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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Melbourne Cup Auction
• Sale Date:
  07 Nov 2014 ~ 10am: Session 1 - General & Cricket - Lots 1001 - 1373
  07 Nov 2014 ~ 2pm: Session 2 - Horse Racing & Olympics - Lots 1374 - 1658
• Lot #:
  1071
• Lot Description:
  THE 1930s CRICKET BAT: 'Warranted 2' Cricket Bat
  (61cm long), split into three leaves, with c122 signatures including 7 teams - 1930 Australia, 1930 West Indies, 1931 South Africa, 1932 England (the famous Body-line team), 1935-36 England, 1936-37 England & 1936-37 Australia; plus a range of former Test players including Algy Gehrs (rare) & Warwick Armstrong. The signatures include all the famous names of the 1930s - Don Bradman, Bill Woodfull, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford, George Headley (the 'Black Bradman'), Jock Cameron, Douglas Jardine (the infamous Body-line captain), Harold Larwood, J.B.Hobbs, E.R.T.Holmes, Joe Hardstaff, Gubby Allen, Walter Hammond, Bill Brown, Ross Gregory (scarce), Stan McCabe, Bill O'Reilly & Bert Oldfield. Signatures generally in very good condition.
• Provenance:
  Provenance: ex Gilbert Charles Paterson (former Chairman of South Australia Cricket Association); thence by descent to Sir Dennis Paterson.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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