THE CRICKET SPECTATOR FOR 1931. INCLUDING THE UP-TO-DATE EDITION OF OUR LEADING CRICKETERS, GIVING ALL THEIR BATTING, BOWLING AND FIELDING AVERAGES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. London, (1931). 8vo. 67pp. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers. A statistical summary of the season. Last year of issue. Published annually between 1927 and 1931. Swanton, World of Cricket, 1966: 'One work of statistics, now scarce, but diverting and revealing, was called Our Leading Cricketers for three years, 1924 to 1926, and was then continued in The Cricket Spectator from 1927 to 1931. It was compiled by H. P.-T. (P.F. Thomas) and was based on five-year comparison tables.' Padwick, 1047. [ref: 48810] £20.00 enquire buy |
A colour lithograph of Thompson bowling by A. Chevallier Tayler. From The Empire's Cricketers. Good condition. [together with]: a page of biographical text by G.W. Beldam. London, published by The Fine Arts Society, 1905. Thompson played for Northamptonshire between 1905 and 1922. He played six Test matches for England between 1909 and 1910. [ref: 12662] £65.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
PENGUINS STOPPED PLAY. ELEVEN VILLAGE CRICKETERS TAKE ON THE WORLD. London, 2006. 8vo. ix+242pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Cricket played by English eccentrics over the world. [ref: 62569] £8.00 enquire buy |
THE LAST CORINTHIAN. THE CRICKETING LIFE OF M.J.K. SMITH Chichester, 2023. 8vo. 288pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. SIGNED BY M.J.K. SMITH AND THE AUTHOR on the title-page. A biography of the Warwickshire and England batsman M.J.K. Smith. [ref: 79410] £25.00 enquire buy |
THE LORD OF LORD'S. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD FREDERICK BEAUCLERK. Newnham on Severn, 2017. 8vo. 207pp. Illustrated. Original red cloth, preserved in pictorial cloth slipcase. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 63 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE 14th DUKE OF ST. ALBANS AND THE AUTHOR. A biography of the controversal cricketer Lord Frederick Beauclerk. [ref: 83715] £65.00 enquire buy |
A MECHANICAL TOY. A.D. 1898, 7th DECEMBER. NO. 25,883. London, 1898. 4to. 3pp. Bound in boards. This patent was taken out to cover their invention of small mechanical figures for playing table cricket and other indoor games. Not recorded by Padwick. [ref: 47049] £15.00 enquire buy |
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THOMSON, (A.A.) and BATCHELOR, (Denzil). VINTAGE ELEVENS. London, 1969. 8vo. 128pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Published posthumously. Thomson selects the best county teams he has seen. The last three chapters were completed by Denzil Batchelor. Padwick, 1751. [ref: 19361] £7.00 enquire buy |
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THOMSON, (A.A.). CRICKET BOUQUET: COMEDY AND CHARACTERS IN THE COUNTIES. London, 1961. 8vo. 207pp. 10 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. The author selects his all-time best county sides. Padwick, 1750. [ref: 19321] £8.00 enquire buy |
CRICKET BOUQUET: COMEDY AND CHARACTERS IN THE COUNTIES. London, 1961. 8vo. 207pp. 10 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. The author selects his all-time best county sides. Padwick, 1750. [ref: 19322] £35.00 enquire buy |
CRICKET MY HAPPINESS. London, 1954. 8vo. 192pp. 9 plates. Original cloth in worn dust-wrapper. Cricket memories. Padwick, 6778. [ref: 19326] £8.00 enquire buy |