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Rugby: 1926-27 Blackrock College team photograph
Large mounted photograph of the Blackrock College rugby team by
Keogh. Also with mounted portraits of the Rugby School Cricket Team
Eleven with each portrait identified. (2 items) 9½ x 11in. (23 x 28cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
667
Rugby. Programmes including 1932 Wales v Ireland.
Also range of 1965-66 programmes, Sunday Telegraph All Blacks 1963-4
Tour souvenir, and 1960 Boxing Tournament at Theatre Royal Dublin, etc.
(11)
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£80 approx)
668
Rugby: Collection of Irish international programmes including v
England 12/02/1938 and signed dinner menu
Irish Rugby Football Union Ireland v Scotland dinner menu signed by
players including James Abercrombie, Doug Keller and Charlie Drummond.
An interesting collection of home international programmes comprising
of v England 12/02/1938, v Australia 6/12/1947, v France 22/01/55, v
England 12/02/55 (2), v Scotland 25/02/56, v Wales 10/03/56, v England
9/02/57. Also with away v England 13/02/54, Scotland-Ireland v England-
Wales 31/12/55 and 1948 Cricket The Australian Tour of England
commemorative programme. (12 items)
€
150-
€
250 (£130-£210 approx)
669
20th Century: Large collection of Irish interest rugby programmes
A large number of mixed Irish interest rugby programmes covering four
decades from 1950s to 1990s. Many internationals including v England
09/02/57, 14/02/59 v Wales 15/03/58, v France 18/04/59, v Scotland
25/02/56, 01/03/58, 27/02/60. Also provincial and club matches. (100+)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
670
Rugby. 1978 New Zealand All Blacks touring team complete set of
autographs. The team that Munster beat!
Attractively mounted with a reproduction photograph of the squad above
the 33 autographs, 12 with club names typed underneath, the latter on
individual pieces, the remaining 21 on one sheet. Included are the
manager, assistant manager and physiotherapist. This is the team that was
defeated by Munster at Thomond Park on 31 October 1978 - the only
defeat ever suffered by the All Blacks on Irish soil. 23 x 16in. (58 x 41cm)
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
671
Cricket: 1999 (20 June) Cricket World Cup Final, Australia v Pakistan
signed jerseys
A pair of Pakistan and Australia Cricket jerseys each signed respectively by
the team captains Wasim Akram and Steve Waugh. Attractively framed as
a display piece.
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
672
Boxing. 19th Century: United States Army fight challenge
proclamation card “I will fight any of them, barring an Irishman...”
A proclamation broadside titled “A Card !” and issued by Dominick
McGlynn of Hazleton, Pennsylvania declaring that he challenges “any
member of the First Regiment P.S.N.G. (Pennsylvania State National
Guard) now stationed here to fight me a fair stand up fight in a twenty-
four foot ring, according to the rules of the London Prize Ring, for the
sum of fifty dollars or I will fight any of them barring an Irishman for
one hundred dollars...” Laid down on board marked on reverse “Reframed
by William E. Chapin Superintendent Army April 3rd 1933.” 7 x 10in. (18 x
25cm)
€
150-
€
250 (£130-£210 approx)
673
Moloney, Thomas. The Value of Boxing for Police with Hints on
Training, Boxing and Keeping Physically Fit
Dublin: Thom, 1928. First Edition. 8vo. Soft Cover. Signed and inscribed by
author. Good pp. 75, (1). Light wear & stains. The author was boxing
instructor with An Garda Síochána. Rare.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
674
Boxing: Muhammad Ali signed photograph
Photograph of the world’s most famous boxer signed in blue ink. Framed
9 x 7in. (23 x 18cm)
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£80 approx)
675
Boxing: Pair of Kenny Egan signed gloves
A pair of red boxing gloves signed in black marker by the 2008 Olympics
silver medallist from Clondalkin.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
676
Boxing: Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and Jake LaMotta signed
gloves
Three Everlast boxing gloves signed in black by Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray
Leonard and Jake LaMotta respectively. (3 items)
€
200-
€
400 (£170-£330 approx)
677
Dublin Working Girls Drilling Association medals 1936-1940.
Three different including two silver, also a Celtic design with harp
uninscribed medal, possibly for GAA. (4)
€
60-
€
80 (£50-£70 approx)
678
Golf: 1922 St. David’s College Golf Team photograph
Large mounted photograph of the 1922 St. David’s College Golf Team
with the sitters identified. Also with an unidentified golfing group
photograph by the Irish Press. ( 2 items) 9½ x 11in. (23 x 28cm)
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
679
Hooper, R.W. The Game of Golf in East Africa
.. Nairobi, Boyd, 1953., First edition. Pp. 288. Illustrated. Signed and
inscribed by the author. With obituary tipped expressing regret at the
death of Mr G.L.G.Shaw, President of the Kenya Golf Union, murdered by
terrorists, Nov 18 1953. Apparently the author buried most copies of this
book in his garden to hide them from the terrorists, when he fled Kenya
during the Mu Mau uprising
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
680
1979 James Hunt Walter Wolf Racing Formula One suit.
A racing suit worn by James Hunt in his last year of Formula One for
Walter Wolf.
Provenance:
with Collector Studio - Motorsport Gallery, Toronto, Canada;
Private Collection Dublin
In 1979 Hunt had resolved to leave the McLaren team. Despite his poor
season in 1978 he was still very much in demand. He was offered a deal
to drive for Ferrari in 1979, but wary of the potentially complicated
political environment at the Italian team, he opted to move instead to
the initially very successful Walter Wolf Racing team. Again he had high
hopes to win races and compete for the world championship in what
would be his last, and ultimately brief, Formula One season. The team’s
ground effect car was uncompetitive and Hunt soon lost any enthusiasm
for racing. Hunt could only watch as Jody Scheckter won the World
Driver’s championship that year driving the Ferrari 312T4.
At the first race in Argentina, he felt the car was difficult to handle and
on a fast lap, the front wing became detached, narrowly striking his
helmet. In the race, Hunt retired due to an electrical fault. In Brazil, he
retired on lap 6 due to instability under braking caused by a loose
steering rack. During qualifying in South Africa, the brakes on his car
