Cricket Prints & Paintings

Graeme Hick. Worcestershire, Queensland, Zimbabwe & England, 1983-2008. M.C.C. touring tie, with stripes in gold, black and red, and England touring tie, with repeated St George and dragon emblem, worn by Hick during his time on Test tours with England. 'Kent & Curwen' etc. Good condition. Previously sold by Knight's at the Graeme Hick Benefit Year auction held in September 1999

Reg Perks. Worcestershire & England 1930-1955. Three ties, Worcestershire green players tie, with repeated Worcestershire emblem of the three black pears (Atkinsons), M.C.C. touring tie, with stripes in gold, black and red (Simpson of Piccadilly) and England home 'Test' tie, with repeated three lions and crown emblem (Simpson of Piccadilly). Good condition. Formerly the property of Reg Perks, Worcestershire C.C.C. and previously sold at Knights auction in February 1999

Cricket ties. Two boxes comprising well over one hundred cricket ties for tours, benefits, testimonials, counties, clubs etc. A good quantity. G/VG

Five cricket ties for 'M.C.C. 1787-1987' bicentenary, Middlesex county tie, Fanie De Villiers benefit 1995/96, New South Wales Cricket Umpires Association, and a Nottinghamshire C.C.C. tie. VG

England v Australia 1934. Cricket stump used in the England v Australia, 2nd Test match played at Lord's on the 22nd-25th June 1934. The stump has been inscribed in ink 'This stump was used in the 2nd Test at Lord's, June 22nd' and signed by the two umpires, Frank Chester and Joe Hardstaff. The stump has been signed in ink by all twelve members of the England team who played in the match, signatures are Wyatt (Capt), Hammond, Sutcliffe, Verity, Farnes, Bowes, Ames, Geary, Walters, Leyland, Hendren and M.S.Nichols (who was 12th man). Minor smudging to the signatures otherwise in good condition

West Indian and county cricketers 1920/30's. Warsop' Patsy Hendren' autograph cricket bat signed to the back of the bat by almost seventy cricketers including eleven members of the 1933 touring West Indians including George Headley, Grant, Martindale, Da Costa, Martin, Barrow etc. Other signatures include Tate, Ames, Todd of Kent, Langridge, Tate, Cornford, Parks, Wensley, Cox, Bowley, Cook of Sussex, Larwood, Staples (2), Voce, Hardstaff of Nottinghamshire, Hendren, Hearne, Hulme, Sims, Charles Buchan, Robertson-Glasgow etc. The bat varnished to protest the signatures, some scratching to varnish, some loss to signatures, overall good condition

Australian tour of England 1926. 'Summers Brown & Sons' cricket bat signed to face by sixteen members of the Australian team to England. Signatures include Collins (Capt), Mailey, Bardsley, Grimmett, Macartney, Oldfield, Ryder, Ponsford, Woodfull, Richardson, Gregory, Ellis, Taylor etc, also includes Sydney Smith (manager). Odd signature to the face are slightly faded but all legible but the surface is soiled. The signature of Gregory has bled into the wood otherwise in good condition. To the back of the bat there is evidence of further signatures of Australian and New Zealand teams, but they are faded. The bat lacking its rubber and the majority of the stringing to handle

Australian tour of England 1934. 'R.G. Spalding & Bros' cricket bat signed to the back by eleven members of the Australian team to England plus their manager Harold Bushby. Signatures include Woodfull (Capt), Bradman, O'Reilly, Chipperfield, Darling, Brown, Barnett, Bromley, Smith etc and by Essex 1934, twelve signatures including Pearce (Capt, Nichols, Farnes, Smith, Bray, O'Connor, Cuthmore, Sheffield etc. To the face the bat is signed by the Worcestershire team of 1934 with eleven signatures including Walters (Capt), Pataudi, Brook, Jackson, Perks, Howorth, Bull etc. Odd signature has bled into the wood otherwise in very good clear condition

Australian tour of England 1956. Warsop' Patsy Hendren' autograph cricket bat signed to the face by sixteen members of the Australian team to England. Signatures include Hassett (Capt), Morris, Johnston, Harvey, Miller, Ring, Tallon, Craig, McDonald. Good condition

