CLA Auction 192

CRAIG McDERMOTT COLLECTION

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Lot Symbols Description Estimate
201   CRICKET:  "Congratulations AB - 10,161 Not Out!", display to celebrate Allan Border becoming the world's highest scorer of Test runs, signed by Allan Border and 14 other Australians on 1993 tour to Craig McDermott, framed and glazed, overall 57x81cm. With photo CoA.  $250 - $500
202   CRICKET:  CRAIG McDERMOTT, Australian Test Blazer, with embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms on pocket. [McDermott's first Australian blazer, when he broke into the side as a 19-year-old in the Fourth Test against the West Indies in 1984-85]. With photo CoA.  $1500 - $3000
203   CRICKET:  CRAIG McDERMOTT, Queensland Team Blazer, with embroidered "QCA" emblem on pocket, signed by Craig inside. With photo CoA  $250 - $500
204   CRICKET:  CRAIG McDERMOTT, "coffin" for transporting his cricket gear, green plastic and aluminium, with "XXXX/ Craig McDermott" label and several "XXXX/ Australia - NZ '93" labels. With photo CoA.  $250 - $500
205   CRICKET:  CRAIG McDERMOTT, Northants C.C.C. Track Suit Top & County Shirt (logo blue lion in front of gold stumps). With photo CoA. (2 items) $75 - $100
206   CRICKET:  CRAIG McDERMOTT, Carry Bag (some wear) with imprinted "Ipswich School Boys Cricket, Intra-State Carnival, Brisbane 1977" [McDermott was 12 years old]; plus Track Suit Top with embroidered "Queensland U/23 Colts, Gregory Cup 1982-83" [McDermott was 17]. Very little survives of these formative years. With photo CoA. (2 items) $50 - $100
207   CRICKET:  Craig McDermott's Match used "Symonds" Cricket Bat from the 1983-84 Sheffield Shield final between Western Australia & Queensland, with a total of 25 signatures including Greg Chappell (85 & 6), Dennis Lillee (1/116 & 1/34) & Rod Marsh (5 catches) in their final Shield appearances. [This was McDermott's first Shield season and first Shield final - won by WA]. With photo CoA.  $400 - $500
208   CRICKET:  One-day cricket shirts: Craig McDermott's Australian shirts (2) from 1985 World Series Cup & 1988 Bicentennial One Day Match; plus England shirt from 1986-87 Benson & Hedges Americas Cup Challenge, framed and glazed, overall 99x73cm. With photo CoA.  $250 - $500
209   CRICKET:  c1985 Australian Team, Cricket Bat with 11 signatures including Allan Border, Simon Davis, Dean Jones & Craig McDermott. With photo CoA.  $250 - $500
210   CRICKET:  1986 Australia tour to NZ, match used "County" Cricket Bat signed on reverse by Australia & New Zealand teams, a total of 27 signatures including Allan Border, Richard Hadlee & Craig McDermott. [NZ won the series 1-0 with John Bracewell taking 10 wickets in the deciding 3rd Test at Auckland]. With photo CoA.  $400 - $500
211   CRICKET:  1987-88 NZ tour to Australia, NZ Test Team Shirt, Track Suit (top & pants) and Training Shirt. Exchanged with a NZ player by Craig. [McDermott took 5/97 in the Melbourne Test in December 1987]. With photo CoAs. (4 items) $200 - $300
212   CRICKET:  1992 World Cup, "Gabba" Cricket Bat signed by Australia & West Indies teams, a total of 27 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor & Steve Waugh. (Rubber handle perishing). [Nine countries battled out 25 games in Australia & 14 in NZ, with Pakistan defeating England in the final before 90,000 people at the MCG]. With photo CoA.  $250 - $500
213   CRICKET:  CRAIG McDERMOTT, Australian Training Shirt in green, with embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms and "Sri Lanka, 1992". [On this tour Australia won the Test series 1-0, but the Sri Lankans won the one-day series 2-1]. With photo CoA.  $100 - $200
214   CRICKET:  1993 Australian tour to England, "Gabba" Cricket Bat from 1st Test at Old Trafford signed by Australia & England teams, a total of 24 signatures (small water stain affects 2 signatures at base). [This match included Warne's "ball from hell', his first ball in Test cricket in England that clean bowled Mike Gatting. Australia won by 179 runs]. With photo CoA.  $400 - $600
215   CRICKET:  1993 Australian tour to England, "Gabba" Cricket Bat from 2nd Test at Lord's signed by Australia & England teams, a total of 23 signatures including Allan Border, David Boon & Craig McDermott. [A twisted bowel threatened McDermott's life and cut short his tour of England. Australia won by an innings & 62 runs]. With photo CoA.  $400 - $500
216   CRICKET:  1993 Australian tour to England, "Gabba" Cricket Bat from 3rd Test at Trent Bridge signed by Australia & England teams, a total of 26 signatures including Graham Gooch, David Boon & Merv Hughes. (Rubber handle perishing). [Match drawn]. With photo CoA.  $400 - $500
217   CRICKET:  1993 Australian tour to England, "Gabba" Cricket Bat from 4th Test at Headingley signed by Australia & England teams, a total of 23 signatures including Allan Border, Steve Waugh & David Boon. (Rubber handle perishing, signatures a trifle faded). [Australia won by an innings & 148 runs, with Border scoring 200 not out]. With photo CoA.  $300 - $500
