Knight's Sporting Auctions Auction of Cricket, Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, Football and Sporting Memorabilia - 3 Day Auction (#7) 18/11/2022 10:30 AM GMT Closed Starts Ending 18/11/2022 10:30 AM GMT Auction Info View ▼ Lots per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime leftLotLot nameNewestHighest priceLowest priceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 221-230 of 1482. Previous|1...212223242526...149|Next Lot #221 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. A selection of wartime correspondence with some cricket interest from Warner’s personal collection. Contents include a handwritten postcard from J.B. Cattley[?] of Eton College, dated 24th February 1943. He writes, ‘The great work is now in the Library, & the Captain of the XI is coming to take it out. His name is Keighley, & his Australian parents thoughtfully & hopefully gave him the initials W.G.’, referring to Wi View details Estimate£70 - £100StatusUnsold Lot #222 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. Four handwritten airmail letters from Warner to his son ‘Es’ (Esmond Warner) who is posted in Cairo, written in 1950 and 1951. Warner writes at some length about family and cricket, and reports that the Duke of Edinburgh has invited him to be the next President of the M.C.C., quoting the Duke as saying ‘I feel sure that all cricket minded people in the country will agree with my choice’. He looks forward to the visit View details Estimate£100 - £150StatusUnsold Lot #223 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. Two handwritten two page letters written to Warner by Bernard Darwin, noted amateur golfer and grandson of the naturalist, Charles Darwin. One letter is written on Garrick Club headed notepaper, and both relate to Warner’s membership of the Club. In the first letter, dated 2nd December 1955, Darwin expresses his dismay at Warner having tendered his letter of resignation, and implores him to reconsider. A note written View details Estimate£50 - £80Winning bidN/AStatusSold Lot #224 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. Two letters written to Warner in relation to the opening of the new stand at Lord’s in Warner’s name in 1958. The first, a two page handwritten letter, dated 11th February 1958, is from Lord Rugby. Writing from his home in Halesworth, Suffolk, Rugby expresses his delight that the new stand is to be named in Warner’s honour, describing it in florid terms as ‘astral and altogether superb’. Very nicely signed ‘Rugby’. T View details Estimate£50 - £80StatusUnsold Lot #225 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. Two original Christmas cards from Mr. and Mrs. Auty in Chicago to Warner. The plain cards with printed greeting to front and, to the inside a reproduction of a scorecard for a notable match, one for the ‘First Representative Game, New Zealand v. English XI (Lord Hawke’s)’ of 1903, the other for the ‘First Representative Game All-Australia XI v. English XI (Lillywhite’s)’ in 1877. Both cards undated, but one, for 1953 View details Estimate£50 - £80StatusUnsold Lot #226 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. A selection of eight official menus from Warner’s personal collection, some with notes for a speech given by Warner. View details Estimate£50 - £80StatusUnsold Lot #227 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. A selection of eight official menus from Warner’s personal collection, one with notes for a speech given by Warner. Menus are North Staffordshire and District Cricket League Diamon Jubilee Dinner, Stoke-on-Trent, 11th October 1949, British Sportsman’s Club Luncheon for the South African team, The Savoy, 23rd April 1951 with cartoon illustration to front cover by Tom Webster, and list of attendees for ‘Rugby- Marlboro View details Estimate£50 - £80Winning bidN/AStatusSold Lot #228 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. A folder comprising a good selection of post- War personal correspondence received by Warner with good cricket content, from his own collection. Contents include a three page letter from the former editor of Wisden, Hubert Preston dated 1955, in which he remembers reporting on Warner’s first County Championship match, for Middlesex against Somerset at Taunton in 1894, and interesting comments on professionalism and t View details Estimate£70 - £100StatusUnsold Lot #229 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. A folder comprising a selection of personal letters, telegrams and cards received by Warner congratulating him on his 70th birthday in 1943 and 80th in 1953. Correspondents include R.E.S. ‘Bob’ Wyatt and his wife, Mollie, Willliam Findlay and Ronnie Aird of the M.C.C., Warner’s son, Esmond, ‘The Fenders’, and club representatives from the Club Cricket Conference, Lancashire C.C.C., Essex C.C.C. etc. G View details Estimate£50 - £70Winning bidN/AStatusSold Lot #230 Pelham Francis ‘Plum’ Warner. Oxford University, Middlesex & England 1894-1920. A folder comprising a large selection of personal letters and telegrams received by Warner commiserating on the death of his wife, Agnes (Lady Warner), in 1955. Includes letters from the great and the good of cricket and social life including Alec Ingleby-Mackenzie (father of Colin, Hampshire Captain 1958-1965), James Boucher, Secretary, Irish Cricket Union, Ursula Peebles, wife of England cricketer and writer, Ian P View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning bidN/AStatusSold Lots per page 102550100 Previous|1...212223242526...149|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149 Next
