b'32Ex 269252252FEBRUARY 1963 - BRADMANS LAST MATCH: MANUKA OVAL, CANBERRA.Fifteen years after his last appearance withe the Australian Test team, Bradman accepted the invitation from Prime Minister Robert Menzies to lead his Prime Ministers XI against an M.C.C. Touring team led by Ted Dexter. Bradman remarked I have just played my last game of cricket, at a function at Robert Menzies residence later that night. The cricket bat has seen the last of me. Four press photographs from the day, mounted together in a frame, overall 64 x 61cm. $300400253CRICKET CAPS: small collection of pre-loved 1960s-80s adult and junior cricket caps including V.C.A.(Victorian Cricket Academy), Geelong Grammar School (3), Crusaders - the Melbourne-based wandering cricket club(2, different designs), Beaumaris CC & St Kilda CC (2) etc; also a few sun hats; condition variable. (17 items) $160220254TABLEWARE: set of 6 Table Mats each featuring 18th & 19th century artwork images of cricket games; comes with original postal packaging showing sender to be Bill Watkins of the Marylebone Cricket Club, c. mid 1960s. Pristine condition. .$60100255LITERATURE - WITH SIGNATURES: The World of Cricket by E.W. Swanton (1966) with AUTOGRAPHED entries (usually on images) for numerous players including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud (2),Ted Dexter, Tom Graveney, Len Hutton, Ian Johnston, Jim Laker, Bill Lawry, Peter May, Keith Miller (2), Bill Ponsford (3), Fred Trueman & Frank Tyson; also (at page 831) the Australian 1964 Test team (beneath colour photo); the book 1163pp hardbound with dustjacket. .$150200256AUSTRALIAN TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA 1966/7: team photograph including Bob Simpson (Capt.), Bill Lawry(Vice-Capt.), Ian Chappell, Graham McKenzie, Keith Stackpole & Ian Redpath; framed & glazed, overall 45x38cm. Ex The Cricketers Bar, Windsor Hotel, Melbourne. $100150257MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB: 1968-69 to 1990-91 collection of R (Restricted) membership fobs; all different. (23 items).$150200 2581968 AUSTRALIAN TOUR OF ENGLAND: Alan Connollys official Australian team silk tie with embroidered Australian coat-of-arms; another Australian team tie in pure green wool, with embroidered kangaroo over LXVIII / U.K.;together with an autographed photograph of Connolly bowling during that tour.With 23 wickets, Connolly was the most successful bowler from both teams in the Series. .$200250259SELECTION with 1968 Melbourne Cricket Club dinner menu with Weg cartoon on front, dedicated to West Indies Cricket Team, festooned with signatures on reverse including Lindsay Hassett, Percy Beames, Barry Jarman, Jack Fingleton, Bob Simpson, Clive Lloyd, Roy Fredericks, Rohan Kanhai, Steve Camacho & Basil Butcher, plus journalists Henry Blofeld & Tony Cozier; also commemorative folder for 1968 200th Test between England and Australia, bail on wooden stand commemorating Australias 1968 Third Test victory against West Indies, a cricket bat tie-pin, and a few other oddments. $80120.260AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKETER AUTOGRAPHS: A collection of autographed displays in an album; including Ian Chappell, Ricky Ponting, Ian Healy, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Barry Richards, Des Hoare, John Dyson, Jeff Hammond, Murray Bennett, Tony Mann, Lindsay Kline, Terry Alderman, Michael Bevan, Ray Bright, John Duncan,Jack Potter, etc. [Total: 166]. .$400600261MCC FULL MEMBERSHIP BADGES for seasons 1970-71, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79 & 1979-80; also VFL Park 1971 membership badge and club badges for Fitzroy (2), Melbourne & South Melbourne (2). (14 items) .$150250'