A collection of trophies and memorabilia relating to the career of the Lancashire cricketer Malcolm Hilton. including a cricket ball trophy awarded
£400 - £500
A collection of trophies and memorabilia relating to the career of the Lancashire cricketer Malcolm Hilton. including a cricket ball trophy awarded to Lancashire’s Malcolm Hilton for his performances during the 1949 season, the leather cricket ball mounted on silver stand upon a black base, with engraved plaque WITH THIS BALL, MALCOLM HILTON ACCOMPLISHED THE FEAT OF TAKING HIS 100th WICKET OF THE SEASON 1949 IN MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP FOR LANCASHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB [2nd XI] – TOTAL 103 WICKETS, hallmarked Birmingham 1949 by James Fenton & Co., height 15cm., good condition, hallmarks rubbed; a silver cigarette box presented to Lancashire county cricketer Malcolm Hilton in 1950, of typical rectangular form, hinged lid applied with enamelled Lancashire red rose and engraved LANCASHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB JOINT COUNTY CHAMPIONS 1950 M.J. HILTON, hallmarked Birmingham 1950 by Adie Brothers Ltd., 4 by 14 by 9cm., bears some wear, engraving and hallmark rubbed, some dents at corners; together with a group of gifts presented to Lancashire CCC's Malcolm Hilton during his career, comprising stainless steel cigarette box engraved AN APPRECIATION FROM THE PLAYERS OF BURNLEY C.C. TO MALCOLM HILTON; Indian brass circular ashtray inscribed M.C.C. TO M.C.C; square silver ashtray with Lancashire’s red rose emblem engraved M.C.C. A CHAMPIONSHIP 1948 M. HILTON, hallmarks rubbed; stainless steel ashtray with Lancashire’s red rose emblem; Cricket Association of Bengal enamelled lapel badge; two 1955 Lancashire County Cricket Club pint glasses with facsimile signatures and a 1956 Lancashire County & Manchester Cricket Club Ken Grieves Benefit glass with facsimile signatures; sold together with an interesting scrapbook of Malcolm Hilton's cricket career, started by his father, comprising a 1946 handwritten school report, newspaper reports from the 1942 season onwards, several scorecards, his start with Lancashire, b & w newspaper and magazine photographs, eight autographs from Lancashire Second XI v Bedfordshire 1948, 13 autographs of Indian players from 1946 including Pataudi, Sarwate, Hazare, Mushtaq Ali, Nayudu, Modi and others, (qty)