Rugby Union & Rugby League

'England's Test Team'. Mono postcard of the England Test team of 1926. Signed to face of card by Harold Larwood, Herbert Strudwick, Fred Root, Herbert Sutcliffe, Arthur Carr and Maurice Tate. The signatures of Sutcliffe, Carr and Tate faded. Some handwritten annotation to card. Adhesive marks to verso. Odd faults otherwise in good condition

'The South African Tourists 1955'. Official sepia real photograph postcard of the team wearing touring blazers. Signed to verso by fourteen members of the touring party. Signatures include McGlew, Goddard, Adcock, Tayfield, Mansell, Endean, Cheetham etc. G/VG

'Surbiton Hospital Cricket Match 1932'. Original sepia real photograph postcard of the two teams who played in the match played on the 21st September 1932, some wearing caps and blazers. Signed to verso by thirteen players in pencil including Sandham, Santall, Squires, Russell, Hendren, Gregory etc. Some creasing, generally good

'Surbiton Hospital Cricket Match 1933'. Original sepia real photograph postcard of one of the teams who played in the match played on the 27th September 1933, some wearing caps . Signed to verso by eight players in pencil including Hobbs (in ink), Hendren Sandham, O'Connor, Brooks etc. G

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1958/59. Mono postcard of the P&O ship Iberia which took the team to Australia. Signed to card face by seventeen members of the touring party including May, Trueman, Watson, Laker, Tyson, Cowdrey, Brown, Statham etc. Minor fading to odd signature otherwise in good condition

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1956/57. Sepia postcard of the Union-Castle Line R.M.S. Edinburgh Castle which took the team to South Africa. Signed to card face by nineteen members of the touring party including May, Compton, Laker, Wardle, Statham, Brown, Evans, Cowdrey etc. Some age toning, minor marks otherwise in good condition

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1954/55. Sepia postcard of the Orient Line R.M.S. Orsova which took the team to Australia. Signed to card face by nineteen members of the touring party including Hutton, Wardle, Graveney, Loader, Statham, May, Tyson, Edrich, Simpson, Evans etc. Minor crease to left hand corner otherwise in good condition

Douglas Robert Jardine. Surrey & England 1921-1933. Mono postcard of the ship 'P.D. Usambara'. Signed to face by England 'Bodyline' Captain Douglas Jardine. G

Charles Burgess Fry. Sussex & England 1894-1908. Mono real photograph postcard, depicting a model ship, sent by Fry to G.S. Smith of Cardiff in 1945. '...A lot of rot is written about cricket. I try not to but we are all mortal and fallible..... Signed in his initials 'C.B.F.'. Postally used. G

New Zealand 1931. Mono real postcard of the New Zealand touring team to England. Angus Thomas Ltd. Signed to verso by all fourteen members of the touring team in ink. Signatures include Lowry, Dempster, Kerr, Talbot, Cromb, James, Page, Weir etc. Creasing, folds, corners rounded otherwise in generally good condition

West Indies 1939. Mono real postcard of the West Indies touring team to England. Angus Thomas Ltd. Signed to verso by four members of the touring team in ink. Signatures are Martindale, Clarke, Sealy and Johnson, plus one unknown signature. Crease to left hand edge otherwise in good condition

South African tour of England 1955. Mono real photograph plainback postcard of the South African team taken at Scarborough. Signed to verso by nine members of the team in ink. Signatures include Tayfield, Endean, Heine, Mansell, Waite, Goddard etc. G

Len Hutton. Yorkshire & England. Mono real photograph postcard of Hutton in batting pose at Scarborough. Nicely signed in blue ink by Hutton. Postcard by Walkers Studios of Scarborough. G

J.B. Hobbs, Surrey & England 1905-1934. Mono real photograph plainback postcard of Hobbs, full length, wearing England cap and Surrey sweater. Signed by Hobbs in blue ink. VG

Thomas Walter Hayward. Surrey & England 1893-1914. Mono real photograph postcard of Hayward in batting pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink 'Yours sincerely T. Hayward'. R. Thiele post card. Printed in Berlin. Good condition

Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Mono real photograph postcard of Sutcliffe, full length, playing a shot. Nicely signed in ink by Sutcliffe. G

Charles George Macartney. New South Wales & Australia 1905-1927. Mono postcard of Macartney, three quarter length, wearing Australian cap and blazer, printed facsimile signature. Signed above the signature by Macartney in ink. Title to lower border 'C.G. Macartney'. Crease to left hand edge of postcard, small damage to corners otherwise in good condition

George Herbert Hirst. Yorkshire & England 1891-1929. Mono 'real photograph' postcard of Hirst, full length, in fielding pose (at Trent Bridge). Nicely signed in black ink by Hirst. Hartmann postcard. Minor silvering to card edge otherwise in good condition

