. The scoring was opened by Corinthians`s Gilbert Oswald Smith in the 9th minute, the others came late on both courtesy of Aston Villa`s Fred Wheldon in the 75th and 88th minutes.

Lot 361

A complete collection of programmes for England away international matches versus Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland between seasons 1947-48 and 1988-89, comprising: 23 Scotland, home international fixtures between 1948 and 1984, with the 1950 & 1954 games doubling-up as World Cup qualifiers and similarly the 1968 match additionally acting as a European Championship qualifier, the 1985, 1987 & 1989 issues playing for the Rous Cup, the 1956 programme is a VIP edition with tartan card covers; 21 Wales, home international fixtures between 1947 and 1984, the 1949 and 1953 games doubling-up as World Cup qualifiers and similarly the 1967 match additionally acting as a European Championship qualifier, but with a separate issue for the 1972 World Cup qualifier in Cardiff; & 19 Northern Ireland, home international fixtures between 1948 and 1983, the 1966 game doubling-up as a European Championship qualifier, but with separate WC & EC issues for 1979, 1985 & 1987 (63 progs. in total)

Lot 369

Four Republic of Ireland v England international match programmes, the first three played at Dalymount Park on 30th September 1946, 19th May 1957, 24th May 1964 and 25th October 1978The 1946 match, a friendly, was the first ever meeting between the Republic of Ireland and England in international football. The 1957 game was a World Cup qualifier, the 1964 match a friendly, and the 1978 encounter a European Championship qualifier.

Lot 395

A Royal Box edition of the 1914 F.A. Cup final programme Burnley v Liverpool played at the Crystal Palace 25th April 1914, the regular 4-pager printed on card, held in place by blue silk chord within royal blue leather binding with gilt-tooled Royal Coat of Arms, wear and damage along binder spine, and to a lesser extent around other perimeters, the inner silk chord causing tears along the upper and lower sections of the printed programme`s central fold. The 1914 F.A. Cup final was the first to be played in the presence of a reigning monarch, King George V. Burnley won the game by a single goal, scored by Bert Freeman.

Lot 463

Colchester United v Ipswich Town programme 4th September 1937 This was Colchester United`s first ever game. They were formed in 1937 and took over the Layer Road stadium from the defunct Colchester Town Football Club.

Lot 488

A Runcorn v Preston North End F.A. Cup 3rd Round programme 7th January 1939, a special edition souvenir programme printed with a club history; sold together with a related press cutting (2) Runcorn attracted a crowd of 10,111 to watch this game against giants of the Football League Preston North End generating record receipts of

Lot 492

A programme for the London Professionals v London Amateurs match played at White Hart Lane 4th May 1925 for the Lord Kinnaird Memorial Fund The professionals won this game 9-0.

Lot 528

An unused ticket for the Italy v Northern Ireland World Cup qualifying match played at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, 25th April 1957 Italy won this game 1-0, but Northern Ireland progressed through the group to qualify for the World Cup finals in Sweden in 1958. The campaign included a 2-1 win over Italy in the reverse fixture at Windsor Park. Provenance: The San Siro Museum, Milan.

Lot 552

Three Italian magazines with coverage of Italy v England international matches, Il Secolo Illustrato, covering the first ever Anglo-Italian encounter in Rome in May 1933; La Partita Del Secolo, covering the Milan match in May 1939; and Tuttosport, covering the game in Turin in May 1948

