(AUSTRALIAN SPORT) - (WELLS, Sam).

A sheet of card bearing a series of original pen and ink caricature drawings, by Sam Wells, signed by the artist.
(c.1960).
Size 30cms x 26.5cms. Margins extra.
Captioned in pencil: Saturday's little bit of Mixed Grill. Illustrating various sportsmen in the following cricket roles: Ron Filshie, Vic. Pole Vault Star as a fielder. Warwick Selvey, Vic. Discus & Shot Put Champ as a batsman, Warwick Armstrong. Graeme Kelly, as a fielder. Russ Oakley, The Half Mile Wizard as a batsman running between the wickets. Barry Stanton, 440 Champ. Hurdler as a wicketkeeper, and Dick Leffler, Top Hammer Thrower as a bowler. Inset is a caricature of Richie Benaud. Sam Wells (1885-1972) was a popular sporting and political cartoonist who worked predominantly for the Melbourne Age between the 1930s and 1960s. He drew the major sporting cartoons of the time, and his work appeared every Monday in the sports column for over 25 years.
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