Kent and Yorkshire 1951. Split and hinged stump signed by eleven Kent and eleven Yorkshire players. The stump appears to be signed by the teams for Kent v Yorkshire, Mote Park, Maidstone, 18th-20th July 1951. Kent signatures are Clark, Davies, Fagg, Pawson, Jose, Hearn, Dovey, O'Linn, Wright, Ridgway and Edrich. Yorkshire signatures are Keighley, Lowson, Wardle, Wilson, Lester, Halliday, Trueman, Booth, Leadbeater, Appleyard and Whitehead. Nice signatures. G/VG

Wales v England 2004. Full size bat signed by eleven Wales and thirteen England players who played in the match at Cardiff, 19th June 2004. Wales signatures include Croft (Captain), Thomas, Cottey, Maynard, Wallace, Cosker etc. England signatures include Trescothick (Captain), Key, Strauss, Anderson, Collingwood, Gough etc. G

M.C.C. v Rest of the World. MC.C. Bicentenary 1787-1987. Duncan Fearnley full size bat signed by both teams to face. Twenty three signatures including Gatting, Hadlee, Greenidge, Rice, Gooch, Marshall, Gower, Border, Miandad, Qadir, Dujon, Walsh, Gavasker, C.Lloyd, Haynes Kapil Dev, Imran Khan etc. Perishing to bat rubber otherwise in good condition

England 'Rebel' Tour to South Africa 1990. Duncan Fearnley full size cricket bat signed to the front by the England touring party. Fourteen signatures including Gatting (Captain), Emburey, Robinson, French, Broad, Barnett, Ellison, Wells, Cowdrey, Maynard, Dilley etc. G/VG

England v Australia 1981. Duncan Fearnley miniature cricket bat signed to the face in ink by the England team who played Australia at Headingley 1981. Twelve signatures including Botham, Willis, Brearley (Cpt), Boycott, Gooch, Gower, Gatting, Old, Dilley etc. Some signatures to back of the back, some in a childish hand. Rubber perished to handle otherwise in good condition

Kent C.C.C. Cricket match at Tonbridge School c1851 after C. Tattershall Dodd. Full size Gray Nicholls cricket bat with an oil painting, to face, of a cricket match in progress at the school, a colourful and well executed cricket scene. The painting on the bat with artists initials 'SStCS[19]94'. The Kent emblem hand painted in blue and maroon to top of the bat. G/VG

England v Australia 'The Centenary Test Cricket Bat' 1880-1980. Nicholls full size cricket bat signed to face by the England team who played in the match. Twelve signatures including Botham, Gower, Gatting, Gooch, Jackman, Boycott, Bairstow, Old, Willey, Hendrick etc. Fading to the signature of Athey otherwise in good condition. The bat comes with a wooden bat wall mounting block with silver hallmarked plaque attached. Limited edition 31/350

Hampshire v Derbyshire. B&H Cup Final, Lord's 1988. Hunts County cricket bat signed by both teams. Twenty eight signatures including Nicholas, Parks, Turner, Smith, Connor, Cowley, Terry, Holding, Morris, Malcolm, Bowler etc. Signatures in very good clear condition

Australia tour of England 1993. Warsop Stebbing full size cricket bat signed by fourteen members of the touring party to England 1993. Signatures include Border, Boon, Warne, S. Waugh, Slater, M. Waugh, Healy, Reiffel, May etc. Fading to odd signature otherwise in good condition. To the back of the bat are the signatures of Middlesex and Essex 1993. Twenty six signatures including Gatting, Ramprakash, Tufnell, Fraser, Haynes, Gooch, Pritchard, Illott, Hussain, Foster etc. 'R. Hobbs' signed to shoulder of bat

South African tour of England 1994. Split and hinged stump signed by eleven Kent and eleven Yorkshire players. The stump appears to be signed by sixteen members of the touring party including Cronje, Donald, Rhodes, McMillan, Kirsten, Shaw, Hudson, Richardson etc. Good condition

