Cricket scorecards WARWICKSHIRE V DURHAM 1994 (LARA 501) CRICKET SCORECARD VICTORIA V NEW SOUTH WALES 1926 (RECORD SCORE OF 1107)

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1 Cricket scorecards Cricket scorecards are usually of interest to collectors for one of three reasons an unusual or record-breaking event occurred in the match, a person of particular interest played in the game or the match was important in its own right (Ashes, Cup Final, Centenary match etc). The most popular examples of the first category include Headingley 1981, Laker s Match and Hutton s 364, but today we can also offer items as diverse as Lara's 501, Gubby Allen out handled the ball and the Australians being bowled out for 18. Perhaps the most unusual character to appear in one of our scorecards was Montague Druitt, who played for Winchester College against Eton in 1875 and later became the chief suspect in the Jack the Ripper case. This fascinating scorecard now hangs in the new pavilion at Eton College. Equally interesting is the scorecard offered below featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s highest first-class innings, stumped off W.G. Grace for 43. WARWICKSHIRE V DURHAM 1994 (LARA 501) CRICKET SCORECARD Edgbaston, June 2-6, Drawn. Lara scored the world record first-class score, 501 not out, for Warwickshire. Just over a month earlier, he had amassed the Test match record with 375 for West Indies against England in Antigua x 21cm. Half printed. Lara's 501 recorded in ink. Very good VICTORIA V NEW SOUTH WALES 1926 (RECORD SCORE OF 1107) Official commemorative scorecard from the Sheffield Shield match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 24-29, In their only innings Victoria amassed a First-Class record score (still unbeaten) of 1107, with Ponsford scoring 352, Ryder 295, Woodfull 133 and Hendry 100. Arthur Mailey was hit for a record 362 runs in his 64 8-ball overs. New South Wales eventually lost by an innings and 656 runs, which is,amazingly, only the third heaviest defeat in history. Signed at the bottom in ink by RM Bell, who played for London County from x 19cm. Fully printed with result underlined in red ink. A few light marks and some foxing. Contained within a cream mount. A record of a fascinating moment in cricket history

2 SURREY V PHILADELPHIANS 1897 The Oval, July The last game of the Philadelphian tour saw the Oavlites win by 154 runs but only on the last day with the Americans just an hour from saving the match, 15 x 11cm. Part printed and part filled in pencil. Very good SURREY V LANCASHIRE 1990 CRICKET SCORECARD - FAIRBROTHER 366 The Oval, May 3-7, Ian Greig scored 291 in Surrey's total of 707 for 9, before being eclipsed by Fairbrother's 366 in Lancashire's response of 863. Greig's score was the highest by a Surrey player at the Oval since 1926 before Fairbrother's became the highest score by anyone, passing Hutton's 364. Lancashire's total was also the highest county championship total of the 20th century. Completed neatly in pencil with some records also listed. Very good SURREY V AUSTRALIANS 1956 (LAKER 10 WICKETS) SIGNED SCORECARD Oval, May 16-18, Surrey won by 10 wickets. Laker's 10 for 88 in the first Australian innings, Constable's century and Lock's 7 for 49 at the death ensured that Surrey became the first county to beat the Australians for 44 years. Signed in ink by Laker and Lock. 26 x 15cm. Fully printed post-match commemorative card. Very good X08029

3 SOUTH OF ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICANS 1947 (COMPTON'S 17TH CENTURY - SIGNED)) Offical scorecard from the match played at the Central Cricket Ground in Hastings. Compton scored 101 for the South, his 17th Century of the season, breaking Hobbs' record. The match was interrupted for several minutes as the crowd and players congratulated him. Compton scored one further century that year and his aggregate of 3816 runs and 18 centuries (6 of them against the tourists) are still records for an English first-class cricket season. Signed in ink by Compton across the front x 19cm. Single sheet, part printed. Corners lightly creased otherwise in very good condition SOMERSET V WARWICKSHIRE 1985 CRICKET SCORECARD (RICHARDS 322) Official commemorative scorecard for the match played at Taunton on June 1-4, Viv Richards scored his highest first-class score in a drawn match. Fully printed commemorative scorecard. Very good condition R.A.A.F. V SOUTH OF ENGLAND 1945 (ALLEN OUT "HANDLED THE BALL") CRICKET SCORECARD Lord's, June 30, Drawn. The match was made famous by the dismissal of Allen, given out "handled the ball" whilst trying to protect his wicket. Ironically, the consequent delay saved the South from defeat. 24 x 12.5cm. Fully completed in pencil. Newspaper cutting laid down. Very good X08044

