15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
#0196
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15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
#0196
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Lot 733/0196
Irish Soccer: League of Ireland: v. The Scottish Football League, 17.3.1954; v. Football League 22.9.1954 (Official & Unofficial Programme); v. Irish League 17.3.1955, all at Dalymount Park, all 8vo D. 1955, adverts & illus., some scuffs, otherwise good. (4)
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Lot 734/0196
Signed by Stanley Mathews
[England’s Greatest Comes to Ireland]
Soccer: Stanley Mathews – The Sunday Express presents Stanley Mathew’s Soccer School, National Boxing Stadium Dublin, 29.3.1954, Official Programme, 8vo D. 1954, 2pps., adverts & illus; & a Postcard photograph of Mathews in action with m/ss signature on reverse. A nice lot. (2)
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Lot 735/0196
Soccer: Glasgow Celtic: v. Home Farm (Exhibition Match) at Dalymount Park, 19.5.1954; [Scottish Cup Final], Celtic v. Clyde, Hampden Park, 23.4.1955, both 8vo, D. & Glasgow 1954-55, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. Good. (2)
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Lot 736/0196
Soccer: F.A.I. A collection of programmes, to include (a) Leinster Football Association, Challenge Cup Final Shamrock Rovers v. Longford Town, 26.12.1954; (b) F.A.I. Cup Final, Drumcondra (2) v. Shamrock Rovers (O), 28.4.1957; (c) Shelbourne v. Cork Hibs, (Cup Final) 24.4.1960; (d) Shamrock Rovers v. Glasgow Celtic, 18.3.1968, all 8vo D. 1954-68, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers, as a collection, w.a.f. Fine. (4)
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Lot 737/0196
Soccer: Liverpool F.C.; v. Doncaster Rovers 21.8.54; v. Manchester United 22.8.53; v. Newcastle 26.8.54; v. Plymouth Argyle 1.9.54, all numbered 1-4, all 8vo, Liverpool 1953-54, illus. & adverts. Good. (4)
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Lot 738/0196
Irish Soccer: Shelbourne F.C.: v. Dundalk 23.10.54; v. Cork Athletic 21.10.54; v. Limerick 4.12.54; v. Shamrock Rovers 19.12.54, all at Irishtown, all 8vo, D. 1954, adverts. Good. (4)
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Lot 739/0196
1954 World Cup Final
“Das Wunder Von Bern”
Soccer: 1954 World Cup Final, Hungary v. (W.) Germany, Wankdorf Stadium, Berne, Switzerland, 4.7.1954, 8vo, Berne 1954, 32pps., Official Programme. Good. (1)
* This was the Fifth World Cup Championship. The game saw under-dogs West Germany come back from a 2.0 deficit to claim a historical victory over the favoured Hungarian’s.
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Lot 740/0196
I.F.A.: Soccer: 75th Anniversary Match, United Kingdom v. Europe at Windsor Park, Belfast, 13.8.1955, Official Programme, 8vo Belfast 1955, 16pps., advert & illus., ptd. wrappers. Good. (1)
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Lot 741/0196
Soccer: Irish Away Internationals, Republic of Ireland v. England, 2.10.1955 (Ireland lost 3-0) at Wembley; N. Ireland v. England 6.10.1957 (N. Ireland won 3-2); Wales v. N. Ireland 16.4.1958 (drawn game 1-1); Republic of Ireland v. Scotland, 3.5.1961 (World Cup Qualifier); N. Ireland v. England, 8.10.1960; Republic of Ireland v. Holland, 22.9.1981 (lost 2-1), all 8vo, illus., & adverts, ptd. wrappers, as a collection, w.a.f. (6)
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Lot 742/0196
Irish Soccer Internationals
Soccer: F.A.I., Ireland v. Spain, 27.11.1955; Ireland v. Denmark (World Cup tie) 3.10.1956; Ireland v. Germany, 25.11.1956; Ireland v. Roumania, 20.10.1957 (B-International); Ireland v. Poland, 5.10.1958; Ireland v. Sweden, 1.10.1959; Ireland v. Chile, 30.3.1960; Ireland v. Norway, 6.11.1960; Ireland v. Austria, 13.10.1963; Ireland v. Scotland, 9.6.1960; Ireland V. Spain (world Cup Preliminary Round) 5.5.1965; Ireland v. Czechoslovakia, 4.5.1969; Ireland v. Hungary, 8.6.1969; all 8vo D. 1955-69, illus. and adverts, ptd. wrappers, with newspaper cuttings, as a collection, w.a.f. (13)
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Lot 743/0196
