SOLD AUTOGRAPHED CRICKET BATS
(Listed chronologically)
Sir JACK HOBBS signed 1927 cricket bat
RARE! Sir Jack Hobbs (Surrey & England) signed cricket bat and newspaper cricket competition certificate.
The full-size Extra Special The OVAL bat* specially selected from Jack Hobbs' own Fleet Street shop (signed on reverse by Hobbs) was a schoolboy prize given by "The Star" newspaper in May 1927. Along with the newspaper editor Wilson Pope, Hobbs has signed the Certificate (awarded to Master Herbert Manktelow of Wakefield Central School, London, E6).
*The bat handle is broken (as per photos) and the bottom of the blade also has some slight damage.
J.B. Hobbs aka John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs who played for Surrey (1905-34) & England (61 Tests) is the leading scorer (61.760 runs) and century-maker (199) in first-class cricket history.
SOLD £200
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ENGLAND LEGENDS signed Gray Nicolls cricket bat
Full-Size Gray Nicolls Autograph cricket bat
Signed by 12 England cricketing legends
from the 1940s to 80s.
Including:
Fred Trueman,
Tom Graveney,
Phil Sharpe,
John Snow,
Mike Denness,
Ray Illingworth,
Len Hutton,
Peter Parfitt,
Bob Taylor
&
John Edrich.
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1953 AUSTRALIAN ASHES TOURING PARTY
MULTI-SIGNED CRICKET BAT
S O L D £100
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1964 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA ASHES SERIES
SIGNED STUART SURRIDGE CRICKET BAT
Signed on the back by county players from... MIDDLESEX, inc: Mike Brearley & Clive Radley; SUSSEX, inc: Ted Dexter (again) & John Snow; GLAMORGAN, inc: Tony Lewis & David Shepherd; SURREY, inc: John Edrich & Micky Stewart; & NOTTS, inc: Brian Bolus & Geoffrey Millman.
S O L D £120
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1979/80 ENGLAND CRICKET SQUAD SIGNED BAT
also signed by Kent CCC players
Brian Luckhurst autograph Lillywhite Frowd cricket bat
Signed by 12 England cricket players:
Geoff Boycott Bob Taylor
Peter Willey Graham Dilley
Chris Old David Gower
Mike Gatting ?????
Graham Gooch Wayne Larkins
Also signed on reverse by 16 Kent players: inc Alan Knott, Derek Underwood, Bob Woolmer, John Shepherd, Eldine Baptiste, Graham Dilley, Mark Benson, Simon Hinks, Chris Tavare, Richard Ellison, Neil Taylor, Kevin Jarvis, Chris Cowdrey, Alan Ealham, Graham Johnson & Laurie Potter.
SOLD £150
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HUNTS COUNTY COLTS TURBO SIGNED CRICKET BAT
60+ authentic autographs from 1930s to 2000s
Full-sized County cricket bat with 60+ signatures (front & back) including: Len Hutton, Alec Bedser, Tom Graveney, Hubert Doggart, Ted Dexter, Tony Lewis, Geoffrey Boycott, Ken Higgs, Asif Iqbal, Eddie Barlow, Robin Jackman, Peter Willey, Clive Rice, Angus Fraser, Neil Fairbrother, Robin Smith, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton and many more. S O L D £100
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1985 ASHES SERIES SIGNED BAT
England autographs: David Gower, Phil Edmonds, Mike Gatting, John Emburey, Graham Gooch, Paul Allott, Neil Foster, Tim Robinson, Arnie Sidebottom, Allan Lamb, Paul Downton.
Australia autographs: Allan Border, Andrew Hilditch, Wayne Phillips, Simon O'Donnell, Ray Phillips, Geoff Lawson, David Boon, Greg Ritchie, Bob Holland, Dirk Wellham, Craig McDermott.
England won the six Test series 3-1 with two matches drawn.
SOLD £100
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1987 ENGLAND v PAKISTAN multi-signed
Duncan Fearnley Magnum bat
** HISTORIC ITEM **
Celebrating Pakistan's first-ever Test series win in England this is a full-size bat signed by 24 players from both sides, inc: Pakistan captain Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir, Zakir Khan, Ijaz Ahmed, Shoaib Mohammad, Mohsin Kamal + England players inc Mike Gatting, David Gower, Chris Broad, Graham Dilley, Neil Foster, Tim Robinson, Martyn Moxon & Bruce French.
SOLD £100
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1991 WEST INDIES Signed Cricket Bat
TOURING TEAM to England
West Indies signed Hunts County Autograph cricket bat
Autographs include: Viv Richards (captain), Malcolm Marshall, Brian Lara, Desmond Haynes, Courtney Walsh,Curtley Ambrose, Jeffrey Dujon, Carl Hooper, Gus Logie, Patrick Patterson, Richie Richardson, Phil Simmons & Lance Gibbs (tour manager).
