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 […]
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Souvenir programme for the match at Badminton CC in aid of M.R. Cranfield's Testimonial Fund on July 2nd 1950. The Duke's XI included Hammond, Gubby Allen, B.H. Lyon and R.A. Sinfield, the County XI included
Souvenir programme for the match at Badminton CC in aid of J. Crapp's Testimonial Fund on July 15th 1951. The Duke's XI included Hammond, Gubby Allen, Learie Constantine and Bill Edrich; the County XI
Souvenir programme for the match at Badminton CC in aid of G. Emmett's Testimonial Fund on July 6th 1952. The Duke's XI included Hammond, Gubby Allen, Bill Andrews, B.A. Barnett, C.J. Barnett, Goddard,
Souvenir programme for the match at Badminton CC in aid of Arthur Milton's Testimonial Fund on July 16th 1961. The Duke's XI included Barnett, Subba Row, Kenyon, Andrew and Emmett; the County XI included
Official scorecard for the very first first-class match played by Durham University on April 16-18, 2001. Despite Will Jefferson, James Foster and Michael Brown in their ranks the University side could
Official scorecard from the match played at Westcliff on July 17th-20th, 1937.
21 x 25cm. Partially completed in pencil. Central fold. Some marks. Good condition.
Southend-on-Sea. August 24-27, 1946. Set 370 to win in the final innings India scraped home by 1 wicket, largely thanks to Merchant's 181.
25 x 13cm. Part printed and part completed in ink. Central fold
Colchester, June 25 - 27, 1958. Drawn. The match lost out to the weather.
25.5 x 12.5cm. Part printed, part entered in ink on light blue card. Light horizontal fold mark. Very good.
Ilford, May 17 - 20, 1947. Tied (the third in the history of the County Championship). The excitement of Wade and Pearce's last wicket stand of 10 for Essex to tie the match overshadowed earlier hundreds
Leyton, Aug 3 - 6, 1957. Drawn. Horton made 93 for Worcester and Berry took 6 for 115 in Essex's innings, for whom Bailey hit a century.
25.5 x 12.5cm. Part printed, part entered in ink on pink card.
Cardiff Arms Park, Aug 7 - 8, 1946. Glamorgan won by an innings and 115 runs. Rhodes took 7 for 109 as Robinson scored a century for Glamorgan. Derbyshire then capitulated for 40, with Judge taking 7 for
Souvenir scorecard for the match played at St. Helen's, Swansea, on Sept. 15-17, 1948. This was part of a Commemoration Cricket Week to mark Glamorgan's historic first County Championship. Signed by JC
Cheltenham College, August 13 - 15, 1958. Glamorgan won by an innings and 41 runs. Even without the injured McConnon, Glamorgan twice skittled out Gloucestershire, the first time for a mere 56.
25.5 x
Ashley Down, Bristol, June 19 -21, 1948. Gloucestershire won by 10 wickets. Cook and Barnett bowled the home side to victory as Leicestershire collapsed in the second innings.
25.5 x 19.5cm. Part printed,
Original cricket scorecard for Gloucestershire v Somerset from August 9-11, 1883, played at Clifton College and featuring W.G. Grace. The Doctor took 10 wickets in the match as Gloucestershire won comfortably.
Fully
Official cricket scorecard for the match played on June 2-4, 1948. Australians won by 8 wickets. Knott and Bailey ran through the Australian batting as the county gained a sizeable lead. But Miller and
Official cricket scorecard for the match played on July 27-30, 1935.
Part printed and part completed in pencil. Rubbed to edges with central horizontal fold. Fair/good condition.
Official cricket scorecard for the match played on May 14-16, 1947.
Part printed and part completed in pencil. Rubbed to edges with central horizontal fold. Good condition.
Cricket scorecard for the match played on July 19-22, 1969. In the last match of their tour the West Indies won a close contest by 3 wickets, after being bowled out for 106 in their first innings.
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Scorecard, teamsheet, Rothmans almanack and wallet - all relating to the match played at Tichborne Park on July 30th 1967. The scorecard is completed in ink. Rothmans sponsored the International Cavaliers,
Official programme/scorecard for the match played on Hartley Wintney Cricket Green on May 10th 1952. The home side seemed to get 168 for 13 (declared) and the county team made 210 for 9. Includes an article
Souvenir scorecard, fully printed, to commemorate Leicestershire's famous win over the touring Australians, the first time that they had done this since 1888. Leicestershire won by 31 runs thanks to Davison's
Grace Road. July 26-29, 1975. Leicestershire won by 31 runs, their first victory over the Australians since 1888.
24 x 15cm. Fully printed souvenir scorecard. Fine.
