Cricket

Cricket cards have always been popular. Some of the earliest cigarette cards issued in the UK were of cricketers, notably the untitled set of 50 issued in 1896 by W.D. & H.O. Wills. The scarce card of W.G. Grace from this set is shown above. The rising popularity of the cigarette card in the period 1900-1910 saw many other issuers start to produce cricket cards, both in series dedicated to cricket or as part of general interest series. A particular favourite is the general interest series issued by Ogden's Ltd with their Tabs cigarettes in 1901, shown on the right. Firms distributing cigarettes in other countries also produced series with their nationals on, for example the Australian issued "Prominent Australian and English Cricketers". The earlier cards are relatively hard to find and are highly sought after by cricket collectors and card collectors alike. Fortunately, later examples from the 1920s and 1930s are relatively easy to come by, and can be bought as complete sets.

Cricketers 1930

Set of 50, £70.00

Cricketers 1934

Set of 50, £62.50

Cricketers 1938

Set of 50, £50.00

If you prefer to collect only a single county or international team rather than complete sets that have players from a number of different clubs, then we can put together a tailor made collection for you from a number of different series. We also have a number of team photocards, issued mainly in the 1920s and 1930s, starting from just £2.00.