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← May Sporting Memorabilia 10th & 11th May 2011

An album of original artist drawn caricatures of sportsmen circa 1926, unsigned pencil drawings understood to be by S.P. Newbery, footballing subjects

Hammer Price:
£120
Estimated Price:

£200 - £300

An album of original artist drawn caricatures of sportsmen circa 1926, unsigned pencil drawings understood to be by S.P. Newbery, footballing subjects including Arsenal's Alex James, Billy Blyth, Charlie Buchan, Donald Cook, Tom Parker & Jack Butler, Fulham's George Edmonds & Ernie Beecham, Chelsea's Billy Brown, Crystal Palace's George Clark, West Ham's Billy Henderson, Sunderland's Frank Cresswell, Manchester United's Frank McPherson, Tottenham Hotspur's Fred Hinton, Eugene O'Callaghan & Jim Smith & Stoke's Charles Wilson, plus double-portrait of Fulham's White & Aston Villa's Dorrell and the 1926 F.A. Cup final captains Smith of Bolton & McMullan of Manchester City; other sporting subjects comprising the billiards player Walter Lindrum, the racehorse owner The Aga Khan, the boxers Tom Gibbons, Jack 'Kid' Berg, Louis Angel Firpo, Paolino Uzcudun, Jack Dempsey, Jack Bloomfield, Len Johnson, Jack Hood, Phil Scott, Tom Berry & Primo Carnera; cricketers, comprising Maurice Tate, Jack Hobbs, Percy Chapman, A W Carr, M S Nichols, Herbert Sutcliffe, Patsy Hendren. J W Hearne, Mr J G Taylor & Roy Kilner; rugby players, comprising W W Wakefield, J S Tucker, H G Lawd, K E Hegan, B R Turnbull, R S Spong, R C Dellow, J Richardson & Tommy Milligan; golfers comprising Archie Compston, Abe Mitchell, George Duncan & Bobby Jones; & the tennis players J D P Wheatley, Miss Helen Wills & Miss Joan Fry