S O L D £100
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1993 AUSTRALIAN ASHES TOURING PARTY
SIGNED CRICKET BAT
Allan Border (capt)
Ian Healy
David Boon
Matthew Hayden
Wayne Holdsworth
Merv Hughes
Brendon Julian
Damien Martyn
Tim May
Craig McDermott
Paul Reiffel
Michael Slater
Mark Taylor
Shane Warne
Mark Waugh
Steve Waugh
Tim Zoehrer
S O L D £75
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1996 PAKISTAN SQUAD SIGNED BAT
1996 PAKISTAN TOUR to ENGLAND & SCOTLAND squad signed full-size Gray Nicolls cricket bat.
Squad players include: Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram, Mushtaq Ahmed, Aamer Sohail, Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saeed Anwar, Asif Mujtaba, Moin Khan, Saleem Malik, Asif Mujtaba, Rashid Latif, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shahid Nazir, Shadab Kabir & Mohammad Akram.
SOLD £150
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SRI LANKA signed cricket bat
S O L D £50
Full size bat with Player Name sticker
Some autographs have slightly faded.
Bat handle rubber has perished
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Official 2008 Rajasthan Royals Signed Cricket Bat
Champions of the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL)
(captain)
(vice-captain)
(unnamed -
signed on the toe)
SOLD
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2008 KENT CRICKET AUTOGRAPHED BAT
KCCC Signed Gray Nicolls cricket bat (2008 season)
Official Kent County Cricket bat signed by 18 players:
Rob Key (captain)
Martin van Jaarsveld (vice-captain)
Yasir Arafat
Simon Cook
Joe Denly
Neil Dexter
Paul Dixey
Geraint Jones
Robbie Joseph
Justin Kemp
Amjad Khan
Azhar Mahmood
Ryan McLaren
Sam Northeast
Martin Saggers
Darren Stevens
James Tredwell
Matt Walker
S O L D £60
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SIGNED MINI CRICKET BATS
SIR GARRY SOBERS & SIR VIVIAN RICHARDS
Signed Slazenger V600 mini cricket bat (approx 14" tall)
S O L D £50
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1966 WEST INDIES & ENGLAND SIGNED
GRADIDGE IMPERIAL DRIVER MINI-BAT
England (inc: Mike Smith, Colin Cowdrey, Ken Barrington, Fred Titmus, Jim Parks etc)
West Indies (inc: Garry Sobers, Conrad Hunte, Lance Gibbs, Rohan Kanhai, Charlie Griffiths).
S O L D £100
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ALAN EALHAM (KENT) SIGNED CRICKET BAT
1982 BENEFIT YEAR
Signed by:
KENT CCC (on front)
Alan Ealham, Asif Iqbal, John Shepherd, Derek Underwood, Bob Woolmer, Alan Knott, Graham Johnson, Eldine Baptiste, Kevin Jarvis, Chris Cowdrey, Neil Taylor, Graeme Dilley, Richard Ellison, Stuart Waterton, Laurie Potter, Derek Aslett, Simon Hinks, Lindsay Wood & Chris Tavare.
SOMERSET CCC inc Vivian Richards, Joel Garner & Jeremy Lloyds.
SURREY CCC inc Monte Lynch, Alan Butcher, Graham Clinton & Robin Jackman.
S O L D £60
A rare piece of Kent cricket memorabilia with the autographs of the 'regular' 1993 squad along with mercurial fast bowler Duncan Spencer (who only played four games for KCCC).
Duncan was famously described by Viv Richards as "the fastest bowler he'd ever faced."
This mini Gray Nicolls PowerSpot bat is also signed by coach Daryl Foster.
S O L D £30
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1992 KENT CCC
signed mini cricket bat
Signed by 13 Kent players from the 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup Final at Lords:
Mark Benson
Steve Marsh
Richard Ellison
Martin McCague
Alan Igglesden
Matthew Fleming
Trevor Ward
Richard Davis
Neil Taylor
Carl Hooper
Graham Cowdrey
Mark Ealham &
Chris Penn.
S O L D £25
1976 WEST INDIES TOURING TEAM TO ENGLAND
Clive Lloyd
Deryck Murray
Viv Richards
Alvin Kallicharan
Vanburn Holder
Roy Fredericks
Bernard Julien
Wayne Daniel
Michael Holding
Gordon Greenidge
Collis King
Andy Roberts
Larry Gomes
Lawrence Rowe
Michael Findlay
Raphick Jumadeen
Albert Padmore.
S O L D £20
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Australian "A" signed mini cricket bat (c early 1990s)
Signatures include future Test legends: Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden & Damien Martyn.
S O L D £25
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TRANSVAAL & WESTERN PROVINCE CURRIE CUP
Signed mini-bats (c mid-1980s South Africa)
Transvaal 1984-85 Currie Cup winners signed cricket mini-bat
Inc: Graeme Pollock, Clive Rice, Jimmy Cook, Neal Radford & Sylvester Clarke
+ Transvaal & Western Province squads signed back of a second Castle Currie Cup mini-bat
Inc Peter Kirsten, Ken McEwan & Adrian Kuiper.
S O L D £25 each
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