SNOOKER


313 A snooker cue formerly owned and used by Alex “Hurricane” Higgins,


a Burwat Champion Cue by Burroughes & Watts Ltd., Regd. No.292596, customised to Ales Higgins’s personal specifications with a shortened length of 55 1/2in. and with a series of small plugs of lead near to the butt end; sold with a COA (2)


£1,000 - 1,500


313 ATHLETICS


314 To be sold on behalf of the Parish Church Council of St Mark, Layton, Blackpool A signed Ronnie O’Sullivan snooker waistcoat from the 2010 Masters Snooker Tournament,


signed in black marker pen, purple waistcoat with Premier Inn sponsorship badge inscribed with date of the tournament 10-17 January, mounted, framed & glazed, 70 by 62cm., 27 1/2 by 24 1/2in.; sold with two web print ours relating to this waistcoat being won as a competition prize including one portraying O’Sullivan wearing the waistcoat (3) £100 - 200


316 Three medals awarded to the athlete W. Mendelson,


315 A card case originally owned by the athlete Walter Goodall George the one mile World Record Holder between 1886 and 1915, silver plated with WGG monogram, 8.5cm., 3 1/4in.


George set a new World Record mile time of 4 mins 12.75 secs at the 1886 AAA Championships at Lillie Bridge in west London. This record stood until the American miler Norman Taber clocked 4 mins 12.60 at Allston, Mass., 16th July 1915.


Provenance:


By family descent £400 - 500


i) a large silver glass encased medal for Oxford University v Cambridge University athletics match 1895, winner, long jump, 22’ 5 1/2”;


ii) a large cased bronze medal by Mappin & Webb for United Hospitals Athletics Club v Cambridge University Athletics Club, 1895, winner, long jump, 21’ 0”, in original fitted case by D. Munsey of Cambridge;


iii) a bronze medal for Jesus College Cambridge v New College Oxford, 1896, winner, 120 yards hurdles


Of note is Mendelson’s winning jump in the 1895 Varsity Match of 22’ 5 1/2in. The following year at the first modern Olympic Games at Athens the long jump winner’s mark was 20’ 10” ! £220 - 260


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