Sussex C.C.C. c1985 and 2007. Gray Nicholls full size bat signed to the face by thirteen Sussex and eleven Hampshire players c1985. Signatures include Barclay, Gould, Pigott, Greig, Reeve, Parker, C. Wells, A. Wells, Le Roux (Sussex), Nicholas, Terry, Marshall, Smith, Tremlett, Maru, Connor, Hardy (Hampshire) etc. Fading to some signatures. Also a Newbery full size bat with printed title and players' names to side, signed by nineteen members of the 2007 Sussex team. Signatures include Adams (Captain), Yardy, Mushtaq Ahmed, Goodwin, Kirtley, Lewry, Martin-Jenkins, Saqlain Mushtaq, Nash, Prior, Wright etc. VG. Qty 2

'Golden Greats. Blazed in Glory'. Fully size cricket bat with colour emblem to splice. Signed below by fourteen 'greats'. Signatures are Geoff Boycott, Ian Chappell, Clive Lloyd, Asif Iqbal, Ravi Shastri, Tony Grieg, Richie Benaud, Sir Richard Hadlee, Imran Khan, Michael Holding, Bob Willis, Lee Irvine, Krish Srikkanth and Keith Stackpole. Limited edition no. 484. Mounted in presentation display case. VG

Three miniature cricket bats with an assortment of international cricketers' signatures collected in the 1990s/2000s. Signatures include Gooch, Emburey, Trueman, Vaas, Harris, Klusener, Lehmann, Marsh, Shoaib Akhtar, Bichel, Warne, Cairns etc. VG

'Brian Lara. 501 not out'. Hunts County full size cricket bat produced to commemorate Brian Lara's record individual first class score of 501no, Warwickshire v Durham, Edgbaston June 1994, listing details of innings and featuring a hand painted portrait, by Flinders, of Lara to face of bat, signed in full by Lara. Limited edition of 14 produced. In presentation display box. Previously sold by Knights. G/VG

'Parr's Tree, Trent Bridge 1800(c)-1976'. Miniature cricket bat produced by Nottinghamshire C.C.C. in 1976. 11.5". VG - cricket

Charles Burgess Fry, Sussex & England 1892-1921. Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Fry. 'Oxford Athletics'. April 19th 1894 by SPY. Nicely signed by Fry in black ink to lower right hand corner of image. Attractively mounted, framed and glazed. Overall 14.5"x20". Odd minor marks to image otherwise in good condition. Rare in this signed form

Australia. Frederick Robert Spofforth. New South Wales, Victoria & Australia 1874-1888. Vanity Fair. 'The Demon Bowler'. Original colour chromolithograph of Spofforth by Spy, dated July 13th 1878. Sold with George John Bonnor. New South Wales & Australia. Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Bonnor. 'Australian Cricket'. September 13th 1884 by APE. Both attractively mounted, framed and glazed. 14"x19" overall. Crack to the glass of one frame otherwise in good+ condition. Formerly from the collection of Robert Appleyard, Yorkshire & England 1950-1958, collection. Each frame has a bookplate signed by Appleyard to verso

Lancashire. John Thomas Tyldesley, Lancashire & England 1895-1923. Original Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Tyldesley. 'Forty-six Centuries in eleven years' by SPY, Albert Nielson Hornby, Lancashire & England 1867-1899. Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Hornby. 'Monkey'. August 15th 1891 by STUFF and Reginald Herbert Spooner, Lancashire & England 1899-1923. Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Spooner. 'Reggie'. July 18th 1906 by Spy. All three attractively mounted, framed and glazed. Two are 14"x19" overall and the other slightly smaller and not mounted. Odd faults to the lower border of the Tyldesley chromolithograph. The Tyldesley chromolithograph is formerly from the collection of Robert Appleyard, Yorkshire & England 1950-1958, collection. Each frame has a bookplate signed by Appleyard to verso

Middlesex. Lord Dalmeny, Middlesex. 'In his Fathers Steps'. 1904 by SPY, Bernard James Tindall Bosanquet, Middlesex & England 1898-1919. Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Bosanquet. 'An Artful Bowler'. September 15th 1904 by Spy, Hylton Philipson. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1887-1898. Vanity Fair. 'Oxford Cricket' and Pelham Francis Warner, Middlesex & England 1894-1929. Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of Warner. 'Plum'. September 3rd 1903 by Spy. All four attractively mounted, framed and glazed. Three are 14"x19" overall and the other slightly larger. Good condition. Two of the chromolithograph's are formerly from the collection of Robert Appleyard, Yorkshire & England 1950-1958, collection. Each frame has a bookplate signed by Appleyard to verso

