Dr Tinsley Lindley's sporting photograph album dating from the late 1880s/early 1890s, pasted with a series of 15 team-group photographs all featuring

Dr Tinsley Lindley's sporting photograph album dating from the late 1880s/early 1890s, pasted with a series of 15 team-group photographs all featuring Lindley, some with identification annotations, comprising six England international football team-groups, two Corinthians FC groups, an unidentified football team circa 1880s with the players dressed in various different shirts and caps and possibly being a Cambridge college side, two Nottingham Forest team-groups (1 in poor condition, the other now lying loose in the album), Cambridge University cricket team (believed to be v Sussex at Hove 18th June 1888), Nottinghamshire CCC 1888, the combined Cambridge & Oxford Past & Present cricket team who played Australia in 1893 (Ranjitsinjhi featured) & the Leys School Cambridge cricket team circa 1884, the album bindings in very poor condition due to damp and lacking one cover, the photographic contents mostly in reasonably good condition, one example now left sub-standard appendix Memorabilia relating to Dr Tinsley Lindley OBE Lots 248 to 252 Tinsley Lindley was born in Nottingham 27th October 1865. A player of the amateur tradition, he was considered as one of the 19th century's greatest centre forwards and was described as an 'elegant and technically superb player.' Whilst studying at Cambridge Lindley played for the University and also the famous amateur teams Corinthians and Casuals. In 1888 he returned home and played for Nottingham Forest, although he had first appeared for them at the age of 16. He also made a couple of appearances for local rivals Notts County in 1889-90 and played for Crusaders and Swifts for a short while in 1891. He even guested for Preston North End in 1892. These various transfers were primarily due to his professional career as a barrister which took precedent over his football activities, being the true gentleman amateur that he was. Tinsley Lindley won 13 England international caps between 1886 and 1891 and, according to official Football Association records, scored 13 conclusive goals. However, in some newspaper reports he is the attributed to scoring two further goals, both in aways against Scotland. If this was the case then Lindley would have achieved the remarkable feat of scoring in nine consecutive England internationals. In addition to football, this fine all-round sportsman played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and Cambridge University, and also played rugby up to county level. On his retirement from football, Lindley concentrated his efforts on his law practice, having been called to the bar in 1899 while still player. He lectured at Nottingham University and served as a County Court judge. However, he did not sever his links with football entirely and served on the committee at Nottingham Forest for several years. Dr Lindley was awarded an OBE in 1918 and died in Nottingham 31st March 1940 aged 74.