106. CRAIG McDERMOTT: A display featuring McDermott’s boots and batting gloves (all signed) as used during the 1985 Ashes Tour of England. Framed & glazed, overall 86 x 52cm. McDermott was the spearhead of the Australian attack in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He had started his career with Queensland in 1983–84 and made his Test debut for Australia in 1984–85 whilst still 19 v West Indies. In his first Ashes tour of 1985, he took 30 wickets, but he was over-bowled and was burnt out. In the 4th Test he took 8 wickets for 141. He had an excellent World Cup in 1987 , helping Australia win the trophy. He took 18 wickets in the tournament, including 5/44 in the semi-final win over Pakistan. Provenance: The Kevin O’Dowd Collection.��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $300–500 107. 1986 TIED TEST AT MADRAS: Australia v India, full size trophy cricket bat, signed by the Australian Team, 11 signatures including Allan Border, Dean Jones (who scored a legendary double century) & Bruce Reid. With Bruce Reid Collection certificate. This was only the second tied Test match in cricket history. Provenance: The Bruce Reid Collection, Charles Leski Auctions, March 2004.��������������������������������������������������������� $500–750 108. 1986 TIED TEST AT MADRAS: Australia v India, full size cricket bat, signed by the Australian Team, 12 signatures including Allan Border, Dean Jones (who scored a legendary double century) & Geoff Marsh, as well as the Indian Team, 12 signatures including Gavaskar, Dev, Srikkanth & Azharrudin. From the Geoff Marsh Collection. This was only the second tied Test match in cricket history. Provenance: Charles Leski Auctions, 15th November 2007 , Lot 1516.���������������������������������������������������������������������� $500–750 109. A BRADMAN CORRESPONDENCE, 1987-1993 A series of seven letters to the present vendor, explaining his willingness to sign items sent to him, “ ....strangely enough I still get an enormous mail and quite often it takes me 3 to 4 hours a day to deal with it.... ” [letter of 25-7-89] and thanking his correspondent for his various gifts “and the Tatts ticket” as expressions of gratitude. “I’ve never won anything yet and don’t expect my luck to change but I do very much appreciate the thought. ” [letter of 24-7-87]. In a later letter, Bradman expresses quite strong opposition to his correspondent using a “cartoon in your book” in which he is shown with a moustache. “ ...I only grew one temporarily because of a badly sunburnt upper lip and I think it would be out of place for you to use one such in your book. ” [letter of 8.9.89]. Ever thorough, Bradman goes to the trouble of sending a “fairly recent photo” to assist the artist in creating a non-moustachioed caricature. The letters are framed & glazed; overall 50 x 75cm. Provenance: The Kevin O’Dowd Collection���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $1,000–1,500 28