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245 A COLLECTION OF CRICKET BATS FORMERLY DISPLAYED IN THE MUSEUM A diverse range including a replica mid-18th century long curved bat; an Essex Junior “War Time Manufacrure”; a Victory Treble Spring (with some affixed signatures); a Gunn & Moore “Alan Kippax” Autograph bat; a Duncan Fearnley “Micro Lite” bat (with numerous autographs); a Stuart Surridge “Australian Scorer for Alan Kippax”; a St.Peter “Polycoated”; a Garfiled Sobers Autograph “World Test Record” Three Crowns bat; a Shaw & Shrewsbury “John Snow” Powerline, plus several others including four modern fully signed presentation bats. Also, 3 stumps and a walking stick. (24 items). ��$500–750 246 1950 official team photograph by Melba Studios, Sydney with the title ‘An Australian Eleven v. M.C.C. Sydney Cricket Ground, 15th - 19th December 1950’, and with the Australian players names printed on the mount below. The team included Athur Morris (Capt.), Keith Miller (Vice Capt.), Doug Ring, Gil Langley and Ken Archer. Overall 28.5 x 36 cm. Good condition.$100–150 247 1951 New South Wales Team, official team photograph by Melba of Sydney, with the title ‘N.S.W. v. M.C.C. Sydney Cricket Ground, December 30th - January 3rd, 1951’, and with the players names printed on mount. The team included Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, and Jim Burke. Overall 28.5 x 34.5 cm. Good condition. A few days after this “friendly” match, Australia defeated England in the Third Test at the S.C.G. by an innings and 13 runs. Keith Miller top scored for Australia with 145; he also took 4 wickets in England’s first innings; Iverson taking 6-27 in their second.��$100–150 248 Australia v. West Indes - Second Test, 1st December 1951 Original panoramic photograph showing the start of Australia’s first innings with opening batsmen Arthur Morris and Ken Archer. The scoreboard shows that the West Indes made 362 runs in their first innings; huge crowd in attendance. Framed overall 31 x 105cm��$100–200 249 1952 New South Wales Team, official team photograph by Melba of Sydney, with the title ‘N.S.W. v. Queensland, Sydney November 7-10th, 1952” and ‘N.S.W. v. South Africa, Sydney November 14-18th, 1952’, and with the players names printed on the mount below. The team included Alan Davidson, Keith Miller (Capt.), Richie Benaud, Ray Lindwall, Sid Barnes and Jim Burke. Overall 28.5 x 35 cm.��$100–150 250 1953 New South Wales Team, official team photograph, with the title ‘N.S.W. Cricket Association - Sheffield Shield Team v South Australia, Adelaide Nov.27 - Dec.1, 1953” and with the player’s names printed on the mount below. The team included Keith Miller (Capt.), Ray Lindwall, Arthur Morris (Vice Capt.), Richie Benaud, Bob Simpson and Jim Burke. Overall 28.5 x 36 cm.��$100–150 251 1954 New South Wales Team, official team photograph by Melba of Sydney, with the title ‘N.S.W. Cricket Association - New South Wales v. South Australia, Sydney Cricket Ground, 19th-23rd February, 1954’, and with the player’s names printed on the mount below. The team included Keith Miller (Capt.), Richie Benaud, Arthur Morris, Bob Simpson and Ian Craig. Overall 28.5 x 36 cm. Good condition. N.S.W. defeated South Australia by 5 wickets on the strength of Benaud’s 9/103 and Simpsons 6/121 leg spin bowling, and an opening stand of 161 between Watson (82 on debut) and Briggs (136). N.S.W. went on to win the 1952/53 Sheffield Shield. ��$100–150 252 1954 New South Wales Team, official team photograph by Allan Studios, Collingwood, with the title ‘New South Wales Sheffield Shield Team v Victoria, December 24th - 29th, 1954 at Melbourne’, and with the players names printed on the mount below. The team included Arthur Morris (Capt.), Bob Simpson, Alan Davidson, Richie Benaud and Jim Burke. Overall 31 x 35.5 cm. Good condition.��$100–150 253 THE TIED TEST - DECEMBER 1960 Full-sized commemorative bat (from a limited edition of 500) created to commemorate the tied test between Australia and West Indies, December 1960 in Brisbane. The bat features the original signatures of Australian Team members including Richie Benaud (Captain), Bob Simpson, Neil Harvey and 5 others as well as West Indians Wes Hall, Frank Worrell (Captain), Garry Sobers and 4 others. Attractively mounted in presentation case. 112 x 37cm. Accompanied by framed details of the teams, the match summary and facsimile signatures. (2 items) The last over of the Test Match: Wes Hall was bowling, with the clock showing 5:56. Australia stood at 227–7 , needing six runs to win from the 8-ball over (the standard for Tests in Australia at the time) with three wickets in hand. 1st ball: Wally Grout, facing, was hit on the thigh. Benaud called him through for a single to take strike. Five runs were needed to win from seven balls. 2nd ball: Benaud attempted a hook shot but was caught behind by wicket-keeper Gerry Alexander. The score was 228–8. 3rd ball: The new batsman, Ian Meckiff, cut to mid-off. No run. Still five runs to win from five balls. 4th ball: The ball flew down leg-side without making contact with Meckiff’s bat. Grout called him through for a bye. Alexander threw the ball to the bowler’s end to try to run out Meckiff, but his throw missed and Meckiff made his ground. Four runs to win from four balls. 5th ball: Grout fended a bouncer to square leg, where Rohan Kanhai was ready to take the catch. Hall also attempted to take the catch in his follow-through, resulting in a fielding mix-up which allowed Meckiff and Grout take a single and the catch was not taken. Three runs to win from three balls. 6th ball: Meckiff swung desperately and sent the ball towards the boundary. The batsmen ran two runs as Conrad Hunte scooped the ball up just inside the fence. The batsmen attempted a third run for victory but Hunte’s return was flat and true, straight into the gloves of Alexander, who whipped off the bails before Grout could get home. The teams were tied. Australia were on 232–9, requiring one run to win with one wicket in hand and two balls remaining. 7th ball: The new batsman, Lindsay Kline, pushed the ball to square leg and set off for a single. Joe Solomon scooped up the ball and, with one stump to aim for from 12 metres out, threw the ball in and hit the stumps, running Meckiff out by a few inches. Australia were all out for 232 and the match ended in the first tie in 84 years of Test Cricket.��$300–500 46