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A.E. NEWTON (SOMERSET) 1935 CRICKET LETTER

Handwritten letter from A.E. Newton (Somerset 1880 - 1914) to his fellow Somerset cricketer H.N.E. Alston, dated May 17th 1935. Alston seems to be proposing to bring a cricket team to Trull, Newton's local

£60.00

ABDUL HAFEEZ KARDAR (PAKISTAN) 1958 CRICKET LETTER

Handwritten letter (over 3 sheets) from Kardar to his close friends in Guyana Mr and Mrs Raymon. Kardar stayed with the family during the 1957-58 Pakistan cricket tour of the West Indies and this humorous

£150.00

AER GILLIGAN (SUSSEX & ENGLAND) 1950 CRICKET LETTER

Cricket autograph. Handwritten letter in ink on headed notepaper from the Australia Hotel, Sydney, dated 17 October 1950. Routine content. 18 x 11 cm. A few small pinholes and some light creasing.

£30.00

ALBERT FREETHY (WELSH RUGBY REFEREE & GLAMORGAN CRICKETER) 1954 LETTER

Handwritten letter from Albert Freethy to J.G.B. "Bryn" Thomas, dated April 28th 1954, regarding his intention to run for the Vice Presidency of the WRU. Freethy had been a well-known rugby referee and

£70.00

ALLAN BORDER (NEW SOUTH WALES & AUSTRALIA) 1980 CRICKET LETTER

Cricket autograph. Handwritten letter in ink to an autograph collector, dated 20 March 1980. "... this cricket season has been very hectic..." 25 x 20cm. Small tear at top of sheet.

£12.00

ANDY GANTEAUME (WEST INDIES) 1993 CRICKET LETTER

Single sheet letter written in response to a request by an autograph collector. In the letter Ganteaume talks about the recent Australia- West Indies series (1992-93) and of other cricket around the world.

£30.00

B.J. WAKLEY 1955 CRICKET LETTERS (X3)

Three single sheet handwritten letters from 1955 and 1956 from the cricket author and collector Bertie Wakley to his fellow collector and Wisden statistician Geoffrey Copinger, mainly relating to cricket

£14.00

BRIAN BASSANO 1975 HANDWRITTEN CRICKET LETTER

Single-sheet signed letter from the South African journalist and cricket historian to Geoffrey Copinger requesting help in finding photographs of South African players for an upcoming publication. Dated

£12.00

BRIGADIER MICHAEL WHITE (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE) CORRESPONDENCE AND DRAFT MEMOIRS (1990)

A collection of three autograph letters and associated papers from the former Northamptonshire County Cricket Club player of the 1930s and 40s, who also represented Cambridge University and became aide-de-camp

£80.00

CHARLES LYTTELTON, 8TH VISCOUNT COBHAM (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY) 1921 CRICKET LETTER

Cricket autograph. Handwritten letter with signature in ink on Royal Hospital, Chelsea, headed notepaper, dated 21st December 1921. Lyttelton writes to thank the MCC Staff at Lords for their Christmas

£55.00

CHRISTY MORRIS (PHILADELPHIANS) 1959 CRICKET LETTER

Handwritten letter from the American cricketer to Henry Grierson regarding the Forty Club and other matters (including being mistaken for Plum Warner), dated 24 October 1959. Signed "Christy Morris". 18

£95.00

COLIN COWDREY (KENT & ENGLAND) CRICKET LETTER

Handwritten note on card, dated Jan 28 1990. Signed in ink "Good Wishes, Colin Cowdrey". 10 x 16cm. Very good condition.

£15.00

CYRIL WELLS (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, MIDDLESEX & SURREY) CRICKET LETTER - TO PLUM WARNER

Cricket letter. Handwritten letter with signature in ink on United University Club headed notepaper dated May 8th 1950. Wells writes to Plum Warner congratulating him on being  nominated for the Presidency

£65.00

D.J. KNIGHT (SURREY & ENGLAND) 1919 CRICKET LETTER

Handwritten letter with signature in ink, dated 13th August 1919. Sent to Harold Costley-White, headmaster of Westminster School, accepting the offer of a teaching post at the school. Nicely signed. 11.4

£40.00

DESMOND EAGAR (GLOUCESTERSHIRE & HAMPSHIRE) 1974 CRICKET LETTER

Typewritten letter on headed notepaper from Hampshire CCC, dated 8th October 1974. Routine content. 12.6 x 20.4cm. A little creased, very good.