Lot 555

SCARCE: The Northern Football Annual 1876, For Lancashire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Westmoreland etc., edited by the author of "Football In The North", contents including a preface, The Rugby Game by Ernest E. Marriott, The Forthcoming Season of 1876-77 by the Editor, The Association Game by "Verona", The Sheffield Association, The Rugby Football Union, Principal Matches Played in the North during the Season 1875-76, List of Secretaries` Names & Addresses, List of about 450 Noted Players with one-line summaries of their playing style etc., printed by E. Hulton & Co., Manchester, 1876, rebound by R. Riviere & Son Ltd, with original paper wrappers preserved, for Henry Sotheran Ltd., London. This extremely scarce annual was the first to focus on football in the North of England-with football at this time meaning equally the Association and Rugby Union games. Its scarcity means that it is not recorded in John M. Jenkins authoritative work A Rugby Compendium, published by The British Library, 1998; or Peter Seddon`s A Football Compendium, published by The British Library, 1999. The only earlier football annuals are the seldom seen John Lilywhite`s Football Annual, edited by C.W. Alcock, published in London in 1868, with this single issue then being continued by The Football Annual, edited by Alcock, and first published in London in 1869. Whilst north of the border the Scottish Football Association produced their first annual in 1875-76. The content of Alcock`s annuals tended to be south-centric and focusing on the Public Schools. It seems certain that as a response to this, a rival publication was launched in Manchester in 1876 focusing on the already heavily evolved football scene in the north of England. In The Northern Football Annual`s preface it is stated "Considering the number and importance of Football organisations throughout the Northern, as distinct from the Southern, Counties, it seems strange that our task has not long ago been anticipated ... It gives us great pleasure to lay before the Football players of the North of England the first issue of an Annual devoted to their favourite sport, and which we believe will be a compendium of the utmost value to those whose interest in the game is not bounded by the limits of the particular club to which they belong." Despite its good intentions, perhaps it was not a commercial success and abandoned after the inaugural publication. This would certainly go a long way to explaining the scarcity of The Northern Football Annual.

Lot 560

Irvine (Dr.), Alcock (C.W.) and others: Football: A Popular Handbook of the Game, scarce, edited by G.A. Hutchison, numbered II from The Boy`s Own Bookshelf series, blue cloth gilt, published by The Religious Tract Society, London, 1887

Lot 564

Catton (J.A.H.) ["Tityrus"] The Real Football, A Sketch of the Development of the Association Game, pictorial cloth covers, rubbed & with sellotape repairs to spine, published by Sands & Co., London, 1900

Lot 567

Marriott (Charles J.B.) & Alcock (C.W.) Football, The Rugby Union Game by Charles J.B. Marriott, The Association Game, by C.W. Alcock, second edition, revised by the author, with illustrations, pictorial red cloth, George Routledge and Sons Ltd, London, 1903

Lot 655

After Juliet McLoed BIG GAME signed in pencil, lithograph with publisher`s blind stamp, published by Fores, framed & glazed 71 by 61cm., 28 by 24in.; together with a reproduction print of Fores famous 19th century publication: Fathers of the Turf, framed & glazed, 66 by 84cm., 26 y 33in. (2)

Lot 687

Lots 687 & 688-Nakir Bred by The Aga Khan, Nakir made a winning debut for Jim Lewis and Henrietta Kinight in a Novices Chase at Nottingham in 1994, and remained unbeaten that season in which he was crowned novice Champion in the Arkle Chase at Cheltenham and then followed up in the Maghull Chase at Aintree. Nakir never quite lived up to his early promise but did win the 1995 Game Spirit Chase at Newbury by 30 lengths. Nakir: the trophy for the Sandeman Maghull Novice Chase at Aintree 7th April 1994, in the form of a hallmarked silver salver, inscribed THE SANDEMAN MAGHULL NOVICE CHASE, AINTREE 1994, diameter 31cm., 12 1/4in. Nakir followed up his success in the Arkle at Cheltenham with this win at the Grand National meeting in this Grade 2 event. He beat Jimmy The Gillie by 3 1/2 lengths having taken up the running on the approach to the last.

Lot 987

Cricket books, comprising: Fry (C.B.) The Book of Cricket, A New Gallery of Famous Players, 256 pages, green pictorial cloth gilt, George Newnes Ltd., London, circa 1899; sold together with Alcock (Charles) Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds 1895, green & gilt pictorial cloth, Hudson & Kearns; Standing (Percy Cross) Cricket of Today & Yesterday, in 2 vols, Subscription Illustrated Edition, green & gilt pictorial cloth, Blackwood, Le Bas & Co., London, 1902; Pycroft (J) The Cricket Field or the History and Science of the Game of Cricket, third edition, lacking front cover, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859; Rebound Lillywhite`s Cricketers` Annuals for 1880, 1881 & 1882 in one volume; 1886, 1887 & 1888 in one volume; 1888; 1889, 1890 & 1891 in one volume; 1892; 1892, 1893 & 1894 in one volume; 1895, 1896 & 1897 in one volume; 1898, 1899 & 1900 in one volume, all original wrappers removed; sold together with Lillywhite`s Cricketers` Companions for 1883 & 1884, lacking covers; the lot also including facsimile Lillywhite`s Cricketers` Companions for 1883, 1884, 1894, 1895, 1896 & 1897; and the boxed Set of Wisden Facsimiles 1864-1878, but lacking the 1864