218   CRICKET:  1993 Australian tour to England, "Gabba" Cricket Bat from 6th Test at The Oval signed by 1993 Australia & England teams, a total of 24 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor & Angus Fraser. [England won by 161 runs, ending an unprecedented run of 18 matches since England's last win over Australia]. With photo CoA.  $400 - $500
219   CRICKET:  1993 Australian tour to England, "Gabba" Cricket Bat from 1st Texaco Trophy match at Old Trafford signed by Australia & England teams, a total of 23 signatures including Allan Border, David Boon & Craig McDermott. (Rubber handle perishing & minor tones). [Australia 9/258 (Taylor 79) d England 254 (Hick 85; McDermott 3/38) by 4 runs]. With photo CoA.  $200 - $400
220   CRICKET:  1993 Australian tour to England, "Gabba" Cricket Bat from 2nd Texaco Trophy match at Edgbaston signed by Australia & England teams, a total of 23 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor & Steve Waugh. (Rubber handle perishing & minor tones). [England 5/277 (Smith 167 not out) lost to Australia 4/280 (M.Waugh 113) by 6 wickets]. With photo CoA.  $200 - $400
221   CRICKET:  1993 Australian tour to England, "Gabba" Cricket Bat from 3rd Texaco Trophy match at Lord's signed by Australia & England teams, a total of 23 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor & Steve Waugh. (Rubber handle perishing & minor tones). [Australia 5/230 (Boon 73) d England 211 (Stewart 74) by 19 runs]. With photo CoA.  $200 - $400
222   CRICKET:  CRAIG McDERMOTT, Allan Border's XI Shirt & Trousers from Allan Border Testimonial, with "McDERMOTT" on reverse of shirt & sponsors logos. With photo CoA.  (2 items) $200 - $300
223   CRICKET:  1994 Australian tour to South Africa, match used "Gabba" Cricket Bat signed by Australia & South Africa teams, a total of 25 signatures including Mark Taylor, Shane Warne & Craig McDermott. [The three match series, the first tour to South Africa in 18 years, was drawn 1-1. Craig McDermott took 7 wickets]. With photo CoA.  $400 - $600
224   CRICKET:  1994 Australian tour to Pakistan, "AM" Cricket Bat signed by Australia & Pakistan teams, a total of 28 signatures including Mark Taylor, Michael Bevan & Shane Warne. [Pakistan won the series 1-0, after Australia almost pulled off the impossible, losing the 1st Test at Karachi by only one wicket - which would have broken the 35 year drought. McDermott took 7 wickets in the 2 Tests he played]. With photo CoA.  $200 - $400
225   CRICKET:  1994-95 Australian tour to England, "Gabba" Cricket Bat signed by Australia & England teams, a total of 28 signatures including Mark Taylor, Michael Slater & Craig McDermott. (Rubber handle perished). [Australia won the series 3-1, with Craig McDermott back to his best with 32 wickets]. With photo CoA.  $250 - $500
226   CRICKET:  "World Champions - Australia's victory in the Carribean", display comprising 1995 team photograph with 19 original signatures on the mount, limited edition No.300/1500, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 83x64cm. With photo CoA.   $250 - $300
227   CRICKET:  1995-96 World Series Cup, "Gabba - Craig McDermott" Cricket Bat signed by Australia team with 12 signatures including Mark Taylor, Shane Lee & Craig McDermott. [Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the two finals]. With photo CoA.  $250 - $500
228   CRICKET:  1996 World Cup, "Gabba - Craig McDermott" Cricket Bat signed by Australia team with 14 signatures including Mark Taylor, Shane Lee & Craig McDermott. [Australia 7/241 (Taylor 74) lost to Sri Lanka 3/245 (Aravinda De Silva 107) in the final]. With photo CoA.  $250 - $500
229   CRICKET:  1996-97 Queensland's Sheffield Shield Win, display comprising 3 team photographs & score card from Sheffield Shield final, window mounted with name plaque "Craig McDermott", framed and glazed, overall 53x73cm. With photo CoA.  $125 - $250
230   CRICKET:  "Gabba - Queensland Bulls" Cricket Bat with 17 signatures including Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Craig McDermott & Richard Hadlee. With photo CoA.  $250 - $500
231   CRICKET:  CRAIG McDERMOTT, Australian Shirt from Ian Healy Testimonial, with "McDERMOTT" on reverse & 9 signatures including Ian Healy. Allan Border & Mark Taylor. With photo CoA.   $125 - $250
232   GRAND PRIX:  "Stuart Surridge" Cricket Bat, signed by Craig McDermott & Mick Doohan - World Motor Cycle Champion. With photo CoA.  $200 - $400
233   OLYMPIC GAMES:  GRANT HACKETT, original pastel drawing by Joan Boynton, signed by the artist at lower right, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 46x63cm. With photo CoA.  $75 - $100
234   TENNIS:  TODD WOODBRIDGE & MARK WOODFORDE, signatures on shirt, with sponsors logos, actually used in a doubles match at Wimbledon. With photo CoA.  $100 - $200