b'28208AUSTRALIA v ENGLANDFIRST TEST, BRISBANE 1946A junior size bat (73cm length) used to collect the signatures of the Australian and English teams, assembled in Brisbane for the first post-War Ashes Test Match. This was the first in a five match series, with Bradman as captain, which Australia won, 3-0 with 2 drawn.The bat is titled in blue FIRST TEST - AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND played at BRISBANE Nov.29th to Dec.4, 1946 and is signed by the 12 Australians, including Bradman, Hassett, Barnes, Lindwall, McCool and Miller; and the English squad of 16, including Hammond, Yardley, Wright, Bedser and Hutton. There is an illegible pencil signature in the ownership position followed by the location Southport. Led by Bradman, who made 187 and Hassett, who made 128, the Australians made 645 in their first and only innings. The English were dismissed for 141 in their first innings and 172 in their second, giving Australia a victory by an innings and 332 runs. Miller took 7 wickets in the first innings, Toshak taking 6 in the second. $8001,200209Bradman watches the ball race to the boundary, attractively framed photograph, signed by Bradman (in ink) with his career details on a plaque below. Overall 40.5 x 31cm. .$1001502101948 AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN ENGLAND: Signatures on two autograph pages adhered to piece endorsed Australians/Southend/May 1948 with Don Bradmans signature (in pencil) on one page and signatures of seven teammates (in ink) including Ray Lindwall, Don Tallon, Ron Hamence, Ernie Toshack & Colin McCool. $150200211THE BRADMAN BOOK by Will Mahony (illustrations) & Outfield (text), published in 1948 as a pre-tour special from Atlas Publications in Melbourne. Complete, but with minor faults, mainly to edges of front cover. Quite rare. $100150CRICKET1949RECENT212A duplicated accumulation of Football Club membership tickets, passes, etc.; noted West End F.C., Bairnsdale & District, Brisbane Lions, Sturt F.C., Essendon, Kangaroos, Hawthorn, Hamilton, etc. (qty.). $100200213AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKETER AUTOGRAPHS: A lovely collection of autographed displays in an album; mostly one autograph per page and including 13 Australian Captains. Noted Lindsay Hassett, Ian Craig, Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey, Brian Booth, Bob Simpson, Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell, Graham Yallop, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Alan Border, Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh, Ernie McCormick, Dennis Lillee, Ashley Mallett, Brian Taber, Keith Stackpole, Graeme Watson, Alan Davidson, Colin McDonald, Frank Misson, Rod Marsh, Phil Emery, Geoff Dymock, Greg Matthews, David Boon, Geoff Lawson and many more. [Total: 84]. $400600214LITERATURE: Library of mostly 1950s hardbound titles incl. Brightly Fades The Don by Jack Fingleton, End of an Innings by Denis Compton, Second Innings by Neville Cardus, CricketCrossfire by Keith Miller, Close of Play by Leslie Ames, Test Match Diary - 1953 by John Arlott, Peter Mays Book of Cricket, etc; condition variable. (35) .$150200208215MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB: membership fobs for 1941-42, 1942-43, 1945-46,1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-52, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1970-71 & 1971-72; other membership badges for Carlton Cricket Club 1951-52, Carlton Social Club 1967-68, 1968-69,1972-73,VFL Park for 1972 & 1981 (2), c.1960s pin padges for Victorian Football League & Geelong Football Club;also a few Racing Club badges with Werribee 1968-69 1970-71 (Ladys Badge) & 1971-72, and Mornington 1973-74,few other oddments. (27)$150200216AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKETER AUTOGRAPHS: A lovely collection of autographed displays and a few autograph sheets in an album; mostly one autograph per page and including Keith Miller, Ron Saggers, Rod Marsh, Dean Jones, David Hookes, Rodney Hogg, Ian Meckiff, Ian Redpath, Doug Walters, Kerry OKeeffe, Rick McCosker, Gary Gilmore, Peter Philpott, Alan Connolly, John Gleeson, Paul Sheahan and many more. Slight duplication. [Total: 114]. $400600217SOUTH MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB: A 1950s-80s collection of membership badges and fobs, including some Football Club items. (30 items). $150250218A pair of Staffordshire bone china plates, 27cm diameter; one depicts Fuller Pilch, Thomas Box & William Lillywhite;the other, Fuller Pilch, Alfred Mynn & Thomas Box. Both with gilt trim to edges. Fine condition. circa 1950s (2). $100150219ENGLISH CRICKETERS - BIOGRAPHIES/AUTOBIOGRAPHIES: 1950s-2000s mostly hardbound titles including Express Deliveries by Bill Bowes (1950),Dennis Compton by Ian Peebles (1971), Sir Jack Hobbs - My Life Story (1981, Reprint), Harold Gimblett - Tormented Genius of Cricket by David Foot (1983); Walter Hammondby Gerald Howatt (1984), Len Hutton by Gerard Howatt (1988), Boycott - The Autobiography (1987) signed by Boycott, Gower - The Autobiography (1992) signed by Gower, Bill Edrich by Alan Hill (1994) signed by the author,Geoffrey Boycott - The Best XI (2008), Jack Fingleton - The Man who stood up to Bradman by Greg Growden (2008) ;also softbound W.G. Grace by Donald Trelford, The Larwood Story (1982), signed by Larwood, Dickie Bird (English Umpire) autobiography and Dickie Bird - White Cap & Bails; few others, condition variable. (18) .$150200'