Lot 387 – Francis Alexander MacKinnon. Kent & England 1875-1885. An early and impressive Victorian circular silver bowl with pedestal foot presented to MacKinnon to celebrate his marriage to the Honourable Emily Isabel Hood. There is an engraved inscription within a central cartouche which reads 'Presented by some past and present members of the Kent XI to FA Mackinnon on his marriage 19th April 1888'. The bowl has hallmarks for London 1839 and was made by Richard Sibley. The names of the past & present members are engraved around the base and include Lord Harris, W.H. Patterson, F. Marchant, The Hon. Ivo Bligh etc. A wonderful piece of Kent history from an early Captain and pioneering England cricketer. Estimate £1800/2500. Hammer price £6000

Lot 1626 – Tottenham Hotspur 1960/61 League and Cup Double winners. 'Wait till you hear my Cock-a-Doodle-Two for the 2nd leg!'. Large amusing original pen and ink caricature/ cartoon artwork with blue highlights, by artist Roy Ullyett, depicting the Spurs mascot, 'Cocky the Cockerel', standing on a mound labelled, '1st Division', and proudly holding the Football League trophy from which hangs a label, 'League Championship Cup'. Hanging from Cocky's other wing is another label, 'This space reserved for FA Cup’. Nicely signed in black ink by Ullyett. An excellent image which was published in the Daily Express 18th April 1961 Estimate £200/300. Hammer price £550

Lot 53. Australia 1934 – 'The Cricketer'. Official Orient Line dinner menu for the 'S.S. Orontes' which took the victorious Australian home to Australia having won the Ashes in 1934. The menu dated '29th October 1934 features an exquisite engraving to the front cover by Lynton Lamb of an early cricketer, bat in hand at the wicket. The front cover has been nicely and fully signed in ink (one in pencil) by all sixteen playing members of the touring party. Signatures are Oldfield, Bromley, Chipperfield, Ebeling, Darling, Woodfull, Brown, McCabe, Kippax, O'Reilly, Barnett, Ponsford, Wall, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett and Bradman. Estimate £300/500. Hammer price £410

Lot 1216 – William Denison. 'The Cricketer's Companion: containing the Scores of All the Grand and Principal Games of Cricket played at Lord's and other grounds...' 1843-1846. The first four (and only) editions bound together in one volume with modern marbled boards, green half morocco, and original green calf spine with raised bands laid down with gilt title, 'Denison's Cricket Companion 1843-46'. Rare to see all four editions Estimate £8000/12000. Hammer price unsold

Lot 142 – Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Rare original London County Cricket Club, Crystal Palace, 1903 membership and fixture card no. 591. The small folding card with maroon leather covers and gilt titles and emblems to front and back. To the inside, the printed first-class fixtures for 1903 with K.S. Ranjitsinhji annotated in ink, and signed by Ranji in ink below. Estimate £150/250. Hammer price £400

Lot 1424 – F.A Cup Final 1922. Huddersfield Town v Preston North End. Stamford Bridge Grounds. Official £1.1shilling stand seat match ticket stub for the Final played on the 29th April 1922. The ticket, for Stand B, Row K, seat no 10, printed in black, red and blue on a white background with red horizontal band to centre. A rare seat ticket stub, as seating was limited at Stamford Bridge in those days. This was the last final before the Finals began at Wembley Stadium the following year Estimate £1500/2500. Hammer price unsold

Lot 386 – Arthur Fielder. Kent & England 1900-1914. Rare and beautifully made silver ink stand, with decorative silver cricket ball ink well with original glass interior, two sets of stumps and bails and cricket bat attached to one set. The Kent club emblem to centre with 'Invicta' in scroll and the inscription 'Presented to A. Fielder, Champion Eleven 1909 by the Kent Cricket Club'. A highly desirable presentation item from Kent's 1909 County Championship winning season Estimate £700/1000. Hammer price £1600

Lot 1209 – 'Feats, Facts, and Figures of 1899'. F.S. Ashley-Cooper. Published for private circulation by Merritt & Hatcher, London 1899. First year of issue, of which only twenty copies were produced. 51pp. Original pale blue paper wrappers with replacement spine. Presentation copy with inscription in ink in Ashley-Cooper's own hand to 'F.A. Brooke Esq., 11 Dec. 1899. Copy no. 14'. Very rare. Estimate £1500/2500. Hammer price unsold

Lot 391 – 'The Boss'. A Royal Doulton Black Boy dessert plate, entitled 'The Boss' printed with a boy in red shirt and a floppy hat, wearing an umpires's coat and holding a bat,. Green floral decoration to outer rim. 7" diameter. Doulton backstamp and number 'E4336' to base. Circa 1907. Very good to excellent condition. A rarer 'Black Boy' title in lovely condition Estimate £800/1200. Hammer price unsold

Lot 1481 – Burnley Football Team. Winners of the English Cup 1913-1914 and English League Champions 1920-1921. A Record:- Played 30 games without defeat'. Commemorative Staffordshire mug produced to commemorate the two feats, with titles in scrolls to the front of the mug and to sides images of England's goalkeeper Jerry Dawson and international Robert Kelly, with floral designs to surrounds and rim. Rare Estimate £300/400. Hammer price £240

Lot 393 – William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England 1865-1908. A Victorian stoneware teapot with lid with a sepia transfer printed full length image of Grace in batting pose at the wicket with name 'W.G. Grace' below. MacIntyre of Burslem. Gold lustre to head of the teapot, spout end, handle and to finial on lid. A rarely seen teapot featuring Grace Estimate £600/900. Hammer price £2200

Lot 49 – M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1903/04. Early and impressive official menu to the victorious M.C.C. team who returned home with the 'Ashes' having won the series by three Tests to two. The Dinner was held at The Trocadero, London on 22nd April 1904. The large menu with elaborate cover design by G. Hillyard Swinstead depicts Warner and his team wearing tour blazers and caps and carrying cricket bags, two players are holding aloft a large banner with image of an English lion with cricket bat sitting on an Australian kangaroo. The menu is inscribed to the lower border in ink to F.S. Ashley-Cooper, the famous historian and cricket author, from G. Hillyard Swinstead. A rare and highly desirable item especially in this dedicated form Estimate £500/800. Hammer price £880

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