Surrey. Thomas Walter Hayward, Surrey & England 1893-1914. Original Vanity Fair 'Supplement' colour chromolithograph of Hayward. 'Tom'. July 11th 1906 by SPY, Robert Abel, Surrey & England 1881-1904. Vanity Fair. 'Bobby'. Original colour chromolithograph of Abel by SPY, dated 5th June 1902, Digby Loder Armroid Jephson, Cambridge University & Surrey 1890-1904. Vanity Fair. 'The Lobster'. All three attractively mounted, framed and glazed. Two are 14"x19" overall and the other slightly larger. Good condition. All three formerly from the collection of Robert Appleyard, Yorkshire & England 1950-1958, collection. Each frame has a bookplate signed by Appleyard to verso

John 'Jack' Berry Hobbs, Surrey & England 1905-1934. Vanity Fair colour chromolithograph of John Berry Hobbs. 'A Tested Centurion' by WH. 'Men of the Day no.2283. 7th August 1912. Framed and glazed, overall 14"x19".Good condition. A rarer Vanity Fair print

E.P. Kinsella. Excellent collection of five large original colour prints of the boy cricketer in various guises. 'The Hope of His Side', 'The Boss', 'Good Enough for his County', 'How's That?' and 'Out First Ball'. Copyright 'E.P. Kinsella with original printed titles to lower border and in original mounts. Framed and glazed in original period frames, each 16"x21", one slightly larger. Some minor faults to images of two of the prints otherwise in good original condition

Albert Chevallier Tayler original lithographs 1905. Five original prints of A.C. Maclaren, R.H. Spooner, Lord Harris, S. Haigh, and Captain Wynyard. The Maclaren in card mount, the others framed and glazed, overall 10.75"x16". Creasing to the Maclaren print otherwise in good condition. Sold with three hand coloured Punch style cricket cartoon prints, 'The Advertising Expert's Dream', 'Leg Breaks', and 'Shirt Sleeves', and two similar horse racing prints, 'They're Off' and 'The Grand National'. Also a full set of fifty Player's 'Cricket 1926' cigarette cards, mounted framed and glazed, overall 21"x19" in good condition, and an original mono photograph of the Malvern Athletic Cricket Club 1917 laid to photographer's mount. Heavy staining and damage to the mount, the photograph in good condition. Qty 12

'England Captains 1930 to 2001'. 'The Lord's Pavilion'. Colour print from the original watercolour by David Gentleman, 1986. Signed to all four borders of the image by twenty nine of the thirty eight Captains of England in the period 1930 to 2001. Signatures are Wyatt, Cranston, Mann, Carr, Sheppard, May, Cowdrey, Dexter, Smith, Close, Graveney, Illingworth, Lewis, Denness, Edrich, Greig, Brearley, Boycott, Botham, Fletcher, Willis, Gower, Gatting, Emburey, Cowdrey, Gooch, Lamb, Stewart and Atherton. Attractively mounted, framed and glazed. Overall 22.5"x19.5". G/VG

'W.G. Grace at the Wicket'. Original sepia photogravure, after Archibald Stuart Wortley 1890, of the famous painting of Grace in batting pose at Lord's, which hangs in the Long Room at Lord's. Published by Manson, Swan and Morgan, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st May 1891, printed in Berlin, with cricket ball remarque to lower border. Signed in pencil to lower border by the subject, W.G. Grace, and by the artist, Wortley and limited to 100 copies. The photogravure attractively mounted, framed and glazed in good original frame and measures overall 25"x31". Good/very good condition. The archetypal portrait of Grace and another iconic image of the golden age of cricket

'The Batsman!. Portrait of Fuller Pilch. Dedicated to the lovers of the noble game by N. Felix'. Drawn from the life & on stone by G.F. Watts. Original colour lithograph after Felix. Published by S. Knights, Change Alley, c1840. M. & N. Hanhart. Lith Printers, 64 Charlotte Street. 13"x15.75". The lithograph has been restored and laid down to conservation paper/card, some nicks, small hole to outer border, some tears to extremities. Viewing essential

'The First Over'. Original Stevengraph of the start of a cricket match, circa 1880, miniature picture woven in silk, approx 2"x6" wide. In original mount with title below. Produced by 'Thomas Stevens, sole inventor and manufacturer, Stevengraph Works, Coventry'. Fading to colours, break to right hand side of mount. Framed and glazed. Rare and one of the earliest Stevengraphs