4 OVER THIRTY V UNDER THIRTY 1880 (WG GRACE) Cricket scorecard. Lord's, July 19-20, Despite Grace's 100 runs in the match (51 & 49) he could not prevent the Under Thirty team winning by 2 runs. Scotton top scored for the Under Thirty team in both innings. 15 x 11.5cm. Pinholes to corners and one small mark. Top right corner knocked off but preserved. Laid down to mount. Very good NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1995 (SIGNED BY 6 CENTURIONS) Cricket scorecard. Northampton, August 24-28, Despite centuries by Robinson and Archer Notts lost the game by an innings and 97 runs. Fordham, Lamb, Warren and Capel all scored centuries in a total of 781 for 7, before Kumble bowled Northants to victory. Signed by all 6 centurions. 21 x 30cm. Fully printed. Very good NORTH OF THE THAMES V SOUTH OF THE THAMES 1866 & 1867 (AT CANTERBURY) CRICKET SCORECARDS A pair of very early framed scorecards for two matches played at Canterbury on August 6, 1866 and August 5, For the South-siders, three Graces (WG, EM and GF), HH Stephenson, James Lillywhite, and E. Willsher turned out; Alfred Shaw, Grundy, Chatterton, and RA Fitzgerald (who took a team to North America in 1872) for the North. Both cards printed on the ground by S. Hyde, St George's Lane, Canterbury. Overall measurements 28 x 38cm. Woodcut engraving to top of each card showing a cricket match in progress with tents in the background. Mounted, framed and glazed. Fine condition

5 NORFOLK V WEST INDIES 1939 CRICKET SCORECARD Lakenham. June 28-29, Match drawn after a century from Weekes and steady Image scoring from all the Norfolk team. The Norfolk team included two Edrich brothers and the three Rought-Rought brothers. Part-printed and completed in pencil. Lightly creased and marked. A good copy of a rare scorecard Image not found or type unknown WARWICKSHIRE V FOOTBALLERS 1925 CRICKET SCORECARD (VILLA, BIRMINGHAM AND WEST BROM) Edgbaston, Aug 19-20, Drawn. The fifteen footballers came from Aston Villa, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion. 23 x 14cm. Part printed. Horizontal fold mark. Some light corrections in ink. Very good WEST INDIES 1984 CRICKET SCORECARDS - INCLUDING ALL TEST MATCHES (FULLY COMPLETED) Collection of scorecards for matches played on the West Indies tour of England in These include all five Test matches - the West Indies white-washed England 5-0. Also included are scorecards for the game against Middlesex and the Texaco Trophy match at Lord's. All the Test match scorecards are in fine condition and are fully printed

6 WEST INDIES V SOUTH AFRICA 1992 CRICKET SCORECARD (1ST TEST, BARBADOS) SOUTH AFRICA'S FIRST TEST SINCE SUSPENSION Official scorecard for the match played at Kensington Oval, Barbados, on April 18 23, This was the very first official Test match between the two countries and South Africa' first Test since the suspension due to apartheid. As a result it was the Test debut for all the South Africans (apart from Wessels), including Cronje, Donald, Hudson and Peter Kirsten. Jimmy Adams also made his debut for the home side. In the match Ambrose bowled the West Indies to victory by 52 runs. Fully completed neatly in ink. A few light creases. Very good condition. An historic scorecard OVER THIRTY V UNDER THIRTY 1879 CRICKET SCORECARD - ALFRED SHAW BENEFIT Official scorecard for the game played at Lord's on July 22 & WG Grace opened the innings for the Over Thirty team. The proceeds from the match went to the benefit of Alfred Shaw. 15 x 11.5cm. Light spotting. Very good NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V MIDDLESEX 1953 (TIED MATCH) CRICKET SCORECARD Peterborough, May 2-5, Tied. Compton scored a hundred for Middlesex in their second innings, after both sides had struggled on the first day. Barrick seemed to be easing Northamptonshire to victory but their last 3 wickets fell for a single run. 26 x 21cm. Fully printed post-match card. Light horizontal fold mark. With newspaper cutting. Very good X08021

