Was Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete in the world? King Gustav V of Sweden certainly thought so. He described Thorpe thus as he handed him two gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Jim Thorpe was a legendary Native American sportsman, who lived from 1888 – 1953. He was a Sac and Fox Native American, […]
Our most recent New Stock catalogue has a huge range of sports as usual. It also has quite a fine line in rare and classic fitness and wellbeing books too. Any of them should help you get ready for the summer! One of the most direct of the fitness and wellbeing books is ‘Be Fit […]
This quirky, 1930s Hungarian table tennis postcard is in our newest New Stock catalogue: https://www.sportspages.com/catalogue/new-stock-58 along with over 100 other items from nearly as many sports. Our catalogues come out regularly: don’t miss them by signing up for them on the bottom of our home page!
Lord's, September 13-15, 1886. Printed on silk. This friendly match was the 36th game played by the touring Australians, and was made over for the benefit of JA Murdoch. The result was a draw, with WG
Souvenir scorecard on silk for the first Test match played in England on September 6th, 1880 at the Oval. This was produced as a commemorative piece for the 1980 Centenary Test match.
Very good condition.
Oval, August 14-16, 1899. Match drawn. England scored an amazing 435 for 4 on the first day, including centuries for Jackson and Hayward, from which point on they were always pushing for victory. Dogged
Cricket scorecard for the 1930 Ashes Test at Lords. There were big hundreds from Duleepsinhji and Woodfull but Bradman's 254 was, yet again, the outstanding contribution. Australia won by 7 wickets.
Part
Official cricket scorecard. Lord's, August 6-8 1945. Match drawn after centuries for Keith Miller and Washbrook.
Part-completed in pencil. Good condition.
Oval, Aug 14 - 18, 1948. Australia won by an innings and 149 runs. The match is famous for being Bradman's last Test, Hollies bowling him second ball for 0, restricting his Test average to a mere 99.94.
Oval, August 15-19, 1953. England won the match by 8 wickets, so winning the series 1-0 and recovering the Ashes after nearly 20 years.
Part printed to the end of the penultimate day, with final day added
Trent Bridge, June 11 - 16, 1953. Drawn. In this rain-ruined Test match Bedser took 7 wickets in each innings and Hassett scored a century. England went on to regain the Ashes at the Oval after Australia
Old Trafford, 4th Test, July 26-31, 1956. Jim Laker's Test match. With 19-90, the best ever figures in first-class cricket, Laker spun Australia to defeat and enabled England to retain the Ashes. It might
Oval, August 22-27, 1968. Derek Underwood spun England to victory on the final day as they won by 226 runs to level the series. Australia retained the Ashes.
Part printed. Very good condition.
Lord's. July 2-7, 1981. Match drawn, but notable for Botham's pair and subsequent replacement as capatin by Brearley - the rest is history.
24 x 12.5cm. Fully printed. Very good.
Old Trafford. August 13-17, 1981. Largely remembered for Botham's 118 in the second innings, although there were also centuries in the match for Yallop and Border and 9 wickets for Alderman.
32 x 20.5cm.
Oval. August 27 - Sept. 1, 1981. Match drawn as England hang on to win one of the most extraordinary Test series 3-1.
30 x 21cm. Part printed. Central folds. Good condition.
Trent Bridge. June 18-22, 1981. Australia won the opening match of the series by 4 wickets.
32 x 20.5cm. Part printed. Crease across top edge and central horizontal fold. Good condition.
Fully printed scorecard for the "Miracle of Headingley" when Ben Stokes, ably supported by Jack Leach, pulled off a remarkable victory for England.
A4. Fine condition.
