100 Samuel T. Gill (Australian, 1818-1880)
Grand National Cricket Match…, c1857. Tinted lithograph,
artist, caption and text below image, 34.2 x 46.7cm. Repaired
tears to upper left edge of image and margin, minor surface loss
to left margin. Framed.
Caption
and text continues "Played in the Outer Domain, Sydney,
January 14th, 15th & 16th 1857. By eleven players of N.S.Wales
& eleven of Victoria to whom this plate is respectfully dedicated
by their Obedient Servant J. Fowles. … NSW players: G. Howell,
G. Rees, E. Sadler, W.C. Still, H. Hilliard, O. Lewis, G. Gilbert,
T. Lewis, R. Murray, Captain Ward, J. McKane; F. Wyatt, scorer,
R. Driver, junior umpire. Victoria players: J.M. Bryant, D.M.
Sargeant, G. Marshall, E. a'Beckett, W.L. Rees, G. Elliott, W.
Hammersly, T.W. Wills, R. Coulstock, C. Cumberland, B. Butterworth;
H. Biers, scorer, C.F. Cameron, umpire. Printed by Allan &
Wigley, Lithographic Printers." Very rare - only the second
copy seen in 15 years.
$6,600
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101 Cameron Studios
Les Darcy, c1917. Silver gelatin photograph, studio line in image
lower right, caption in image lower centre, 24.6 x 15.6cm. Minor
discolouration to left portion of image, laid down on original
board. Framed.
Caption
reads "Les Darcy. Ex-middle and heavy-weight champion of
Aust. Born Woodville, NSW, Oct. 28th 1895. Died Memphis, USA,
May 24th 1917. Weight 11st. 7lbs. Height 5ft 7ins. Reach 73½ins.
Summary: contests - 44, K.O. - 21, won - 19, lost - 4."
$1,650
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102 The Sixth Australian
Rugby League "Kangaroos"
World Tour 1937-38, c1937.
Silver gelatin photograph montage accompanied by sheet of team
members' autographs in ink, caption with date and team members'
facsimile autographs in above and below image, 8.2 x 21.2cm (photograph),
17.8 x 12.4cm (autograph sheet). Minor foxing to accompanying
sheet.
The
signatures of team players C. Hazelton and Sid Pearce are missing
from the accompanying autograph sheet, which includes an extra
autograph by a player not pictured in the photograph.
$1,850
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103 ["The Invincibles"
-Australian Cricket Team Tour of Great Britain], 1948.
(a) Team Portrait. Process lithograph
with text and date below image, 24.5 x 29.3cm, old tears and
creases, slight stains and foxing overall;
(b) Match Card. Letterpress stamped
with "No. 237713" in lower left corner, 24 x 12.7cm,
minor stains and creases;
(c) Autograph Sheet. Letterpress
with team autographs in ink [excluding R.R. Lindwall's], 22.6
x 28.8cm (paper sizes), repaired tears, creases and paper loss,
slight foxing, some signatures slightly faded.
$2,800
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104 John O'Gready (Australian, 1937-1999)
The Gladiators, 1963/1970s. Silver gelatin photograph, Fairfax
stamp verso, 30.3 x 25.4cm. Handling crinkles and crazing overall.
Stamp
reads "Copyright John Fairfax & Sons Ltd., Feature Services,
Box 506, GPO, Sydney, 2001. Phone 2 6944." Rare, vintage
photograph. This photograph became the model for the Winfield
Cup trophies from 1982. The 1963 NSW Rugby League Premiership
Grand Final was played in a torrential downpour, saturating the
field and players, who became caked in mud. At the conclusion
of the hard-fought match won by St George against Western Suburbs,
the captains of the teams, the towering Norm Provan and more
diminutive Arthur Summons, embraced in appreciation of each other's
stoic efforts. The moment was captured by a newspaper photographer,
John O'Gready, and published in the following day's Sun Herald.
Subsequently the image won several awards and became known as
The Gladiators.
$990
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