Cricket ball trophy presented to the teenage Lancashire CCC bowler Malcolm Hilton for taking Don Bradman's wicket in both innings in the 1948 Australia Tour Match, leather cricket ball mounted on silver stand upon a black base, with engraved plaque THIS BALL WAS PRESENTED TO MALCOLM HILTON BY THE WERNETH CRICKET, BOWLING AND TENNIS CLUB, OLDHAM TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION OF HIS WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT BY SECURING DON BRADMAN’S WICKET IN BOTH INNINGS IN THE LANCASHIRE v AUSTRALIA MATCH AT OLD TRAFFORD MAY 1948, hallmarked Birmingham 1938 by James Fenton & Co., height 15cm., good condition, hallmarks rubbed, together with a typed letter of provenance on Lancashire CCC letterhead, and score card from the match, (3) This cricket ball was the one from Lancashire's match against the Australian tourists at Old Trafford, 26th-28th May 1948, when the 19-year-old Malcolm Hilton dismissed the legendary Don Bradman in both innings. This great achievement catapulted Hilton into the public eye as a welcome moment of celebration during a summer of complete Australian domination on the cricket pitch.
£1,200 - £1,600
Cricket ball trophy presented to the teenage Lancashire CCC bowler Malcolm Hilton for taking Don Bradman's wicket in both innings in the 1948 Australia Tour Match, leather cricket ball mounted on silver stand upon a black base, with engraved plaque THIS BALL WAS PRESENTED TO MALCOLM HILTON BY THE WERNETH CRICKET, BOWLING AND TENNIS CLUB, OLDHAM TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION OF HIS WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT BY SECURING DON BRADMAN’S WICKET IN BOTH INNINGS IN THE LANCASHIRE v AUSTRALIA MATCH AT OLD TRAFFORD MAY 1948, hallmarked Birmingham 1938 by James Fenton & Co., height 15cm., good condition, hallmarks rubbed, together with a typed letter of provenance on Lancashire CCC letterhead, and score card from the match, (3) This cricket ball was the one from Lancashire's match against the Australian tourists at Old Trafford, 26th-28th May 1948, when the 19-year-old Malcolm Hilton dismissed the legendary Don Bradman in both innings. This great achievement catapulted Hilton into the public eye as a welcome moment of celebration during a summer of complete Australian domination on the cricket pitch.