£10.00

DON BRADMAN 1948 (JUST AFTER HIS LAST TEST MATCH) HANDWRITTEN LETTER

Handwritten letter from Bradman, while in London, to a well-wisher, dated August 29th 1948. This was just a few days after his last Test match and two days after his 40th birthday. "It was very sweet

£320.00

DON BRADMAN 1983 HANDWRITTEN LETTER TO E.W. SWANTON - BODYLINE "DRESSING-ROOM LEAK"

Single-sheet letter dated 12 September 1983 in which the 75-year-old Bradman discusses Swanton's projected biography of Gubby Allen and the recent book on himself by Michael Page in which the author "with

£750.00

DUKE OF NORFOLK 1957 SIGNED CRICKET LETTER

Typed letter from the Duke of Norfolk to Henry Grierson, secretary of the Forty Club, apologising for not being able to attend a Forty Club dinner. Dated October 14th 1957, on Arundel Castle headed notepaper.

£36.00

EDDIE WATTS (SURREY) 1971 CRICKET LETTER - TO GEOFFREY HOWARD

Single sheet handwritten letter from 1971 from Eddie Watts to Geoffrey Howard, the well-known cricket administrator. Watts states "My word how times have changed - I never stop being thankful to have been

£20.00

EDWARD BANKS (KENT) 1848 CRICKET LETTER

Handwritten letter in ink from Banks to Mr Smithson, the then Hon. Sec. of Kent CCC, declining his invitation to play due to ill health. Probably dates from 1848 or 1849. Accompanied by typewritten transcript.

£120.00

EUGENE ANTOINE (TRINIDAD & WEST INDIES A) 1992 CRICKET LETTER

Single sheet letter written in response to a request by an autograph collector. Sent from Harrogate Cricket Club. Very good condition.

£12.00

EVELYN METCALFE (QUEENSLAND) 1940 CRICKET LETTER TO ARCHIE MACLAREN

Cricket autograph. Handwritten letter to Archie MacLaren, mainly reminiscing about old friends. "Funny to think back, I remember travelling up in your carriage from Brisbane to Toowoomba, and you were

£95.00

F.S. ASHLEY-COOPER 1902 CRICKET LETTER

Postcard, sent by Ashley-Cooper to EBV Christian in 1902. In it he discusses Philip Norman's "Annals of West Kent Cricket"  - "one of the best books I have ever read"; and noting a forthcoming change

£65.00

FRANK TYSON (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE & ENGLAND) SIGNED LETTER

Cricket autograph. Typed letter on "Victorian Cricket Association" headed notepaper to Bob Blair (New Zealand), regarding a contribution to Blair's testimonial brochure. Signed in ink "Frank". 30 x 21cm.

£10.00

GEOFFREY HOWARD (MIDDLESEX) 1953 CRICKET LETTER

Typed letter on Lancashire CCC headed paper, written in his capacity as Club Secretary to accompany a copy of the County Annual. Signed nicely by Howard in ink. Howard played 3 matches for Middlesex in

£16.00

GERALD LIVOCK (MIDDLESEX) 1985 CRICKET LETTER

Handwritten letter from G.E. Livock (Middlesex 1925-27) to the cricket collector Geoffrey Copinger. Livock is confirming in the letter the identities of some players featured in a postcard from Copinger's

£45.00

GERARD ROTHERHAM (WARWICKSHIRE) 1946 CRICKET LETTER

Single sheet handwritten letter from Gerard Rotherham to Hubert Preston, the editor of Wisden - the content mainly relates to statistics. Rotherham played for Warwickshire from 1919 to 1921, before moving

£40.00

HARRY ALTHAM (SURREY & HAMPSHIRE) 1951 CRICKET LETTER - TO D.J. KNIGHT

 Handwritten letter in ink on headed notepaper, dated 30th April 1951, from Altham to D.J. Knight (Surrey & England), asking him to play for the Authentics against Winchester College. Also

£40.00

HARRY ALTHAM TO E.W. SWANTON 1960 AIR MAIL CRICKET LETTER

Original handwritten airmail letter dated January 21st 1960. Sent by Harry Altham to his fellow cricket historian E. W. Swanton, who was in Trinidad following the England tour of the West Indies in 1959-60.

£110.00

HDG LEVESON-GOWER (SURREY & ENGLAND) 1937 CRICKET LETTER - TO ARCHIE MACLAREN

Cricket autograph. Typed letter to Archie MacLaren, inviting him to the Ferrets Club Annual Dinner, where he would be joining "every England Captain since 1899, with the exception of Lionel Tennyson and

£38.00

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