b'43216THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN ENGLAND 1926: A fully signed sheet with the signatures of all 16 members of the touring party, including Bardsley, Mailey, Grimmett, Woodfull, and Ponsford. Framed & glazed; overall 30 x 23cm.A five match Test Series was planned but with the first Test washed out with virtually no play, the remaining results were one win to England and the other matches drawn. Despite the disappointing overall result, there were some fine performances from both teams. Australias Macartney made 473 runs in 6 innings (at 94.60) and also took 4 wickets with his bowling. Woodfull also made a useful contribution with 306 runs in 6 innings. Mailey took 14 wickets and Grimmett 13. For England Hobbs top-scored (486 runs), well supported by Sutcliffe (472) who also took 8 catches. Their best bowler was Tate, with 13 wickets. $6008002171926 and 1930 The Fight for the Ashes by P.F. Warner, (2 vols), [London, George G. Harrup & Co.] 1st editions.$50100218Leslie Alfred BRIGHTHOPE (1913-2004) was an A-Grade cricketer who played for South Melbourne and other teams: a group of his award medals comprising of 1926-27 Best All Round (9ct gold), Special 1926-27 (gold and silver), 1927-28 Best All Round (9ct gold), and 1937-38 South Melbourne Cricket Club membership fob. (4 items). .$300500219HERBERT STRUDWICKS SOUVENIR BAT WITH MORE THAN 125 ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS:A full sized Surrey & England XI cricket bat by Sandham, Strudwick & Bale, signed in the ownership position by Herbert Strudwick (1880 - 1970) and evidently used to collect signatures from around the time he played his last Test (1926, against Australia) and for several years after that. Amongst the many signatures we note Killick, Kemp-Welch, Harrison, Butterworth, Wyatt, Ames, Geary, Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Woolley, Rudd, Garland-Wells, Pataudi, Catterall, Morkel, Gower-Smith, Siedle, Haig, Baldwin, Brook, Larwood, Staples, Voce, Valentine, Rhodes, Leyland, Sinfield, Tyldesley, Hearne, Sidwell and Barratt.Herbert Strudwick was an English wicket-keeper and right-hand batsman. His record of 1,493 dismissals is the third highest by any wicket-keeper in the history of first-class cricket. He represented England in 28 Tests between 1910 and 1926. $2,0002,500219'