7 KENT V SOMERSET 1911 (TUNBRIDGE WELLS) CRICKET SILK SCORECARD - WOOLLEY CENTURIES Tunbridge Wells. July 10-12, Woolley scored a century in each innings for the first time in his career as Kent won comfortably by 316 runs. Fielder and Blythe bowled Somerset out for 99 in their first innings, with Humphreys doing the damage in the second innings. 30 x 17cm. Fully printed commemorative scorecard on silk. Some light horizontal creasing, which will disappear when stretched. Very good GLOUCESTERSHIRE V SUSSEX 1877 & V SOMERSET 1883 CRICKET SCORECARDS (W.G.GRACE) Two original cricket scorecards Gloucestershire v Sussex from August 1877 and Gloucestershire v Somerset from August Both matches were played at Clifton College and featured W.G. Grace. The Doctor took 11 wickets in the match against Sussex and 10 against Somerset. 2 fully printed scorecards, each 12.5 x 18.5cm, laid down to card and mounted for framing. A little soiled and tanned but otherwise in very good condition WARWICKSHIRE V ESSEX 1898 CRICKET SCORECARD Edgbaston, Aug 8-10, Drawn. Rain ruined the last day after Santall had taken 8 for 32 in the first innings to put Warwickshire on top. Only Perrin (Essex) and Quaife for the home team mastered the conditions x 10.5cm. Fully printed. Mounted on sl faded card. Very good

8 FLAX BOURTON V BACKWELL HOUSE 1933 (ROBINSON FAMILY) CRICKET SCORECARD Flax Bourton, Aug 5, Drawn. Backwell House consisted of 11 members of the Robinson family. This was the 117th match in the series. 20 x 13cm. 4 page booklet with scorecards, averages etc. Fully printed. Sl fold marks. Very good. A RARE CARD AN ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V AUSTRALIANS 1884 SCORECARD Official scorecard for the match played at St. John's Ground, Huddersfield, on July 2-5, The Australians, including Murdoch, Bannerman, Bonnor and Spofforth, were fortunate to escape with a draw after being asked to follow on. Fully printed. Top left corner knocked off, otherwise in very good condition DARTFORD CC V UNITED BERLIN CC 1930 CRICKET SCORECARD Cricket scorecard. Hesketh Park, August 4, Dartford won by 59 runs. 11 x 11cm. Single folded card. Completed in pencil. Very good. An interesting item relating to German cricket between the wars

9 AUSTRALIANS V ELEVEN OF ENGLAND 1886 CRICKET SILK SCORECARD Lord's, September 13-15, 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 Grace hitting 74 in the first innings, AH Jarvis top scoring for the Austrailans with x 19cm. Printed in blue on cream silk, the odd light crease, sl frayed at bottom margin, some staining above the title at the top. A very rare "silk" from this early tour, in lovely, bright condition MIDDLESEX V KENT 1991 (MARSH TAKES 8 CATCHES) Cricket scorecard from the drawn County Championship match played at Lord's on the 31st of May to 3rd of June Marsh took m8 catches in the Middlesex 1st innings and made 108 not out in Kent's 2nd innings, Ellison took 9 wickets in the match. Signed by Steve Marsh and Richard Ellison in blue ink x 24.1cm. Fully printed. In very good condition MIDDLESEX V ENGLAND 1888 (SCARBOROUGH) - LEFT-HANDED MATCH. CRICKET SCORECARD Cricket scorecard. Scarborough, September 1, This seems to have been a 9a-side left-handed match between "England", including WG Grace, Lord Harris and Lord Hawke, and "Middlesex". Despite Grace scoring 52 it seems that the matchwinning performance was by HF de Paravicini, who scored 42, coming in at number 7 (of only 9). A very rare scorecard of an unusual match. 18 x 12.5cm. Central fold mark. Small closed tear to top edge. Paper residue to reverse, where removed from an album. Good

