89. circa 1961 scrap book, with most newspaper and magazine cuttings also signed by the players involved. Many English County cricketers’ signatures as well as Test players. Noted David Larter, Keith Andrew, Bob Taylor, Ken Barrington, Doug Padgett, Bill Lawry, Micky Stewart, John Mortimore, James Binks, John Edrich, Eric Bedser, Peter May, Brian Booth, Alan Davidson, Norm O’Neill, Bob Simpson, etc., many more.��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $250–350 90. AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES Fifth Test Match (10th - 15th Feb. 1961) hand-written “ALLOWANCES” ledger sheet (double page) listing the Australian players, the umpires and officials, how much they were paid and signed by each recipient. Simpson, who top-scored in both innings received a cheque for £99/5/-; Richie Benaud (Captain) received a cheque for £99/5/-, Wally Grout £99/5/-; Lindsay Kline £85/-/-. The sheet is only slightly damaged; there is no loss of detail and the players signatures are all clear. A fascinating and extremely rare document. Provenance: The Bill Jacobs Collection.��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $250–350 91. VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA at the M.C.G. January 13 - 17 , 1961 The match report regarding payments (“allowances”) for the Victorian players, the umpires, scorers and the masseur. [The 12 players and 2 umpires received £10 each]; the hand-written pages summarizing daily attendances and receipts and a 2-page printed/typed summary as audited by the accountants and signed off by Ian Johnson, the Secretary of the M.C.C. In an interesting hand-written note at the conclusion of the Monday session the record shows that “Umpires reported by Len Maddocks for drawing stumps at 1 minute to 6. ” Victoria won the match by 9 wickets, with Len Maddocks making 102 and Bill Lawry 83 in the first innings and 85 in the second. Gaunt took 5 wickets for the match. Provenance: The Estate of Bill Jacobs, 1918 - 2011��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $250–350 92. 1962 “International Cricket Centenary Occasion” booklet published by The Shell Oil Company to celebrate the centenary of the first visit by an All England cricket team to Australia. A replay of the first International Cricket Match was played at the M.C.G. ; followed by the 2nd Test Match of the 1962-63 Series between England and Australia. Signed to the front cover by Don Bradman. Provenance: The Kevin O’Dowd Collection.��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $150–200 93. GARFIELD SOBERS’S 6 SIXES BAT Sir Garfield Sobers 1968, a ‘Garfield Sobers’ short handle, four-star bat by Slazenger of London, the foot of the blade with typed label “With this bat Garfield Sobers hit his world record of 6 sixes in one over for Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan at Swansea, 31 August 1968” . PERHAPS INTERNATIONAL CRICKET’S MOST ICONIC BAT The best description of this amazing feat comes from Chris Broad and Daniel Waddell’s ...And Welcome to the highlights. 61 years of BBC television cricket... ‘One of the most remarkable televised moments ever recorded in 1968, though only BBC viewers in Wales were able to witness it, when Gary Sobers hit six sixes in an over for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan at Swansea. It was a phenomenal piece of hitting, described by Tony Lewis, the Glamorgan captain, as ‘not sheer slogging through strength, but with scientific hitting with every movement working in harmony’. Try telling that to poor Malcolm Nash, the unfortunate bowler on the receiving end of the great all-rounder’s assault. At least he had the consolation of his name going down in the record books and will be remembered for perpetuity. The crowd at Swansea realised what they were seeing and abandoned their support for their home side to cheer on Sobers. When the fifth ball was caught on the boundary edge and there was some doubt as to whether the fielder carried it over for six or not, they urged the Umpire to raise his arms in the air and not his index finger. The BBC Wales commentator became increasingly carried away with what he was seeing, or not as the case may be when he cried out, “Where’s my glasses” “Somebody’s pinched my glasses” after that debated fifth was struck. Andrew Hignell, in The History of the Glamorgan County Cricket Club, retells the amazing events of that late August day. The first two balls disappeared over the heads of the mid-wicket fielders and into the crowd sitting in the stands in front of the Cricketer’s Inn. Nash pushed his third delivery a little wider into the offside, but Sobers went down and drove into the pavilion enclosure beyond the long-off boundary. Nash tried another variation by dropping the fourth ball a little shorter but Sobers rocked on his back foot, and pulled it high over the scoreboard. The young bowler was not disconcerted, even if the fielders seemed to be spreading further and further out, and he put the next delivery on a good length on the off-stump. Sobers for once may have made a mistake and the ball travelled straight to Roger Davis on the long-off boundary. He caught it, but in doing so fell over the ropes, and after a consultation between the umpires, another six was signalled. By now the crowd and players alike were aware that the great West Indian all-rounder was on the verge of becoming the first player to hit six sixes in an over. As Nash regathered the ball and pondered on where to put the last delivery, Eifion Jones (the Glamorgan keeper) jokingly said to Sobers “Bet you can’t hit this one for six as well” . The West Indian simply turned around and grinned, took guard and dispatched the ball like a rocket out of the ground and down St. Helen’s Avenue. So hard did Sobers hit it, that the ball was not found until the next day. The bat was displayed for many years at Nottinghamshire Cricket Club until 2000, when it was offered for sale at Christie's Auctions, Melbourne; Lot 480 in their sale of October 4th, 2000. It sold for $135,000. It is now offered for sale for only the second time. [The description, above, reproduces the original catalogue entry.] All 6 sixes can be viewed on Youtube at https://youtu.be/KZUVL3SqqZo������������������������������������������������������ $90,000–120,000 24