George Gibson Macaulay. Yorkshire & England 1920-1935. Real photograph postcard of Macaulay, half length, in cricket shirt. Nicely signed by Macaulay in black ink. Richards of Wakefield. G/VG

James Langridge. Sussex & England 1924-1953. Mono 'real photograph' postcard of Langridge, half length, in Sussex blazer. Signed in black ink by Langridge. Deane, Wiles & Millar series c1930/31. Part of signature in darker area of postcard otherwise in good condition

All India tour of England 1932. Sepia real photograph postcard of the All India touring team with title and players names to lower border. Hills & Lacy Ltd. Signed to verso by seventeen members of the All India team. Signatures include Nayudu, Marshall, Palia, Kapadia, Jahangir Khan, Naoomal, Navle, Godambe, Colah, Nazir Ali, Ghulam Mahomed etc. Rare. G/VG

Australia tour of England 1934. Mono real photograph postcard of the Australian team, seated and standing in rows. Photo-Work Ltd of Brighouse. Signed in ink to verso by eighteen Australian and England players. Signatures include Bradman, Woodfull, Ponsford, Grimmett, Kippax, Gregory, Oldfield, McCabe, O'Reilly, Brown, Bowes, Leyland, Woolley, Verity etc. Odd faults to postcard otherwise in good condition

Charles Burgess Fry. Sussex & England 1894-1908. Sepia real photograph postcard of Fry, half length, in cricket sweater. Nicely signed in ink by Fry. Rotary series No. 3805. Light creasing to card otherwise in good condition

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England. 1865-1908. Mono postcard of Grace in batting attire at Trent Bridge wearing M.C.C. cap. Nicely signed in black ink by Grace. Hartmann series. Rare. Postally unused. Generally good/ very good condition

John Tunnicliffe. Yorkshire 1891-1907. Mono real photograph postcard of Tunnicliffe catching the ball wearing Yorkshire cap. Printed caption to card 'Caught Sir!'. Nicely signed in ink and dated 1903 by Tunnicliffe. Hartmann series no. 1376. G

Australian tour of England 1930. Sepia oversize real photograph postcard of the Australian team lined up in front of the pavilion at Scarborough 1930. Walkers of Scarborough. Triple postcard back. Light crease with minor damage to image otherwise in good condition

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Rare colour Baines card circa 1895 depicting Ranjitsinhji with 'Played Sussex' above and below. Advertising to verso. G

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Rare postcard of Vanity Fair image of Ranjitsinhji with floral decoration in gold. Stewart and Woolf series 102. Unusual. G

Hon Frank Stanley Jackson. Rare 'Vanity Fair' series colour postcard published by Raphael Tuck. G

Robert Abel. Rare 'Vanity Fair' series colour postcard published by Raphael Tuck. G

Gilbert Laird Jessop. Rare 'Vanity Fair' series colour postcard published by Raphael Tuck. G

Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet. Rare 'Vanity Fair' series colour postcard published by Raphael Tuck. G

Wrench Series. Good collection of thirteen Wrench series sepia postcards of cricketers. Cricketers include Quaife, Palairet, McGahey, King, J.T. Hearne, Dillon, Woods, Warner, Rhodes etc. Odd faults otherwise in good condition

England v South Africa 1907. Two mono postcards of the teams, the South African card by Topical, the England card unknown. G

Don Bradman. Mono real photograph postcard of Bradman batting in England. Publisher unknown. G

West Indies 1933. Mono real photograph postcard of the West Indies team. Sold with three postcard size photographs of Sobers, Constantine and C. Lloyd. G

W.R. Hammond. Gloucestershire & England. Excellent mono real photograph postcard of Hammond, half length, wearing cricket sweater. Walkers Studios of Scarborough. Rare

Syed Wazir Ali. All India 1936. Excellent mono real photograph postcard of Wazir Ali, seated wearing full Indian cricket attire including cap. Walkers Studios of Scarborough. Rare

A.E.R. Gilligan. Sussex & England. Excellent mono real photograph postcard of Gilligan, half length, wearing England blazer. Walkers Studios of Scarborough. Rare

Yorkshire team postcards. Four real photograph postcards for 1949, 1950, 1956 and 1962. G

'Boy cricketers'. Selection of seventeen different mono and colour postcards of boys at the wicket batting. Includes various series and titles including 'The Hope of his Side', Kinsella, 'The Pride of his County', 'Next Man In', 'The Backyard Captain', 'I'm going to play the Game' etc. Rapid, Rotary, Langsdorff, Millar & Lang etc. Odd faults otherwise in good condition