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← November Sporting Memorabilia 11th & 12th November 2008

A split and hinged cricket stump from Jim Laker's 19 wicket Test Match at Old Trafford in 1956 signed by the England and Australia teams, the Stuart S

Hammer Price:
£400
Estimated Price:

£600 - £800

A split and hinged cricket stump from Jim Laker's 19 wicket Test Match at Old Trafford in 1956 signed by the England and Australia teams, the Stuart Surridge stump with 11 England signatures and 17 Australian signatures, exterior varnished; sold with a signed auctioneer's letter of authenticity additionally signed by the Australian cricketer Len Maddocks (2) After Jim Laker's historic performance Len Maddocks kept one of the stumps as a souvenir. Having arranged for it to be split and hinged he then had his fellow Australian tourists sign the stump and then additionally by the England team when he encountered them for the 5th and final time in the following Oval Test Match.