'Caught at the Wicket'. W. Davis 1902. Original pencil and watercolour painting of a cricket scene looking down the wicket from behind the wicket-keeper with the bowler, two batsman and umpire with hand raised. The painting appears to be after Lucien Davis who painted a similar scene in the 1880's. Framed and glazed. overall 12.5"x16"

'Lang Bros. Whisky' (L.B.W.). Lang Brothers, Limited, Distillers, Killearn & Glasgow. Nice original colour advertisement of a cricket match in progress in a country setting, the players wearing top hats, in the background a large crowd and a marquee with 'Langs Liqueur' to the roof. The batsman is being struck by the ball on his leg with the caption 'L.B.W'. Date unknown. Framed and glazed overall 25"x19". Good condition with nice bright colours

Garry Sobers and Richard Hadlee. 'Cricket Legends'. Large montage of two copy photographs of Sobers and Hadlee with window mounted signatures below the respective player. Mounted, framed and glazed, 34"x26.5". Sold with a montage of copy photographs featuring Bird leaving the field for the last time in 2006 with images of his 'Greatest World XI' and a card signed by Bird. Mounted, framed and glazed, 35"x28". G

'Ian Botham. Cricketing Heroes'. Large limited edition print of a pencil drawing of Botham appealing by artist Jack Russell 1989. Limited edition. Mounted, framed and glazed. G

'The Centurions'. Michael Atherton & Alec Stewart. Limited edition prints from the original portraits of the two cricketers, by Slade School of Art, artist Andy Pankhurst, which were commissioned by M.C.C. in 1999 as part of an initiative to depict cricketers during their careers. The two cricketers are each depicted in reflective mood wearing M.C.C. sweaters and sitting in the stands. The two portraits are window mounted with the signatures of both players in ink and a limited edition scorecard for the England v West Indies Test match played at Old Trafford in August 2000. Limited edition 6/210. Framed and glazed. Overall 25"x16". Good condition

'World Series Cricket' 1977/78. Selection of original posters and advertising cards produced for the series played in Australia. Players featured include Dennis Lillee, Greg Chappell, Tony Greig, Rodney Marsh, Graeme Wood, Poster of all the players involved etc. Plus WSC souvenir digital clock and cassette holding information cards on World Series cricket. G

Jocelyn Galsworthy. Artist. Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE. Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey & England 2001-2015. Large and impressive original pastel and pencil portrait of Kevin Pietersen, head and shoulders, wearing cricket shirt and sweater with England emblem to chest. Drawn from life by Galsworthy in 2005, when England finally regained the Ashes, it is signed and dated by the artist and by the sitter, Pietersen. Attractively framed and glazed in heavy wooden frame. The overall measurements are 26.5"x34.5". Label to back refers to the painting being exhibited in the Royal Society Portrait Painters Exhibition held in 2007 at the Mall Galleries, London. Also 'Green & Stone of Chelsea' label to back of frame. An excellent image and likeness to Pietersen, reflecting his wild style. Very good condition

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile editions published by John Wisden & Co Ltd, London 1991. Limited edition 938/1000. Brown hard board covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine. Lacking original Wisden yellow presentation box. Very good condition

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1876. 13th Edition. Bound in dark brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with titles in gilt to spine, red speckled page block edges. Very good condition. Pages checked, complete. Rare

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1879. 16th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Good/very good condition. Pages checked, complete

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1880. 17th edition. Bound in black boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to front board. Good/very good condition. Pages checked, lacking first advertising page otherwise complete

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1881. 18th edition. Original paper wrappers. Almost total loss of spine paper, age toning and small loss to top left hand corner of front wrapper, chipping to wrappers with small loss to edge, also odd minor nicks and creases to wrapper edges otherwise in good/very good condition

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1882. 19th edition. Bound in light red/brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine, red speckled page block edges. Good/very good condition. Pages checked, lacking advertising page to front and to rear otherwise complete

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1883. 20th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in light brown boards with gilt titles to spine. Very good condition. Ex Libris. 'Gloucestershire City Libraries' with labels to inside front and rear boards