10 ENGLAND V WEST INDIES 1950 (LORDS) CRICKET SCORECARD - WEST INDIES FIRST WIN IN ENGLAND Lord's, June 24-29, West Indies won by 326 runs. England were destroyed, despite the efforts of Jenkins (9 for 290 in the match) and Washbrook's 114, as West Indies won for the first time in England. The spin twins, Ramadhin (11 for 152) and Valentine (7 for 127) did the damage, supported by Walcott's 168 not out, Weekes (63 and 63), Worrell (52 and 45), Gomez's 70 and 106 from Rae. 24 x 12.5cm. Part printed, part hand entered in ink. Heavily soiled. Good. Publisher 1950 MCC ENGLAND V PAKISTAN 1987 (HEADINGLEY) CRICKET SCORECARD - SIGNED BY IMRAN KHAN Headingley, July 2-6, Pakistan won by an innings and 18 runs, with Imran Khan taking 10 wickets in the match. Fully printed. Central horizontal fold. Signed by Imran to front. Very good ELEVEN DAFTS V SKEGNESS CC 1882 CRICKET SCORECARD Printed commemorative scorecard from the celebrated match between 11 members of the Daft family and Skegness CC, played on the 26th of August Richard Daft of Nottinghamshire scored 103 not out of the 144 the family side scored in their first innings. Overall 24.5 x 31cm. Fully printed paper scorecard on card mount. Very good

11 EAST V WEST 1948 (SIMS 10 WKTS) CRICKET SCORECARD Leyland's Sports Ground, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sept 8-10, East won by 223 runs. Hundreds from Pawson and Todd ensured the East always held the upper hand, and Sims routed the West's second innings by taking all 10 wickets for x 15.5cm. Fully printed. Sl stain. Very good X08336 DATCHET CRICKET CLUB SCORECARDS (SUTCLIFFE MATCHES) Four cricket scorecards for what became known as the annual "Sutcliffe" matches 1932 (3rd), 1935 (6th), 1936 (7th) and 1950 (17th). The games in the 1930s were titled Datchet v Mr. D. Roth's Eleven, but by 1950 the title had changed. Herbert Sutcliffe was an ever-present in the first three matches, others players including Sandham, Brooks and Sellers. In the 1935 match he opened the batting for Datchet, scoring an unbeaten century. The Sutcliffe XI in the 1950 match included Trevor Howard, Learie Constantine, Percy Fender, Alec Bedser, Surridge, Sims and Brennan. Two cards fully printed and two not completed. All very good ESSEX V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1947 (TIED MATCH) CRICKET SCORECARD - SIGNED BY ESSEX TEAM Ilford, May 17-20, 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 by Cray (Essex) and Timms (Northants) and P. Smith's 10 wickets in the match for Essex. Signed in ink by all the Essex players. 26 x 21cm. Fully printed. Accompanied by newspaper report. Very good X08009

12 ETON V HARROW 1887 CRICKET SCORECARD Official scorecard for the match played at Lord's on July 8-9, Eton, including Bromley-Davenport, Foley and Gosling defeated a strong Harrow team by 5 wickets. Harrow boasted AC MacLaren and FS Jackson among their ranks.part printed and part completed in pencil. Light central crease. Good GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND V AUSTRALIANS 1905 CRICKET SCORECARD Crystal Palace, May 4-6, Drawn. The Australians opted for batting practice in the opening match of their tour, rather than pressing home their advantage. Noble (60 and 162) and Hill (87 and 93) piled up the runs; Brearley laboured long in taking 9 for 228 in the match. It was WG Grace's penultimate game against the Australians x 18cm. Part printed, part entered in pencil. Horizontal fold marks and somewhat faded, otherwise good MCC & GROUND V AUSTRALIA 1896 (AUSTRALIA BOWLED OUT FOR 18) SILK SCORECARD Lord's, June 11-12, In one of the most sensational matches in cricket history, the Australians were bowled out for 18 in their first innings and ended up losing the match by an innings and 18 runs. It is still the lowest Australian innings total in firstclass cricket. In the second innings JT Hearne took all 9 wickets, the tenth being absent. The MCC top four were WG Grace, AE Stoddart, KS Ranjitsinhji and FS Jackson. Overall size 38 x 29cm. Fully printed on silk. Mounted, framed and glazed. A few light stains to silk, but otherwise in very good condition

