Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 56
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £130
Walter William Read. Surrey & England 1873-1897. Two page handwritten folding letter in ink from Read to a ‘W. Moreton Esq’, dated 22nd July 1904. Read is sending his thanks ‘for your extreme kindness... As you know full well when any body is in temporary trouble so few in this world will lend a helping hand’. Nicely signed ‘W.W. Read’. Some foxing to folds, small hole to one corner, adhesive mark to verso, otherwise in good condition.
Walter William Read played eighteen matches for England, captaining twice, and was considered one of the best batsmen of the 1880s. Read still holds the record of the highest Test score batting at number ten when he made 117 for England against Australia at The Oval in 1884. He died in 1907 aged 51.