Lot 992

A gold medal presented to the English cricketer Harry Charlwood on the occasion of the first ever official Test Match that commenced 15th March 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and England, the obverse engraved with crossed cricket bats, stumps and a ball, with a cricket field beyond, the reverse inscribed PRESENTED TO, H. CHARLWOOD, BY, GE0. BROWNE C.E., ARCHITECT, M.C.C. GRAND STAND, MELBOURNE, 1877. This exciting discovery of a gold medal offers a unique opportunity to acquire a presentation made on the occasion of the first official Test Match in cricket history, the game between Australia and James Lillywhite`s England side played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground commencing 15th March 1877. Australia won the game by 45 runs, a result that, extraordinarily, was duplicated precisely when Australia and England competed in the Centenary Test Match, played March 12th to 17th 1977 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The medal was presented by George Browne, the Melbourne architect, responsible for the Grand Stand built at the MCG for the Test Series against England in 1877. This is the only known extant medal from Browne`s commemoration, but presumably he presented a gold medal to every visiting England player, and perhaps the home team too, as a suitable souvenir of his achievements in developing a ground more than worthy of hosting Test Match cricket. Browne is known to have socialised heavily with James Lillywhite`s English cricketers during the 1876-77 Tour. "The Australasian", Saturday December 2, 1876, p.715 records: … On Saturday last Mr. George Browne, the architect for the grand stand at the M.C.C. ground, drove [the English cricketers] round the city and suburbs in an English drag and six, and entertained them at a sumptuous dinner at Clement`s Cafe in the evening … The present medal was engraved to the Sussex professional Henry Rupert James Charlwood (born Horsham, 19 December 1846 – died Scarborough, 6 June 1888). The right-hand bat played in both the Melbourne Test Matches of 1877. In the historic first match he batted at No.3 for England, scoring 36 in the first innings and 13 in the second innings. During the 2nd Test played March 31st to April 4th, Harry Charlwood batted at No.4 and scored 14 and a duck during England`s 4 wickets victory. In three of his four innings he was the victim of the bowling of Tom Kendall. These were the only two Test maches of H.R.J. Charlwood`s career, that spanned 197 First-Class matches. Harry Charlwood was the mainstay of a poor Sussex county team for several seasons and was noted for his attacking top-order batting style. He was also an occasional lob bowler and a specialist cover fielder, taking 89 career catches. He scored five centuries for, recording a highest score of 155, and scored over 7,000 runs. He later played for Derbyshire and last played in 1882. Returning to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the first grandstand was a temporary structure erected in 1861 and capable of holding 6,000 spectators. A second, but permanent structure, thereby being referred to as the `First Grand Stand`, was built by George Browne in 1876 in readiness for the visit of James Lillywhite`s England team in 1877. It could seat 2,000 and faced both the ground and the parkland. It was sometimes referred to as the `Reversible Stand` as in the winter the seating could be reversed in order to watch the football games in Yarra Park. The grandstand`s builder was Peter Cunningham and the cost was

Lot 1049

News Letter of Australasia January 1862 with a front page engraving of the arrival of the All-England cricket XI, at the Cafe De Paris, Bourke Street, Melbourne 24th December 1861, covers sheet only, no internal pages from the newsletter This England team was the first to Tour Australia and was dominated by Surrey players. However the first game to have been deemed an official Australia v England Test Match was not until 1877.

Lot 1050

Victorian cricket silk titled `To The Admirers of The Noble Art of Cricket`, with central portrait of Denison, Clarke, Martingell, Pilch, Lillywhite, Parr, Felix, Guy, Hillyer, Pell, Dorrington, Mynn, Sewell & Dean, the border formed by portrayals of cricket strokes and laws of the game, in its original frame, glazed, 74 by 93cm., 29 by 37in.

Lot 1060

Edwardian cricket prints, comprising: Vanity Fair prints of Palairet, Ranjitsinhji & Hornby, and Albert Chevalier Taylor `Empire`s Cricketers` prints of MacLaren, Tyldesley, Lord Hawke, Hayward, Fry, Trumper, Foster, Laver, McLeod & Hearne, with some printed biogs., unframed; sold together with Russell March`s The Cricketers of Vanity Fair and Neville Cardus & John Arlott`s The Noblest Game: A Book of Fine Cricket Prints

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