b'33CricketThe Cecil Cooke Collection217W. G. Grace visited Australia in 187374 as captain of W.G. Graces XI.An original vintage brass belt buckle, oval-shaped, with a title ribbon across the base AUSTRALIA - W.G. GRACES - PLAYERS above which is a central vignette head and shoulder portrait of Grace, flanked on either side by the names of the twelve cricketers who made up the team; the whole surmounted by a pair of crossed cricket bats. This extremely rare buckle is attractively framed and glazed together with details of the tour, sponsored by the Melbourne Cricket Club and a group of reproduction caricatures of Grace. Overall 78 x 58cm. . $500600 217218ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA 1886: Two original postcards featuring the England and Australian teams, mounted, framed and glazed. 42 x 35cm overall. .$80120219K.S. RANJITSINHJI The Jubilee Book of Cricket (First edition, 8vo, xvi, 474 pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece of the Author and 115 photographic plates), with the authors signature on the limitation page #265 of 350; an early rebinding with new endpapers. Accompanied by a example of Ranji - The Legend and the Man by Vasant Raiji [1963]. (2 items; in custom timber case.) $200300220The Book of Cricket. A New Gallery of Famous Players Edited By C.B.Fry. Part VI, the Australian Team Number. Published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1899. Features full page photographs of Darling, Trumble, Noble, Trumper and Laver and 10 others. $120150221Imperial Cricket, by P.F. Warner [London, 1912], large format, top edge gilt, subscribers limited edition #735 of 900 copies.$200300222VICTOR THOMAS TRUMPER (1877-1950): A rare photographic tin plate produced on the occasion of the Victor Trumper Benefit Match which was held at The Sydney Cricket Ground, February 1913. The photograph was signed by the members of Trumpers New South Wales XI and the Rest of Australia XI led by Clem Hill. Trumper scored 126 runs and the game ended in a draw. The plaque is attractively presented within a timber frame with details of Trumpers career. 58 x 38cm overall .$8001,200 222'