13 M.C.C. V AUSTRALIANS 1878 CRICKET SILK SCORECARD - ENGLAND BOWLED OUT FOR 33 & 19 Lord's, May 28, In one of the most remarkable matches ever played the Australians scored only 41 yet won the match by 9 wickets. England, led by WG Grace, were bowled out twice in an afternoon, scoring just 33 and 19. Spofforth, their champion bowler, returned match figures of 11 for 20 and Boyle 8 for 17. This was the second game on the first ever Australian tour of England, and helped establish their formidable reputation. As a result, the tour was both a financial and sporting success, ensuring that many more tours would follow. This was the property of Alick Bannerman, the famous "stone-waller", and has his name printed to the reverse. 19 x 13cm. Post-match commemorative card, printed in blue lettering on silk, sl. foxing and very sl. fraying to edges. Interestingly, the bowling analyses for the second innings have been incorrectly recorded, with one of Spofforth's wickets being credited to Boyle. Very good. Extremely rare LORD PORCHESTER'S XII V R.E. MARSHALL'S HAMPSHIRE XII CRICKET SCORECARD Official scorecard for the match played at Highclere Castle on August 27th (year not stated). The home team inlcuded Compton, Dexter, Keith Miller, Titmus, Evans, Eagar, Tyson, George Mann and Lord Porchester himself. The Hampshire team included Marshall, Ingleby-M, Sainsbury, Shackleton and Horton. Hampshire scores recorded neatly in ink - it seems that the home team won with Miller scoring a century (but not confirmed). Very good condition. 1960s

14 LONDON COUNTY CC V MCC & GROUND 1902 (SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S HIGHEST FIRST-CLASS SCORE) Fully printed cricket scorecard for the game played at Crystal Palace on 14,15 &16 July London County won by an innings and 43 runs despite Rawlin (122*) carrrying his bat in the second innings. Wood, Poidevin and WG Grace scored centuries for County. But the real interest is the appearance of one Sir A. Conan Doyle in the MCC team. He made 43 & 0 and bowled was his highest first-class score. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ( ) was a hard hitting, though not especially skilled, batsman and a bowler of slow, loopy lobs which often took a puzzling flight. Indeed he once quipped that so slow was his bowling that if he ever delivered one he didn't fancy could run down the wicket, intercept it, and come back for another go! In 1899, for MCC, he took seven for 61 against Cambridgeshire at Lord's and on the same ground two years later carried out his bat for 32 against Leicestershire. It is said that Shacklock, the Nottinghamshire player, inspired him with the Christian name of his famous character, Sherlock Holmes, and that of the latter's brother Mycroft was suggested by the Derbyshire cricketer of that name. Overall size 30 x 25cm. Mounted, framed and glazed. Very good condition INDIA XI V SILVER JUBILEE OVERSEAS XI (COMMONWEALTH TEAM) 1954 CRICKET SCORECARD Official scorecard for the match between an Indian XI and the Silver Jubilee Overseas Cricket XI (Commonwealth Team), played at the Stadium Grounds, Madras, on January 13-17, This was the fourth Unofficial Test on the tour. India won the match comfortably x 14cm. Single folded sheet. Fully printed. Very good

15 HAMPSHIRE V LANCASHIRE 1947 (TIED MATCH) CRICKET SCORECARD Bournemouth, Aug 27-29, Tied (the fourth in the history of the County Championship). Washbrook's 105 nearly won the match for Lancashire but Bailey's 6 for 82 ensured Hampshire captain Eagar's gambling declaration just broke even. Last man Barlow was run out off the fourth ball of the last over. Earlier, Lancashire captain Cranston had scored 155 not out. 19 x 13cm. Fully printed, with extra details added. Sl markings. Accompanied by newspaper report. Very good X08011 GLAMORGAN V SOUTH OF ENGLAND XI 1948 (TO CELEBRATE FIRST COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP) Souvenir scorecard for the match played at St. Helen's, Swansea, on Sept , This was part of a Commemoration Cricket Week to mark Glamorgan's historic first County Championship. Signed by JC Clay of Glamorgan and by the full South of England XI - Robins, WJ Edrich, Bedford, Stephenson, Wood, Horsfall, Laker, Langridge, Gimblett, Cook and Yarnold. Glamorgan won a very close encounter by 2 wickets. 25 x 15cm. Ownership signature of the well-known sports journalist JBG Thomas to top right corner.very good condition ASHTEAD CC V MICHAEL MELFORD'S XI 1962 CRICKET SCORECARD - HENRY BLOFELD AND BRIAN JOHNSTON Official scorecard for the match played at Ashtead on August 26th, Melford's team included many professional players such as Silk, Endean and Warr but I would have liked to see Henry Blofeld batting with Brian Johnston - I wonder if it happened. Scores not completed. Very good