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1 120 116 15 1991-99 collection of Australian Official Team sheets; all fully signed, comprising 1991 to West Indies (Allan Border, Capt.), 1991 to Zimbabwe (Mark Taylor, Capt.), 1992 World Cup Team (Allan Border, Capt.), 1992 to Sri Lanka (Allan Border, Capt.), 1993 to New Zealand (Allan Border, Capt.), 1993 to England (Allan Border, Capt.), 1994 to South Africa (Allan Border, Capt.), 1994 to Sri Lanka & Pakistan (Mark Taylor, Capt.), 1995 to West Indies (Mark Taylor, Capt.), 1995 Young Australia to England (Stuart Law, Capt.), 1996 to India (Mark Taylor, Capt.), 1996 to Sri Lanka (Ian Healy, Capt.), 1997 to South Africa (Mark Taylor, Capt.), 1997 Ashes Tour (Mark Taylor, Capt.), 1998 to India (Mark Taylor, Capt.), 1998 to Pakistan (Mark Taylor, Capt.), 1998 Commonwealth Games Team (Steve Waugh, Capt.), 1999 to West Indies (Steve Waugh, Capt.), 1999 to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe (Steve Waugh, Capt.) and 1999 World Cup (Steve Waugh, Capt.). A total of 20 team sheets with 367 original autographs.��$3,000–4,000 116 July 1994 attractively framed display titled “SOUTH AFRICA’S RETURN TO THE HOME OF CRICKET, THURSDAY 21st JULY 1994, MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB, LORD’S GROUND” with an official photograph of the English and South African teams, fully signed in the left and right margins. Overall 48 x 74cm. The South African cricket team toured England during the 1994 season. This was their first tour to England after the apartheid- inspired international sporting ban was rescinded. The team was led by Eastern Province’s Kepler Wessels, who had returned to his native country after playing 24 Tests for Australia during the International ban years.��$300–500 117 1995 AUSTRALIAN TOUR to the WEST INDIES headed display incorporating a fully signed official team sheet in combination with an official team photograph. Framed together with carefully hand-annotated details in black and gold against an acid-free mountboard in green. The write-up provides full details of the four test series, which Australia won 2-1, with Mark Taylor as Australia’s captain for the first time. Attractively framed and glazed, overall 107 x 60cm. Steve Waugh led the Australian batting with 429 runs, a high score of 200 and an average for the series of 107 .25. His brother Mark made 240 runs and Mark Taylor 153. Taylor also took 10 catches and Healy 9. Three Australian bowlers accounted for most of the wickets, McGrath (17), Reiffel (15) and Warne (15). For the West Indies the best performers were Brian Lara (308) with the bat and Courtney Walsh (20 wickets) with the ball.��$400–600 118 A card headed “CRICKETING KNIGHTS” bearing the original signatures of Don Bradman, Garfield Sobers, Colin Cowdrey, Richard Hadless, Alec Bedser, Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes.��$200–300 119 A sheet headed “AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKET RECORD BREAKERS” bearing the original signatures of 18 Australian cricketing greats, including Don Bradman, Dennis Lillee, Bill O’Reilly, Bill Lawry, Keith Miller, Richie Benaud, Ray Lindwall and Jeff Thomson.��$200–300 120 CRICKET WORLD CUP 1999 headed display, attractively annotated in black and gold on green acid-free board. The display incorporated an official team photograph, a fully signed official team sheet and extensive details of the matches and the final, which resulted in Australia winning against Pakistan. Australia was captained by Steve Waugh; Vice Captain was Shane Warne. Framed and glazed; overall 105 x 59cm. The tournament featured 12 teams, playing a total of 42 matches. In the group stage, the teams were divided into two groups of six; each team played all the others in their group once. The top three teams from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept for the 1999 World Cup; each team carried forward the points from the games against the other qualifiers from their group and then played each of the qualifiers from the other group (in other words, each qualifier from Group A played each qualifier from Group B). The top four teams in the Super Sixes advanced to the semi-finals.��$500–750 121 A full sized Kookaburra cricket bat signed by the 2005 Australian team v West Indies, which included Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Adam Gilchrist (Vice Capt.), Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. Australia won the 3 Test Series, 3-0.��$200–300 122 PHOTOGRAPHS: A group of 5 attractively framed and signed photographs featuring David Boon, Allan Border (differently framed), Shane Warne and Mark & Steve Waugh. Each overall approx. 40 x 30cm and annotated by hand in gold and black on green acid-free mountboard. (5)��$300–400 24