Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 58
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £220
Willliam Brockwell. Surrey, Kimberley, London County & England 1886-1903. Two page handwritten folding letter from Brockwell to E.B.V. Christian. The undated letter, with good cricket content, appears to refer to a book being compiled by Christian. Brockwell states ‘Only mention my century v Gloucester being the first and the 106 not out v Notts... the others v Essex, Yorks & the North I would leave out & I wonder also if you think proper not refer to my bowling W.G. Grace although I should not mind if you think it reasonably [sic] to mention it’. Light folds, small adhesive mark to fold, otherwise in good/ very good condition.
Bill Brockwell played in seven Tests for England, all against Australia 1893-1899. He fell on hard times after retiring from first-class cricket and died in 1935 in abject poverty.Edmund Brown Viney Christian was a writer and poet on subjects including cricket and law.