Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 37
Estimate: £180/250
Hammer: £170
Andrew Ernest Stoddart. Middlesex & England 1885-1900. Two page folding letter handwritten in ink by Stoddart, undated. Writing to ‘Dear [A.W.] Rammell, Stoddart is handing in his resignation as President of The Stoics Cricket Club. He states, ‘What you want I am sure is a man who has time and ability to give to the club. I am afraid I have neither’. Very nicely signed ‘A.E. Stoddart’. Light horizontal fold, otherwise in very good condition. An excellent signature.
It is believed that the Stoics Cricket Club was founded in 1877 by Andrew Stoddart, originally for the old boys of Westminster School. Notable players who appeared include A.E. Stoddart, C.J. Kortwright and R.W.V. Robins, but it was while playing for Hampstead against Stoics in a one day match in 1886 that Stoddart scored 485 in a total of 813 for 9, the Stoics not getting a bat. It is assumed that A.W. Rammell was Secretary of The Stoics C.C.