b'2776CRICKET BALL (1933), mounted with a shield-shaped plaque engraved S.A.C.A. to C.V. GRIMMETT - VIC v S.A. 3 Nov. 1933. 7 wickets for 80 runs.Although Grimmett took 7 for 80 in the first innings, he could not repeat his feat in the 2nd, when Ponsford and Rigg both made centuries for Victoria.Provenance: The Clarrie Grimmett Collection; his family by descent. $30050077CLARRIE GRIMMETTS PERSONAL COPIES OF HIS TWO BOOKS:Tricking the Batsman [London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1934]; illustrated self-cover, 157pp + plates; also, Grimmett on Cricket [London : Thomas Nelson & Sons, ND but 1948], with d/j, 130pp + plates.Provenance: The Clarrie Grimmett Collection; his family, by descent. $10015078CLARRIE GRIMMETTS 1934 ASHES TOUR BATA Gradidge Super Imperial Driver cricket bat, signed in the ownership position by Clarrie Grimmett and used by him during the Test Matches; signed in pen by the Australians Woodfull, Chipperfield, Oldfield, Brown, Ponsford, Kippax, Darling, Fleetwood-Smith, Ebeling, OReilly, Barnett, Wall, Grimmett, McCabe & Bradman. The Englishman who signed Grimmetts bat were Walters, Hammond, Sutcliffe, Verity. Leyland, Clark, Ames, Hammond, Woolley, Bowes, Hendren, Gregory and Allen.Australia won the Series 2-1-2. With Bradman in ascendency, amassing 758 runs in 8 Test match innings with a top score of 304 and Ponsford with 569 runs and a top score, Grimmett (with 25 wickets) and OReilly (with 28) took care of the bowling. Englands top batsman was Leyland with 478 runs and their outstanding bowler was Verity with 24. The contribution of Australian wicket keeper, Bill Oldfield, cannot be ignored. His 8 catches and 6 stumpings made a huge contribution to the success of the visitors. $1,5002,50076 78'