VERY RARE ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM AUTOGRAPHS 1956 JIM LAKER 19 WICKETS OLD TRAFFORD
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:8418028 | Period: 1950s |
| Sport: Cricket | Type: Autographs |
| Options: England |
The signatures on a page of an autograph album of the England team that beat Australia by an innings and 170 runs in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford in July 1956. It was known as “Laker’s match” – he took nineteen wickets, a record that has never been beaten. Nor likely to be!!Also included is the score-card for the match which is partly torn on the centre fold.England 1st Innings 459 (Richardson 104, Sheppard 113)Australia 1st Innings 84 (Laker 9 for 37)Australia 2nd Inni...ngs 205 (Laker 10 for 53) The England team:P.E. Richardson 1931 – 2017M.C. Cowdrey 1932 – 2000Rev. D.S.R. Sheppard 1929 – 2005P.B.H. May (captain) 1929 – 1994T.E. Bailey 1923 – 2011.C. Washbrook 1914 – 1999.A.S.M. Oakman b 1930. Is the only member of the team still alive, he is 89.T.G. Evans. 1920 – 1999.J.C. Laker 1922 – 1986.G.A.R. Lock 1929 – 1995.J.B. Statham 1930 – 2000.The original owner has incorrectly written at the head of the page “5th Test” but in fact it was the 4th.The fifth Test was played at the Oval and a different team was selected.Please see my other sporting autographs for sale including more cricket autographs obtained at Old Trafford in 1955 of the England and South African teams.Postage by Recorded Delivery will cost £2.00. On 14-Aug-19 at 09:49:34 BST, seller added the following information:The page measures 12 x 18 centimetres.
