485 A collection of memorabilia relating to the Harlequins, Manchester and Scotland rugby international Archibald Leslie “Bill” Gracie, including two official b&w team-group photographs featuring Gracie and the Scotland team v England at Inverleith in 1923, and the Manchester RFC team in 1926, both with typescript legends, the first the larger image 9 1/2 by 13 3/4in.; a qty. of various other photographs and postcards featuring Bill Gracie; two scrapbooks containing press cuttings relating to Gracie’s rugby exploits in the 1920s; a match programme for Cardiff v Harlequins 13.4.1925; two congratulatory telegrams relating to Gracie’s Scotland team that beat Wales in Cardiff 3rd February 1923; various editions of the Rugby Football Annual (1920) and Playfair Rugby Annual (50s/60s); Scottish Rugby Memories, a bound volume containing various Scotland international programmes from the 1920s/1930s; and six volumes on rugby including The Rugby Game and How To Play It by ‘Six Internationals’ (a qty.)


£300 - 500


487 A match ball from the Wales v Australia international played at Cardiff 20th December 1975 signed by both teams, a brown leather Gilbert Match ball presented as a gift to a 12 year old ball from Port Talbot who was fighting cancer at the time, the lot including a related booklet on this matter, signatures including Williams, Evans, Gravell, Bevan, Price, Wheel, captain Mervyn Davies, Faulkner etc., Australia including Hipwell (captain), Graham, Pearse, Cornelsen etc. £500 - 700


489 A rugby ball signed by the Wales squad prior to the Grand Slam match v Ireland at the Millennium Stadium 19th March 2005, the black and white Gilbert all weather trainer ball signed in black marker pen by 23 members of the Wales squad, Jenkins, Morgan, Jones, Henson, Owen, Peel, Davies etc., in a custom made perspex display case together with a cased commemorative Grand Slam medal and a match programme for the Ireland game, 30 by 40 by 40cm., 12 by 15 1/2 by 15 1/2in. £250 - 350


486 A rugby ball signed by the 1974 British Lions to South Africa, a brown leather Gilbert ‘Springbok’ neatly signed by the squad in two columns numbered 1-15 & 16-30, additionally signed by the tour manager Alun Thomas and coach Syd Millar, and inscribed in heavy print BRITISH LIONS, 1974; sold with a signed letter of provenance from the present vendor which explains its acquisition through Ian McLauchlan, the Scottish rugby captain (2)


£400 - 600


488 A rugby ball signed by the Wales 1988 Five Nations & Triple Crown winners, a white Mitre ‘Club’ ball signed extensively in blue biro by the Welsh squad, Bowen, Davies, Ring, Hadley, Jones, Clement, Evans, Young, Norster, Moriaty, Watkins etc.; sold together with a small quantity of Welsh rugby programmes 1970s-1990s


These autographs were collected at a St Helens training session before the start of the Five Nations Tournament. £120 - 150


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