1 182 188 82  Australia in England, 1893: Early original silk scorecard for the “GRAND CRICKET MATCH - Australia v. Oxford & Cambridge” played at the United Service Cricket Club Ground in Portsmouth, July 31st, and August 1s, 2nd, 1893. The scorecard with fully completed details, mounted, framed and glazed, is in excellent condition with the printing bright. Overall 26.5 x 19.5cm. Rarely seen in this condition. Despite Australia’s incredible total of 843 in their first and only innings, the match ended in a draw, with the home team scoring 191 and 1-82 in their 2 innings. Australians Bannerman (133), Bruce (191) and Trumble (105) made centuries; Turner took 5 wickets and Giffen 4.�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$150–200 183  DR. W. G. GRACE, Champion Cricketer of the World Large printed cotton handkerchief, circa 1895, commemorating the career of W. G. Grace with his portrait and biography in a circular frame that records his 100 centuries to that date. 54 x 56cm. Framed and glazed. William Gilbert Grace (1848 - 1915) was the most famous cricketing celebrity of the Victorian era. His legendary cricketing triumphs earned him an unique place in cricket history. Among his records, he was the first player to hit a test century and the first to achieve “the double” - 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season. In an extraordinary career of 43 years between 1865 - 1908 he made 126 centuries, scored 54,896 runs and took 2,876 wickets.���������������������������������������������������������������������$200–300 184  W.G. Grace pipe 1895. Vulcanite cricket pipe with cricket bat stem and cricket ball and ‘Grace head’ pipe bowl. Stamped ‘W.G.G. ET.47 . A.D. 1895’. ‘Centuplico’ and ‘Made abroad’. 14cm long.������������������������������������������������������������$100–150 1 185 85  Franz Anton Mehlem, Royal Bonn cricket-themed beer stein, late 19th Century; with superb, hand-painted scene in vibrant colours and pewter lid. 22cm tall. Exceptional condition. Royal Bonn is the 19th-and 20th-century trade name used by Franz Anton Mehlem, who had a pottery in Bonn, Germany, from 1836 to 1931.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$2,000–2,500 34