Soccer: Northern Ireland: Irish Football Association, 75th Anniversary Match, United Kingdom v. Europe, 13.8.55; Northern Ireland v. Portugal (World Cup Match) 1.5.57; Northern Ireland v. Spain, 30.10.63; Northern Ireland v. Scotland, 2.10.65; Northern Ireland v. Scotland, 21.10.67, all at Windsor Park, Belfast, all 4to, Belfast 1955-67, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. Good. (5)
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Lot 744/0196
Soccer: F.A. – Wolverhampton Wanderers, a collection of Official Match Programmes to include, (a) v. Charlton Athletic 22.1.1955; (b) v. Arsenal (F.A.Cup 4th Round) 29.1.1955; v. Birmingham City, 29.9.1956; International Match – World Cup Competition, England v. Denmark [England won 5-2, with some of the Greats such as Byrne (R.), Edwards (D.), Matthew (S.), Taylor (T.) and others], 5.12.1956; v. Everton, 26.9.1959, with a supporters rosette and two postcards of the Wolverhampton Wanderers teams, c. 1955-58, as a collection, w.a.f. Good. (1)
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Lot 745/0196
[Shamrock Rovers in Europe]
Irish Soccer: Shamrock Rovers: v. Manchester United, 25.9.1957, 8vo D. 1957, 12pps., illus. & adverts throughout; v. Chelsea F.C., 2.3.1955, 8vo D. 1955, & pps., adverts & illus., good. (2)
* The 1957 European Cup tie against Manchester Utd., saw some of Britain’s greatest footballers in action only months before they perished in the Munich Air Disaster.
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Lot 746/0196
Soccer: Drumcondra F.C.: Eight Home Match Programmes for Drumcondra, includ. European Cup Matches against Atletico Madrid, Oct. 1st, 1958; = Nurnberg, 1961; = Ask Vorwarts, 1965 & Eintracht 1966, some illus., orig. pict. wrappers. Scarce. (8)
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Lot 747/0196
Soccer: F.A. Internationals, England v. U.S.S.R., 22.10.1958, at Wembley; = Jay (B.) World Cup Football Championship 1966, v. West Germany 12.3.1975 at Wemble; v. Republic of Ireland, 8.9.1976 at Wembley[drawn game 1-1]; v. Scotland, 24.5.1980 at Hampden Park, all 4to, illus. & advert, ptd. wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. (5)
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Lot 748/0196
Soccer: Irish Football, Irish Cup Final, Ballymena United v. Glenavon, 29th of April 1959 at Windsor Park; Finn Harps v. Celtic F.C & West Brum F.C., 27th & 28th of July, c. 1974 at Finn Park, Ballybofey; Pre-Season Friendly Derry City v. Sunderland at the Brandywell, 2nd of August 1986, all 8vo, illus., & adverts, ptd. wrappers. Good. (3)
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Lot 749/0196
Soccer: F.A.I., 1959 – 80, Home Farm F.c., Exhibition Match, Home Farm Youths v. Western German Youth XI, at Tolka Park, 14.9.1959, 8vo D. 1959, 2pps; Testimonial Match, Shamrock Rvs. v. Sunderland, Dalymount Park, April 30th 1962, 8vo D. 1962, 16pps., adverts & illus., ptd. wrappers; Bohemians v. Athlone Town, Sunday Oct. 4th, 1981, 8vo D. 1981, 16pps., illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. (3)
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Lot 750/0196
Flood-Lights Switch-On
Soccer: Bohemian A.F.C., Inaugural Switch-On, Floodlighting, Bohemians (Selected) v. Arsenal at Dalymount Park, 7.3.1962, Official Programme, 8vo, D. 1962, illus. & adverts, 40pps., ptd. wrappers. Good. (1)
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Lot 751/0196
Soccer: European Champions Club’s Cup: Final Tie, Official Programme – Benefica F.C. (Holders) v. Milan A.C. at Wembley 22.5.1963, illus. & adverts, pen marks, fair. (1)
* Milan beat Benefica the holders on a score line of 2-1 with the current Irish Manager Trappatoni controlling midfield.
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Lot 752/0196
Soccer: F.A.I. & Europe: Shamrock Rovers v. S.K. Rapid, Vienna, 30.9.1964 at Milltown (Glenmalure Park); Dundalk F.C. v. Glasgow Celtic (European Champions Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg) at Oriel Park, Dundalk, 7.11.1979, both 8vo, illus. & adverts, ptd., wrappers, w.a.f. (2)
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